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1981 Issues

These are the issues of Record Mirror that came out in 1981.

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Some of the issues I have will be available on this site (click the link on the date or picture to take you to the issue which will be available via my Flickr page). 

 

Some of the issues may just have pictures which will be there to showcase what the issue front cover was and will be there for reference.

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25 - Record Mirror - 20th June 1981.jpg

Price - 25p - 30p

Published - Thursday

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Editor - Elf Martin

Assistant Editor - Rosalind Russell

News Editor - John Shearlaw

Chief Sub Editor - Simon Ludgate

Artist / Sub - Graham Stevens

Reviews Editor - Mike Nicholls

Managing Director - Jack Hutton

Director Publishing -  Mike Sharman

Advertising Manager - Carole Read

Editorial:

Mike Gardner, Robin Smith, Daniela Soave, Chris Westwood

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Volume 28 - Number 1
Price - 25p   Pages - 32 

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Cover pic by Virginia Turbett

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

3rd January 1981

Cover:  Richard Jobson (The Skids)

Centre spread:  Spandau Ballet

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Interviews and features:

  • 1980 year in review

  • Quotes of the year

  • The Skids

  • Saxon

  • Record Mirror photographers

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

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News:

David Bowie, John Peel, Yes, Status Quo, Miles Copeland, The Police, Jake Riviera, Rockpile, Sex Pistols, Dexys Midnight Runners, Rolling Stones, John Lennon

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Albums:

Boomtown Rats, Steve Winwood, Light Of The World, Supercharge, Showaddywaddy, Nick Gilder, The Nick Straker Band

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Singles:

no singles reviewed this issue

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Live:

The Police, Shakin' Stevens, Steel Pulse, TV Smith's Explorers, Simple Minds, X Effects, Ski Patrol, Local Heroes SW9, Last Gang

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Lyrics:

Gary Numan - This Wreckage

Chas And Dave - Rabbit

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Volume 28 - Number 2
Price - 25p   Pages - 32 

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Cover photo by Paul Cox

 

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

10th January 1981

Cover:  The Jam

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Interviews and features:

  • Joe Strummer (The Clash)

  • Ian Dury

  • Kate Bush

  • The Cheaters

  • The Look

  • 1980 readers poll results
    Band - The Jam
    Female artist - Kate Bush
    Male Artist - David Bowie
    Single - Going Underground
    Album - Sound Affects

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • James Hamilton's Discos

 

News:

Stranglers, Toyah, Selecter, Rush, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Beat, The Specials, Saxon, John Lennon, Status Quo, Matchbox, Leo Sayer, Tim Hardin, Radio Caroline, Slade, Roxy Music, Joe Jackson, Boston, Bruce Springsteen, Boomtown Rats

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Albums:

no albums reviewed this issue

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Singles reviewed by Chas de Whalley

Baby Bhudda, Go-Betweens, UFO, The Room, Tango Brigade, Shakin' Pyramids, Pearl Harbour, Level 42, Split Enz, Sailor, Dee Bridgewater, The Quick, Revelation, Rococo, The Thunderbolts, Yarborough and Peoples, The Reddings, Andy Lloyd, The Doolittle Band, The Newton Neurotics, Pulsar, Seven Minutes, The Gap Band, Heatwave, Ray Parker and Raydio, Bunny Mac, Janie Frickle, Billy Joe Spiers, Wesley Magoocan, The Public, The VIP's, Peter Foldy, Peter Skellern

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Live:

UB40, Elvis Costello, The Selecter, Madness, Rockpile, Squeeze, Ian Dury, Steve Harley, Fischer-Z, The Hitmen, Boomtown Rats, Duran Duran, The Room, The Expressos, Brian Brain, B-Film, X Effects, The President's Men, Famous Names, The Lookalikes, Shakin' Stevens

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Lyrics:

The Specials - Do Nothing

Rod Stewart - My Girl

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Volume 28 - Number 3
Price - 25p   Pages - 40 

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Cover pic by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

17th January 1981

Cover:  Adam And The Ants

Centre spread:  The Specials

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Interviews and features:

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Adam And The Ants

  • 4" Be 2"

  • The Specials

  • Rio & The Robots

  • Steve Winwood

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News:

Rainbow, Gillan, Iron Maiden, Kiss, Krokus, Sting, Styx, Elvis Costello, Undertones, Angelic Upstarts, U2, Mo-dettes, Plasmatics, Phil Collins, Selecter, Max Webster, Budgie

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Albums:

UFO, April Wine, Gen X, Psycotic Pineapple, Osibisa, Yes, Peter Criss

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Singles reviewed by Robin Smith:

John Lennon, The Clash, Phil Collins, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Diana Ross, XTC, Cliff Richard, Gilbert O'Sullivan, The Regents, Uriah Heep, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Deadringer, The Von Trap Family, TV Smith Explorers, The Raones, Blue Angel, The NUrses, Rosetta Stone, The Spectres, The Quick, Virgin Prunes, Nashville Teens, Elaine Page, Bette Midler, Ronnie Spector, Blondie, Ultravox
 

Live:

Bruce Springsteen, Specials, Soft Boys, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Pylon, Beach Boys, Lindisfarne, Thompson Twins, Sound Vendors, The Balloons, Restricted Code, Flatbackers, The Passage
 

Lyrics:

Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna

       Stand For It

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

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Volume 28 - Number 4
Price - 25p   Pages - 32 

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Cover pic by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

24th January 1981

Cover:  Jane Kennaway

Centre spread:  The Beat

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Interviews and features:

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Jane Kennaway

  • UFO

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • James Hamilton's Discos

 

News:

Genesis, The Specials, Bob Marley, Stray Cats, UK Subs, John Cooper Clarke, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, Darts, The Who, Piranhas, John Cougar, Leo Sayer, Any Trouble

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Albums:

Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon, Stiv Bators, Basement 5, Styx, Sheena Easton, Splodgenessabounds

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Singles reviewed by Mike Gardner:

Passions, M, Madness, Teardrop Explodes, Teenage Filmstars, Vic Goddard, Boney M, Stranglers, Dave Stewart, Slade, Frankie Valli, Freda Payne, Styx, Billy Bragg, Nash The Slash, Fantasy, Spandau Ballet, Rainbow, George Benson, L.A.X, Praying Mantis, Grover Washington, Department S, Styx

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Live:

The Specials, The Beat, The Lens, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Criminal Class, Angelic Upstarts, Infra Riot, Huang Chung, Restricted Code, Aerial FX

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Upfront:

Roger Daltrey

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Lyrics:

Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

The Look - I Am The Beat

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Volume 28 - Number 5
Price - 25p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Paul Cox

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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31st January 1981

Cover:  Phil Collins

Centre spread:  Boomtown Rats

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Interviews and features:

  • Robin Johnson

  • Phil Collins

  • April Wine

  • Gen X

  • The Boomtown Rats

  • The Polecats

  • The best drums

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • James Hamilton's Discos

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Albums:

Bunny Wailer, Split Enz, Weather Report, Richard Strange, Gordon Giltrap, Spherical Objects, Charge, Music Revelation Ensemble, Trevor Rabin, John Cougar Mellencamp, Wilko Johnson, Moon Martin

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Singles reviewed by Fachtna O'Kelly:

Boomtown Rats, Cuddly Toys, The Jam, Rick Nelson, Knox, X, Heinz, Department S, Titch Turner's Escalator, Elektraflesh, , Pablo, Sledgehammer, Silent Types, Cunts, Praying Mantis, Knox, Joe Broadberry and the Standouts, Noosha Fox, Barry Paladin

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Live:

The Who, Black Sabbath, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, The Look, Department S, The Belle Stars, Billy Connolly, Dumb Blondes, Animal Magnet, Toyah

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Upfront:

Gary Glitter, Spizzles, The Selecter, Mo-dettes


Lyrics:

Blondie - Rapture

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Volume 28 - Number 6
Price - 25p   Pages - 40 

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Cover pic by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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7th February 1981

Cover:  Honey Bane

Centre spread:  Gen X

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Interviews and features:

  • Honey Bane

  • Thompson Twins

  • The Stranglers

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

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Albums:

Rainbow, Camel, Krokus, Iron Maiden, Stranglers, The Boys, Phil Collins, G Lewis, BC Gilbert, Dance Craze (soundtrack), Grand Prix

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Singles reviewed by John Shearlaw:

The Freshies, Stray Cats, Cruisers, Rose Royce, Ellen Foley, Joe Dolce, Regents, Angelic Upstarts, I'm So Hollow, Thompson Twins, Expressos, Going Red, The Boys, The Barracudas, Beggar and Co, Wilton Felder, Rah Band, Blackbyrds, Tom Browne, Holly and the Italians, Rudy Grant, Richard Borley, Misty In Roots, God's Toys, John Dummer and Helen April, Bruce Woolley, The Radio Actors, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Gillan, The Royal Rasses, Dollar, New Musik, Max Webster, Tygers of Pang Tang
 

Live:

U2, Delta 5, Thomson Twins, Psychedelic Furs, Slade, Music For Pleasure, More, Hazel O'Connor, Modern Man, Killer Hertz, Lautrec, Spizzles, Mo-dettes, The Temper, The Hitmen, Angelic Upstarts
 

Upfront:

The Passions, Bad Manners

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Lyrics:

Spandau Ballet - The Freeze

Visage - Fade To Grey

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Volume 28 - Number 7
Price - 25p   Pages - 40

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Cover photo by Brian Aris

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

14th February 1981

Cover:  Midge Ure (Ultravox)

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Interviews and features:

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Ultravox

  • Toyah

  • Passions

  • Freshies

  • Decca Wade - Star Choice


Albums:

Nazareth, The Romantics, Nash The Slash, Todd Rundgren, Dedringer, UK Subs, Code Blue, Midnight Rags, Freeze
 

Singles reviewed by Sunie:

The Associates, Selecter, Roxy Music, Grace Jones, Sheena Easton, Duran Duran, Krokus, April Wine, Trower, Neil Diamond, Tina Charles, Andy Gibb, Alan Parsons Project, White Europeans, Dr Hook, Saga, 35mm Dreams, Barry Manilow, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Robert Wyatt, Mike Berry, Repetition, Toyah, Motor Headgirl School, Bill Nelson, Anne Cessna and Essendon Airport, Religious Overdose, Big Table, Thomas Dolby, Kirsty MacColl, Dr Feelgood, Francoise Pascal, Con Funk Shun, Human Sexual Responce, Modern Jazz, Claire Hamill, Emmylou Harris

 

Live:

Au Pairs, Bad Manners, Eric Clapton, Throbbing Gristle, Cuban Heels, John Cooper Clarke, Japan, The Helicopters, New Order, The Lemons, Dedringer

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Lyrics:
Stray Cats - Rock This Town

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

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Record Mirror - 21st February 1981.jpg

Volume 28 - Number 8
Price - 25p   Pages - 40

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Cover photo by Mike Laye

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

21st February 1981

Cover:  Virgin Prunes

Centre spread:  Teardrop Explodes

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Interviews and features:

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Posing Dahn The Palace

  • The Virgin Prunes

  • Nash The Slash

  • Styx

  • Teardrop Explodes

  • Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) - Star Choice

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Albums:

Brian Eno & David Byrne, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Selecter, Trust, Stray Cats, Rush, Walkie Talkies, The dB's, New Age Steppers

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Singles reviewed by Mark Total:

UK Decay, Linx, The Passage, Zeitgeist, Bruce Springsteen, Human League, Joy Division, Five Of Six, The Moondogs, Television Personalities, Essential Logic, Sade Cafe, Bim, Minny Pops, The Names, Kool and the Gang, The Golinski Brothers, Peru UBU, Ruts DC, The Bongos, The Stone City Band, Sort Sol, VIP's, Tot Taylor and his Orchestra, Hi-Tecs, Classix Nouveaux, The Frankies, The Firm, Positive Noise, The Opposition, Victims Of Circumstance, Florrie Palmer, The Phots, Chas and Dave, Landscape, Shakin' Stevens, Liliput, The Vapors, Donnie Iris, Quartz, Joe Sample

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Live:

Siouxsie & the Banshees, Comsat Angels, Stranglers, Skids, Tom Robinson's Sector 27, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Fleshtones, Fire Engines, Emmylou Harris, The Darts, Depeche Mode, Pere Ubu

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Lyrics:
Rainbow - I Surrender

XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)

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Volume 28 -  Number 9
Price - 25p    Pages - 32 

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Cover photo by Paul Cox

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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28th February 1981

Cover:  Pauline Black (Selecter)

Centre spread:  Motorhead and 

Girlschool

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Interviews and features:

  • The Selecter

  • Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)

  • Slade

  • Motorhead and Girlschool

  • Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
    - Star Choice

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde


Albums:

Spandau Ballet, Praying Mantis, JJ Cale, Sister Sledge, Joe Sample, Delbert McClinton, Eric Clapton, Johnny Van Zant, Grace Kennedy, Leif Garrett, Decline of Western Civilization (soundtrack)


Singles reviewed by Philip Hall:

Spizzles, Elvis Costello, The Who, Lene Lovich, Steely Dan, Mickey Jupp, dB's, Merger, The VIP's, Urge, The Dummies, Shona Laing, The Vincent Units, Phil Collins, Aeriel FX, Lee Kosmin, Music For Pleasure, Modern Man, The Stiffs, The Donkeys, Yoko Ono, Night Doctor, A Certain Ratio, Depeche Mode


Live:

Madness, Judie Tzuke, Pearl Harbour, Samson, Samson, Yachts, Fleshtones, Polyrock, Bush Tetras, The dB's, Raybeats, The Bongos, The Barracudas, The Remipeds

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Lyrics:
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy

The Pretenders - Message Of Love

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Volume 28 - Number 10
Price - 25p   Pages - 40

 

Cover by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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7th March 1981

Cover:  Paul Weller (The Jam)

Centre spread:  Queen

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Interviews and features:

  • The Jam

  • The Cuban Heels

  • Queen

  • Steve Carrol (Praying Mantis)
    -     Star Choice

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

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Albums:

Gang Of Four, Rocket 88, Spliff, Barracudas, Marvin Gaye, Heatwave, Grace Slick, Judas Priest, New Music, The Congos

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Singles reviewed by Simon Ludgate:

Gang Of Four, Nash The Slash, TV21, Jools Holland, Visage, Altered Images, Dalek I Love You, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Modern Eon, New Order, Sissy Spacek, Regina  Richards and Red Hot, Riley, Tom Marshall, REO Speedwagon, Rupert Hine, Heatwave, The Planet, Stevie Wonder, Dave Stewart and Colin Bluntstone, Jim Capaldi, Junco Partners, Narada Michael Walden, Alkatrazz, The Nolans, Foetus Under Glass, Albania, Kleer, The Finest Hour

 

Live:

Stray Cats, Krokus, Revillos, Bow Wow Wow, Ruts DC, Original Mirrors, Camel, Moondogs, Rowan Atkinson, Stray, Saga, TV21, Dumb Blondes, Anti-Pasti, UK Subs, Iron Maiden, C Sharps, Knox, Monsters

