As the 1970s gave way to the 1980s, New Zealand society underwent a sea change.
In the post-punk/springbok tour era, it took a bright idea, $50, and a lot of good will to start Flying Nun Records, an independent record company based in Christchurch NZ.
Formed almost by accident to document the evolving music scene, and working project to project, it was fuelled by a freakishly good collection of songwriters and other creative types.
Something New (The Stones) The Stones – ‘Dunedin Double EP’ FN DUN –1
12” 45rpm
Don't Deceive Me - Twenty Five Cents FN009 7” 45rpm
Testimony To Paradise Street - Ballon D’essai FN007 7” 45rpm
Bleeding Heart (L.R. Chamberlain) Richie Venus & The Blue Beetles FN008 7” 45rpm
Coalminer’s Song - The Gordons ‘The Gordons’ FN ? LP
Louis The First (Knox/ Bathgate) - Tall Dwarfs - Louis Likes His Daily Dip FN WEE 001 12” 45rpm
Clover (Knox/ Bathgate) - Tall Dwarfs - Louis Likes His Daily Dip FN WEE 001 12” 45rpm
Long Night – The Pin Group - The Pin Group Go To Town FN 1967 EP 12” 45rpm
Starry Day - The Builders - Schwimmen in der See FN006 7” 33.3rpm
Turning Brown And Torn In Two (Bathgate/Knox) - Tall Dwarfs - Canned Music FN TIN 001 12” 45rpm
See Red - The Stones – ‘Dunedin Double EP - FN DUN –1 12” 45rpm
Rolling Moon (Phillipps/Chills) The Chills FN COLD 001 7” 45rpm
Point That Thing Somewhere Else (Kilgour/Kilgour/Gutteridge) - The Clean –
Boodle Boodle Boodle FN003 12” 45rpm
Thumbs Off (Kilgour/Kilgour/Scott) – The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle FN003 12” 45rpm
Anything Could Happen (Kilgour/Kilgour/Scott)
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One of the great Rock 'n' Roll stories, full of big personalities, high ideals, opportunities both seized and lost, and a soundtrack to die for because, in the end, (as in the beginning) Flying Nun is all about the music.
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