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Genres
  
Alternative rock

Website
  
fallingmirror.com

Years active
  
1978 –

Genre
  
Alternative rock

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Past members
  
Allan Faull, Nielen Marais

Origin
  
Cape Town, South Africa (1978)

Members
  
Tully McCully, Nielen Mirror, Alan Faull, Patrick Humphreys

Albums
  
Zen Boulders, Johnny Calls The Chemist

Record labels
  
Retro Fresh, Tusk Music, LightGeist records, Tin Can Discs, Mountain Records, Mountain/TMC

Similar
  
éVoid, Petit Cheval, Tribe after Tribe, The Helicopters, Bright Blue

Falling Mirror was an alternative rock band from Cape Town, South Africa founded in 1978 by cousins Allan Faull and Nielen Marais.

Contents

Falling Mirror Falling Mirror Johnny Calls The Chemist Liner Notes Original Draft

Allan Faull died in September 2013.

Falling mirror from the streets top the stage


Singles

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  • I Am The Actor / Makin' Out With Granny (1979) Warner Brothers, WBS 722
  • Highway Blues (1979)
  • If I Was James Dean (1980) also released by WEA Europe
  • Neutron Bop (1980)
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (1986)
  • number 1 hit on Radio 5
  • Let's Paint The House Pink/
  • Cosmic Night (aka Louise The Astronaut) (1986) Warner Brothers, WBS 775
  • As Sly As The Fox/
  • Encounter In A Takeaway Shop (1987) WEA France (12" 45rpm single, 258426-0)

    • Albums

    Falling Mirror Falling Mirror Rock Legends of South Africa

  • Zen Boulders (1979) WEA Records, WBC 9011
  • The Storming Of The Loft (1980) WEA Records, WBC 9013
  • Fantasy Kid (1981) WEA Records, WBC 9021
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (1986) WEA Records, WBC 9029
  • Shattered (compilation LP) (1989) Tusk, TUSB 3008
  • Shattered (CD re-issue with 3 bonus tracks) (1992) Tusk, TUCD 3008
  • Hammerhead Hotel (download-only, November 2006, recorded 1996) Spaced Out Sounds
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist (CD re-issue with bonus tracks) (May 2001) RetroFresh, freshcd 112
  • Zen Boulders / The Storming Of The Loft (2 for 1 CD re-issue) (August 2002) RetroFresh, freshcd124
  • Singles and Rarities (Virtual Collection, compiled by Brian Currin) (September 2008) Spaced Out Sounds
  • Special Agent Duck (December 2010) Spaced Out Sounds

    • Various Artist Compilations

    Falling Mirror The Barnyard Theatre FALLING MIRROR

  • Sharp Cuts Volume 1 [1992] Tusk, WOND 103
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist
  • Sharp Cuts Volume 2 [1994] Tusk, WOND 121
  • Makin' Out With Granny
  • 40 Single Hits 40 Hit Singles Volume 2 [1997] Sony Music, CDSM 010 Z
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist, the only SA song on this 2-CD set
  • SA Top 40 Hits Of All Time Volume 6 [2002] Sting Music, STIDFCD 037
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist
  • SA Rock Gold (3-CD set) [2010] Universal Music, TUMGCD 100
  • Johnny Calls The Chemist

    • Guest appearances (Allan Faull)

  • McCully Workshop Inc [1970], Trutone
  • Buccaneer - McCully Workshop [1998] MicMac, MS001

    • Falling Mirror Falling Mirror Johnny Calls The Chemist Liner Notes

    Falling Mirror Makin39 Out with Granny 1979 by Falling Mirror YouTube

    Songs

    Johnny Calls the ChemistShattered · 1992
    Makin' Out With GrannyZen Boulders · 1979
    I Am the ActorZen Boulders · 1979

    References

    Falling Mirror Wikipedia
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