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Lyrics:

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

Status Quo - Something 'Bout You

Baby I Like

 

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Volume 28 - Number 11
Price - 25p   Pages - 40 

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Cover photos by -

       (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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14th March 1981

Cover:  Duran Duran / Joe Dolce

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Interviews and features:

  • Joe Dolce

  • Duran Duran

  • The Shakin' Pyramids

  • Positive Noise

  • Resistance

  • Human League

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • James Hamilton's Disco page

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Albums:

The Vapors, Lynx, Slade, Marianne Faithfull, Midnight Flyer, More, Nine Below Zero, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Little Johnny Taylor, The Jets, Billy Connolly
 

Singles reviewed by Simon Tebbutt:

Graham Bonnet, Mickey Jupp, Small Ads, Toni Basel, The Dealers, Phil Everly, Phil Lynott, Bollock Brothers, Sandy McLelland, The Children of  Tansley School, Juicy Lucy, Praying Mantis, Gillan, The Walkie Talkies, The Resistance, The Bongos, The Congos, Jerry Knight, Marvin Gaye, B Movie, The Blue Cats, The Shakin' Pyramids, Snips, Original Mirrors, 21 Guns, Russ Ballard and the Barnet Dogs, James Taylor and  JD Southern, The Scratsch Band, Fischer Z, Steeleye Span, The Bureau, Donna Summer, Nikki Sudden, Come On, White Europeans, Furious Pig, Gina X Performance

 

Live:

Elvis Costello, Alex Harvey, Dr Feelgood, The Minutes, Cabaret Voltaire, Status Quo, The Damned, Splodgenessabounds, Only Ones, The Fall, Simple Minds, Passions, Gamma, Monochrome Set, Gillan

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Lyrics:
Kim Wilde - Kids In America

Beggar and Co - Help Me Out

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Volume 28 - Number 12
Price - 25p   Pages - 40 

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Cover photo by Fin Costello

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

21st March 1981

Cover:  Francis Rossi (Status Quo)

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Interviews and features:

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Hot Gossip

  • Status Quo

  • The Jacksons

  • Stray Cats

  • James Hamilton's Disco page

  • Dave Hill - Star Choice

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Albums:
Various Artists (Live Letters), Status Quo, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rico, Ellen Foley, Journey, Robin Thrower, Ronnie Spector, The Spizzles, Paul McCartney, Twelfth Night, The Who, Loverboy

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Singles reviewed by Rosalind Russell

Arrogant, Nigel Dixon,, B.A. Robertson, Bow Wow Wow, Hazel O'Connor, Marcy Levy and Robin Gibb, Arthur 2 Stroke and the Chart Commandos, Bad Manners, Spandau Ballet, Midnight Flyer, XTC, Tygers Of Pang Tang, Christopher Cross, Kip Lennon, The Propellers, The Dummies, Jane Kennaway, Diana Ross, Classix Nouveau, Cabaret Voltaire, Ronnie Bond, The Odds, Seve Winwood, Pete Bite, Blue Orchids, Mark Beer, Ram Jam Band, The searcher, Flying Saucers, Praying Mantis, Quincy Jones, Joe Jackson, The Raybeats, The Enid, Sweat Substitute, The Kicks, Diana Pfeifer, Aretha Franklin, Air Supply, Eugene and Syncopaters, El Seven, Flint, Merrill E Moore, The Source, Prelude, Cecil Parker, Junior Tucker, Bad Actors, Genocide Exit, Expozer, AK-47, Randy Crawford, Human Sexual Response, Jellybabies, Ernie Maresca, Berlin Blondes, Bauhaus, Andy Bown, The Pianos, Aragorn, Colin Newman, Jason Black

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Live:
The Bureau, Jeff Beck, Stiv Bators and the Wanderes / Martian Dance / The Straps, Lionheart, The Selector, Teardrop Explodes, Illustration, Spider, Fashion, Urge, Junco Partners, New Musik, White Heat, Photos, Gang Of Four

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Lyrics:
The Who - You Better, You Better

                     You Bet

Teardrop Explodes - Reward

 

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Volume 28 - Number 13
Price - 30p    Pages - 40 

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Cover photo by Paul Cox

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This issue had a

5p price increase

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Page 3 and 4 damaged

- can you help?

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

28th March 1981

Cover:  Adam Ant

Centre spread:  Spring Collection 1

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Interviews and features:

  • Adam Ant

  • Lenny Henry

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Jools Holland

  • Light Of The World

  • James Hamilton's Disco page

  • Rob Halford - Star Choice

  • Shakin' Stevens - Profile

  • Spring Collection 1, with Honey Bane, Robert Smith (The Cure), Hugo Burnham (Gang Of Four), Marianne Faithfull, Spizz (Spizzles), Ben (Hitmen), Steve (Books), Jeremy Lamont (Martian Dance), David Grant (Linx), Ramona (Mo-dettes), Steve & Cameron (Bim), Hazel O'Connor, Sting & Larry

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Albums:

Fischer-Z, Thin Lizzy, Sky, Thin Lizzy, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ali Thompson, The 101ers, Rupert Hine, Television Personalities, Small Faces, Human Sexual Response, Gap Band, Chas & Dave, Shona Laing, Shakin' Pyramids


Singles reviewed by : Simon Tebbutt

Stiff Little Fingers, David Bowie, Dire Straits, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, The Cure, Motels, Burundi Black, April Wine, Bill Haley and His Comets, Matchbox, Live Wire, The Meteors, Slade, Lenny Henry, Outlaws, Th Sinceros, Comsat Angels, Fad Gadget, Barbara Dickson, Styx, Light Of The World, Josef X, The Tornados, Bill Nelson, The Isley Brothers, The Rings, Michael Des Barres, Ronnie Spector, The Flying Padovani's, The Jags, Tenpole Tudor, Public Image LTD, Nothin' Fancy, Aztec Camera, Poor Old Soul, Young Marble Giants, Methodishca Tune, Reality, Credits


Live:

Tom Waits, Spandau Ballet, Undertones, Siam, Ali Thompson, Bauhaus, Human Sexual Response, Praying Mantis, Grateful Dead, Red Shoes, Jonathan Richman, Nine Below Zero, Jools Holland, The Keys, The Freshies, Nightingales

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Lyrics:

Visage - Mind Of A Toy

Kiki Dee - Star

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Volume 28 - Number 14
Price - 30p   Pages - 40 

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Cover photo by David Street

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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4th April 1981

Cover:  Elvis Costello

Centre spread:  Linx

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Interviews and features:

  • Elvis Costello

  • Madness

  • Michael Des Barres

  • Paula Yates' Natural Blonde

  • Linx

  • James Hamilton's Disco page

  • Kim Wilde - Star Choice

  • Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) - Profile

  • Spring Collection 2, with Toyah Wilcox, Spandau Ballet, The Jam, Pauline Black (Selecter), Jools Holland, OMD, Adam Ant, Kim McAuliffe (Girlschool), Jane Mo-dette, Suggs (Madness), Teardrop Explodes, Rick Parfitt (Status Quo), Debbie Harry, Stray Cats, Sheena Easton

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Albums:

Public Image Ltd, Garland Jeffreys, Whitesnake, Girlschool, John Cale, Robert Fripp, Shakin' Stevens, Live Wire

