Flexi Pop
Flexipop magazine was famous for the re-emergence of the flexible music disc in the UK during the 1980s. Launched in 1980 by ex-Record Mirror journalists Barry Cain and Tim Lott, the magazine featured a flexidisc in each issue. The magazine lasted just under three years with 33 issues (27 with Flexi Disc's and 6 without). One of the most notable issues was the February 1981 disc featuring Adam and the Ants performing a version of the Village People hit 'Y.M.C.A.', called 'A.N.T.S.'
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The magazine has maintained a memorable reputation among music collectors because of the flexidisc and the revival of interest in 1980s pop.
Huw Collingbourne, a contributing writer to Flexipop, gave an interview to Stylus magazine about the publication in which he said, "Other music mags may have dabbled in flexis, but Flexipop! made a career of it. We had singles by the top bands of the day everyone from The Jam to Depeche Mode. A really good flexi would make the magazine fly off the news stands."
I do not have any issues so if anyone has any more that they can scan and share then please get in touch. Thank You.
Credits:
Price - 60p / 65p
Editor: Barry Cain / Tim Lott
Editorial Assistant: Leigh Bayley
Chef Photographer:
Neil Matthews
Design: Mark Manning
Flexi Disc: Lyntone
Published By:
Colourgold Ltd
Flexi Pop
Issue 01
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages -
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
December 1980
Front Cover - Pauline Black
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Selector
Issue 02
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages -
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
January 1981
Front Cover - The Jam
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
The Jam
Issue 03
Cover By (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
February 1981
Issue 03
Price - 60p Pages -
Front Cover - Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Boomtown Rats
Issue 04
Cover By (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 32
March 1981
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread - David Bowie
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Features:
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Spandau Ballet - A Day In The Life
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Trifles
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Sting
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Madness
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The Beat
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Feargal Sharkey
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Bod Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
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The Stranglers
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The Police
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Paul Weller (The Jam)
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Adam Ant
Flexi Disc - Blue Flexi Disc
Adam Ant
01 - A.N.T.S
April 1981
May 1981
Front Cover - Busterbloodvessel
(Bad Manners)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Bad Manners
Front Cover - The Pretenders
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features::
Flexi Disc
Pretenders
Issue 05
Cover By (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Issue 06
Cover By (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
Issue 07
Cover By (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
June 1981
Front Cover - Motorhead
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Motor Head
Issue 08
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 40
July 1981
Front Cover - Toyah
Centre Spread - Steve Strange (Visage)
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Features:
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Classix Nouveaux - A Night In The Life Of
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Debbie Harry (Blondie)
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Trifles
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David Coverdale
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Toyah
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Graham Bonnet
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Undertones
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Tenpole Tuder
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Kelly Johnson vs Kelly Marie
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Motorhead
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Girlschool
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The Cockney Rejects
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Kim Wilde
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Brian Setzer (Stray Cats)
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Tim Worman (The Polecats)
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Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)
Flexi Disc
Toyah
Issue 09
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 40
Thank you to Izzy Kyser for the scans
August 1981
Front Cover - Hazel O'Connor
Centre Spread - Adam Ant
Back Cover - The Clash
Interviews and Features:
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Linx - A Day In The Life
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Natty Threads
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Kim Wilde
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Julian Cope
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Kirsty McColl
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Rep Butler (Psychedelic Furs)
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Phil Oakey (Human League)
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View From The Top
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Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz)
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Lesley Woods (Th Au Pairs)
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Richie Blackmore
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Eddie Tudorpole (Ten Pole Tudor)
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Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
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Ian Gillan
Picture Strip:
Dogmeat (featuring)
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The Baroness
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Depeche Mode
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Sandy Cain
Flexi Disc
Hazel O'Connor
01 - Men Of Good Fortune
02 - D-Days (New Version)
Issue 10
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 40
Thank you to Izzy Kyser for the scans
September 1981
Front Cover - Thin Lizzy, Graham Bonnet,
The Polecats
Centre Spread - Spandau Ballet
Back Cover - Siouxsie
Interviews and Features:
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Suggs and Chrissy Boy (Madness): A Day In The Life
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Gary Numan
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Feargal Sharkey
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Biff (Saxon)
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Agnetha (ABBA)
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Freddie Mercury
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Rick Wakeman - reviews new Echo and the Bunnymen album
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Julian Cope - Lifeline
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Vaughn Toulouse (Department S) - Lifeline
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Paul Edmond - Photo Trip Around Birmingham
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The Vapors
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Terry Hall - Working Week
Picture Strip:
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Ivor Nesquick
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The Modettes
Cartoon:
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The Adam Ant Story
Flexi Disc - Orange
Side One
1 - Graham Bonnet - Night Games
2 - Polecats - We Say Yah
Side Two
1 - Thin Lizzy - Song For Jimmy
2 - Way Of The West - Monkey Love
Issue 11
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
October 1981
Front Cover - Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Depeche Mode
Fad Gadget
Issue 12
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 40
