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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.

Record Mirror - 1982 Logo 1.jpg

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

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 01 - Record Mirror

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:

  • Julian Cope
    (The Teardrop Explodes)

  • Les Awardes De Greta 1981

  • Bauhaus

  • Rock's Scrapbook

  • Motorized Musicoze

  • Dollar

Albums: None

Singles: None

Live:

Ultravox, Saxon, Adam and the Ants, Slade

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 02

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:

  • Altered Images

  • Mike Rutherford (Genesis)

  • Status Quo

  • Styx

  • Jennie McKeown (Belle Stars) -

        A Day In The Life Of

  • The Pretenders

  • Siouxsie

  • Susanne Sulley (Human League) -

       Star Choice

  • 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, 

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 03 - Record Mirror

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:

  • Toyah

  • Sabbath

  • Woody (Madness) and Jane -

         A Day In The Life

  • Alton Edwards - Star Choice

  • 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

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 04 - Record Mirror

Volume 29 - Number 4

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 30p    Pages - 32 

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

23rd January 1982

Front Cover - Kim Wilde

Interviews and Features:

  • Kim Wilde

  • Rhoda Dakar

  • The Mobiles

  • The Poll Results

  • Stevo - A Life In The Day

  • Les Nemes (Haircut 100) -

          Star Choice

  • 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

 

Record Mirror - 30th January 1982.jpg

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:

  • The Stranglers

  • The Four Tops

  • XTC

  • UFO

  • Bucks Fizz

  • A Day In The Life - Neil Ferris

  • Star Choice - Hazel O'Connor

  • 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

 

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 06 - Record Mirror

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

  • Elvis Presley

  • The Beatles

  • David Bowie

  • Sex Pistols

Interviews and Features:

  • Ralf Hutter (Kraftwerk)

  • Teddy Pendergrass

  • Pauline Black

  • Anti-Nowhere League

  • History Of Rock 1955 - 1981 Part 1

  • Charts and Events 1955 - 1981

  • Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) -

      A Day In The Life Of

  • Anna Maria (The Mobiles) -

      Star Choice

  • 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

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 07 - Record Mirror

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:

  • Haircut 100

  • Sammy Hagar

  • Pamela Stephenson

  • David Bowie

  • Bob Geldof - A Life In The Day Of

  • The History Of Rock - Part 2

  • 1955 and 1956

  • Star Choice - Brindsley Forde

  • 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

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 08 - Record Mirror

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:

  • OMD

  • Stiff Little Fingers

  • Central Line

  • The Cimarons

  • Brian Johnson (AC/DC)

  • Buzzz

  • Boo (Woo Woo) - A Day In The

            Life Of

  • The History of Rock - Part 3

  • 1957 and 1958

  • The Mood - Star Choice

  • 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

Page 1 - Vol 29 - No 09 - Record Mirror

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:

  • Jam

  • Status Quo

  • The Stargazers

  • Tom Brown (Fungi-Mama)

  • Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)

  • UB40

  • Shakatak

  • Hall and Oates

  • The Associates

  • Melissa Caplan - A Day in The

           Life Of

  • The History Of Rock - Part 4
            1959 - 1960

  • Mike Barson (Madness) -

          Star Choice

  • 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

12 - Vol 29 - No 10 - Record Mirror - 6t

6th March 1982

Front Cover - Marc Almond

    (Soft Cell)

Interviews and Features:

  • Soft Cell

  • The Waitresses

  • Quarterflash

  • Kirk Brandon (Theatre Of Hate)

  • Bow Wow Wow

  • Alexi Sayle - A Day In The Life Of

  • The History of Rock - Part 5
           
    1961 - 1962

  • Paul Weller (The Jam) - Star Choice

  • 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

13 - Vol 29 - No 11 - Record Mirror - 13

Volume 29 - Number 11

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

13th March 1982

Front Cover - Toni Basil

Interviews and Features:

  • Toni Basil

  • Richard Fields

  • The Mood

  • Earth Wind And Fire

  • Gary Numan

  • Tight Fit

  • Jools Holland - A Day In The Life Of

  • The History Of Rock - Part 6

       1963 - 1964

  • Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

  • Shalamar

  • Martin Fry (ABC) - Star Choice

  • 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

37 - Vol 29 - No 12 - Record Mirror - 20

Volume 29 - Number 12

Cover By - Andy Rosen

Price - 35p    Pages - 32

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

20th March 1982

Front Cover - Depeche Mode

Interviews and Features:

  • Depeche Mode

  • Rip Off's

  • Blackfoot

  • Pluto

  • Mick Karn - Life In The Day Of

  • Peter Wolf

  • Martin Fry (ABC)

  • The History Of Rock - Part 7

      1965 - 1966

  • Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) - Star Choice

  • 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

38 - Vol 29 - No 13 - Record Mirror - 27

27th March 1982

01 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 14 - 3r

3rd April 1982

Volume 29 - Number 13

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 36

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

Volume 29 - Number 14

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 44

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

Front Cover - Steve Strange (Visage)

Interviews and Features:

  • Steve Strange (Visage)

  • B-Movie

  • Nick Heyward (Haircut 100)

  • Jive Records - A Life In the Day of

  • The History of Rock - Part 8
    1967 - 1968

  • Frank Beverly

  • Ray Cotton (The Jets) - Star Choice

  • 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:

  • David Sylvian (Japan)

  • Bucks Fizz vs Dollar

  • Rod Stewart

  • Fun Boy Three and Bananarama

  • Bill Drummond - A Life In The Day

  • The History Of Rock - Part 9

             1969 - 1970

  • Graham Bonnet

  • Imagination

  • Blue Rondo

  • Adam Clayton (U2) - Star Choice

  • 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'

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 15

Volume 29 - Number 15

Cover By - Pau Cox

Price - 35p    Pages - 36

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

10th April 1982

Front Cover - Clare Grogan

            (Altered Images)

Interviews and Features:

  • Altered Images

  • The Human League

  • PigBag

  • Motorhead

  • Noddy Holder - A Day In The Life Of

  • The History of Rock - Part 10
           1971 - 1972

  • Orange Juice

  • Terry Hall (Fun Boy Three) -

     Star Choice

  • 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

06 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 16 - 17

Volume 29 - Number 16

Cover By - Peter Stanway

Price - 35p    Pages - 36

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

17th April 1982

Front Cover - Gary Kemp

    (Spandau Ballet)

Interviews and Features:

  • Spandau Ballet

  • A Flock Of Seagulls

  • Classix Nouveaux

  • Mike Reed - A Life In The Day Of

  • The History of Rock Part 11
           1973 - 1974

  • Mike Oldfield

  • Rick James

  • Ricky Medlocke (Blackfoot) -

               Star Choice

  • 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

07 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 17 - 24

Volume 29 - Number 17

Cover By - Linda McCartney

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

24th April 1982

Front Cover - Paul McCartney

Interviews and Features:

  • Paul McCartney

  • Meatloaf

  • Boomtown Rats

  • The History Of Rock Part 12 -        1975 - 1976

  • Doug d'Arcy - Life In A Day

  • B P Hurding (Classix Nouveaux) - Star Choice

  • 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

11 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 18 - 1s

Volume 29 - Number 18

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 56

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

1st May 1982

Front Cover - Joan Jett

Interviews and Features:

  • Joan Jett

  • Chris Difford (Squeeze)

  • Blancmange

  • Buster Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)

  • Bananarama

  • The History of Rock Part 13            - 1977 - 1978

  • Dave Wakeling -  Day In The Life 

  • Simple Minds

  • Scorpions

  • Bucks Fizz

  • Dave Peacock (Chas And Dave) - Star Choice

  • 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

12- Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 19 - 8th

Volume 29 - Number 19

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

8th May 1982

Front Cover -  Junior 

Centre Spread - Kim Wilde

Interviews and Features:

  • Junior

  • Talk Talk

  • The Fixx

  • Rolling Stones

  • Yazoo

  • Ollie O'Donnell - Life In The Day Of

  • The History Of Rock - Part 14 -1979 - 1980 

  • Mick Box (Uriah Heep)

  • Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz) - Star Choice

  • 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

07 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 20 - 15

Volume 29 - Number 20

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

Pages 35 - 36 Damaged

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

15th May 1982

Front Cover - Adam Ant 

Centre Spread - Duran Duran

Interviews and Features:

  • Adam Ant

  • Duran Duran

  • The history Of Rock - Part 15    1981 - 1982

  • Steve Blacknell - A Day In the Life

  • Saxson

  • Sharon Brown

  • 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

 

08 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 21 - 22

Volume 29 - Number 21

Cover By - Brian Aris

Price - 35p    Pages - 32

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

22nd May 1982

Front Cover - Blondie 

Interviews and Features:

  • Blondie

  • Weekend

  • Whispers

  • Asia

  • The Exploited

  • Echo And The Bunnymen

  • Steve Archibald - A Day In The Life Of

  • Cup Final 

  • Patrice Rushen

  • Glenn Hoddle - Star Choice

  • Danny McGrain - Profile

Song Words:

Tottenham Hotspur Cup Final Squad -

    Tottenham, Tottenham

Albums:

Singles: by

Live:

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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:

  • The Mood

  • Boy George (Culture Club)

  • Soft Cell

  • Tytan

  • Toyah

  • Shakatak

  • Jackie Castellano - A Day In The Life Of

  • Junior - Star Choice

  • Patrice Rushen - Profile

Song Words:

Japan - Cantonese Boy

Albums:

Singles: by

Live

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Volume 29 - Number 23

Cover By - Peter Stanway

Price - 35p  Pages - 44

Front Cover - Associates 

Interviews and Features:

Philip Japp

Charlene

Kokomo

The Associates

Kid Creole

Bryan Ferry

Beki Bondage

Queen

UB40

Tank

Mari Wilson

Gang Of Four

Madness

Martin Rushent - A Day In The

  Life Of

Pages 29 - 30 Damaged

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

5th June 1982

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Volume 29 - Number 24

Cover By - Jill Furmanovsky

Price - 35p  Pages - 40

Front Cover - Siouxsie

Interviews and Features:

Patrice Rusden - Star Choice

Neville Staples (Fun Boy Three) -

      Profile

Andy O (Blue Zoo)

Siouxsie Sioux 

Monsoon

Rip Rig and Panic

Theatre Of Hate

Graham 'Fatman' Canter - A Day In

    The Life Of

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

12th June 1982

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19th June 1982

Volume 29 - Number 25

Cover By - Fin Costello

Price - 35p  Pages - 32

Front Cover - Bauhaus 

Back cover - Rick Springfield

Interviews and Features:

Dexy's Midnight Runners 

Teardrop Explodes

Natasha England - Proile

Adrian Gurvitz (Beach Boys) -

     Star Choice

Bauhaus

Belle Stars

Leisure Process

Paris

Set The Tone

James King And The Lone Wolves

Tony Banks (Genesis)

Midge Ure - A Day In The Life Of

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

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Volume 29 - Number 26

Cover  By - Adrian Boot

Price - 35p  Pages - 32

Front Cover - Teardrop Explodes 

Interviews and Features:

Pretenders

Jennie McKeown (The Belle Stars)

           Star Choice

Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz) Profile

23 Skidoo

Dennis Brown

Odyssey

The Teardrop Explodes

Imagination

Mick Jagger

Haircut 100

Fashion

Steve Miller

Thompson Twins

Bill Graham - A Life In The Day Of

Captain Sensible

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

26th June 1982

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Volume 29 - Number 27

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 35p  Pages - 40 

Front Cover - ABC 

Interviews and Features:

The Idle Flowers

Bluebells

Steve Strange - Profile

John Taylor (Duran Duran)

     Star Choice

ABC

Pigbag

Robert Plant

J Geils Band

Animal Magnet

The Courgettes

Chas and Dave

Kissing The Pink

Animal - A Day In The Life Of

Linx

Wham

The Passage

Second Image

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

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Volume 29 - Number 28

Cover By - Joe Bangay

Price - 35p  Pages - 36

Front Cover - Haysi Fantayze 

Interviews and Features:

Jimmy Greaves

Pookiesnackenburger

Matt Fretton

David Essex - Profile

Leee John (Imagination)

    Star Choice

Haysi Fantayze

Dollar

Captain Sensible

Pale Fountains

The Swinging Laurels

The Rods

John cooper Clarke - A Day In The

    Life Of

Larry Graham

Narada

Thank you to Charles Patrick for the Loan of this issue for scanning

Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 29 - 17th Ju

Volume 29 - Number 29

Cover By - Martin Brading

Price - 354p  Pages - 32

Front Cover - Scritti Politti 

Interviews and Features:

Arthur Daley

Postman Pat

Pink Floyd Film

Kevin Rowland (Dexy's Midnight

     Runners) - Profile

Jeffrey Daniel (Shalamar) -

     Star Choice

Green Gartside (Scritti Politti)

