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Springloader: Just Like Yesterday (Failsafe, digital outlets)

...excellent, on-going Failsafe reissue/release programme continues with this... ...White with one. The band is a vehicle for Failsafe's Rob Mayes whose guitar playing here is... ...handsome and lovingly packaged collection from Failsafe. While radio and many listeners were looking... ...other way, Failsafe was delivering consistently impressive rock... ...songs. Still is. . You can hear and buy Failsafe albums from their bandcamp site...

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Various Artists: Keepin' Secrets, A Failsafe Records Sampler (Failsafe/bandcamp)

...sometimes excellent collection from Rob Mayes' Failsafe vaults gathers tracks by the well-known (Jay... ...this before but it warrants repeating: Failsafe recorded more great music than its low profile... ...and buy songs and albums by these artists at Failsafe's bandcamp page. This 2005 album, reissued...

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Beat Rhythm Fashion: Beings Rest, Finally – Rarities (Failsafe)

...the band's recent Tenterhook). Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records is undertaking a remaster/reissue of... ...are very welcome. You can find this and other Failsafe albums at the label's website. This album will...

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RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Various Artists: Accident Compilation (Failsafe/bandcamp)

...from the original cassette by Rob Mayes of Failsafe – is very timely in the year Flying Nun... ...marginalise other indie labels – like Failsafe – whose catalogues were just as... ...Haemogoblins to that list. Rob Mayes' Failsafe was an enormously productive, if sometimes... .... You can hear and buy this album at Failsafe's comprehensive bandcamp page . There is more... ...Failsafe albms at Elsewhere starting...

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FAILSAFE RECORDS, REISSUED AND REMIXED (2021): Lodestone, touchstones and The Absolute Truth

...Christchurch was fighting his corner with his Failsafe label which launched itself in the early... ...of the extensive and always interesting Failsafe catalogue – bands often closer to... ...its own. This is yet another fine reissue from Failsafe and Mayes just keeps them coming. His '93... ...Absolute Truth. There are other albums in the Failsafe reissue series so check out what they have at... ...notes, artwork and recording information. Failsafe was a label which punched above its weight at... ...ready to go the distance.. . You can find the Failsafe catalogue at the Failsafe website. . . For... ...on Failsafe albms and artists at Elsewhere start here....

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Beat Rhythm Fashion: Critical Mass (Failsafe/digital outlets)

...and reformed BRF with guitarist Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records. The result was the album Tenterhook... ...2019. Mayes had been a longtime supporter (Failsafe released a BRF compilation Bring Real Freedom... ...(What We've Become, World View). As always, Failsafe packages up a limited run of handsome CDs...

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Orangefarm: Inheritance (Failsafe Records/digital outlets)

...band's evolving membership. Producer/guitarist/Failsafe Records founder Rob Mayes is also alongside... ...buy this album at bandcamp here. However with Failsafe Records' typical attention to detail and... ...and lyrics which you can order direct from Failsafe...

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Like Angels: Your Time Will Come (Failsafe/digital outlets)

...the extensive reissue of albums on his Failsafe label, now celebrating 40 years of independent... ...of his own. . You can buy this album from Failsafe here...

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Pop Mechanix: Now-Then; One Hit Windows (Failsafe)

...has been a labour of obvious love for Failsafe (which is chronicling the Chrristchurch scene)...

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Haiku Redo: Disco Summer (Failsafe/digital outlets)

...there in Japan, Rob Mayes of the Failsafe label goes through the dozens of recordings... ...pop. Elsewhere has covered quite a number of Failsafe reissues and new releases (Mayes is a believer...

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This Sporting Life/Alms For Children: This Sporting Life/Alms for Children (Failsafe/bandcamp)

...relentless energy they had. Well packaged by Failsafe with liner notes and thumbnails of posters and... ...as to be inoffensive on Spotify. Incidentally Failsafe, started by Rob Mayes in the early Eighties,...

