1985 Issues

These are the issues of Record Mirror that came out in 1985.

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Editor - Michael Pilgrim

Deputy Editor - Betty Page

News Editor - Robin Smith

Features Editor - Jim Reid

Editorial :

Diane Cross and Mike Gardner

Record Mirror - Vol 32 - No 01 - 5th Jan

Volume 32 - Number 1
Price - 45p Pages - 36

Cover by - Brian Aris

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

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5th January 1985

Front Cover - Sade

Back Cover - Depeche Mode

Interviews and Features:

League Of Gentlemen

John Entwistle

The Big Four

Sade

Readers Poll Results

Chicago

Brookside II

West India Company

The Kane Gang

Kim Wilde

Fashion Predictions

Albums: None

Singles: None

Volume 32 - Number 2
Price - 45p Pages - 36

Cover by - Brian Aris

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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12th January 1985

Front Cover - Chaka Khan

Back Cover - Madonna

Interviews and Features:

Village People

Hall and Oates

Vanity

Chaka Khan

Spandau Ballet

Jody Watley

Nile Rodgers

Albums:

Gangsters and Good Guys, Ray Ayers, Various Artists, Breakdance 2, Bob Dylan, Johnny Ringo meets Asher Senator

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Time Zone, James Ingram, Chaka Khan, Kirsty MacColl, Big Country, The Colour Field, Breathless, Tracey Ullman, The Pale Fountains, The Armoury Show, Eurythmics, Pointer Sisters, H2O,

Heaven 17, The Big Sound Authority, Bucks Fizz, The Associates, Cook Da Books

Volume 32 - Number 3
Price - 45p Pages - 36

Cover by Ian Hooton

Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue

19th January 1985

Cover: Floy Joy

Back cover: Strawberry Switchblade

Interviews and features:

Tears For Fears
Gary Holton
Floy Joy
Icicle Works
Jerry Dammers
Go-Go music (Slim, Experience Unlimited, Little Benny, Trouble Funk, Hot Cold Sweat, more...)

Albums:

David Sanborn, Captain Sensible, George Benson, Thelma Houston, Various artists (Club Classics Vol 1)

Singles reviewed by Betty Page:

Little Benny & the Masters, Sweet, Phil Collins, Monochrome Set, Dirk Blanchart, Jim Diamond, Cabaret Voltaire, Jimmy Ruffin, Dominatrix, Dr Calculus, King, Vanity, George Benson, Deep Purple, Killing Joke, Immaculate Fools, Sideway Look, Billy Ocean, Red Box, Don Henley

Volume 32 - Number 4

Price - 45p Pages - 36

Cover by Andrzej Sawa

Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue

26th January 1985

Front Cover - Freddie Mercury

Back Cover - Prince

Interviews and features:

Jimmy Ruffin
The Hitlist Part 2
Foreigner
Freddie Mercury
Roy Ayers
Strawberry Switchblade

Albums: None

Singles reviewed by Eleanor Levey

Tracie Thorn, James King and the Lonewolves, Hall & Oates, Chicago, Jean Michel Jarre, Les Enfants, Change, Eugene Wilde, Sam Harris, I Am Siam, Tina B, Sheila E, Frank Chickens, Cliff Richard, Face Of Concern, Laid Back, Furniture, Common Knowledge, Slade, Paul Hardcastle, Commodores

Volume 32 - Number 5

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 40

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2nd February 1985

Front Cover - Melle Mel

Interviews and Features:

Melle Mel
Paul King
This Island Earth
Ashford and Simpson
Billy Mackenzie
Glenn Gregory
The Limit
Kirsty MacColl

Albums:

Meat Loaf, Joan Armatrading, Jean-Luc Ponty, Magnum Force, The Ramones, New York New York

Singles: by Jim Reid

Barrington Levy, Bradley and the Boys, Canute, Steve Marriotte, The Fink Brothers, Kool and the Gang, Shalamar, Jermaine Jackson, David Bowie / Pat Metheny Group, The Mutant Rockers, Howard Jones, The Smiths, Sylvester, Junior, Second Image, Floy Joy, Sharpe and Numan, Sasss, Boomtown Rat, The Bluebells, The Ramones, Whitesnake, Second Image, Ex Pistols, Skiff Skats, Baz Higgins

