1982 Issues
These are the issues of Record Mirror that came out in 1982.
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.
If anyone has any issues that are not available on this site and are willing to scan them and make them available (from any year) then please get in touch via the Contact page.

Price - 40p
Editor - Eric Fuller
Deputy Editor - John Shearlaw
News Editor - Simon Hills
Chief Sub Editor - Michael Pilgrim
Art Sub Editor - Graham Stevens
Managing Director - Jack Hutton
Publishing Director - Mike Sharmen

Volume 29 - Number 1
Cover By - Kevin Cummins
Price - 30p Pages - 24
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
2nd January 1982
Front Cover - Julian Cope
(The Teardrop Explodes)
Interviews and Features:
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Julian Cope
(The Teardrop Explodes) -
Les Awardes De Greta 1981
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Bauhaus
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Rock's Scrapbook
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Motorized Musicoze
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Dollar
Albums: None
Singles: None
Live:
Ultravox, Saxon, Adam and the Ants, Slade

Volume 29 - Number 2
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 30p Pages - 32
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
9th January 1982
Front Cover - Altered Images
Interviews and Features:
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Altered Images
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Mike Rutherford (Genesis)
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Status Quo
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Styx
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Jennie McKeown (Belle Stars) -
A Day In The Life Of
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The Pretenders
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Siouxsie
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Susanne Sulley (Human League) -
Star Choice
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Suggs (Madness) - Profile
Albums:
The Cheaters, Sammy Hagar, Showaddywaddy, Alan Vega
Singles: None
Live:
Toyah / Fad Gadget, Christmas On Earth, Japan, Dave Edmonds, Animal Magnet, Elvis Costello and the Attractions,

Volume 29 - Number 3
Cover By - Joe Bangay
Price - 30p Pages - 32
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
16th January 1982
Front Cover - Toyah
Centre Spread - Madness
Interviews and Features:
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Toyah
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Sabbath
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Woody (Madness) and Jane -
A Day In The Life
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Alton Edwards - Star Choice
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Joanne Catherall (Human League)
- Profile
Song Words:
The Mobiles - Drowning In Berlin
Albums:
A Certain Ratio, Various Artists (The Friday Rock Show), TV21, Luther Vandross, The Tubes, Girl, Pete Shelley, Plain Charactors, Molly Hatchet, Wasted Youth, Ras Michael and the Sons fo Negus
Singles: by Sunie
Rhoda with the Special AKA, Haircut 100, Orange Juice, OMD, Spandau Ballet, Japan, The Stranglers, Bow Wow Wow, Orbidoig, Theatre Of Hate, Gillan, Fad Gadget, Stevie Wonder, Buggles, Yukihiro Takahashi, Shakin' Stevens, Oliva Newton-John, Dayle Hall and John Oates, Robert Palmer, Tygers of Pang Tang, Sammy Hagar, Jimi Hendrix, Slade, Devo, OK Jive, XTC, The Dancing Did
Live:
Secret Affair, Academy One, Babylon Rebels, Rip Rag and Panic, No Fixed Aode, The Newsbeat, Gillan, Tom Robinson, Black Sabbath, Dollar, Afraid Of Mice, U2

Volume 29 - Number 4
Cover By - Paul Cox
Price - 30p Pages - 32
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23rd January 1982
Front Cover - Kim Wilde
Interviews and Features:
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Kim Wilde
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Rhoda Dakar
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The Mobiles
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The Poll Results
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Stevo - A Life In The Day
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Les Nemes (Haircut 100) -
Star Choice
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Chas Smash (Madness) - Profile
Song Words:
Shakin' Stevens - Oh Julie
Albums:
The Kinks, Lone Ranger, The Times, Eek-A-Mouse, Marine Girls, TV Personalities, Ideal, The Look
Singles: by Sunie
The Jam, Hazel O'Connor, Mari Wilson, The Mood, Defunkt, Troy Tate, Holly and Joey, Modern Romance, Josie Cotten, Klaus Nomi, The Passions, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Central Line, Attila's Brides, The Mood, Mouth, Clapham South Elevators, Nick Nicely, Alton Ellis, Sheree Brown, Kirsty MacColl, Jas Jankle
Live:
Soft Cell, Peter Green, Stampede, Barry Manilow, UFO, Classix Nouveaux / Flock Of Seagulls, Blancmange, Simple Minds / Icehouse, Rhythm Of Life, Nassau, The Go-Go's / OK Jive, The Gleeko / The Still

Volume 29 - Number 5
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 30p Pages - 32
Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning
30th January 1982
Front Cover - Stranglers
Interviews and Features:
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The Stranglers
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The Four Tops
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XTC
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UFO
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Bucks Fizz
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A Day In The Life - Neil Ferris
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Star Choice - Hazel O'Connor
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Profile - Anna Maria (Mobiles)
Song Words:
OMD - Maid Of Orleans
Albums:
The Method Actors, Chicago, The Rods, Family Fodder, David Thomas & The Pedestrians, Various Artists, UFO, Johnny G, Afraid Of Mice, , The Blues Brothers, Tom Brown, Central Line
Singles: by Sunie
The Associates, Depeche Mode, Fun Boy Three with Bananarama, Soft Cell, Susan, Thomas Dolby, Thompson Twins, Julie Wallis, The Dynamic Hepnotics, Voice Squad, Pookissnakenburger, Jets, Language From Memory, The Noland, Secret Affair, Cuddly Toys, The High Tide, Billy Joel, T.S. Monk, AC/DC, Huang Chung
Live:
Adam And The Ants, Modern Romance, The Sound, The Stargazers, The Nick Garvey, UB40, Orange Juice, Sad Cafe, Chelsea, Lords Of The New Church