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Singles reviewed by : Sunie

Loretta Lynn, Honey Bane, Fire Engines, Aztec Camera, Roger Taylor, Soft Cell, The Scars, Martin Newell, Liquid Gold, The Nightingales, The Laughing Apple, Girlschool, Roy Wood's Helicopter's, Fischer Z, The Lambrettas, Cosmic Cowboys, Patrice Rushen, Barry Manilow, Whitesnake, Teen Queens, Etta James, Self Control, The Lines, The Decorators, Medium Medium, Marine, Ricky Valance, Way Of The West, The Mood Elevators
 

Live:

Adam & The Ants, Boomtown Rats, OK Jive, The Vapors, Polecats, Dolly Mixture

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Lyrics:

Ultravox - Slow Motion

Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

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Volume 28 - Number 15

Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

11th April 1981

Cover:  Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

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Interviews and features:

Spandau Ballet

Bob Marley

Bucks Fizz

Fashion

Spring Collection No 3 with

  • Barbara Hulanicki

  • Johnson's Outfitters

  • Swanky Modes

  • Willie Brown's

  • Authentic Fifties

  • Antony Price

Graham Bonnet

Johnnie Wilder (Heatwave)

Wendy Wu - Star Choice

Phil Collins - Profile

Dolly Parton - Chart File

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Albums:

The Scars, Regina Richards and Red Hot, Heart, Diana Ross, Dave Edmunds, Theatre Of Hate, Roger Taylor, Tygers Of Pang Tang, Toto

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Singles reviewed by : Robin Smith

Wishbone Ash, The Keys, Ellen Foley, The Clash, Teddy Pendergrass, Mickey Jupp, The Look, Ken Hensley, Chris Amoo, Johnny Warman, Restricted Code, The Duanes, Elaine Paige, Zed, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Freshies, The Spizzles, The Outskirts, The Covers, Sir Douglas Quintet, The Chicanes, Eat At Joes, The Blades, Aretha Franklin, Fire Engines, Revelation, Cheap Thrills, The Scrotum Poles, Mad Jocks and Englishmen, Ronnie Biggs Gang, Pearl Harbour, Ian Page, Ken Lockie, The Mighty Strypes, Paris 9, The Stroke, Gino Vanelli, Electronic Circus, Pat Benetar, UK Subs, Wild Horses, Dedringer, Judas Priest, Joe Ely, The Exploited, Don't Panic

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Live:

Duran Duran, Manfred Mann, Wasted Youth, Classix Nouveaux / Theatre Of Hate, Stimulin, The People / Nightdoctor, The Hank Wangford Band, Colin Newman / Department S, Cuban Heels / Shakin' Pyramids, 23 Skidoo / Bush Tetras / A Certain Ratio

 

Lyrics:

The Nolans - Attention To Me

Hazel O'Connor - Decadent Days

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Volume 28 - Number 16

Price - 30p   Pages - 40 

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Cover pic by Andy Rosen

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

18th April 1981

Cover:  Steve Strange

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Interviews and features:

Steve Strange (Visage)

Sarah Douglas

Heaven 17

Scars

Spring Collection No 4 with

  • Boy George and Claire Thom

  • Sue Scudding and Mike Nicholls

  • Barry Culshaw

  • Christine Styrman and Dean Richards

  • Sonya Thompson

  • Tracey Scattergood and Loriana Kaye

  • Matthew Worley and Ian Villalarde

  • Jens Bertelsen and Mary Dodwell

The Bureau

Jimmy Bain (Wild Horses) -

      Star Choice

Andy Cox (The Beat) - Profile

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Albums:

The Cure, , REO Speedwagon, The Searchers, Joe Ely, Matumbi, Grateful Dead, Stiff Little Fingers, Ted Nugent

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Singles reviewed by : Mark Cooper

The Beat, Madness, TV Smith's Explorers, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Blue Cats, Stray Cats, Garland Jeffreys, Reluctant Stereotypes, The Flatbackers, Culture, Moondogs, Holly and the Italians, Margo Random and the Space Virgins, Stanley Frank, Greenfield Leisure, Sean Tyla, John Otway, Gary Glitter, The Rambler, The Houghton Weavers, Sad Among Strangers, Roy Sundholm, Spirit, Funkadelic, Bram Tchaikovsky

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Live:

Adam and the Ants, Snips, Secret Affair, Killerhertz / Lightening Raiders, Rage, U2

 

Lyrics:

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

Saxon - And The Band Played On

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01 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 17 - 25

Volume 28 - Number 17
Price - 30p   Pages - 40 

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Cover photo by Brian Aris

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

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25th April 1981

Cover:  Hazel O'Connor

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Interviews and features:

  • Hazel O'Connor

  • Saxon

  • Roger Taylor (Queen)

  • Annie Nightingale

  • Ronny

  • Echo And The Bunnymen

  • Richard Burgess (Landscape)
    - Star Choice

  • Vaughan Toulouse (Subway Sect) - Profile

 

Albums:

Gillan, James Taylor, Various Artists (Sly and Robbie Present Taxi), Rose Tattoo, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Santana, Tangerine Dream, Wishbone Ash, Gary Numan, Snips, Ten Pole Tudor

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Singles reviewed by : Mike Gardner

The Shadows, The Inmates, The Wanderers, The Sinking Ships, Bron Area, The Colours Out Of Time, ESG, Emily Starr, Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets, Scarlett Von Vollenman, Shakin' Stevens, Overdrive, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Millie Jackson, The Moderates, Quiz, The Bigg Three, Lena Valitis, Bitches Sin, JD Buhl, Albania, Inch By Inch, The Distractions, Eric Clapton, Revelation, Tokalon, Chevy, Rah Band, Chelsea, EMF

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Live:

The Blues Band, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Culture, The Bureau, Eyeless In Gaza, Albania, Airphix, Metro Glider, Lee Kosmin, New Order / Minny Pops, Fatal Charm, The Meteors, The Members, UB40

 

Lyrics:
Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going

PiL - Flowers Of Romance

02 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 18 - 2n

Volume 28 - Number 18
Price - 30p   Pages - 40 

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Cover photo by

Jill Furmanovsky

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

2nd May 1981

Cover:  Billy Doherty (Undertones)

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Interviews and features:

  • The Undertones

  • Sugar Minott

  • Dexy's Midnight Runners

  • Stiff Little Fingers

  • Paul Weller (The Jam) -

  •      Star Choice

  • Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) - Profile

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Albums:

A Certain Ratio, Holly and the Italians, The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson, Teddy Pendergrass, Various Artists (Declaration Of Independence), Modern English, Split Enz, Jim Steinman, Reckless, Gary U.S. Bonds

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Singles reviewed by: Mike Nicholls

John Cale, Adam and the Ants, The Who, Sparks, Richard Strange, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, Squeeze, Psychedelic Furs, Magazine, Out Of Blue Six, The Dolphins, Theatre Of Hate, Sheena Easton, Jona Lewie, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones, Human League, Spider King, Duran Duran, Japan, Talking Heads, The Times, The Gifted Children, Eddie and the Hot Rods, UK Subs, 999, Empire, Weapon Of Peace, The Colors, Small Print, Eric Blake, Human Cabbages, Charlie, Dangerous Girls, James Warren and the Korgis, Johnny Cash, The Fix, Close Rivals, The Jets, Charade, Martian Dance, The Lambrettas, Michael Jackson, The President's Men, Sister Sledge, Marcia Barrett

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Live:

Gary Numan, Ken Hensley and Shotgun, Daddy Yum Yum, Comsat Angels, Fire Engines / Restricted Code, Brain Brain, REO Speedwagon, Cliff Richard, The Cure, Stiff Little Fingers, The Quads, Original Mirrors / The Scars / Motor Boys Motor, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Saints, Blurt, The Searchers, The Zitz

 

Lyrics:

Girlschool - Hit 'N' Run

Madness - Grey Day

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Volume 28 -  Number 19
Price - 30p    Pages - 40 

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Cover illustration by Alan Adler

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Bruce Springsteen comic strip illustrations by David Street

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

9th May 1981

Cover:  Mick Jones (The Clash)

Centre spread:  Bruce Springsteen

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Interviews and features:

  • The Clash

  • Yello Magic Orchestra

  • Plastics

  • Bruce Springsteen comic strip

  • Vaughan Toulouse
    (Department S) - Star Choice

  • Linx - Profile

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Albums:

The Beat, The Keys, The Whisper, The Undertones, Deutsch Americanische Freundscraft, Cockney Rejects, Wild Horses, Aswad, Albania, In Gaza, Spirit, Pere UBU, Tubes

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Singles reviewed by : Mike Gardner

Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad, Kim Carnes, The Faraway Stars, John Milton and the Glass Torpedoes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Krokus, The Members, Mobster, Harding and Browne, Small Talk, Barbara Streisand, Willie Nelson, Harry Chapin, Helen Chappelle, Rose Tattoo, Jo Anne Forte, John Hiatt, Roberto Flack and Peabo Bryson, Rupert Hine, Leo Sayer, Jefferson Starship, Eric Hine, Bryan Haworth, John Cougar, Planets, John O Bannion, Tom Dickie and the Desires, Midas Touch, Oingo Boingo, Legend, Dogs, The Hunt, Shirley James and Danny Ray, Tony Cook and Party People, Bos Will Be Boys, Dolly Brown, Altered Images, Kiki Dee, The Quick, Richard Ashworth and White Dub, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tan Tan, Joe Walsh, The Chords, Suzi Quatro, Japan, Laura Right, Classix Nouveaux, Kraftwerk

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Live:

Ker-Ang, Teddy Pendergrass / Stephanie Mills, Freshies, The Specials, Killing Joke, Brumbeat Nostalgia Night, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Stuart Henry's Multiple Sclerosis Benefit, Tymon Dogg, Fad Gadget / Depeche Mode / Furious Pig

 

Lyrics:

Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of

     A Thousand Men

Eddy Grant - Can't Get Enough

     Of You

Page 1 - Vol 28 - No 20 - Record Mirror

Volume 28 - Number 20

Price - 30p   Pages - 48

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Cover by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

16th May 1981

Cover:  Bob Marley

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Interviews and features:

  • Bob Marley

  • Paula Yates Column

  • REO Speedwagon

  • Sheena Easton

  • Public Image Ltd

  • The Cure

  • Teddy Pendergrass

  • Stephanie Mills

  • Steve Strange - Star Choice

  • Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners) - Profile

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Albums:

The Psychedelic Furs, Squeeze, Angelic Upstarts, Blurt, The Birthday party, Joe Walsh, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Plastics, Original Mirrors, The Saints, Ruts D.C., 999, Grace Jones, RAF, Various Artists (Battle Of The Bands)

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Singles reviewed by: Simon Tebbutt

Doll by Doll, Saigon, The Gas, UB40, Billy Preston, Stiff Little Fingers, Q Tips, Girls At Our Best, The Fallout Club, Jim Steinman, Troyce Key and JJ Malone, The Rollers, Peter Sarstedt, Pigbag, James Galway, Landscape, Split Enz, Victor Ronnie Evans, Wanda Walden, David Bendeth, Kelly Marie, Skip Mahoney, A Taste Of Honey, Vince Hill, The Heartbeats, Herbie Armstrong, Killing Joke, The Coconut Dogs, Modern Eon, Randy Crawford, Gary Holston and Casino Steel, Rock Sullivan, Delbert McClinton, The Odds, Gary Brooker, Recognitions, Simple Minds, A Taste Of Honey, The Swingers, Rhythm Hawkes, John Dowie, Frank Soda, Lennie Peters, Paul Rafferty, The Polecats, Export, Toyah, Positive Noise, Joe Fagin, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Ken Lockie, The Passage, Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patteson, The Paul Kennerley Band, Dramatis, The Cuban Heels, Keith Emerson

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Live:

Bram Tchaikovsky, The Beat / Au Pairs / Mood Elevators, Meteors / UK Decay / 999, Girlschool, Theatre Of Hate  / Modern English / The Birthday Party, The Deaf Aids, BIM, Japan, Wasted Youth, Pearl Harbour / Blue Cats / Television Personalities, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gary Glitter, Pauline Murray / The Scars / The Dumb Blondes, Girls At Our Best, Holly and the Italians, Boomtown Rats, The Kinks, The Q-Tips

 

Lyrics:

Kim Wilde - Chequered Love

Whitesnake - Don't Break My Heart

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 21

Volume 28 - Number 21
Price - 30p   Pages - 48

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Cover by Fin Costello

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

23rd May 1981

Cover:  Tenpole Tudor

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Interviews and features:

  • Tenpole Tudor

  • GAOB

  • Billy Connolly

  • Spandau Ballet in New York

  • Boomtown Rats

  • Whitesnake

  • Level 42

  • Sal Solo (Classix Nouveau)
    -     Star Choice

  • Peter Byford (Saxon) Profile

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Albums:
Judie Tzuke, Richard Strange, Bill Nelson, Billy Squire, Sparks, Van Halen, John Cooper Clarke, Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes, Parliament, Frank Zappa, Au Pairs, Doll By Doll, Osibisa, Black Slate, Cuddly Toys, Jefferson Starship, Barclay James Harvest, Snakefinger, Classix Nouveaux

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Singles reviewed by : Daniella Soave

Bureau, Hazel O'Connor, Lonesome No More, Modern Romance, Dead Kennedys, Tammy Wynnette, Snips, George Harrison, Expressos, Gino Vannelli, Harvey Mason, DAF, Robert Ellis Orrall, Last Man In Europe, The Business, Ariel FX, Eyeless In Gaza, The Diagram Brothers, Ruby Wilson, Dramatis, LA Boppers, Shirley James and Danny Ray, Fela Kuti, David Essex, The Almost Brothers, Can Siouxsie and the Banshees, Earth Wind and Fire, Iggy Pop, Lieutenant Pigeon, Hambi and the Dance, The Swingers, Last Touch, The Strikers, Herbie Armstrong, Alvin Lee Band, Rox, The DB's, Wasted Youth, Tot Taylor and his Orchestra, Virna Lindt, Bette Midler, Vice Squad, Toni Basil, Weapon Of Peace, 39 Lyon Steet, The Jam, Splodgenssabounds, Hot Chocolate, The People

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Live:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, John Cooper Clarke, Birds with Ears, Depeche Mode, The Happy Few, Ruts DC / Modernaires, A Certain Ratio / Section 25, The Not Sensibles, The Four Bucketeers, The Dead Kennedys, Shakin' Stevens / Jets, The Honey Drippers, UK Decay, The Stargazers, Manhatten Transfer

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Lyrics:

Toyah - I Want To Be Free

Undertones - Going To Happen

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 22

Volume 28 - Number 22
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover illustration by
            Chris Priestley

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

30th May 1981

Cover:  Stevie Wonder

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Interviews and features:

  • Stevie Wonder

  • Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)

  • Toyah

  • Eddie Tenpole (Tenpole Tudor) - Star Choice

  • Kim Wilde - Profile

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Albums:
Toyah, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Moddy Blues, Elton John, Samson, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Sniff 'N' The Tears, Renaldo and the Loaf, Empire, Ray Parker Jnr and Raydio, Manhattan Transfer, The Fall, Various Artists (Norwich A Fine City), Lee Ritenour, Ken Lockie