Volume 32 - Number 6

Cover By - Simon Fowler

Price - 45p Pages - 40

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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9th February 1985

Front Cover - Howard Jones

Back Cover - David Bowie

Interviews and Features:

Immaculate Foolery
The Finking Brothers
Amii Stewart
1984 Top LP's and Singles
Armoury Show
Howard Jones
Shalamar
James Ingram
Bluebells
Chaka Khan - Live
Bryan Adams

Albums:

The Associates, Various Artists (Break Dancing), The Pale Fountains, John Foggerty

Singles: by Diane Cross

Time UK, The Stranglers, Glen Fry, Wilton Felder featuring Bobby Womack, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Kim Carnes, Two People, Santana, Grandmaster Flash, New Jersey Mass Choir, DC Allstars, Burlitz, The Chameleons, Andy Scott, Jack Wagner, Mick Jagger, David Lee Roth, Chaz Jenkel, The Equators

Volume 32 - Number 7

Cover By - Brian Aris

Price - 45p Pages - 40

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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16th February 1985

Front Cover - Mick Jagger

Back Cover - Paul King

Interviews and Features:

The Colour Field
Sickly Sweet
Bruce Springsteen
Mike Jagger
Big Sound Authority
Imagination
Marc Almond

Albums:

The Kane Gang, The Smiths, Teena Maria, Bryan Adams

Singles: by Gary Byrd and

Paul Sexton

Go West, The Farmers Boys, The Alarm, Cyndi Lauper, Chris De Burgh, First Love, Loose Ends, Toto, Steve Perry, Bangles, John Fogerty, Manhattan Transfer, T C Curtis, Leonard Cohen, REO Speedwagon, The Firm, Eddie and the Soul Band, Paul Hardcastle, Julia & Company, Redds and the Boys, Trouble Funk, Lee Morgan, Roland Rat Superstar

Volume 32 - Number 8

Cover By - Ashworth

Price - 45p Pages - 48

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23rd February 1985

Front Cover - Phil Collins

Back Cover - Madonna

Interviews and Features:

Afrika Bambaataa
Barrington Levey
Little Benny
Commodores
Phil Collins
Mick Jagger
Junior
Toto

Albums:

Grandmaster Flash, Phil Collins, The Commodores, Shakatak, Wilton Felder, Midnight Star, Various Artists (Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack)

Singles: Dylan Jones

Chuck Berry and the Soul Searchers, Maze, I-Level, Prince, ZZ Top, Matt Bianco, Virginia Astley, Julian Cope, Tina Turner, The Jesus and Mary Cain, Whodini, Madonna, Roman Holiday, Terry & Jerry, Dark City, Alvin Stardust, Evelyn King, Roaring Boys

Volume 32 - Number 9

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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2nd March 1985

Front Cover - Star Nation

Interviews and Features:

Matt Bianco
Vicious Pink
Starvation
Grandmaster Flash
Don Henley
Loose Ends
Phil Collins (Live)
Sheila E

Albums:

Killing Joke, Tars For Fears, Various Artists (Electro 6), Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Earth Wind and Fire / Jean Carn / Rose Royce

Singles: by Hazel Dean

Paul Young, David Cassidy, Dazz Band, The Fixx, Elaine Paige, Viki Benson, Midnight Star, Julian Lennon, Th Cast Of Bike Shed, Thelma Houston, Starvation, UB40, Roman Holiday, The Cars, Joan Armatrading, The Lotus Eaters, The Firm, Alvin Stardust, Tina Charles, Roy Ayres, Third World

Volume 32 - Number 10

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p Pages - 40

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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9th March 1985

Front Cover - Tina Turner

Interviews and Features:

Shaft
Tina Turner
David Cassidy
Go West
Dead Or Alive
Wilton Felder
Sharpe And Numan
T C Curtis
Dark City

Albums:

Mike Jagger, Cashmere, UB40, Thomas McClary, Amii Stewart

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Philip Bailey and Phill Collins, Alison Moyet, Al Green, Maxi Priest and Caution, Nik Kershaw, The Power Station, Bryan Adams, Change, China Crisis, Rockwell, Ollie and Jerry, Simon May, Sheer Heaven, Uriah Heep, Evelyn Champagne King, Journey, Jonathan Perkins Silver Spurs