Volume 29 - Number 6
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 32
This issue had a 5p Price Increase
This issue came with the First part of The History Of Rock
Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning
6th February 1982
Front Cover - History Of Rock
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Elvis Presley
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The Beatles
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David Bowie
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Sex Pistols
Interviews and Features:
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Ralf Hutter (Kraftwerk)
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Teddy Pendergrass
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Pauline Black
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Anti-Nowhere League
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History Of Rock 1955 - 1981 Part 1
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Charts and Events 1955 - 1981
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Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) -
A Day In The Life Of
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Anna Maria (The Mobiles) -
Star Choice
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Alton Edwards - Profile
Song Words:
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Albums:
Simple Minds, Kalus Nomi, Holger Czukay, The J. Geils Band, The Four Tops, The Time, The Whispers, Syreeta, Brandi Wells, NAtalie Cole, Melba Moore, New York Skyy, CM Lord
Singles: by Sunie
Tom Tom Club, Pamala Stevenson, UB40, Lulu, Black Sabbeth, The Bongos, HaniltonBohannon, Pigbag, ABC, Jona Lewis Talk Talk, 4 Skins, Arnold Lane, Virginia Astley, New Musik,, Simple Minds, Those French Girls, Brain Brain
Live:
Haircut 100, Shakatak, Animal Nightlife, Urban Shakedown, Stiff Little Fingers, Mari Wilson and the Imaginations, New Order, The Cheaters, The Jets, The Stranglers

Volume 29 - Number 7
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 32
This issue came with the Second part of
The History Of Rock
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
13th February 1982
Front Cover - Haircut 100
Interviews and Features:
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Haircut 100
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Sammy Hagar
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Pamela Stephenson
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David Bowie
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Bob Geldof - A Life In The Day Of
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The History Of Rock - Part 2
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1955 and 1956
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Star Choice - Brindsley Forde
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Leee John (Imagination) - Profile
Song Words:
Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Albums:
Jimmy Riley, The B-52's, Nick Lowe, XTC, Krokus
Singles: by Sunie
Heaven 17, Tesco Bombers, Judi Nylon, Madness, Blue Rondo, Buzzz, Peter Godwin, China Crisis, ABBA, Kraftwerk, Seiko Matsuda, Jakko, Walter Mitty's Little White Lies, Sister Sledge, Gil Scott-Heron, Chris Rea, The Waitresses, Iron Maiden, Van Helan
Live:
Sammy Hagar, The Darts, The 45's, Eyeless In Gaza / Nightingales, Altered Images, Cockney Reject, Showaddywaddy
Volume 29 - Number 8
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 32
This issue came with the Third part of
The History Of Rock
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
20th February 1982
Front Cover - OMD
Interviews and Features:
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OMD
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Stiff Little Fingers
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Central Line
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The Cimarons
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Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
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Buzzz
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Boo (Woo Woo) - A Day In The
Life Of
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The History of Rock - Part 3
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1957 and 1958
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The Mood - Star Choice
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Peter Murray (Bauhaus) - Profile
Song Words
Depeche Mode - See You
Albums:
Orange Juice, Loverboy, Jimmy Destri, Random Hold, Felt, Michael Schenker Group
Singles: by Sunie
The Wild Swans, Krokus, Kiss, Blackfoot, Vardis, Dollar, Adam and the Ants, Dramatis, The Children of 7, The Undertones, The Cimarons, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Joan Armatrading, TV 21, Jools Holland and his Millionaires, Pearl Harbour, Bush Tetras, The Bloomsbury Set, Robert Ellis Orrall, Th Nightingales, Drowning Craze, Private LivesMen at Work, Mike Oldfield, Barbara Thompson, Rod Argent
Live:
UK Subs, Do Diddley, Alice Cooper, The Makanix, Krokus / Magnum, Dead Or Alive, Ray Shell and the Street Angels, Depeche Mode / Talk Talk

Volume 29 - Number 9
Cover By - Robert Brown
Price - 35p Pages - 32
This issue came with the Fourth part of
The History Of Rock
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
27th February 1982
Front Cover - Jam
Interviews and Features:
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Jam
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Status Quo
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The Stargazers
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Tom Brown (Fungi-Mama)
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Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
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UB40
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Shakatak
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Hall and Oates
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The Associates
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Melissa Caplan - A Day in The
Life Of
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The History Of Rock - Part 4
1959 - 1960 -
Mike Barson (Madness) -
Star Choice
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Youth (Killing Joke) - Profile
Song Words
Madness - Cardiac Arrest
Albums:
The Waitresses, The Breakfast Band, Haircut One Hundred, Jimmy Pursey, Theatre Of Hate, The Original Cast (To The Shores Of Lake Placid), Van Morrison, Lou Reed, Magnum, The Thompson Twins
Singles: by Sunie
David Bowie, Philip Glass, Marc and the Mambas, The Bongos, Bauhaus, Alexei Sayle, Alice Cooper, Gary Numan, Graham Parker, The Boomtown Rats, Ronny, Tenpole Tudor, The Questions, Go Gos, The Four Tops, Kool and the Gang, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Classix Nouveaux, Paul Inder, The Time, , Levi Deter and the Ripchords, The Rimshots, Thin Lizzy, Ellery Bop
Live:
Shalamar, The Angelic Upstarts, The Breakfast Band, The Teardrop Explodes, Thin Lizzy, The Look