Paul Weller

Bananarama

Trio

Honey Bane

Jeff Wayne

Cabaret Voltaire

Odyssey

Bill Nelson - A Day In The Life Of

Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz)

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Volume 29 - Number 30

Cover By - Steve Rapport

Price - 35p  Pages - 32

Front Cover - Mick Karn 

Interviews and Features:

Ranking Roger (The Beat)

Natasha - Star Choice

Mick Karn

Dexy's Midnight Runners

The Clash

Rob Halford (Judas Priest)

Martha Ladley

Steve Strange

King Trigger's

Bernie Torme

BA Robertson - A Day In The Life

Freeze

Eumir Deodato

Yazoo

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Volume 29 - Number 31

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 35p  Pages - 32

Front Cover - Fun Boy Three and

    Nicky Holland

Interviews and Features:

Captain Sensible - Profile

Talk Talk

Fun Boy Three

Twisted Sister

Errol Brown

Survivor

Tygers Of Pang Tang

Junior - A Day In The Lie Of

Light Of The World

McCrarys

Howard Johnson

Donna Summer

Volume 29 - Number 32

Cover By - Joe Bangay

Price - 35p Pages - 40 

Front Cover - Bow Wow Wow

Interviews and Features: 

Bow Wow Wow

Psychedelic Furs

Vic Gadard

Carmel

Peter and the Test Tube Babies

The Damned

Samson

Phil Lynot

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Volume 29 - Number 33

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p  Pages - 36 

Front Cover - Blancmange 

Interviews and Features:

John Foxx

Terry Hall (Fun Boy Three) Profile

Kid Creole - Star Choice

Boy George (Culture Club)

Busta Bloodvessel (Bad Manners)

Blancmange

Kate Bush

Fashion

Kool And The Gang

Infa Riot

Simon Napier-Bell - a Day In

    The Life Of

China Crisis

D' Train

Beki Bondage

04 - Record Mirror - Vol 29 - No 34 - 21

Volume 29 - Number 34

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 35p  Pages - 36

Front Cover - Kid Creole

Interviews and Features:

Mari Wilson

Dumpy's Rusty Bolts

Orange Juice

Nancy Nova

Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran)

    Profile

Stephen Luscombe (Blancmange)

    Star Choice

Kid Creole

Depeche Mode

Blue Rondo

Billy Idol

Thomas Dolby

African Roots - Bands From Africa

Adriana Kaegi (Coconut) - A Day In

    The Life Of

Stephanie Mills

BB & Q Band

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Volume 29 - Number 35

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p  Pages - 40 

Front Cover - Tight Fit

Interviews and Features:

Farmers Boys

Pete Townsend

Clint Eastwood and General Saint

UK Decay

Apollonaires

Iron Maiden

Philip Jap - Profile

Nancy Nova - Star Choice

Julia Downess

The Monkeys

Tight Fit

Gillan

Eddie and Pete

Buzzz

Vince Clarke (Yazoo) A Day In The

    Life Of

Sugarhill Gang

Patrick Boothe

Fatback

Natasha

Volume 29 - Number 36

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 35p Pages - 32

Front Cover - Jim Kerr

          (Simple Minds)

Interviews and Features:

Rockers Revenge

Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)

Blitz

Valerie Landsberg 

Tik and Tok

Volume 29 - Number 37

Cover By - Fin Costello

Price - 40p Pages - 52

Front Cover - Nick Rhodes

            (Duran Duran)

Interviews and Features:

Duran Duran

David Essex

Nick Heyward (Haircut 100)

The Castaways

Martin Fry (ABC)

The Boys Town Gang

Rip Rig and Panic

Grand Master Flash

There was a 5p Increase in the Price from this issue

Volume 29 - Number 38

Cover By - Justin Thomas

Price - 40p Pages - 48

Front Cover - Astro (UB40)

Interviews and Features:

Mari Wilson

The Beat

Joan Jet

Shakatak

UB40

Afrika Bambaartaa

Blackfoot

Dire Straits

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Volume 29 - Number 39

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 40p Pages - 52

Front Cover - Yazoo

Interviews and Features:

Yazoo

Musical Youth

Diamond Head

Stiff Little Fingers

Sofr Cell

Odyssey

Spandau Bellet

Carly Simon

Hey! Elestica

CaVa CaVa

Volume 29 - Number 40

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 40p Pages - 52

Front Cover - Midge Ure (Ultravox)

Back Cover - The Clash

Interviews and Features:

Ultravox

Dead Or Alive

Junior

Peter Gabriel

Shalamar

I-Level

Level 42

Second Image

Volume 29 - Number 41

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 40p Pages - 48

Front Cover - Adam Ant 

Interviews and Features:

Kim Wilde

Blue Zoo

Scarlet Party

Adam and the Ants

Tears For Fears

Big Country

Belle Stars

Wham

Volume 29 - Number 42

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 40p Pages - 44

Front Cover - Kevin Rowland (Dexy's)

Interviews and Features:

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Altered Images

AC/DC

The Jets

Bauhaus

Eddy Grant

Melba Moore

Volume 29 - Number 43

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 40p Pages - 40

Front Cover - Toyah

Back Cover - David Sylvian (Japan)

Interviews and Features:

Toyah

The Piranhas

Depeche Mode

Sheila Chandra

Sharon Redd

David Grant

The Gap Band

Thompson Twins

Volume 29 - Number 44

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 40p Pages - 52

Front Cover - Grace Jones

Interviews and Features:

Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)

Billy Mackenzie (Associates)

Raw Silk

Pauline Black

Grace Jones

Olivia Newton-John

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Volume 29 - Number 45

Cover By - Simon Fowler

Price - 40p  Pages - 44

Front Cover - Haysi Fantayzee 

Centre Spread -Boy George

Interviews and Features:

Bryan Ferry

Toto Coelo

Kirk Brandon (Spear Of Destiny)

Haysi Fantayzee

Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)

Psychick TV

The Tube

Star Choice - Shakin' Stevens

Profile - Tony Hadley

Kate Bush - A Life In A Day

Marvin Gaye

Kool And The Gang

Girls Can't Help It

Billy Idol

Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the Issue for Scanning

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Volume 29 - Number 46

Cover By - 

Price - 40p  Pages - 44

Front Cover - Carl and Suggs         

                        (Madness)

Interviews and Features:

Thomas Dolby

A Flock Of Seagulls

Cold Fish

Madness

Talk Talk

Blue rondo A La Turk

Diana Ross

Loose End

Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the Issue for Scanning

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Volume 29 - Number 47

Cover By - (Unknown)  

Price - 40p  Pages - 40

Front Cover - Phil Oakey

    (Human League) Michael Head

    (Pale Fountains)

Interviews and Features:

The Human League

The Pale Fountains

Status Quo

Central Line

The Go-Go’s

The Bluebells

Fish

Whitesnake

Susan Cadogan

Better Scan Coming Soon

 

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

Volume 29 - Number 48

Cover By - Adrian Boot

Price - 40p Pages - 40

Front Cover - Musical Youth

Back Cover - John Lennon

Interviews and Features:

Blancmange

Rock Goddess

Musical Youth

Supertramp

Roland Orzabal (Tears For Fears)

Luther Vandross

Lionel Richie

Millie Jackson

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

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Cover:  Bananarama 

​Back cover:  Wham!

Interviews and features:

  • Bananarama 

  • Modern Romance

  • Lene Lovich

  • Bob Grover (Piranhas)

  • Animal Nightlife

  • Eurythmics

  • Sheen Easton

  • Steve Strange

  • Touchdown (Alan Braithwaite)

  • Weekend (Welsh band)

  • Bucks Fizz poster

  • 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

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Volume 29 - Number 50

Cover By - Adrian Boot

                  (Paul Weller)

Price - 40p  Pages - 48 

Front Cover - The Jam,

           Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)

Interviews and Features:

Duran Duran

The Cure

The Jam

First Light

Incantation

The Maisonettes

Freda Payne

Ozzy Osbourne

Volume 29 - Number 51

Cover By - Eugene Adebari

Price - 40p Pages - 40

Front Cover - Siouxsie

Back Cover - Yazoo

Interviews and Features:

Matt Johnson (The The)

Simple Minds

Phil Collins

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Anti-Nowhere League

Marvin Gaye (Profile)

Gregory Isaacs

Michael Jackson

Whodini

AC/DC

52 - Record Mirror - 25th Deecember 1982

Volume 29 - Number 52

Cover By - Eugene Adebari

    (Marc Almond),

    Jill Furmanovsky (Imagination)

Price - 40p  Pages - 40

Front Cover - Marc Almond 

      Imagination

Interviews and Features:

Marc Almond

Imagination

Nairobi

Eddy Grant

Free Stuff

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