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1984 Issues

These are the issues of Record Mirror that came out in 1984.

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

 

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

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Record Mirror - 1984 Logo.jpg

Price - 45p

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Editor - Michael Pilgrim

Deputy Editor - Betty Page

News Editor - Robin Smith

Features Editor - Jim Reid

Design Editor - Jacqueline Doyle

Art/Sub Editor - Graham Stevens

Managing Director - Jack Hutton

Group Publishing Director - Mike Sharman

Editorial:

Diane Cross

Mike Gardner

Eleanor Levey

Page 1 - Vol 31 No 01 - Record Mirror -

Volume 31 - Number 1

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 40 

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Thanks you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

7th January 1984

Front Cover - Hall and Oates

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Interviews and Features:

  • Hall and Oates

  • Icicle Works

  • Quite Riot

  • Cherry Boys

  • Ellery Bop

  • Prefab Sprouts

  • Jayne Edwards

  • Status Quo

  • Flesh For Lulu

  • Madonna

  • Evelyn King

  • Sandie and Morrissey (Star Style)

  • The Jackson Three

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Singles: By David Grant

Shakin' Stevens, Maxine, Cyndi Lauper, The Police, Talking Heads, Wang Chung, Fad Gadget, Brian Poole, AD 1984, Fiction Factory

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Albums: Johnny Osbourne, Various Artists, Gregory Isaacs, D Greenfield & JJ Burnell, Maisonettes, Nobel, Various Artists, Dyke and the Blazers 

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Volume 31 - Number 2

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 40 

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

14th January 1984

Front Cover - Duran Duran

Back Cover - Tina Turner

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Interviews and Features:

  • Duran Duran

  • Grandmixers

  • Intaferon

  • Snowy White

  • Joolz

  • The Clash

  • The Motor City Crew

  • A Look At Women In Pop and the Sexploitation of Women

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Singles: By Lemmy

Eurythmics, The Alarm, Big Country, Whitesnake, ABC, Stewart Copeland and Stanard Ridgway, Everyn Champagne, Meatloaf, John Lennon, Thomas Dolby, Donna Summer, , Leo Sayer, One The Juggler, .38 Special, Gary Moore, Hashim, The B Boys, Dead Or Alive, The Mini Pops, Able Ram, Fiat Lux, Rick Springfield, Talk Talk, Fat Larry's Band, Robert Marlow, Australian Crawl, First Light, Black Lace, Troggs, Watusi Bros

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Albums: The Pretenders, George Clinton, Mink Deville, Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Cliff, Steve Hackett, Ian Anderson

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Volume 31 - Number 3

Cover By - (Unknown

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue for Scanning

21st January 1984

Front Cover - The Alarm

Centre Spread - Paul Rutherford

         (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Alarm

  • Talk Talk

  • Skidoo

  • ABC

  • Soft Cell (On Stage)

  • Kate Garner (Star Style)

  • Marilyn (Star Style)

  • Boy George (Star Style)

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Singles: By Steve Strange

The Colourfield, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Pulse Beat, Spear Of Destiny, Simple Minds, Herbie Hancock, Peter Godwin, Fang, Private Lives, The Smiths, Barb, Girls Can't Help It, Luxury

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Albums: Ian Dury, Chief Ebenezer Obey, Mohammed Malcolm Ben and the African Feeling Organisation, Accept, Carol King, Luther Vandross, Various Artists, The Fall, Billy Idol

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Volume 31 - Number 4

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 40 

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

28th January 1984

Front Cover - Jim Kerr

                        (Simple Minds)

Back Cover - Herbi Hancock

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Interviews and Features:

  • Simple Minds

  • Fiction Factory

  • Fad Gadget

  • Fashion:

    •   Junior, Simon Girl (Mystery Girl), Kate Garner, Nik Kershaw,

  • Boy George (Star Style)

  • Cyndi Lauper

  • Gloria Gaynor

  • Carol Kenyon

  • Girls Can't Help It

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Singles: By Stewart Copeland

George Kranz, Matt Bianco, Queen, Re-Flex, Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, Carol Kenyon, Donna Summer, Nena, Yip Yip Coyote, Q Tips, Prefab Sprout, Bank Robbers, Mel Brookes, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Truth, JB's All Star, Third World, Christine McVie, Hot Chocolate

 

Albums: Cyndi Lauper, Judas Priest, Elbow Bones and the Racketeers

 

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Volume 31 - Number 5

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

 

Better Scan Coming Soon

 

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

4th February 1984

Front Cover - Cyndi Lauper

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Interviews and Features:

  • Cyndi Lauper

  • Sade

  • Barbara Mason

  • China Crisis

  • Whitesnake

  • B Movie

  • Danse Society

  • Katrina And The Waves

  • Rick Springfield

  • Flying Pickets (Star Style)

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Albums:

Saxon, Van Halan, Christine McVie, Raybeats, John Cale, Whitesnake

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Singles: By Morrissey

Sade, Carmel, The Style Council, Genesis, Bourgie Bourgie, Marilyn, Slade, Jacqui  Brooks, Ultravox, Rent Party, Swans Way, Blue Rondo, Hey! Elastica, 400 Blows, , Shirley Lewis, Tik & Tok, Rockwell, Second Image, Hazel O;Connor, Kool and the Gang, Girl School

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Volume 31 - Number 6

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 52

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

11th February 1984

Front Cover - Morrissey (The Smiths)

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Smiths

  • Re-Flex

  • Maxine

  • Joe Fagin

  • Bourgie Bourgie

  • Thomas Dolby

  • Mathew Wilder

  • Madness

  • Steve Strange (Star Style)

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Albums:

Simple Minds, Ted Nugent, Gary Moore, Street Sounds, The Danse Society, Billy GRiffin, Lew Kirton, Thomas Dolby

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Singles: by Joe Leeway

Central Line, George McCrea, Boomtown Rats, The Pretenders, Madness, Baumann, Fashion, The Trainspotters, Dionne Warwick, Rolling Stones, Bop, Scorpions, Marillion, Billy Joel, London Community Gospel Choir, Randy Crawford, Mama's Boys, Orchestre Jazira, David Joseph, Bette Midler, James Ingram, David Grant, Orange Juice, Eyeless In Gaza

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Volume 31 - Number 7

Cover By - Eugene Adebari

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank You To Mark Jennings for Providing The Scans

18th February 1984

Front Cover - Yip Yip Coyote 

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Interviews and Features:

  • Swans Way

  • Nena

  • Yip Yip Coyote

  • Ultravox

  • The Truth

  • Marillion

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Albums:

Julian Cope, Toyah, Various (Tube), Gun Club, Modern English, Thompson Twins, The Alarm, Paz

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Singles Reviewed By Marilyn

Helen and the Horns, Tina Turner, Warren Mills, Def Leppard, Cargo, Howard Jones, The Questions, Righeira, Perfect Crime, INXS, Loleatta Holloway, It's Immaterial,  The Insane, Red Box, The Reflections, The Muppets

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Volume 31 - Number 8

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

25th February 1984

Front Cover - General Public

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Interviews and Features:

  • General Public

  • Matt Bianco

  • Carmel

  • The Clash

  • Orange Juice

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Albums:

Queen, Talk Talk, Rockwell, Doctor John, Madness, Various Artists (Girl Groups, Atlantic Records History Of Rhythm and Blues Vocal GRoups), The Smiths, Steel Pulse

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Singles: by MArc Almond

Robert Gorl, Spider, Bananarama, Billy Idol, General Public, Scritti Politti, Tracey Ullman, Gene October, D. Greenfield and J.J Burnell, Aswad, Ian Dury, Julia and Company, The Kissing Bandets, 1,000 Mexicans, Idle Flowers, Cats Trance, John Cougar Mellencamp, Frank Chickens

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Volume 31 - Number 9

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

Front Cover - Thompson Twins

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Interviews and Features:

  • Thompson Twins

  • Man Tran

  • Mel Brooks

  • Julian Cope

  • Wang Chung

  • Nik Kershaw

  • Prefab Sprout

  • Bop

  • Maureen Barry

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Albums:

Orange Juice, Nik Kershaw, Manhattan Transfer, Tania Maria, Pallas, The Pale Fountains, Pat Benatar, 

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Single Reviews by Phil Fearon

UB40, Kajagoogoo, Fiction Factory,, Afrika Bambaataa, Galaxy, John Rocca, Dee C Lee, Icicle Works, Indeep, China Crisis, Hall and Oats, The Quick, Quiet Riot, Scott Walker, Two Sisters, Kingdoms, Academy, Rikki Patrick, Scooter, Kevin Herwick and the Sound, Strange Relations, Peter Metro and Yellowman

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Volume 31 - Number 10

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

10th March 1984

Front Cover - Depeche Mode

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Interviews and Features:

  • Depeche Mode

  • Julia McGirt

  • Nena

  • Bananarama

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Albums:

Howard Jones, Marillion, Manowar, Critical Electro Compilation, Electro Shock Compilation, Re-Flex, Prefab Sprout

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Singles: by Graham K

The Special AKA, Propaganda, The Sound Barrier, Kalima, Ad Infinitum, The Bluebells, Madonna, White Torch, Julian Cope, Billy Bremner, Marshall Crenshaw, Jermaine Stewart, Wide Boy Awake, Yellowman, John Lennon, David Gilmore, Alton Edwards, Senses, Lionel Richie, Dead or Alive, Zu Zu Sharks, Vitamin Z, Boy's Don't Cry, Chris Rea

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 11 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 11

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

17th March 1984

Front Cover - Alexei Sayle

Back Cover - Dee C Lee

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Interviews and Features:

  • Van Halen

  • Kajagoogoo

  • The Questions

  • Alexei Sayle

  • Jeffery Daniel

  • Guide To - Electro Expressionism

  • Dee C Lee

 

Albums:

The Style Council, Nena, Scorpions, Various Artists (Street Sounds 8, Dance Mix Volume 3), Gloria Gaynor, Alexei Sayle, Dire Straits

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Single Reviews - Roy Hay

                             (Culture Club)

Rufus and Chaka Khan, Dolly Parton, Culture Club, Shalamar, Cyndi Lauper, Depeche Mode, Jeffrey Daniel, Toni Basil, Matthew Wilder, Pale Fountains, Rick Springfield, Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, Paradise, Illustrated Man, Fiat Lux, APB, Shakin' Stevens, Sad Café, Siouxsie and the Banshees,  Yes, Simple Minds

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Volume 31 - Number 12

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank You To Mark Jennings for Providing The Scans

Front Cover - Siouxsie 

Back Cover - Madonna

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Interviews and Features:

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • The Bluebells

  • Scritti Politti

  • Paul Weller

  • Weather Girls

  • Dead Or Alive

  • Madonna

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Albums: None

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Singles: by Jimmy Reid

Dennis Edwards, Thomas Dolby, Eddie Cochran, The Beatles, Prefab Sprouts, Michael Jackson, The Alarm, Whodini, George Benson, Gloria Gaynor

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 13 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 13

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

31st March 1984

Front Cover - Culture Club

Back Cover - Shannon

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Interviews and Features:

  • Culture Club

  • Fiction Factory

  • Was (Not Was)

  • Phil Fearon

  • Propaganda

  • The Pale Fountains

  • Senses

  • Shannon

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Albums:

Earl Kaugh, Patti Austin, Shannon, James Blood Ulmer, Bobby Nunn, Joe Jackson, Mezzoforte, Spider, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Robert Gorl, King Crimson, Kenny G

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Single Reviews - Chris and Lee                                    (Madness)

Art Of Noise, Weird Al Yankovic, Shillelagh Sisters, Willy Finlayson, Spear Of Destiny, Gary Moore, Killing Joke, Malcolm X, Dolly Mixture, Naz Nomad and the Nightmares, Revillos, One Blood, Strange Arrangements, Milk Shakes, Love, Prince Charles, Way Of The West, April Wine, The Cure, Phil Collins, Jakko, Levine, Stephanie Lawrence, Opposition

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Video:

Various Artists (Cool Cats 25 Years of Rock and Roll Style, Now That's What I Call Music II), Billy Joel, The Fall, Toyah, Judas Priest, Donna Summer, Marillion

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Live:

Style Council

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 14 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 14

Cover By -

     Eugene Adebari

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

7th April 1984

Front Cover - Special AKA

Back Cover - Bananarama

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Icicle Works

  • Steve Levine

  • Jerry Dammers (Special AKA)

  • Off The Wall - Graffiti Art

  • Dennis Edwards

  • Dayton

  • Tracie

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Albums:

Laurie Anderson, Ultravox, Yellowman, Black Flag, Barclay James Harvest, Starpoint, Bronz, Van Morrison, Central Line, DeBarge, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Various Artists (Street Sounds Electro 3)