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Singles reviewed by :

Phil Collins, Peter Hammill, Paul Rafferty, Brian Eno and David Byrne, John and Vangelis, Bunny Wailer, Elton John, Kool and the Gang, Peyr, Fassbender-Russell, Those Helicopters, JC's Mainmen, Wasted Youth, The Cramps, Tony Crane, Josef K, Girls At Our Best, Linx, Ultravox, BIM, Angelic Upstarts, Tony Crane, Coati Mundi

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Live:
Undertones, Tuxedomoon, Altered Images, Everest The Hard Way, Basement 5, Shock, The Temper, Barclay James Harvest, The Barracudas, XTC, Plastics

​

Lyrics:

Human League - Sound of the Crowd

UB40 - Don't Let It Pass You By

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01 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 23 - 6t

Volume 28 - Number 23
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Adrian Boot

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

6th June 1981

Cover:  The Beat

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Interviews and features:

  • The Beat

  • Human League

  • Pink Floyd

  • Killing Joke

  • Toyah - Profile

  • Noddy Holder (Slade) - Star Choice

​

Albums:
Eddy Grant, Motorhead, Echo and the Bunnymen, UB40, Elvis Presley, Positive Nose

​

Singles reviewed by : Simon Ludgate

Grace Jones, Coati Mundi, Ultravox, Angelic Upstarts, BIM, Depeche Mode, Judie Tzuke, Graham Bonnet, Bram Tchaikovsky, Psychedelic Furs, King Creole, Kool and the Gang, Moody Blues, Joe Ely, Teele Gents, Air Supply, Plastics, Jim Carroll Band, Vardis, Sector 27, Modern Jazz, Bob Marley, Between Pictures, Felicity  Burski, Emmylou Harris, Aswad, The Meteors, Eurythmics, Stanley Clarke / George Duke, Specials, Bruce Springsteen, Sneaky Pierre, Kirsty MacColl, Leon Redbone, Maclean and Maclean

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Live:
Wishbone Ash, Status Quo, Au Pairs, Toyah, Stray Cats, The Sir Douglas Quintet, Ted Nugent, Squeeze

​

Lyrics:

George Harrison - All Those Years Ago

Kate Robbins - More Than In Love

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02 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 24 - 13

Volume 28 - Number 24
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover by - (Unknown)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

13th June 1981

Cover:  Shakin' Stevens

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Interviews and features:

  • Shakin' Stevens

  • Prince

  • Stuart Adamson

  • Kim Carnes

  • The Scars

  • Fischer-Z

  • Eddie Tenpole - Profile

  • Feargal Sharkey (Undertones)
    - Star Choice

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Albums:
The Wanderers, The Passage, TV Smiths Exploders, Local Heroes, Plummet Airlines, Magazine, Quentin Crisp, Roy Sundholm, Bram Tchaikovsky, George Harrison, The Sinceros, Jean Michel Jarre, Kim Carnes, Robyn Hitchcock, Randy Crawford, Yoko, The Flying Lizards, Various Artists (Mutant Disco)

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Singles reviewed by : Mike Gardner

The Belle Stars, Angelwitch, TV21, Steve Winwood, Sheena Easton, The Beat, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Tubes, Dave Edmunds and the Stray Cats, Prince, Rainbow, Bernie Marsden, The Vapors, Iron Maiden, Honey Bane, Spirit, Joe Dolce, Kraftwerk, REO Speedwagon, Diana Ross, Gillan, Our Daughters Wedding, Paul Inder, Dillinger, The Quads, Ramsey Lewis, Tygers Of Pang Tang, Siam, The Flying Lizards, The Korgis, The Players Association, Sue Wilkinson, Tom Tom Club, Bill Nelson, The Evasions

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Live:
U2, Bumble and the Bees, The Gas, Art Objects Music For Pleasure, Prince, The Dreamboys, Bill Nelson / Josef K, Joe Ely, Empire, Psychedelic Furs / Depeche Mode / Siam, Freeez, Fundamental Frolics, Slade, The Shakin' Pyramids, The Belle Stars

​

Lyrics:

Hazel O'Connor - Will You

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 25

Volume 28 - Number 25

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Cover by Fin Costello

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

20th June 1981

Cover:  Gary Numan

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Interviews and features:

  • Gary Numan - Part 1

  • Bill Nelson

  • The Tubes

  • Ultravox

  • Depeche Mode

  • Soft Cell

  • Rusty Egan

  • Duran Duran

  • Hazel O'Connor - Profile

  • Kirsty MacColl - Star Choice

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Albums:
Duran Duran, Village People, Killing Joke, Yesterday and Today, Iggy Pop, Kiki Dee, Siouxsie & the Banshees

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Singles reviewed by John Shearlaw:

Nick Jones and Ian Macrae, Tom Gribbin, Bad Manners, Iron Maiden, Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive, Quincy Jones, Department S, Marth Ladly, UK Players, Precious Wilson, Nigel Martinez, Leon Bryant, Johnny Warman, Walker Brothers, 10cc, Sector 27, Lovely Previn, The Mechanics, Wild Horses, The Wall, Ian Gomm, Mike Holloway, Wire, Martian Schoolgirls, Essential Logic, Holly and the Italians, Thompson Twins, Neil Paul Phillip, Eddie Kid, Reality, Nine Below Zero

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Live:
Pink Floyd, Crystal Palace Garden Party (Polecats, Tenpole Tudor, Madness, Sponooch, Ultravox), Original Mirrors, Adam & the Ants, Defunkt, Doll By Doll, Pigbag

​

Lyrics:

Odyssey - Going Back To My Roots

02 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 26 - 27

Volume 28 - Number 26
Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Cover by Jill Furmanovsky

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​

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

27th June 1981

Cover:  Hazel O'Connor

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Interviews and features:

  • Hazel O'Connor - A Life In The Day

  • Gary Numan - Part 2

  • UB40

  • Kate Robbins - Star Choice

  • Midge Ure (Ultravox) - Profile

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Albums:
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive, Thompson Twins, Inner City Unit, The Polecats, Cliff Richard, Manu Dibango, Modern Eon

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Singles reviewed by Mike Nichols:

The Freshies, Showaddywaddy, Fingerprintz, The Wanderers, Cockney Rejects, Jimmy Pursey, 4 Skins, The Gross Club, Depeche Mode, James Brown, Was (Not Was), Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patteson, Positive Noise, Betty Bright and the Illuminations, BIM, Jean Michel Jarre, Bill Wyman, Roger Taylor, Bush Tetras, Nash The Slash, Bauhaus, Vardis, Naked Lunch, Samson, Helen Watson / Permanent Wave, The Swim, John , The Associates, TV Smith's Explorers, The Laughing Apple, Roy Wood, Dead Or Alive, The \Outpatients

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Live:
The Jam, Kraftwerk, 999, Tubes, UK Subs, Brian Brain, The Bureau, Hazel O'Connor, The Specials, The Teardrop Explodes, Classix Nouveaux / Wasted Youth, Moody Blues

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Lyrics:

Specials - Ghost Town

01 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 27 - 4t

Volume 28 - Number 27
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Chalkie Davies

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

4th July 1981

Cover:  Specials

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Interviews and features:

  • The Specials

  • Bad Manners

  • Mensi (Angelic Upstarts)

  • Rock Jobs - Working in a record store

  • Kirsty MacColl

  • Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)
    -     Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
Split Enz, Robert Palmer, Electric Guitars, Thompson Twins, UB40, Screaming Lord Sutch, Meteors, Cramps, Roy Sundholm, Polecats, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Judie Tzuke, John Cale