6th March 1982
Front Cover - Marc Almond
(Soft Cell)
Interviews and Features:
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Soft Cell
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The Waitresses
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Quarterflash
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Kirk Brandon (Theatre Of Hate)
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Bow Wow Wow
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Alexi Sayle - A Day In The Life Of
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The History of Rock - Part 5
1961 - 1962 -
Paul Weller (The Jam) - Star Choice
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Danny Brittain (Stargazers) - Profile
Song Words
Adam And The Ants - Deutscher
Girls
Albums:
Quincy Jones, Thomas Leer, The Jam, Jimmy Page, Various (Your Secret's Safe With Us, Rap Tracks), The Knack, Buggles, Shalamar, Kleer
Singles: by Sunie
Xavier, Maximum Joy, The Leisure Process, Rico and the Special AKA, Steel Pulse, George Jones and Elvis Costello, Chron Gen, Imagination, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, The Sinatras, Spizzenergi, A Flock Of Seagulls, Gina X, BIM, Zounds, The DB's, Godley and Creme, Genesis, James Freud, Venigmas, The Dance, Sugarhill Gang, Jimmy Pursey
Live:
The Stargazers, Bauhaus, 10cc, Tenpole Tudor, Killing Joke
Volume 29 - Number 10
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 32
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

Volume 29 - Number 11
Cover By - Paul Cox
Price - 35p Pages - 40
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13th March 1982
Front Cover - Toni Basil
Interviews and Features:
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Toni Basil
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Richard Fields
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The Mood
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Earth Wind And Fire
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Gary Numan
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Tight Fit
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Jools Holland - A Day In The Life Of
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The History Of Rock - Part 6
1963 - 1964
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Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
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Shalamar
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Martin Fry (ABC) - Star Choice
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Paul Weller (The Jam) - Profile
Song Words
Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
Albums:
Spandau Ballet, Jona Lewis, Pigbag, Graham Parker
Singles by: Sunie
Japan, Visage, Die Doraus Und Die Marinas, Ministry, Dexy's Midnight Runners and The Emerald Express, The Quick, YMO, Men Without Hats, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, The Climb, Bumble and the Beez, Decoupage,, Earth Wind and Fire, Slade, Meatloaf, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Mathematiques Moderne, Alexei Sayle, Third World, The Barracudas, Bettye Lavette, The Polka Dots, Typhoon Saturday, Big Self, Funhouse Soft Verdict, Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebels, BA Robertson with the Memphis Horns
Live:
Orange Juice, Rod Stewart, Fashion / Gina X, Wishbone Ash, Buzzz, The Passions, Private Lives, A Certain Ratio, Thompson Twins, Haircut 100, Discharge, 720, King Trigger, The Names / Marine, J Geils Band

Volume 29 - Number 12
Cover By - Andy Rosen
Price - 35p Pages - 32
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20th March 1982
Front Cover - Depeche Mode
Interviews and Features:
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Depeche Mode
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Rip Off's
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Blackfoot
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Pluto
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Mick Karn - Life In The Day Of
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Peter Wolf
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Martin Fry (ABC)
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The History Of Rock - Part 7
1965 - 1966
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Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) - Star Choice
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Sal Solo (Classix Nouveaux) -
Profile
Song Words
Imagination - Just An Illusion
Albums:
The Boomtown Rats, Uriah Heep, Secret Affair, The Fall, The dB's, Phil Manzanera, 23 Skidoo, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Models, Angela Bofill, The Necessaries
Singles by: Sunie
Monsoon, Altered Images, Josef K, Dead Or Alive, XTC, Killing Joke, , Logic System, Yazoo, , Attila The Stockbroker, B Movie, Angelic Upstarts, Dolly Mixtures, Wendy Wu, Kudos Point, Positive Noise, Elton John, The Laughing Apple, OGI, Luna Twist, Deadman's Shadow
Live:
Bad Manners, John Cooper, The Jam, John Watts, Maximum Joy, Earth Wind and Fire, Pookiesnacken Burger / The Higsons, Iron Maiden / The Rods, Blue Rondo A La Turk, The Four Tops, Theatre Of Hate

