29th January 1983

Cover:  JoBoxers

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 Articles and interviews:

• JoBoxers

• Soft Cell

• Frank Bruno

• Randy Newman

• The Farmer's Boys

• Men At Work (Greg Ham)

• Breakfast TV

• Under Two Flags

• Comics Come on Cultural

• Chet Baker

• Expresso Video tape offer

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Albums:

Linx, Arthur Alexander, S.O.S. Band, New York Skyy, Chaka Khan, Richard "Dimples" Fields, Jah Wobble, Lord Buckley, David Bowie, Adele Bertei, Dee-Jay Explosion Inna Dance Hall Style (VA), Junjo Presents A Live Session With Aces International (VA), Well Charge (VA)

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Singles reviewed by Paolo Hewitt

Indeep, Tyrone Davis, Sonny Charles, Spandau Ballet, Fun Boy Three, Farmer's Boys, Gap Band, Aztec Camera, Bluebells, Bauhaus, Syl Johnson, Tom Robinson, Eric Clapton, Survivor, Supertramp, Steve Hillage, Bob Seger, J Geils Band, Neil Young, Paul Young & the Family, Barbara Dickson, The Box, Treacherous Three, George Clinton, Orbit, Marine Girls, Lionel Ritchie, Randy Crawford, Tears For Fears, Central Line, Howard Johnson, Virginia Astley, Captain Sky

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Live:

King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, Nico, John Otway, The Dog Musicians, The Kray Brothers Band, King Kurt, Hagar the Womb, Look Mummy Clowns, Crown of Thorns

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Books:

Deep Blues by Robert Palmer;
White Boy Singin' the Blues by Michael Bane

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Silver screen:

• An Officer and a Gentleman

• Privates on Parade

• The State of Things

• Paul Bartel (profile)

• Robert Benton (interview)

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