Thank you to Izzy Kyser for the scans
November 1981
Front Cover - Soft Cell
Centre Spread - Phil Oakey (Human League)
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Features:
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Soft Cell
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Imagination
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Altered Images
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LINX
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Adam Ant
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Simple Minds
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Madness
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Berni Nolan
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Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)
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Sting
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Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)
Flexi Disc
Soft Cell - Green Flexi Disc
01 - Metro Mr X
02 - Remembrance Day
Weapon Of Peace
(Clear and Green Flexi Disc)
01 - Westpark
02 - Baby When I'm Done
Issue 13
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
December 1981
Front Cover - Ian Gillan
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Issue 14
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
January 1982
Front Cover - Altered Images
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Issue 15
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
February 1982
Front Cover - Blondie
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Blondie
Brattles
Snuky Tate
Issue 16
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
March 1982
Front Cover - Phil Oakey (Human League)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
XTC
Issue 17
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
April 1982
Front Cover - Paul Weller (The Jam)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Haircut 100
Issue 18
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 32
Thank you to Izzy Kyser for the scans
May 1982
Front Cover - Marc Almond (Soft Cell)
Centre Spread - Mark Almond
Back Cover - Advert
Interviews and Features:
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Blondie
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Haircut 100
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Gary Numan
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Lynval Golding and Frank Maudsley
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Wattie (The Exploited)
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Bauhaus
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Leee John (Imagination)
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Kim McAwliffe (Girlschool)
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Glen Tilbrook (Squeeze)
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Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)
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Lemmy (Motorhead)
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Kim Wilde - Singles Review
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Pigbag
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Martin Fry - Working Week
Flexi Disc
Bow Wow Wow
01 - Elimination Dancing
02 - King Kong
Issue 19
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
June 1982
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Madness
Issue 20
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
July 1982
Front Cover - Kim Wilde and Simon Le Bon
(Duran Duran)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Associates
Issue 21
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 60p - Pages - 32
August 1982
Front Cover - Belle Stars
Centre Spread - ABC
Back Cover - Kirk Brandon (Theatre Of Hate)
Interviews and Features:
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The Cure
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ABC
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Mari Wilson
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Kid Creole
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Ian McCulloch
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The Belle Stars
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Len Fairclough
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Imagination
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Bill Nelson
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Culture Club
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Fashion
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Tight Fit
Flexi Disc
Genesis (Green)
01 - The Lady Lies
Issue 22
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
This Issue had a 5p Price Increase
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
September 1982
Front Cover - Martin Fry (ABC)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Cure
Issue 23
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
October 1982
Front Cover - The Stranglers
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Bauhaus
Issue 24
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 32
Thank you to Izzy Kyser for the scans
November 1982
Front Cover - Haircut 100
Centre Spread - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Back Cover - Japan
Interviews and Features:
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Heaven 17
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Mari Wilson
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Readers Poll Results
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Don't Quote Me
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Nick Heyward
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View From The Top:
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Blancmange
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Diamond Head
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Lifelines:
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Boy George
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Billy MacKenzie
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Billy Idol
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Nick Karma
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Midge Ure
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Sal Solo - Singes Review
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Toyah - Welcome To The Working Week
Picture Strip:
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Bad Bax 2 (featuring)
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The Meteors
Flexi Disc
Marc Almond (Soft Cell)
01 - Discipline
Issue 25
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
December 1982
Front Cover - Psychic TV
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Bucks Fizz
Issue 26
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
January 1983
Front Cover - Malcolm McLaren
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
ANL
Meteors
Defects
Issue 27
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
This was the last issue to give away a Free Flexi disc
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
February 1983
Front Cover - Mick Jones (The Clash)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Disc
Haysi Fantayzee
Issue 28
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
New Logo and No Flexi Disc
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
March 1983
Front Cover - Paul Weller (The Jam)
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Issue 29
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
April 1983
Front Cover - The Creatures
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Issue 30
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
May 1983
Front Cover - Wham
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Issue 31
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
June 1983
Front Cover - The Specimen
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Issue 32
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
July 1983
Front Cover - Glove
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Issue 33
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price 65p - Pages - 00
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
August 1983
Front Cover - Aleister Crowley
Centre Spread -
Back Cover -
Interviews and Features:
Flexi Pop Web Site
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