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==Crying Sun records==
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Crying Sun Records
| image       = [[File:csun.JPG]]
| founded     = 1996
| founder     = Radio Birdman
| genre       = [[Indie rock]]/[[Garage rock]] 
| country     = Australia
| location    = Sydney
}}

'''Crying Sun Records''' is a record company privately owned by Radio Birdman. Only a few albums have been released by this label including Radio Birdman's 1996 live album, ''Ritualism''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/birdmanpage/birdmanstory.htm|title=Radio Birdman story|publisher=Greg Bowen|access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> and their 2006 reunion album, ''[[Zeno Beach]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaustralia.org/apps/MA?function=showDetail&currentBibRecord=000040659863&itemSeq=&total=&returnFunction=getACopy&&sessionId=|title=Zeno Beach – Radio Birdman|publisher=Music Australia|access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20961615-5003421,00.html|title=Dark side of man|work=[[The Courier Mail]]|date=22 December 2006|access-date=3 November 2009|last=Mengel|first=Noel}}</ref>

The label is named after the song "Crying Sun" by Radio Birdman on their 1981 studio album, ''[[Living Eyes (Radio Birdman album)|Living Eyes]]''. Crying Sun Records was originally based around band-owned music venue turned bar, The Oxford Funhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deniztek.com/band_histories/768/radio_birdman.html|title=Radio Birdman – history|publisher=[[Deniz Tek]]|access-date=3 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220114454/http://deniztek.com/band_histories/768/radio_birdman.html|archive-date=20 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nkvdrecords.com/radiobir.htm|title=Radio Birdman|publisher=Noise for Heroes|access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref> Crying Sun Records was created by the band in association with [[Citadel Records]] to handle all the band's current and future recorded work. It was created to ensure that the band would be completely independent of record industry support or influence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.divinerites.com/dk_ritu.htm|title=Ritualism – Radio Birdman|publisher=Divine Rites|access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref>

The Crying Sun Records logo was designed by Radio Birdman bass player, Warwick Gilbert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citadelmailorder.com/mailorder/discs/768/radio_birdman_ritualism_jc.html|publisher=[[Citadel Records]]|title=Ritualism – Radio Birdman|access-date=3 November 2009}}</ref>