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Singles Reviews - Prefab Sprouts

Matt Bianco, OMD, Lotus Eaters, Tracie, Zena De Jonay, Queen, Shannon, Blancmange, Joe Jackson, The Kane Gang, Stephanie Lawrence, Alisha, Holger Czukay, Luther Vandross, Kool and the Gang, Shillelagh Sisters,  Van Morrison, Rockwell, Re-Flex, Personal Column

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 15 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 15

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

14th April 1984

Front Cover - Captain Sensible

Back Cover - Shillelagh Sisters

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Interviews and Features:

  • Captain Sensible

  • George Benson

  • Cameo

  • James Hamilton

  • Rockwell

  • OMD

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Albums:

Dead Or Alive, Wang Chung, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Slave, Kleeer, Toni Basil, Loose Ends, Detroit Spinners, Annabel Lamb

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Singles: by Paul Sexton

Womack and Womack, , Echo and the Bunnymen, Reel To Reel, Patti LeBelle, Genesis Gospel Singers, Aretha Franklin, Groans, Matt Fretton, The Pointer Sisters, Roger Walters, Spencer Davis and Dusty Springfield, What Fun, Juan Martin with the RPO, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Belle and the Devotions, Peter Schilling, Billy Joel, Flying Pickets, The Cars, The Blue Nile, Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band, Bruce Foxton, Various Golden 45's, Samson, Private Lives, The Jets, Grandmaster and Melle Mel, Roger Chapman, Sandi Shaw

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Video:

Dire Straits, Robert Palmer, Shakin' Stevens, Culture Club

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Volume 31 - Number 16

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

21st April 1984

Front Cover - Frankie Goes To

                          Hollywood

Back Cover - Nona Hendryx

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Interviews and Features:

  • Frankie Goes To Hollywood

  • Spandau Ballet

  • Echo And The Bunnymen

  • The Cure

  • Womack and Womack

  • Chaka Khan

  • Psychedelic Furss

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Albums:

J Blackfoot, Rush, REM, Dennis Edwards, Eek A Mouse, Patti LaBelle, Azymuth

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Singles: by The Bluebells

Paul Blake and the Blood Fire Posse, Valerie and the Week Of Wonders, Go Go's, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Rock Steady Crew, Nena, New Order, Cocteau Twins, The Wake, In Embrace, Wang Chung, Fashion, Whitesnake, Emmylou Harris, Jules, Yellowman, King, Gene Loves Jezebel, Johnathan King, Hoorah Boys Hoorah, Troggs, Duran Duran, Seventh Seance, Christine McVie, Fad Gadget

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Volume 31 - Number 17

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

28th April 1984

Front Cover - Thomas Dolby

Centre Spread - Sade

Back Cover - David Bowie

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Interviews and Features:

  • Thomas Dolby

  • Nk Kershaw

  • Joe Jackson

  • Kane Gang

  • SOS Band

  • Cruise Missiles - The Debate

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Albums:

Bananarama, Spear Of Destiny, OMD, Blue Nile, Sal Paradise, Barracudas

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Singles by Andy Strip

Human League, Helen Terry, The Sound, Barry Flynn, King Kurt, Intrigue, Palais Schaumberg, First Priority, Alvin Stardust, Mike Read, Roland Rat, Pallas, The Great Divide, James T Pursey, Glen Campbell, Liaison

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Volume 31 - Number 18

Cover By - 

 (Duran) Denis O'Regan

 (New Order) Kevin Cummins

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

5th May 1984

Front Cover - Various

Back Cover - Advert

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Interviews and Features:

  • Scritti Politti

  • Duran Duran

  • Art Of Noise

  • New Order

  • Sandi Shaw

  • Howard Jones

  • Jeffrey Osborne

  • Joe Jackson

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Albums:

Various (Hi Energy 2)Echo and the Bunnymen, The Dazz Band, Chris Rea, Styx, The Cure, Bobby Womack

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Singles: by Simon Hills

The Imposter, Terri Wells, Divine Sounds, Janie Fricke, Orange Juice, The Chaps, Who Me, Dru, Messenger Service, Was Not Was, Quando Quando, Mari Wilson, Kajagoogoo, Boomtown Rats, ADX, The O-Jays, Serious Drinking, Pauline Black with Sunday Best, Bonnie Tyler

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 19 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 19

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

Front Cover - Sade

Back Cover - Elvis Costello

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Interviews and Featured:

  • Sade

  • Matt Fretton

  • Spear Of Destiny

  • Rock Steady Crew

  • Uptown Horns

  • New York's Fun House

  • Mari Wilson

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Albums:

The Human League, Bob Marley, Various Artists (Street Sounds Nine)Jermaine Jackson, Patti Austin, Bruce Foxton, Roger Waters

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Singles: by Jennet Dainty

PIL, Dominatrix, The Cult, Black, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Feelabelia, Comsat Angels, Junie Morrison, Status Quo, Thor, Detroit Spinners, The Weather Girls, Keith Harris and Orville, Ultravox, Edwin Starr, Musical Youth, Godley and Crème, The Cave, Icehouse, Bourgie Bourgie

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Video:

Daryl Hall and John Oates, Big Country, The Manhattan Transfer, Peter Tosh, Chuck Berry, The Eurythmies, Bad Manners

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Volume 31 - Number 20

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank You To Mark Jennings for Providing The Scans

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Better Scan Needed

19th May 1984

Front Cover - Madonna

Back Cover - John Lydon

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Interviews and Features:

  • King Kurt

  • Orange Juice

  • Helen Terry

  • Madonna

  • Terri Wells

  • Funhouse II

  • The Cure

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Albums:

Various Artists (Then Came Back Rock 'n' Roll, 20 Reggae Classics), Change, Silent Running, Blancmange, Virna Lindt, Weird Al Yankovic, George McCrae

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Singles: by Pedro

Pogue Mahone, Sister Sledge, Sade, Bruce Springsteen, Bananarama, Imagination, Wham, Latoya Jackson, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Swans Way, Yarbrough and Peoples, Style Council, Elton John 

Page 1 - Volume 31 - Number 21 - Record

Volume 31 - Number 21

Cover By - Steve Rapport

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

26th May 1984

Front Cover - Eurythmics

Centre Spread - The Style Council

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Interviews and Features:

  • Eurythmics

  • Howard Jones

  • Limahl

  • Detroit Spinners

  • Jermaine Jackson

  • Jazz

  • King

  • Spitting Image

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Albums:

Tracie, Break Machine, Kajagoogoo, The Go Go's, Ike and Tina Turner, Yarbrough and Peoples

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Singles: by Dylan Jones

Working Week, The Smiths, i Tension, The Questions, Madness, Blue Rondo, Nick Heyward, David Sylvian, Madonna, Dennis Edwards, Cameo, Twisted Sister, JB's Allstars, Dee C Lee, The Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs, Peter Gabriel, H2O, Marc Almond, Siouxsie and the Banshees

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 22 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 22

Cover By - Steve Rapport

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

2nd June 1984

Front Cover - Spandau Ballet

Back Cover - Advert

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Interviews and Features:

  • Spandau Ballet

  • Deniece Williams

  • Soul In The Charts - A Look At

  • Loose Ends

  • Eurythmics

  • Wham

  • Bobby Womack

  • Breakin' Movie Guide

  • A Trip To Liverpool

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Albums:

Lotus Eaters, , Indeep, Altered Images, The Water Boys, Various Artists (Streetsounds Electro 4)

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Singles: by Graham K

Bronski Beat, Spandau Ballet, I-Level, Scritti Politti, Daisy Chain, The SOS Band, Stanley Clark, David Austin, Girlstalk, The Earons, The System, Patrice Rushen, Dead Or Alive, The Room, Apocalypse, Annabel Lamb, Limahl, Billy Idol, Haircut 100, Fruer

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 23 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 23

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

9th June 1984

Front Cover - Scritti Politti

Centre Spread - Frankie Goes To

                                Hollywood

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Interviews And Features:

  • Scritti Politti

  • Ultravox

  • Crisp Smith

  • Evelyn Thomas and Hazel Dean

  • The Stevie Wonder Scrapbook

  • Jumpers Abound

  • Nick Heyward

  • Swans Way

  • Pointer Sisters

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Albums:

Everything But The Girl, Eurythmics, The Rock Steady Crew, Slade, Various Artists (Dance Mix Dance Hits Volume Four)

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Singles: by Jim Reid

Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Elvis Costello, Associates, Al Green, Tina Turner, Joe Jackson, OMD, The VHB, Barbara Mason, Gap Band, Kashif, Funk Deluxe, Boys In Darkness, GI Orange, Fiction Factory, The Rescue, Eastern Alliance, Lou Reed, Flesh 4 Lulu, Damned, Saxon, Indeep, Nick Kershaw, England, Gothic Girls, The Blow Monkeys, The Explorers, Rubber Rodeo, Pleasure and the Beast

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 24 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 24

Cover By - Jill Furmanovsky

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

16th June 1984

Front Cover - Pretenders

Back Cover - Sister Sledge

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Pretenders

  • Bananarama at the Cinema

  • Stevie Wonder Srapbook

  • Bronski Beat

  • Nick Lowe

  • The Waterboys

  • The Associates

  • Dave Austin

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Albums:

Michael Jackson, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eddy Grant, Nick Lowe, Patrice Rushen, Various Artists (UK Electro), Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen

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Singles: by Jessi McGuire

Indians In Moscow, The Barron Knights, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Bob Marley, Jo Durie, Smokey Robinson, Jermaine Stewart, Alison Moyet, Mathew Wilder, The Pointer Sisters, Billy Joel, Jeffrey Osbourne, Papa Levi, The Dolly Dots, Hanoi Rocks, Reward, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, The Bluebells, Fashion

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 25 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 25

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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Better Scan Coming Soon

 

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

23rd June 1984

Front Cover - The Human League

Back Cover - Boy George

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Human League

  • Video Tasties from Godley & Creme

  • Difford and Tilbrook

  • The Beatles

  • Stevie Wonder Scrapbook

  • Womack and Womack Live

  • The Bluebells

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Singles: By Alan Marke

Jacksons, John Rocca, Grandmaster Melle Mel and The Furious Five, Shannon, Surface, Shakatak, Four Tops, Womack and Womack, Casiopea, Lionel Richie, Human League, The Belle Stars, Wah, Shriekback, The Flying Pickets, Anthony Moore, Red Guitars, Zeke Manyika, Out Bar Squeek, The Lotus Eaters, Bank Robbers, West Indian Touring Team, The Fall, I Start Counting, Windjammer, Jayne Edwards, Renee and Renato

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Albums: Elton John, The Special AKA, Rob Stewart, Tina Turner, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Fashion, Twisted Sister

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30th June 1984

Volume 31 - Number 26

Cover By - Joe Shutter (Wah!), Peter Anderson (Alison Moyet)

Price - 45p    Pages - 72

Front Cover - Wah! / Alison Moyet

Centre Spread - Annie Lennox

Back Cover - Joanne

                        (Human League)

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Interviews and Features:

  • Wah!

  • Alison Moyet

  • Twisted Sister

  • Kleeer

  • Garry Glitter

  • Haircut 100

  • Tim Pope

  • OMD

  • Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

  • Madness

  • Summer Video Selection

  • West Side Story

  • Stevie Wonder Scapbook

  • Eltoon John

  • Sisters Of Mercy

  • Kenny G

  • Echo and the Bunnygirl

  • Everything But The Girl

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Singles: By Andy Strike

The Nightingales, April Showers, Yip Yip Coyote, Violent Femmes, Detroit Spinners, Nick Cave, Mersha Raven, Divine, Brass Construction, X, 23 Skidoo, And Almost The Trees, Bob Dylan, Abrasive Wheels, Elkie Brooks, Play Dead, Loose Ends, Thompson Twins, Icehouse, Belouis Some, Silent Running, The Alan Parsons Project

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Albums:

Spandau Ballet, Original MOtion Picture Soundtrack, Brass Construction, David Sylvian, The Rolling Stones, Roger Taylor, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists, Icehouse, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, INXS, The Gun Club, Frank Sinatra

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 28 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 27

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 56

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

7th July 1984

Front Cover - John Lydon

Centre Spread - The Jacksons

Back Cover - Paul Rutherford                 (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

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Interviews and Features:

  • John Lydon

  • MusicBiz Party Time

  • Ollie 'n' Jerry

  • Sister Sledge

  • Noddy Holder

  • Zulu Beatbox Party

  • Status Quo

  • Marsha Raven

  • Dead Or Alive

  • Patrice Rushen

  • Yvonne Gage

  • Colourfield

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Albums:

King Sunny Ade and His African Beats, Various Artists (Let The Music Scratch, Gems, Hot Chills and Cold Thrills, Pure Soul), Peabo Bryson, Lou Reed, The Jones Girl, The O'Jays, Haircut One Hundred, Johnathan Richman, Difford and Tilbrook, Bobby King, The Clovers, Clarence Carter, Clyde McPhatter, John Hammond

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Singles: by Robbie Vincent

Phil Fearon and Galaxy, TYZIK, Teddy Pendergrass, The Woodentops, Patti Austin, Konk, Morrissey Mullen, Eartha Kitt, Jeff Lynn, Ultravox, Beatmaster, Sticky Wicket, Jimmy Highlife, Echo and the Bunnymen, STYX, Neil, 100 Proof, Reflex, Umo Vogue, Candido, Johnny Cougar, Street System, Brilliant

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14th July 1984

Volume 31 - Number 28

Cover By - Toshi

Price - 45p    Pages - 60

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

Front Cover - Blancmange

Back Cover - Prince

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Interviews and Features:

  • Blancmange

  • Boothill Foot Tappers

  • Love Warring Womacks

  • Yes

  • Billy Idol

  • Kane Gang

  • Young Ones Vyv and Neil

  • Silent Running

  • Big Country

  • Grandmaster Melle Mel

  • Sheila E

  • Robbie Vincent

  • Nik Kershaw In Ireland

  • Vicious Pink

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Albums:

Jacksons, Blue Rondo, Latoya Jackson, D Train, Kashif, Wind Jammer, Public Image, Prince and the Revolution, Tik and Tok, The Art Company, Black Uhuru, Roger Glover, Wall Of Voodoo, Original Soundtrack(Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom)

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Singles: by Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)

A Flock Of Seagulls, Everything But The Girl, The Rolling Stones, Blancmange, The Blue Nile, John Lennon, King, APB, Tim Pope, Killing Joke, Nona Hendryx, The Farmers Boys, O'Jays, Jools Holland, Sunset Gun, ZZ Top, Vicious Pink, Spider, Christopher Cross

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Volume 31 - Number 29
Price - 45p    Pages - 60
 

Cover by - 

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Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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21st July 1984

Front cover - Michael Jackson

Back cover - Tina Turner

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Interviews and features:

  • Jools Holland

  • Tracey Ullman

  • Shakatak

  • Gary Crowley

  • Phil Fearon

  • Jacksons Extravaganza

  • Fastway

  • Sunny Ade

  • Andy Taylor's Guitar Greats

  • Paul Hardcastle

  • UK Electro

  • Cyndi Lauper

  • Tom Robinson

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Albums:

Sade, Fiction Factory, Private Lives, Mark King, Fastway, Dr John, Various Artists (Streetsounds No. Ones, Sharp Mixes), Sheila E, Teddy Pendergrass, Peter Tosh, Nyam Nyam

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Singles, by Simon Mills:

Tracey Ullman, Jon and Vangelis, The Senate, Run DMC, The Colour Field, Sex Gang Children, The Law Lords International, Kate Kissoon, Bandolero, The Beatles, Matt Bianco, Paul Young and the Q-Tips EP, Dave Edmunds, Wang Chung, Chas and Dave, Bruce Foxton, Richard Jon Smith, White China, East Of Java

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Live:

Miners Benefit (Liverpool; Bronski Beat, Madness, Style Council)

Page 1 - Record Mirror - 28th July 1984.

Volume 31 - Number 30

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Vid Cover - Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 80

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Includes a free 24-page Vid magazine

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Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

28th July 1984

Front Cover - Edwyn Collins and

                         Paul Quinn

Back Cover - Tracey Ullman

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Interviews and Features:

  • Edwyn Collins and Paul Quinn

  • King Kurt

  • Flesh For Lulu

  • I-Level

  • Phillipe Wynne

  • Pirates On The Airwaves

  • Manchester Roundup

  • Divine

  • The SOS Band

  • Getting To The Surface

  • Shrikback

  • Thompson Twins

  • A Change Is As Good As....

  • Howard Jones

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Albums:

The Mighty Wah!, Various Artists (Club Tracks Vol. 3), Shriekback, Freeez, The Time, Men Without Hats, H2O, Fatback, Billy Ocean, Ben E King, Quite Riot, The System, Berlin, Torch Song, , Rufus Thomas, Albert King

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Singles: by Eleanor Levy

Working Week, Paul Quinn and Edwyn Collins, The West Street Mob, The Frank Chickens, Rubber Rodeo, George Michael, King Kurt, Pearl Harbour, SOS Band, Burlitz, Newcleus, Phil Pickett, Comateens, Troy Tate, AC/DC, Cruella De Ville, Queen, Herbie Handcock, Rod Stewart, Jeanne Mas, Talk Talk, Deniece Williams

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4th August 1984

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11th August 1984

Volume 31 - Number 31

Cover By - Eugene Adebari

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

Volume 31 - Number 32

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

Front Cover - Billy Mackenzie

Back Cover - Captain Sensible

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Interviews and Features:

  • Billy Mackenzie

  • Big Screen Star Trekkin'

  • Animal Nightlife

  • Boy George

  • Working Week

  • Talk Talk

  • A Bigger Splash

  • Boxer Shorts In Depth Report

  • Pia Zadora

  • Ozzy Osbourne

  • A Flock Of New Haircuts

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Albums:

Various Artists (Crucial Electro 2), The Bluebells, The Skatalites, The Last Poets, Original Soundtrack (Starllight Express)

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Singles: by Steven Grey

Friends Again, Peter Wolf, Animal Nightlife, Alcatrazz, Coyote Sisters, 3D, Chris De Berg, Voice of Authority, Shriekback, I-Level, The Adventures, Second Image, Data, Suzi Quatro, Howard Jones, Diana Ross, The Pointer Sisters, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Richard 'Dimples' Fields, Nick Lowe, Roger Taylor, The Church, Two Minds Crack, Carol Lynn Townes, Belle and the Devotion, Jenny Burton and Patrick Jude, Wolf and Wolf, M&M, A Bigger Splash

Front Cover - Hazel Dean

Back Cover - Boy George

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Interviews and Features: 

  • Cyril Quigley

  • Hazel Dean

  • Sade

  • Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)