27th March 1982

3rd April 1982
Volume 29 - Number 13
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 36
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Volume 29 - Number 14
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 44
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Front Cover - Steve Strange (Visage)
Interviews and Features:
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Steve Strange (Visage)
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B-Movie
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Nick Heyward (Haircut 100)
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Jive Records - A Life In the Day of
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The History of Rock - Part 8
1967 - 1968 -
Frank Beverly
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Ray Cotton (The Jets) - Star Choice
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Adrian Gurvitz - Profile
Song Words
Japan - Ghosts
Albums:
Iron Maiden, Visage, J.J. Cale, White Heat, Motorhead, Various Artists (A Fresh Selection), Linda and Richard Thompson, Zounds, The Church
Singles by: Sunie
Dollar, Roxy Music, Van Morrison, She Sherriff, Rainbow, Bef and Sandi Shaw, U2, Funkapolitan, Pigbag, Everest The Hard Way, Motorhead, Girlschool, Fleshtones, T-Rex, Status Quo, Red Lipstique, Charge, Mobiles
Live:
Fingerprintz, Tandoori Cassette, Mary Wilson and the Imaginations, Limelight, Earwig / Marble Staircase / Mood Six, Toots and the Maytals, Dollar, Van Morrison, APB, Motorhead, B-Movie, dBs, Dislocation Dance
Front Cover - David Sylvian
(Japan)
Interviews and Features:
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David Sylvian (Japan)
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Bucks Fizz vs Dollar
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Rod Stewart
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Fun Boy Three and Bananarama
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Bill Drummond - A Life In The Day
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The History Of Rock - Part 9
1969 - 1970
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Graham Bonnet
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Imagination
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Blue Rondo
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Adam Clayton (U2) - Star Choice
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Martin Fry (ABC) - Profile
Song Words
Altered Images - See Those Eyes
Albums:
Talking Heads, Morrissey Mullen, The Buggles, Throbbing Gristle, Scorpions, Xavier, Dave Edmunds, Huang Chung, Punk and Disorderly, Nine Below Zero, Carmine Appice, The Beatles
Singles by: Sunie
Spandau Ballet, Haircut 100, David Bowie, Bananarama, The Beat, Daryll Hall and John Oates, Simple \Minds, The Business, The King Of Swing Orchestra, Thomas Dolby, The Chameleons, Vicious Pink Phenomena, Snowy Red, Eurythmics, The Royal Family and the Poor, Tones On Tail, Rhythm Of Life, Vicky Leandros, Savanna, Ingrid, Sandi and the Sunsetz
Live:
Maze, True Life Confessions, PigBag, Q-Tips, China Crisis / Civilisation, Secret Affair, TV21, Bow Wow Wow, The Business, 'I'

Volume 29 - Number 15
Cover By - Pau Cox
Price - 35p Pages - 36
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10th April 1982
Front Cover - Clare Grogan
(Altered Images)
Interviews and Features:
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Altered Images
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The Human League
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PigBag
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Motorhead
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Noddy Holder - A Day In The Life Of
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The History of Rock - Part 10
1971 - 1972 -
Orange Juice
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Terry Hall (Fun Boy Three) -
Star Choice
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Cheryl Baker (Bucks Fizz) - Profile
Song Words
Roxy Music - More Than This
Albums:
Rainbow, Dr Hook, Level 42, The Wall, Placebo, Spizz Energi 2, The Records, The Act, Manfred Mann, Cliff Bennet and the Rebel Rousers, Simon Dupree and th Big Sound, The Yarbirds, Asia, Angelic Upstart, A Flock Of Seagulls, Chron Gen
Singles: by Sunie
Hot Chocolate, The Members, Paula Yates, Billy MacKenzie, Olivia Newton-John, Thomas Dolby, Nona Hendryx and the Cage, Shakin' Stevens, Simple Minds, Squeeze, Elton John, Blancmange, Bow Wow Wow
Live:
Haircut 100, Dave Edmonds, Pete Shelley, Pookiesnackenburger Th Higsons, Tim Brown, Dolly Mixtures, Nine Below Zero / The Fleshtones, Spandau Ballet

Volume 29 - Number 16
Cover By - Peter Stanway
Price - 35p Pages - 36
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17th April 1982
Front Cover - Gary Kemp
(Spandau Ballet)
Interviews and Features:
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Spandau Ballet
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A Flock Of Seagulls
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Classix Nouveaux
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Mike Reed - A Life In The Day Of
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The History of Rock Part 11
1973 - 1974 -
Mike Oldfield
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Rick James
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Ricky Medlocke (Blackfoot) -
Star Choice
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Thereza Bazar (Dollar) - Profile
Song Words:
Paul McCartney and
Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory
Albums:
Status Quo, Classix Nouveaux, Utopia, Elton John, Weather Report, British Electric Foundation, Lora Logic
Singles: by Sunie
Weekend, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Candi Staton, Junior Giscombe, Joan Jet and the Blackhearts, The Go Go's, Skat, Jonid and the Ids, The Dots, Gwen Guthrie, Shambeko Say Wah!, Twinkle, Tears For Fears, Weapon Of Peace, The Higsons, The Farmer's Boys, Was (Not Was), The Bloods, Asia, Techno Twins, , Buggles, Godot, OMD, Mothmen, Stiff Little Fingers, Talk Talk, The Happy Family
Live:
Bournemouth Spandau Weekend, Graham Parker, The Fall / The Dancing Did, Anti-Pasti / Cron-gen / The Insane, Scorpions, Weapon Of Peace, The Bamboo Fringe

