WA

Record Label

WAU! Mr. Modo Recordings

Est. 1939 US

W·A·U! Mr. Modo Recordings was a partnership between [[artist:Alex Paterson]] & [[artist:Martin Glover]] ([[artist:Youth]])'s WAU Recordings Limited, of London, and [[artist:Adam Morris]]'s Modo (Records & Tapes) Limited, of Sheffield. "W·A·U" stands for "What About Us?" and Morris, a.k.a. [[artist:Mr Modo]], was Paterson's manager until Sep. 6, 1994. The partnership ended on Nov. 28, 1991, with an agreement that profits from past work would be split between the two companies. A related company, WAU! Mr. Modo Limited, incorporated 10 July 1990 and was dissolved 24 January 1995. Recordings were licensed to [[label:Big Life]], [[label:Gee Street]], [[label:G-Zone]], and [[label:16249]]. Also after leaving [[label:10 Records]], [[artist:System 7]] released on [[label:Big Life]], but the copyright was owned by [[label:Weird And Unconventional Records]], a subsidiary of WAU! Mr. Modo. See also [[label:WAU! Mr. Modo]] and [[label:WAU! Mr. Modo Records]], each credited as copyright owner on some releases; [[label:Inter-Modo]], a short-lived successor label; and the Modo-free [[label:WAU Recordings]] label.

Releases