  • Electric Dreams

  • Festivals - A Look At

  • Neil (Young Ones) Poster

  • Brothers Johnson

  • Scorpions

  • Fashion

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Albums:

Various Artists (Electric Dreams Original Soundtrack), James Brown, Smokey Robinson, Patti Austin, Theatre Of Hate, The O'Jays, The Brothers Johnson

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Singles: by Eden

Miami Sound Machine, Lightin' Rod, Frank Sinatra, Shango, Robert Wyatt, Van Halen, Alien Sex Field, Test Department, David Sylvian, Change, Iron Maiden, Rockwell, Black Uhuru, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Junior

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Volume 31 - Number 33

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

18th August 1984

Front Cover - Lloyd Cole

Back Cover - Laura Branigan

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Interviews and Features:

  • Lloyd Cole

  • M + M Mayhem

  • Paddling Up The Blue Nile

  • Miami Sound Machine

  • Heaven 17

  • Patti Austin

  • Junior

  • Steve Strange

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Albums:

Star Trek III, Various Artists (Chunks Of Funk, Streetsounds 10, The Official Music of the 1984 Games), Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones and his Orchestra, Davitt Sigerson, Phil Fearon and Galexy

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Singles: by Dylan Jones

Syncbeat, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Kashif, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, Out, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper, Gil Scott-Heron, Tears For Fears, James Blood Ulmer, The Kinks, Jonzun Crew, The Armoury Show, Savage Progress, Stockholm Monsters, The Cult, Michael Jackson, Rick James

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 35 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 34

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Vid Cover - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 64

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Includes a Free 24 Page Vid Magazine

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Better Scan Coming Soon

 

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

25th August 1984

Front Cover - Football Crazy

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Interviews and Features:

  • King Play 5-a-side

  • Tears For Fears

  • Football Predictions

  • Pat Nevin _ Singles Reviews

  • Pop Goes Soccer, Soccer Goes Pop

  • Kit Chic

  • Windjammer

  • Queen

  • Soccer File

  • Bruce Springsteen Live

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Albums:

Bobby McFerrin, The SOS Band, M+M, Richard 'Dimples' Fields, Various Artists (Energhighs)

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Singles: by Pat Nevin

Associates, Helen and the Horns, Malcolm McLaren, Kraftwerk, Jay Novelle, Aztec Camera, David Austin, Depeche Mode, Rock Steady Crew, J Blackfoot, Visage, Blue In Heaven, MArc Almond, Crazy Trains, One O' Clock Gang, The Senate, Sammy Hagar, Lindsey Buckingham, Bucks Fizz, The Smiths, Feelabelia

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Volume 31 - Number 36

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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1st September 1984

Front Cover - Malcolm McLaren

Back Cover - Michael Jackson

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Interviews and Features:

  • Malcolm McLaren

  • League Of Gentlemen

  • Marc Almond

  • Herbie Hancock

  • The Adventures

  • Cyril Quigley

  • Chiefs Of Relief

  • Tina Turner

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Albums:

A Flock Of Seagulls, Iron Maiden, Various Artists (The 49 Minute Technicolour Dream, This Is Soca '84), Yvonne Gage, Tyzik, Frank Sinatra, Charles Couture

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Singles: by Graham K

Thomas Leer, Floy Joy, Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown, The Special AKA, Sister Sledge, The Bluebells, Gilberto Gil, David Lasley, The Brothers Johnson, Cheryl Lyn

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 37 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 36

Cover By -

        Eugene Adebari

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

8th September 1984

Front Cover - The Smiths

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Interviews and Features:

  • Cyril Quigley

  • The Smiths

  • The Special AKA

  • Trevor Walters

  • Laura Branigan

  • Frankie Goes To Hollywood

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Albums:

Motorhead, Tom Verlaine, The Rain Parade, Mtume, Cherrelle, The Sweet, Herbie Hancock, The Fixx, Various Artists (Soca Train)

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Singles: by Eden

Sade, Reathel Bean and the Doonesbury Breakcrew, The Law Lords International, U2, Carlos Peron, Bill Nelson, Warp, Chevi, General Public, Manowar, Shakatak, Level 42, Whodini, Kimera and the Operaiders, Phillip Salon and the Mudmen, OMD, Lydia Murdoc, Mtume

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15th September 1984

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Volume 31 - Number 38

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

22nd September 1984

Front Cover - Jon Moss

                         (Culture Club)

Back Cover - Big Country

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Interviews and Features:

  • Billy Idol

  • OMD

  • Malcolm McLaren

  • Jon Moss (Culture Club)

  • Miners A Pint

  • Me And David Bowie

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Singles By: Andy Strike

The Go Betweens, Felt, Billy Idol, The June Brides, This Mortal Coil, Buddy Holly, UB40, Aswad, Big Country, Diana Ross, Freddie Mercury, Prince, Mighty Eltham Funk Federation, Silent Running, Rose Royce, Bobby Womack, Tik & Tok, Blow Monkeys, Dr Feelgood, Janet Jackson and Cliff Richard

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Albums:

KC & The Sunshine Band, Various Artists, Dr Buzzards Savannah Band, Bobby Womack, Warp 9, ZZ Top, Ike and Tina Turner, Ramsey Lewis &Nancy Wilson

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Live: None

Volume 31 - Number 37

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Front Cover - Big Country

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Interviews and Features:

  • A Day With Phil Fearon

  • Big Country

  • Steve Strange

  • General Public

  • Aztec Camera

  • Spandau Ballet

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Albums:

Shakatak, Donna Summer, The Cult, Stevie Wonder, Various Artists (Breakdance Fever)

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Singles:  by Pedro

Jocelyn Brown, Bronski Beat, The Min Contenders, Right Hooks, Float Up CP, Stephanie Mills, Ralph MacDonald, Out Of Form One Time World Beater, Lightweights, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, The Higgons, Worthy Battlers Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Giorgio Moroder with Philip Oakey, Hanoi Rocks, XTC

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Live:

Queen

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 40 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 39

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p    Pages - 72

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This Issue Came With A Free 24 Page Vid Magazine

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Thank You To Mark Jennings for Providing The Scans

29th September 1984

Front Cover - Depeche Mode

Back Cover - David Bowie

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Interviews and Features:

  • Depeche Mode

  • Level 42

  • The Stranglers

  • Ray Parker Jnr

  • Floy Joy

  • Kim Wilde

  • UB40

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Singles: By Paul Sexton

The Style Council, Bonnie Pointer,  Phyllis St James, Patti Austin, Margie Joseph, Patrice Rushen, Sammy Davis Jnr, The Staple Singers, Dio, The Time, Bruce Springsteen, Kim Wilde, Intaferon, Sheila E, Billy Ocean, ZZ Top, Guy Mitchell, Culture Club, The Stranglers, The Questions, Paul McCartney, Windjammer, Apollonia 6, Laura Branigan, White Door, Fiat Lux, Mari Wilson, Girltalk

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Albums:

Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Gary Numan and the Tubway Army, Aztec Camera, Hazel O'Connor, Depeche Mode, Astrud Gilberto, Terri Wells, Ghostbusters, Floy Joy, Heaven 17, Dennis De Young, Ralph MacDonald, Dr Feelgood

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Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 41 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 40

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

6th October 1984

Front Cover - Bananarama

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Interviews and Features:

  • Cristina Ze Queen

  • This Is Zarjazz

  • Aswad

  • Bananarama

  • At Home With Motorhead

  • Rotterdammerung

  • Bobby Womack

  • Bronski Beat Goes Dutch

  • Sister Sledge

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Albums:

U2, Jeffrey Osbourne, The Pogues, Dave Edmonds, Level 42, The Go Between, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Passion, Count Basie

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Singles: by Jim Reid

Wham, Boyzone, Alison Moyet, Helen Terry, Paul Young, Gary Glitter, Feargal Sharkey, Limahl, Tot Taylor, Paul Haig, Hazel O'Connor, Gina X, Berntholer, Julian Lennon, Meatloaf, The Daintees, Icicle Works, Orange Juice, Difford and Tilbrook, The Loft, Bonaventura, Disconnection, Desmond Dekker and the Aces, DST

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Volume 31 - Number 41

Cover By - Ian Hooton

BAck Cover - LFI

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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Thank You To Mark Jennings for Providing The Scans

13th October 1984

Front Cover - Style Council

Back Cover - Paul Young

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Interviews and Features:

  • Style Council

  • Adam Ant

  • Eastwood and Saint

  • Ultravox Live

  • Kid Creole

  • Everything But The Girl

  • Stephanie Milles Finds The Cure

  • The Purple Reign Of Prince

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Albums:

Miami Sound Machine, UB40, Gil Scott-Heron, Billy Bragg, The Fall, Various Artists (Dance Mix Dance Hits Vol 5)General Public, Eartha Kitt

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Singles: by Eleanor Levy

Dave Edmunds, Africa Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force, The Violent Femmes, Private Lives, The Psychedelic Furs, Ultravox, The Chevalier Brothers, Spandau Ballet, SPK, Psychic V, Marc Riley with the Creepers, Terry and Gerry, The Lucy Show, Twisted Sister, The Engine Room, A Flock Of Seagulls, Eddy Grant, Bobby G, Chaka Khan

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 43 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 42

Cover By - Paul Cox

Centre Poster - Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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20th October 1984

Front Cover - Gary Kemp

                          (Spandau Ballet)

Centre Spread - Frankie Goes

                            To Hollywood

Back Cover - Tracey Ullman

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Interviews and Features:

  • Dalis Car

  • Spandau Ballet

  • Billy Bragg

  • Cars

  • Divine

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Albums:

Big Country, Dayle Hall and John Oates, Grandmaster Melle and the Furious Five, Bronski Beat, The Cars, Stephanie Mills, Talking Heads, XTC, Apolonia 6

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Singles: by Dylan Jones

Talking Heads, Virna Lindt, Floy Joy, Sweet, Jeffrey Osbourne, Gayle Adams, Strawberry Switchblade, Siouxsie and the Banshees, King, The Pookah Makes Three, Bonnie Tyler, Attila The Stockbroker, The Explores, Force MD's

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 44 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 43

Cover By - Paul Cox

Centre Poster - Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 72

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Included a Free 24 Page Vid Magazine

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27th October 1984

Front Cover - The Cure

Back Cover - U2

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Interviews and Features:

  • The Pogues

  • The Cure

  • Imagination

  • John Waite

  • Duran Duran

  • Meatloaf

  • Eugene Wilde

  • Africa Bambaataa

  • Nick Heyward

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Albums:

Culture Club, Chaka Khan, Julian Lennon, Jolley and Swain, Paul McCartney, Various Artists (Crew Cuts Lesson 2), Jellybean, Randy Crawford, The Cure

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Singles: by Alan Marke

Shock Headed Peters, Dali's Car, Adventures, Seven, David Sylvian, Tracey Ullman, Duran Duran, Nick Heyward, The Pogues, Fiona Franklyn, Van Morrison, The Fall, Pointer Sisters, Five Star, Eurythmics, Level 42, Prefab Sprouts, F.A.T, Gary Numan, The Alarm,  Brilliant, Amazulu, The Art Of Noise, Cool Notes, Iron Maiden

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 45 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 44

Cover By - (Unknown)

Back Cover - Michael

            Putland / Retna

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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3rd November 1984

Front Cover - Wham

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Interviews and Features:

  • Billy Ocean

  • Hazell Dean

  • Wham - Story Part 1

  • Echo and the Bunnymen

  • Chaka Khan

  • Kane Gang

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Albums:

Meatloaf, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Marc Almond, Various Artists (Streetsounds Edition 11), John Waite, The Questions

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Singles: by OMD

Depeche Mode, The Blue Nile, Matt Bianco, Sylvester, Scritti Politti, Womack and Womack, The Farmer's Boys, XTC, Musical Youth, Jody, Rick James, Dee C Lee, OMD, Ray Parker Jnr, Alphaville, Shalamar, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, ABC, The Kane Gang

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 46 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 45

Cover By - Ashworth

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Better Scan Coming Soon

 

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

10th November 1984

Front Cover - David Sylvian

Back Cover - ABC Cartoon

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Interviews and Features:

  • Paul McCartney

  • Alison Moyet

  • Giorgio Moroder

  • Gary Numan

  • David Sylvian

  • Level 42

  • Wham - Story Part 2

  • Iron Maiden

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Albums:

Wham, Alison Moyet, The Smiths, Ultravox, The Stranglers, Marillion, The Who, Kim Wilde, Deep Purple, Visage, The Staple Singers

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Singles: By Pedro

Sister Sledge, Human League, Friends Again, Redskins, Temptations, The Truth, The Who, Shinehead, Dazz Band, Lenny Henry Presents Delbert Wilkins Sings, Madonna, Helen and the Horns, Slade, Paul Hardcastle

