Regular Records

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{{Infobox record label

| name = Regular Records

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| founded = 1978

| founder = Martin Fabinyi, Cameron Allan

| status = Defunct

| genre = Rock, Pop

| country = Australia

| location = Sydney

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Regular Records was an Australian record label based in Sydney that operated from 1978 until the mid-1990s. Regular Records released music by acts including Mental As Anything, Icehouse, and The Cockroaches.

The Regular Records label was founded in 1978 by Martin Fabinyi and Cameron Allan.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/composer-was-a-restless-intellect-20130718-2q6rg.html|title=Composer was a restless intellect - Cameron Allan, 1955-2013|last=Martin Fabinyi|author-link=Martin Fabinyi|date=19 July 2013|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=6 September 2013}} The label was associated with music recording and publishing company Festival Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/previous/spinning_eighties.php|title=Spinning around: 50 years of Festival Records|work=Powerhouse Museum|publisher=Government of New South Wales|accessdate=6 September 2013}}

The act first signed to the label was Mental as Anything. The second act signed to label was "Flowers" who later changed their name to Icehouse.

Regular signed Brisbane band The Riptides in 1981.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8P5jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6852,2953752&dq|title=Variety! That's the spice of Sydney Pub Rock|last=Stuart Coupe|author-link=Stuart Coupe|date=11 January 1981|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=6 September 2013}} In 1986 Regular signed The Cockroaches,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aLkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3ZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4561,932265&dq=regular-records+icehouse&hl=en|title=The Cockroaches are coming|last=Watt|first=Andrew|date=2 May 1986|work=The Age|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=6 September 2013}} who later went on to form the nucleus of The Wiggles. Acts also signed to Regular included I'm Talking, Electric Pandas and The Reels.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kWspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2145,9564844&dq=i-m-talking+regular-records&hl=en|title=Live stars now get it on vinyl|last=Stuart Coupe|author-link=Stuart Coupe|date=28 September 1986|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=6 September 2013}} In the early 1990s, Regular signed Sydney band The Welcome Mat, and distributed the independent label Half a Cow.

Cameron Allan died in 2013.

Artists signed to label

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