Volume 29 - Number 17
Cover By - Linda McCartney
Price - 35p Pages - 40
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24th April 1982
Front Cover - Paul McCartney
Interviews and Features:
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Paul McCartney
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Meatloaf
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Boomtown Rats
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The History Of Rock Part 12 - 1975 - 1976
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Doug d'Arcy - Life In A Day
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B P Hurding (Classix Nouveaux) - Star Choice
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Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners) Profile
Song Words:
Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day
Albums:
Joan Jet and the Blackhearts, Third World, Madness, The Dark, Van Halen, Richard Dimples, Jethro Tull, Judie Tzuke
Singles: by Sunie
Aberration, The Fall, The Stranglers, Scritti Politti, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Clash, Chrome, Laurie Anderson, Split Enz, Fad Gadget, Vice Squad, Carol Grimes, The Del-Byzanteens, The Weathermen, Toni Basil, Hazel O'Connor, Bad Manners, The Crack, Alton Edwards Lords Of The New Church, The Jets, Roberta Flack
Live:
The Higsons / King Trigger, Recue, Ronny, Slade, Sky, Blancmange, Boomtown Rats, Carole King, Tina Turner, Chas and Dave

Volume 29 - Number 18
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 56
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1st May 1982
Front Cover - Joan Jett
Interviews and Features:
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Joan Jett
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Chris Difford (Squeeze)
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Blancmange
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Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)
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Bananarama
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The History of Rock Part 13 - 1977 - 1978
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Dave Wakeling - Day In The Life
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Simple Minds
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Scorpions
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Bucks Fizz
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Dave Peacock (Chas And Dave) - Star Choice
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Chas (Chas And Dave) - Profile
Song Words
England World Cup Squad -
This Time (We'll Get It Right)
Shakin' Stevens - Shirley
Albums:
Paul McCartney, Paul Davis, The Bongos, John Watts, The Whispers, Mickey Jupp, Judy Nylon and Crucial, Laurie Anderson, Bucks Fizz, Matt Johnson, 10cc, Chelsea, Huey Lewis and the New, Robyn Hitchcock, Motor Boys Motor, Cuddly Toys, The Cure, UK Subs, Saxon
Singles: by Suzie
Blue Zoo, Carmel, The Associates, Depeche Mode, BEF featuring Tina Turner, Culture Club, John Cooper Clarke, The Exploited, Infa-Riot, Tight Fit, Level 42, Nick Lowe, The Scottish World Cup Squad, The Bongos, Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad, Hambi and the Dance, Brandi Wells, Micky Dread, Comsat Angels, Alice Cooper, Jas Jankel, Pope John Paul II, Blondie, The Fun Boy Three
Live:
Meatloaf, Judie Tzuke, The Cure, The Waitresses, Donald Byrd and the 125th Street NYC Band, Juice On The Loose, Blackfoot, The Pretenders, Grand Prix, Robyn Hitchcock, Fashion / Private Lives, Classix Nouveaux, Kokomo, Status Quo, Foreigner

Volume 29 - Number 19
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 40
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8th May 1982
Front Cover - Junior
Centre Spread - Kim Wilde
Interviews and Features:
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Junior
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Talk Talk
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The Fixx
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Rolling Stones
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Yazoo
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Ollie O'Donnell - Life In The Day Of
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The History Of Rock - Part 14 -1979 - 1980
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Mick Box (Uriah Heep)
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Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz) - Star Choice
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Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) -
Profile
Song Words:
Hot Chocolate - Girl Crazy
Albums:
The Quick, Brass Connection, T Connection, Squeeze, Split Enz, Ry Cooder, Shakatak, Brian Eno, Wishbone Ash, Queen, NIghtwing, Cuddly Toys, Killing Joke
Singles: by Sunie
Duran Duran, The Passage, ABC, Theatre Of Hate, Gang Of Four, Shakin' Pyramids, Salon Music, XTC, Goombay Dance Band, Iron Maiden, Anti Pasti, Wally Badarou, Tom Verlaine, Shout, Rick Springfield, China Crises, Dave Edmunds, Troops For Tomorrow, Wasted Youth, Angela Bofill, The Nightingales, Utopia, Thirteen At Midnight, Ottawan, Bill Nelson
Live:
Rock Goddess, Hi-Tension, Tank, Weekend, Vic Goddard and Subway Sec, The Fixx, Echo and th Bunnymen