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17th November 1984

Front Cover - UB40

Back Cover - Eurythmics

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Interviews and Features:

  • Siouxsie 

  • Lenny Henry

  • Pre Xmas Book Guide

  • UB40 on Film

  • Redskins

  • A Diamond Geezer

  • Nik Kershaw

  • Dead Or Alive

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Albums:

Duran Duran, Madonna, John Martyn, Julian Cope, Various Artists(Soul Galore), Eurythmics, Gary Numan, Limahl, Art Of Noise, Wynton Marshhalis

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Singles: by Marvin  B MacClefish

Otis Reading, Chic, Shakatak, Joan Jett, Yes Let's, Alien Sex Fiend, Two Minds, Aztec Camera, Modern Romance, Mercy Mercy, Dead Or Alive, John Rocca, Visage, Drum Kcor, Sam Harris

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Live:

U2

Volume 31 - Number 46

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

Page 1 - Vol 31 - No 48 - Record Mirror

Volume 31 - Number 47

Cover By - Lyn Goldsmith

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

 

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

24th November 1984

Front Cover - Prince

Back Cover - Tina Turner

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Interviews and Features:

  • Prince

  • Readers Poll - Voting Form

  • Billy Ocean

  • ZZ Top

  • Sylvester

  • Depeche Mode Live

  • ABC

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Albums:

Nik Kershaw, Wah!, Cliff Richard, Neil, Bucks Fizz, Various, Cocteau Twins, The Higsons, Status Quo

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Singles: By Mark Cordery

Smiley Culture, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Bananarama, Culture Club, Frankie Paul, Captain Sensible, Garbage,  The Flying Lizards, Breakout Krew, The Rebels, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Stevie Wonder, Big Country, Charme, Gene Chandler, Flowchart, Marc Almond

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Volume 31 - Number 48

Cover By - Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 48

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

1st December 1984

Front Cover - Holly Johnson

Back Cover - Boy George

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Interviews and Features:

  • Adventures

  • JJ Burnell

  • Matt Bianco

  • Frankie Goes To Hollywood

  • Huey Lewis And The News

  • Daz Band

  • Status Quo

Talking Heads

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Albums:

Howard Jones, King, Gang Of Four, Glenn Jones, Daze Band, Various Artists (Now That's What I Call Music 4, The Hits Album), Tracey Ullman

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Singles: by Neil (Yong Ones)

Spandau Ballet, Chas and Dave, Stevie Wonder, West India Company, Stephanie Mills, Donna Summer, Thelma Houston, Talking Heads, Queen, Ian McCulloch, Band Aid, Rick Wakeman, Meatloaf, King Sounds and the Israelites, Big Country, Paul Young, UB40, Winston Reedy, Mikey Dread, Echo Base, Tears For Fears, Flying Picket

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Video:

Ultravox, David Bowie, Duran Duran, Blancmange, The Cars, Queen, Status Quo, Various Artists (Ready Steady Go Volume 3)

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8th December 1984

15th December 1984

Volume 31 - Number 50

Cover By - Mike Owen

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

Front Cover - Roger Taylor

                        (Duran Duran)

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Interviews and Features:

  • Amazulu

  • Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)

  • Flying Pickets

  • Kool And The Gang

  • Thompson Twins

  • Paul Young - Part 2

  • Philip Bailey

  • Paul McCartney

  • Thelma Houston

  • Style Council Live

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Albums:

Billy Ocean, Malcolm McLaren, True West, The Honeydrippers, Brothers Johnson, The Long Ryders, Little Antony and the Imperials, Major Harris, Various Artists (Love Ballads, Essential Electro)

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Singles:  by Dylan Jones

Nuance, Sheena Easton, Grandmaster Melle and the Furious Five, Mike Oldfield, The Council Collective, D.St & Jalal, The Enemy Within, Gary Numan, Neil, The Intruders, High Mesekela, The Stranglers, Laura Branigan, Psycon, Sal Solo

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Live:

Style Council

Volume 31 - Number 49

Cover By - Simon Fowler

Price - 45p    Pages - 44

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

Front Cover - Paul Young

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Interviews and Features:

  • Al Jarreau

  • Paul Young - Part 1

  • Big Country

  • Ian McColloch

  • Band Aid

  • Lloyd Cole

  • Alison Moyet Live

  • Slade

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Albums:

Lenny Henry, Kool and the Gang, The Who, Gary Glitter, Black Lace, Malcolm McLaren / The Rock Steady Crew / The World Famous Supreme Team, Japan, The Temptations, Hazel Dean, Eugene Wilde

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Singles: by Andy Strike

The Del-Monas, Band Aid, Alison Moyet, Aswad, Trevor Walters, Band Aid, Kim Wilde, Swans Way, ZZ Top, Julian Lennon, Wham, Japan, Slade, Linkmen, Thompson Twins, Kiki Dee

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Live:

Alison Moyet

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Volume 31 - Number 51

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

22nd December 1984

Front Cover - Midge Ure (Ultravox)

Back Cover - Various

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Interviews and Features:

  • Xmas Leisure Manuel - Sleigh No More

  • Who's Top In Xmas Stockings

  • Captain Sensible Xmas Log

  • Midge Ure

  • Xmas Music Vid Round Up

  • There's No Buisness Like Snow Buisness

  • Steve Wight

  • Wham

  • Black Lace

  • Smiley Culture

  • Gary Glitter vs Sal Solo

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Albums: None

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Singles: None

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Video:

Bauhaus, Various Artists (Now 4, Record Shack Presents, The Red Tape, Both Sides Live Part One & Two), The Thompson Twins, Yoko Ono

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Volume 31 - Number 52

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p    Pages - 40

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Thank you to John Harrison for Donating the issue For Scanning

29th December 1984

Front Cover - Brookside

Back Cover - Midge Ure

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Interviews and Features:

  • Holiday Leisure Manuel

  • Stewart Copeland (Police)

  • Brookside

  • Robin Smith's Predictions

  • Writers Selection '84

  • Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran)

  • Kid Creole

  • Quotes Of The Year

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Albums: None

​

Singles: None

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Live:

Culture Club, The Clash, Spandau Ballet, Paul Young

Free Stuff

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

In the following issues dated 28th July, 25th August, 29th September and 27th October 1984 Record Mirror included a Free 24 Page Vid Magazine.

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There were no other Free gifts given away this year

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