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HIGHWAY 80s REVISITED (2021): Failsafe's alternatives to the alternative

...to Failsafe Records' recent double CD/bandcamp release... ...bejeezus out of them. Result! . Rob Mayes of Failsafe only does very limited editions of the CDs but... ...collections and many others in the on-going Failsafe reissue series are at the label's bandcamp...

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How to Kill: Like Angels (Failsafe)

If the band name, the album cover, titles like And Death Shall Have Dominion and the black on black postcards within don't give you the clue, then I shall flip all the cards and tell you: this four-pi

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Beat Rhythm Fashion: Tenterhook (Failsafe/digital outlets)

...and bassist Rob Mayes (Throw, Dolphin and Failsafe Records mainman). At times they evoke the best...

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CRASH, AT AUDIOCULTURE (2023): The band that was, the album that wasn't.

...forgotten – until 2023 when Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records remastered their singles and the lost...

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GET UP, STAND UP AGAIN (2025): The resurrection of All Fall Down

...14 songs – was recorded by Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records, the tape digitised by Mayes and... ...reviewed at Elsewhere go here. For more on Failsafe Records at Elsewhere go...

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LOVE'S UGLY CHILDREN, AGAIN (2024): Pump It Baby, one more time

...Flat City and Flying Nun, some EPs (Stagger on Failsafe, Cold Water Surf, Purge, Suck) and two albums,... ...in Gold album of '97. They appeared on Failsafe compilations, the Scarfies soundtrack and...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE COMPILER'S QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records

...Kiwi bands who passed through town) on his Failsafe label. The label was prolific in the Eighties... ...However with that massive back-catalogue of Failsafe artists (and tapes) he has been assiduously... ...Elsewhere has frequently written about Failsafe releases which -- in their limited edition CD... ...There is a lot of love lavished on the Failsafe catalogue and Mayes should be justifiably... ...Deluxe Boy etc etc. Most of the other Failsafe compilations are of isolated tracks from... ...great tracks lost to the ether and time. . Failsafe's extensive website has the label's catalogue...

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THE CRASH OF THE NINETIES (2023): The lost promise of an Auckland rock band

...The Ugly and with support from NZonAir and Failsafe Records worked on their singles, an EP . . .... ...song album plus singles has been remastered by Failsafe's Rob Mayes and the CD edition comes in a... ...well-packaged 17 song collection from Failsafe. Even now you'd think there's plenty here for... ...the Crash album at bandcamp here For more on Failsafe Records and their reissues start...

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JM Kelcher: Actual Disorganiser (Thokei Tapes)

...he recorded a mini-album of eight songs for Failsafe which was released on cassette as Personal...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE . . . Nigel Mitchell of Orangefarm

...buy this album at bandcamp here. However with Failsafe Records' typical attention to detail and... ...and lyrics which you can order direct from Failsafe here...

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Various Artists: Reaction: The Label 1979-1989 (Frenzy Music)

...Rob Mayes making more and more albums on his Failsafe label available and Peter McLennan's excellent...

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The Tin Syndrome: Artefacts Which Reason Ate 1980-83 (Jayrem)

The Tin Syndrome were very much a Wellington band in a number of ways. Their reputation didn't translate much into the rest of New Zealand in the early Eighties, but more than that they also had what

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Nino Birch of Beat Rhythm Fashion

...Nino and Easther – with Rob Mayes of Failsafe Records on bass and keyboards – reformed...

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MALCHICKS REVISITED AND REISSUED (2019): Flying high then, then flying away

...and were signed to the fledgling but rising Failsafe label. We say they “evaporated”... ...At least all their music is. Rob Mayes of Failsafe has diligently remastered all the band's... ..."That'll only be available from the Failsafe website," says Mayes. "And very very... ...many of them on Mayes' increasingly impressive Failsafe label. “And my all-time... ...The album was done and handed to Mayes at Failsafe. Did Mayes know there would be no Malchicks... ...very appreciative of Rob and the support that Failsafe has given us.When we were thinking of putting... ...and as a limited edition double CD set through Failsafe Records' website...

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