Volume 29 - Number 20
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 40
Pages 35 - 36 Damaged
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15th May 1982
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Centre Spread - Duran Duran
Interviews and Features:
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Adam Ant
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Duran Duran
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The history Of Rock - Part 15 1981 - 1982
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Steve Blacknell - A Day In the Life
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Saxson
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Sharon Brown
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Stephen Coore (Third World) -
Star Choice
-
Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) - Profile
Song Words:
Missing
Albums:
Altered Images, The Associates, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Angel City, Dean Friedman, Janet Kay, Duran Duran, The Fleshtones, Jayne County and the Electric Chairs, The Clash, Various Artists (The Motown Suertars Series)
Singles: by Sunie
Echo and the Bunnymen, Adam Ant, UB40, Japan, Altered Images, Madness, Dana and the Northern Ireland World Cup, Toyah, Pluto, New Order, Swinging Laurels, Ron Francois, Diana Ross, Randy Crawford, Denise Nolan, The Defects, Light Of The World, Jean-Michel Jarre, UK Players, Jane Aire, Landscape, Invisible Body Club, Genesis, Chris Rea, Lenny Zakatek, Quarterflash
Live:
Dramatis / The Plastic Flies, Thin Lizzy, , Buzz, Gladys Knight and the Pips, I, Red Beat / Head, Pride, Shakatak, Third World, Mari Wilson, Meat Loaf, Ashford and Simpson, Foreigner, Bauhaus, Spandau BAllet, Future Daze