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Lyrics:

Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink

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02 - Recrod Mirror - Vol 28 - No 28 - 11

Volume 28 - Number 28
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

11th July 1981

Cover:  Kate Bush

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Interviews and features:

  • Kate Bush

  • Fashion contest winners

  • Bauhaus

  • Jim Steinman

  • The Members

  • Rock Jobs - How to be a merchandiser

  • Kid Creole

  • Squeeze

  • Feargal Sharkey (Undertones)

  • Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners) - Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Samson - Riding With The Angels

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07 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 29 - 18

Volume 28 - Number 29

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Andy Rosen

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

18th July 1981

Cover:  Motorhead

Poster:  Kim Wilde

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Interviews and features:

  • Motorhead

  • Vapors

  • Dante Bonutto

  • Rose Tattoo

  • Randy Crawford

  • Rock Jobs - Road Runner

  • Mike Read and Peter Powell

  • Peter Wylie (Wah)

  • Peter Murray (Bauhaus)
    - Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Visage - Visage

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08 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 30 - 25

Volume 28 - Number 30
Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Cover illustration by

   H.R. Giger - from a

   Brian Aris photo

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

25th July 1981

Cover:  Debbie Harry

Poster:  Steve Strange (Visage)

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Interviews and features:

  • Debbie Harry

  • Saxon

  • Tom Tom Club

  • David Grant (Linx)

  • Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode)

  • Bunny Clarke (Third World)
    - Star Choice 

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Kate Bush - Sat In Your Lap

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Volume 28 - Number 31

Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover by -

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Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

1st August 1981

Cover:  Spandau Ballet

Poster:  Agnetha, Anni-Frid (ABBA)

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Interviews and features:

  • Spandau Ballet

  • Depeche Mode

  • Steve Strange (Visage)

  • Imagination

  • Ramona (Mo-dettes)

  • Biff (Saxon) - Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

The Jacksons - Walk Right Now

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Volume 28 - Number33

Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Andy Rosen

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

15th August 1981

Cover:  Duran Duran

Centre spread:  Dexys Midnight

                            Runners

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Interviews and features:

  • Duran Duran

  • Our Daughter's Wedding

  • Consumer Guide To Personal Hi-Fi

  • Fergal Sharkey

  • Eddy Grant - Star Choice

  • Sal Solo - Profile

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

U2 - Fire

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 35

Volume 28 - Number 35

Price - 30p   Pages - 40 

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Cover pic by Eric Watson

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

29th August 1981

Cover:  OMD

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Interviews and features:

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

  • Central Line

  • Modern Romance

  • Classix Nouveaux

  • Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)

  • Castle Donington report

  • Star Choice - Marc Almond (Soft Cell)

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News:

---

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Albums:

---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:

---

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Lyrics:

UB40 - One In Ten

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Volume 28 - Number 37

Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Fin Costello

 

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

12th September 1981

Cover: Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes)

Poster:  Soft Cell

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Interviews and features:

  • Julian Cope

  • Michael Schenker

  • John Foxx

  • Aneka

  • Star Choice - Thereza Bazar (Dollar)

  • James Hamilton's Discos

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News:

U2, Teardrop Explodes, The Police, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Q-Tips, Showaddywaddy, Tom Tom Club, Grace Jones, Gary U.S. Bonds,

Doll By Doll, Iron Maiden,

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Albums:

Ultravox, Tom Verlaine, Dirty Looks, Altered Images, Cliff Richard

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Singles reviewed by Sunie:

Depeche Mode, Revillos, Madness, Marc Bolan, Japan, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Ludus, The Hitmen, Rick James, Bob Dylan, Budgie, Rudi, Sparks, The Ramblers, Thelma Houston, Bunny Wailer, The Keys, After The Fire, Gidea Park, Redstar Belgrade, The Tikis

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Live:

Futurama 3, The Beat, Doll By Doll, Simple Minds, Rock On the Tyne Festival (U2, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Huang Chung, The Polecats), Reading Festival (Twelfth Night, Long Tall Shorty, Nightwing, 1990, Saga, Lightning Raiders, Telephone, Budgie, Steve Hackett, Girlschool, Parachutes, Jackie Lynton All Stars, Atomic Rooster, Vardis, Lionheart, Samson, Rose Tattoo, Billy Squier, Gillan, Afraid of Mice, Reluctant Stereotypes, Desperadoes, Enid, .38 Special, Wishbone Ash, Greg Lake, Nine Below Zero, The Kinks)

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Lyrics:

Heaven 17 - Play to Win

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Volume 28 - Number 39

Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by -

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Free Stray Cats poster

(see below) 

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

26th September 1981

Cover:  Toyah

Centre spread:  Adam Ant

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Interviews and features:

  • Toyah

  • The Police - Stewart Copeland

  • The Hollies

  • Alvin Stardust

  • Diana Ross

  • Simple Minds

  • Sheena Easton

  • Star Choice - Geoff Deane (Modern Romance)  

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News:

---

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Albums:

---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:

---

 

Lyrics:

Alvin Stardust - Pretend

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Volume 28 - Number 32

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Simon Fowler

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

8th August 1981

Cover:  Human League

Centre spread:  Siouxsie

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Interviews and features:

  • Human League

  • Video age

  • Stars on 45 debate

  • Eddie Tenpole

  • Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen)

  • David Fenton (Vapors)
    -     Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Kim Wilde - Water On Glass

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Volume 28 - Number 34

Price - 30p    Pages - 40 

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Cover by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

22nd August 1981

Cover:  Debbie Harry

Centre spread:  AC / DC

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Interviews and features:

  • Debbie Harry

  • The Lemons

  • Bill Wyman

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • Soft Cell

  • Bucks Fizz

  • Adam Clayton (U2)

  • Louis Clark - Star Choice

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Human League - Love Action

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 36

Volume 28 - Number 36

Price - 30p   Pages - 32 

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Cover pic by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

5th September 1981

Cover:  Meat Loaf

Posters: Tenpole Tudor, Gary Numan

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Interviews and features:

  • Meatloaf

  • Paul Gambaccini

  • Tim Worman (Polecats)

  • Star Choice - Midge Ure (Ultravox)

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News:

---

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Albums:

---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:

---

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Lyrics:

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound

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15 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 38 - 19

Volume 28 - Number 38
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Mike Putland

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Free badges (see below)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

19th September 1981

Cover:  Suggs (Madness)

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Interviews and features:​

  • Madness

  • Rolling Stones

  • Ultravox

  • Dollar

  • Marc Bolan

  • Johnny Whetstone (The Look)

  • Star Choice - Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)

  • James Hamilton's Discos

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News:

Bob Geldof, The Clash, Toyah, Rick Wakeman, Bow Wow Wow, Secret Affair, Kool And The Gang, Rush,

Adam Ant, Genesis, The Vapors

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Albums:

Joan Armatrading, Heaven 17, The Crusaders, T Rex, Scott Walker, Michael Schenker Group, Level 42, The Hee Bee Gee Bees

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Singles reviewed by Sunie:

The Police, Dead Kennedys, David Essex, Kissing The Pink, John Martyn, Devo, Billy Joel, OBX, Evelyn King, The Mood, Thomas Dolby, A Flock Of Seagulls, Buddy Holly, Chron Gen, Hall & Oates

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Live:

Duran Duran, Dead or Alive, Sugar Minott, Joe Jackson, The Twinsets, Michael Schenker Group, Rip Rig & Panic, Birthday Party, Heavy Metal All-Dayer (Tygers of Pan Tang, Angel Witch, Predatur, Starfighters, Big Noses and Funny Teeth)