Volume 29 - Number 21
Cover By - Brian Aris
Price - 35p Pages - 32
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22nd May 1982
Front Cover - Blondie
Interviews and Features:
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Blondie
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Weekend
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Whispers
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Asia
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The Exploited
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Echo And The Bunnymen
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Steve Archibald - A Day In The Life Of
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Cup Final
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Patrice Rushen
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Glenn Hoddle - Star Choice
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Danny McGrain - Profile
Song Words:
Tottenham Hotspur Cup Final Squad -
Tottenham, Tottenham
Albums:
Singles: by
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Volume 29 - Number 22
Cover By - (Unknown)
Price - 35p Pages - 36
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
29th May 1982
Front Cover - Culture Club
Back Cover - Madness
Interviews and Features:
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The Mood
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Boy George (Culture Club)
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Soft Cell
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Tytan
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Toyah
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Shakatak
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Jackie Castellano - A Day In The Life Of
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Junior - Star Choice
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Patrice Rushen - Profile
Song Words:
Japan - Cantonese Boy
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Volume 29 - Number 23
Cover By - Peter Stanway
Price - 35p Pages - 44
Pages 29-30 Damaged
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5th June 1982
Front Cover - Associates
Interviews and Features:
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Philip Japp
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Charlene
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Kokomo
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The Associates
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Kid Creole
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Bryan Ferr
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Beki Bondage
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Queen
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UB40
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Tank
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Mari Wilson
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Gang Of Four
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Madness
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Martin Rushent - A Day In The Life Of
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Volume 29 - Number 24
Cover By -
Jill Furmanovsky
Price - 35p Pages - 40
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
12th June 1982
Front Cover - Siouxsie
Interviews and Features:
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Patrice Rusden - Star Choice
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Neville Staples (Fun Boy Three) -
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Profile
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Andy O (Blue Zoo)
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Siouxsie Sioux
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Monsoon
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Rip Rig and Panic
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Theatre Of Hate
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Graham 'Fatman' Canter - A Day In
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The Life Of
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Volume 29 - Number 25
Cover By - Fin Costello
Price - 35p Pages - 32
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
19th June 1982
Front Cover - Bauhaus
Back Cover - Rick Springfield
Interviews and Features:
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Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Teardrop Explodes
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Natasha England - Profile
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Adrian Gurvitz (Beach Boys) - Star Choice
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Bauhaus
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Belle Stars
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Leisure Process
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Paris
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Set The Tone
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James King And The Lone Wolves
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Tony Banks (Genesis)
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Midge Ure - A Day In The Life Of
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Volume 29 - Number 26
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 35p Pages - 32
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
26th June 1982
Front Cover - Teardrop Explodes
Interviews and Features:
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Pretenders
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Jennie McKeown (The Belle Stars)
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Star Choice
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Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz) Profile
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23 Skidoo
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Dennis Brown
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Odyssey
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The Teardrop Explodes
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Imagination
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Mick Jagger
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Haircut 100
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Fashion
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Steve Miller
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Thompson Twins
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Bill Graham - A Life In The Day Of
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Captain Sensible
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3rd July 1982
10th July 1982
Volume 29 - Number 27
Cover By - Paul Cox
Price - 35p Pages - 40
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
Volume 29 - Number 28
Cover By - Joe Bangay
Price - 35p Pages - 36
Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning
Front Cover - ABC
Interviews and Features:
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The Idle Flowers
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Bluebells
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Steve Strange - Profile
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John Taylor (Duran Duran)
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Star Choice
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ABC
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Pigbag
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Robert Plant
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J Geils Band
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Animal Magnet
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The Courgettes
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Chas and Dave
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Kissing The Pink
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Animal - A Day In The Life Of
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Linx
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Wham
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The Passage
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Second Image
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Front Cover - Haysi Fantayze
Interviews and Features:
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Jimmy Greaves
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Pookiesnackenburger
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Matt Fretton
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David Essex - Profile
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Leee John (Imagination)
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Star Choice
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Haysi Fantayze
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Dollar
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Captain Sensible
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Pale Fountains
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The Swinging Laurels
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The Rods
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John cooper Clarke - A Day In The
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Life Of
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Larry Graham
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Narada
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Volume 29 - Number 29
Cover By - Martin Brading
Price - 35p Pages - 32
17th July 1982
Front Cover - Scritti Politti
Interviews and Features:
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Arthur Daley
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Postman Pat
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Pink Floyd Film
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Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight
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Runners) - Profile
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Jeffrey Daniel (Shalamar) -
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Star Choice
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Green Gartside (Scritti Politti)
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Paul Weller
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Bananarama
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Trio
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Honey Bane
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Jeff Wayne
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Cabaret Voltaire
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Odyssey
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Bill Nelson - A Day In The Life Of
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Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz)
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Volume 29 - Number 30
Cover By - Steve Rapport
Price - 35p Pages - 32
24th July 1982
Front Cover - Mick Khan
Interviews and Features:
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Ranking Roger (The Beat)
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Natasha - Star Choice
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Mick Karn
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Dexy's Midnight Runners
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The Clash
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Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
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Martha Ladley
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Steve Strange
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King Trigger's
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Bernie Torme
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BA Robertson - A Day In The Life
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Freeze
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Eumir Deodato
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Yazoo
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Volume 29 - Number 31
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 35p Pages - 32
31st July 1982
Front Cover - Fun Boy Three and
Nicky Holland
Interviews and Features:
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Captain Sensible - Profile
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Talk Talk
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Fun Boy Three
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Twisted Sister
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Errol Brown
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Survivor
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Tygers Of Pang Tang
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Junior - A Day In The Lie Of
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Light Of The World
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McCrarys
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Howard Johnson
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Donna Summer
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Volume 29 - Number 32
Cover By - Joe Bangay
Price - 35p Pages - 40
7th August 1982
Front Cover - Bow Wow Wow
Interviews and Features:
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Bow Wow Wow
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Psychedelic Furs
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Vic Godard
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Carmel
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Peter and the Test Tube Babies
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The Damned
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Samson
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Phil Lynott
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Volume 29 - Number 33
Price - 35p Pages - 36
14th August 1982
Front Cover - Blancmange
Interviews and Features:
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John Foxx
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Terry Hall (Fun Boy Three) Profile
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Kid Creole - Star Choice
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Boy George (Culture Club)
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Busta Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)
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Blancmange
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Kate Bush
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Fashion
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Kool And The Gang
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Infa Riot
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Simon Napier-Bell - a Day In
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The Life Of
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China Crisis
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D' Train
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Beki Bondage
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Volume 29 - Number 34
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 35p Pages - 36
21st August 1982
Front Cover - Kid Creole
Interviews and Features:
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Mari Wilson
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Dumpy's Rusty Bolts
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Orange Juice
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Nancy Nova
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Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)
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Profile
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Stephen Luscombe (Blancmange)
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Star Choice
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Kid Creole
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Depeche Mode
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Blue Rondo
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Billy Idol
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Thomas Dolby
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African Roots - Bands From Africa
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Adriana Kaegi (Coconut) - A Day In
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The Life Of
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Stephanie Mills
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BB & Q Band
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28th August 1982
4th September 1982
Volume 29 - Number 35
Price - 35p Pages - 40
Volume 29 - Number 36
Price - 35p Pages - 32
Front Cover - Tight Fit
Interviews and Features:
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Farmers Boys
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Pete Townsend
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Clint Eastwood and General Saint
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UK Decay
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Apollonaires
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Iron Maiden
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Philip Jap - Profile
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Nancy Nova - Star Choice
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Julia Downess
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The Monkeys
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Tight Fit
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Gillan
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Eddie and Pete
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Buzzz
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Vince Clarke (Yazoo) A Day In The
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Life Of
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Sugarhill Gang
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Patrick Boothe
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Fatback
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Natasha
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Front Cover - Jim Kerr
(Simple Minds)
Interviews and Features:
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Rockers Revenge
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Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)
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Blitz
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Valerie Landsberg
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Tik and Tok
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Volume 29 - Number 37
Cover By - Fin Costello
Price - 40p Pages - 52
There was a 5p Increase in the cover price
11th September 1982
Front Cover - Nick Rhodes
(Duran Duran)
Interviews and Features:
- Duran Duran
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David Essex
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Nick Heyward (Haircut 100)
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The Castaways
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Martin Fry (ABC)
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The Boys Town Gang
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Rip Rig and Panic
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Grand Master Flash
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Volume 29 - Number 38
Cover By - Justin Thomas
Price - 40p Pages - 48
18th September 1982
Front Cover - Astro (UB40)
Interviews and Features:
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Mari Wilson
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The Beat
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Joan Jet
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Shakatak
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UB40
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Afrika Bambaartaa
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Blackfoot
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Dire Straits
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Volume 29 - Number 39
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 40p Pages - 52
25th September 1982

Volume 29 - Number 40
Price - 40p Pages - 52
2nd October 1982
Front Cover - Yazoo
Interviews and Features:
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Yazoo
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Musical Youth
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Diamond Head
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Stiff Little Fingers
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Soft Cell
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Odyssey
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Spandau Ballet
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Carly Simon
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Hey! Elestica
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CaVa CaVa
Song Words:
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Front Cover - Midge Ure (Ultravox)
Back Cover - The Clash
Interviews and Features:
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Ultravox
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Dead Or Alive
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Junior
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Peter Gabriel
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Shalamar
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I-Level
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Level 42
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Second Image
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Volume 29 - Number 41
Price - 40p Pages - 48
9th October 1982
Front Cover - Adam Ant
Interviews and Features:
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Kim Wilde
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Blue Zoo
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Scarlet Party
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Adam and the Ants
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Tears For Fears
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Big Country
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Belle Stars
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Wham
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16th October 1982
Volume 29 - Number 42
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 40p Pages - 44
Front Cover - Kevin Rowland
(Dexy's Midnight Runners)
Interviews and Features:
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Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Altered Images
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AC/DC
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The Jets
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Bauhaus
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Eddy Grant
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Melba Moore
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Volume 29 - Number 43
Price - 40p Pages - 40
23rd October 1982
Front Cover - Toyah
Back Cover - David Sylvian
Interviews and Features:
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Toyah
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The Piranhas
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Depeche Mode
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Sheila Chandra
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Sharon Redd
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David Grant
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The Gap Band
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Thompson Twins
Song Words:
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Volume 29 - Number 44
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 40p Pages - 52
30th October 1982
Front Cover - Grace Jones
Interviews and Features:
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Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)
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Billy Mackenzie (Associates)
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Raw Silk
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Pauline Black
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Grace Jones
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Olivia Newton-John
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6th November 1982
13th November 1982
Volume 29 - Number 45
Cover By - Simon Fowler
Price - 40p Pages - 44
Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the Issue for Scanning
Volume 29 - Number 46
Price - 40p Pages - 44
Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the Issue for Scanning
Front Cover - Haysi Fantayzee
Centre Spread - Boy George
Interviews and Features:
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Bryan Ferry
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Toto Coelo
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Kirk Brandon (Spear Of Destiny)
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Haysi Fantayzee
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Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
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Psychick TV
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The Tube
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Star Choice - Shakin' Stevens
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Profile - Tony Hadley
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Kate Bush - A Life In A Day
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Marvin Gaye
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Kool And The Gang
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Girls Can't Help It
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Billy Idol
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Front Cover - Carl and Suggs
(Madness)
Interviews and Features:
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Thomas Dolby
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A Flock Of Seagulls
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Cold Fish
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Madness
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Talk Talk
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Blue rondo A La Turk
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Diana Ross
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Volume 29 - Number 47
Price - 40p Pages - 40
Thank you to Charles Patrick for Donating the Issue for Scanning
20th November 1982
Front Cover - Phil Oakey
(Human League)
Michael Head (Pale Fountain)
Back Cover - Shakatak
Interviews and Features:
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The Human League
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The Pale Fountains
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Status Quo
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Central Line
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The Go-Go’s
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The Bluebells
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Fish
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Whitesnake
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Susan Cadogan
Song Words:
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Volume 29 - Number 48
Cover By - Adrian Boot
Price - 40p Pages - 40
27th November 1982
Front Cover - Musical Youth
Back Cover - John Lennon
Interviews and Features:
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Blancmange
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Rock Goddess
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Musical Youth
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Supertramp
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Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears)
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Luther Vandross
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Lionel Richie
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Millie Jackson
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Men At Work
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Volume 29 - Number 49
Price - 40p Pages - 48
Cover photo by Adrian Boot
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
4th December 1982
11th December 1982
Volume 29 - Number 50
Cover B - Adrian Boot
(Paul Weller)
Price - 40p Pages - 48
Cover: Bananarama
Back cover: Wham!
Interviews and features:
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Bananarama
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Modern Romance
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Lene Lovich
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Bob Grover (Piranhas)
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Animal Nightlife
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Eurythmics
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Sheen Easton
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Steve Strange
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Touchdown (Alan Braithwaite)
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Weekend (Welsh band)
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Bucks Fizz poster
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James Hamilton's Discos
Albums - Michael Jackson, George Clinton, Led Zeppelin, Joni Michell, Killing Joke, Allez Allez, The Jam, Samson, Chic, J Geils Band, Suzi Quatro, Suns of Arqa, Sprout Head Uprising, Party Party (soundtrack)
Singles - The Weather Girls, Donna Summer, Pat Benatar, Imagination, Cargo, Peter Gabriel, many more...
Live - Phil Collins, Ultravox, Yazoo, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Talk Talk, New York Scratch 'N' Rap Night
Front Cover - Paul Weller
(The Jam)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)
Interviews and Features:
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Duran Duran
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The Cure
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The Jam
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First Light
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Incantation
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The Maisonettes
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Freda Payne
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Ozzy Osbourne
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Volume 29 - Number 51
Cover B - Eugene Adebari
Price - 40p Pages - 40
18th December 1982
Front Cover - Siouxsie
Back Cover - Yazoo
Interviews and Features:
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Matt Johnson (The The)
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Simple Minds
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Phil Collins
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Anti-Nowhere League
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Marvin Gaye (Profile)
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Gregory Isaacs
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Michael Jackson
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Whodini
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AC/DC
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Volume 29 - Number 52
Cover B - Eugene Adebari
(Marc Almond)
Jill Furmanovsky
(Imagination)
Price - 40p Pages - 40
25th December 1982
Front Cover - Marc Almond
Imagination
Interviews and Features:
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Marc Almond
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Imagination
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Nairobi
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Eddy Grant
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