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Lyrics:

Linx - So This Is Romance

21 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 40 - 3r

Volume 28 - Number 40

Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Fin Costello

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Free Flexi Disc

(see below)

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

3rd October 1981

Cover:  Bad Manners

Centre spread:  The Police

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Interviews and features:

  • Bad Manners

  • The Police - Andy Summers

  • Robin Mortmore (Portsmouth Sinfonia)

  • Star Choice - Paul Humphreys (OMD)

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News:

---

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Albums:

---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:

---

 

Lyrics:

Police - Invisible Sun

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10th October 1981

26 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 41 - 10

Volume 28 - Number 41
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Brian Aris

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

Cover:  Sting

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Interviews and features:

The Police - Part Three - Sting

Altered Images

Hazel O'Connor

Keith Altham - A Life In A Day

Sheena Easton - Star Choice

Chrissy Boy (Madness) - Profile

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Elvis Costello - A Good Year For

                    The Roses

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09 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 43 - 24

Volume 28 - Number 43
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Spud Murphy

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

24th October 1981

Cover:  Fun Boy Three

Posters:  Elvis Costello / Clare

                Grogan (Altered Images)

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Interviews and features:

  • Fun Boy Three

  • Depeche Mode

  • Chris Difford (Squeeze)

  • Saxon

  • Alan Rankine (The Associates) - Star Choice

  • Susan Sulley (Human League)

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Shakin' Stevens - It's Raining

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15 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 45 - 7t

Volume 28 - Number 45
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Spud Murphy

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

7th November 1981

Cover:  Annabella Lwin
           (Bow Wow Wow)

Poster:  Rod Stewart

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Interviews and features:

  • Bow Wow Wow

  • The Ramones

  • Haircut One Hundred

  • Michael Hurll (Top Of The Pops)

  • Joey Ramone - Star Choice

  • Bobby Cotton (The Jets)

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Rod Stewart - Tonight I'm Yours

                        (Don't Hurt Me)

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21st November 1981

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 47

Volume 28 - Number 47
Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

Cover:  Soft Cell

Poster:  David Bowie

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Interviews and features:

  • Soft Cell

  • Nils Lofgren

  • Portable cassette players

  • Paul Weller

  • Martin Fry (ABC)

  • Queen

  • Kool And The Gang

  • Chris Difford (Squeeze) -

  •             Star Choice

  • Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)

 

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Olivia Newton-John - Physical

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15 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 42 - 17

Volume 28 - Number 42
Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Cover pic by Simon Fowler

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

17th October 1981

Cover:  Human League

Posters:  Japan / Sheena Easton

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Interviews and features:

  • Human League

  • Ian Dury

  • Comsat Angels

  • Thomas Dolby - Star Choice

  • Clare Grogan (Altered Images)

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

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10 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 44 - 31

Volume 28 - Number 44

Price - 30p    Pages - 40 

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Cover by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

31st October 1981

Cover:  Ian Gillan

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Interviews and features:

  • Gillan

  • Gregory Isaacs

  • Bee Gees

  • Richard Skinner

  • The Exploited

  • Joanne (Human League)
    -     Star Choice

  • Joey Ramone

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
                    - Joan of Ark

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16 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 46 - 14

Volume 28 - Number 46
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover by -

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

14th November 1981

Cover:  Blue Rondo à la Turk

Centre spread:  Olivia Newton-John

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Interviews and features:

  • Blue Rondo à la Turk

  • The Go Go's

  • Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers)

  • George O'Dowd

  • Graham Jones (Haircut One Hundred) - Star Choice

  • John Cooper Clarke

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Queen & David Bowie -

                       Under Pressure

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 48

Volume 28 - Number 48

Price - 30p   Pages - 40

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Cover by -

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​

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

28th November 1981

Cover:  Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

Poster:  OMD

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Interviews and features:

Olivia Newton-John

Stewart Copeland (The Police)

Gary Kemp (Spandau Ballet)

Jets

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Pigbag

Johnny (Altered Images) -

               Star Choice

Marc Almond - Profile

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Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Pretenders - I Go To Sleep

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 49

Volume 28 - Number 49

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

5th December 1981

Cover:  Tom Morley (Scritti Politti)

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Interviews and features:

  • Scritti Politti

  • Rolling Stones

  • Linx

  • John Foxx

  • Level 42

  • Bobby Cotton (Jets) - Star Choice

  • Geoff Deane (Modern Romance)

 

Albums:
---

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Singles reviewed by :

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Diana Ross - Why Do Fools

                          Fall In Love

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 50

Volume 28 - Number 50

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

12th December 1981

Cover:  Stray Cats

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Interviews and features:

  • Stray Cats

  • The Damned

  • Japan

  • Ozzy Osbourne

  • Perry Haines

  • Andy McClusky (OMD) -

  •             Star Choice

  • Gee Bello (Light of the World)

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Albums:
---

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Singles:

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Human League - Don't You Want Me

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 51

Volume 28 - Number 51
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Michael Putland

​

​

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

19th December 1981

Cover:  Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)

Centre spread:  AC/DC

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Interviews and features:

  • Duran Duran

  • Human League

  • Lol Creme and Kevin Godley

  • Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
    -     Star Choice

  • Thereza Bazar (Dollar)

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Albums:
---

​

Singles:

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Madness - It Must Be Love

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Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 52

Volume 28 - Number 52
Price - 30p   Pages - 32

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Cover pic by Brian Aris

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​

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for the loan of this issue

for scanning

26th December 1981

Cover:  Sheena Easton

Centre spread:  Adam Ant

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Interviews and features:

  • Sheena Easton

  • Did I Say That? - Star Quotes

  • 1981 Chart Quiz

  • 1981 Overview

  • The Beat

  • Rock Calendar 1982

  • The RM Selection 1981

  • Suzanne (Human League)

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Albums:
---

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Singles:

---

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Live:
---

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Lyrics:

Jon & Vangelis - Find My Way Home

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Free Stuff

At times Record Mirror would either give something away Free or make it possible to send off for a Free Gift.  Below are the items available in this year.

Badges

19th September 1981

15 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 38 - 19

In the 19th September 1981 issue of Record Mirror the magazine gave it's readers a Free Badges.

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This Issue Came with 2 Free Badges (Set of 4 in Total) featuring

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  • Madness

  • Beat

  • Hazel O'Connor

  • Toyah

Advert - 12th September 1981

Page 7 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 37

Madness

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The Beat

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Hazel O'Connor

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Toyah

Record Mirror - Badges Toyah - 1981.jpg

Stray Cats Poster

26th September 1981

20 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 39 - 26
Page 29 - Record Mirror - Vol 28 - No 38

In the 26th September 1981 issue of Record Mirror the magazine gave it's readers a Free Glossy Stray Cats Poster.

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stray cats poster 1981 RM.jpg

Flexi Disc

31st October 1981

In the 31st October 1981 issue of Record Mirror the magazine gave it's readers a Free Bad Manners Flexi Disc.

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Credits:

Label - Magnet (2) ‎– none

Format - Flexi-disc, 7", 45 RPM, Single Sided, Limited Edition 

Country - UK

Released - 1981

Genre - Reggae, Pop

Style - Reggae-Pop

Producer – Roger Lomas

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Front Cover

Track Listing

Record Mirror - Bad Manners - Runaway Fl

A - Runaway

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Companies

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  • Published By – Magnet Music Ltd.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Magnet Records Ltd.

  • Produced For – Red Shadow Productions Ltd.

  • Manufactured By – Flexi Records Ltd

Side A

Record Mirror - Bad Manners - Runaway Fl

Bad Manners - Runaway

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