Volume 32 - Number 11

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 40

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

16th March 1985

Front Cover - Power Station

Interviews and Features:

Stephen Duffy
The Grammys
Paul Quinn
Power Station
Jesus And Mary Chain
Reds And The Boys
China Crisis
Bangles

Albums:

Howard Jones, Bill Sharpe, I-Level, Trouble Funk, The Farmers Boys, Whodini

Singles: by Eleanor Levy

Billy Bragg, The Boothill Foottappers, The Cocteau Twins, King, Strawberry Switchblade, Jamie Rae, Bruce Springsteen, James, Working Week, James, A Certain Ratio, The Nightingales, Everything but the Girl, Belouis Some, Eddy Grant

Live:

The Smiths

Volume 32 - Number 12

Cover By - Simon Fowler

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

23rd March 1985

Front Cover - Bob Geldof

Interviews and Features:

Bob Geldof
Boothill Foot Tappers
Maze
Madonna
Plastic Surgery
Maxi Priest
Jermaine Jackson

Albums:

Fatback, The Gap Band, Eric Clapton, Narada Michael Walden, The Ohio Players, Al Green, Bangles

Singles: by Jim Reid

The Pogues, Wayne Smith, Mr Berrington Levy, , Paul Blake and Bloodfire Posse, Smiley Culture, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Billy Butler, Midnight Star, Amii Stewart, Apollonia 6, The Smiths, Win, Meat Loaf, Jason and the Scorchers, The Untouchables, Thomas Leer, The Damned, Killing Joke, Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Live:

Melle Mel

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Volume 32 - Number 13

Cover By -

Price - 45p Pages - 42

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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30th March 1985

Front Cover - Billy Bragg

Interviews and Features:

Billy Bragg
Run DMC
Foreigner
Howard Jones
I-Level
The Damned
Bob Geldof
Fiona Franklyn

Albums:

Paul Young, Various Artists (Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats, Kent Stop Dancing, Cry Cry Crying, Leepers Sleepers and Creepers, The Shirelles), Slade, Working Week, The Power Station

Singles: by Curt Smith

(Tears For Fears)

Anne Pigalle, Los Lobos, Devo, Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, Chakk, Specimen, The Room, General Public, ABC, Annie Whitehead, The Truth, Sugar Minott, Echo Base, Micky Dread, Winston Reedy, Foreigner, Jo Boxers, Sharpe and Niles, Rose Royce, Tommy Boy, Casmere

Live:

Tina Turner

Volume 32 - Number 14

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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6th April 1985

Front Cover - Smiley Culture

Interviews and Features:

Marilyn
Big Daddy
Smiley Culture
Alvin Stardust
Phyllis Nelson
Godley And Crème
Anne Pigalle

Albums:

Go West, Strawberry Switchblade, Various, Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy, Yello, Luther Vandross, The Sisters Of Mercy

Singles: by Eleanor Levey

Godley and Creme, The Loft, Anne Pebbles, Jimmy Jimmy, Phil Collins, The Colour Field, The Jacksons, USA for Africa, Prefab Sprouts, Agnetha Folkskog, Nolan Thomas, Marylin, Telex, Bangles,

Stewart Copeland and Ray Lema

Live:

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Volume 32 - Number 15

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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13th April 1985

Front cover - Paul King

Back cover - The Damned

Interviews and features:

King
The Pogues
Howard Jones
Sarah Brightman
Bryan Adams
ABC
Stewart Copeland
Working Week
Jaki Graham and David Grant

Albums:

Loose Ends, Gwen Guthrie, Various Artists (Hits 2, Great British MC's), The O'Jays

Singles, by Dylan Jones:

The Art Of Noise, Steve Arrington, Brother D with Collective Effort, Simple Minds, Greg Phillinganes, Jimmy Nail, Duck You Sucker, Alone Again, The Explores, DeBarge, The Whispers, Robin George, One O' Clock Gang

Volume 32 - Number 16

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p Pages - 46

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20th April 1985

Front cover - Killing Joke

Interviews and features:

Haywoode
Kool And The Gang
Dream Academy
Killing Joke
Untouchables
Yello
Phil Collins
Glen Fry
Faith Brothers

Albums:

The Colour Field, Everything But The Girl, Greg Phillinganes, Various Artists (Club Classics 2)

Singles, by Mike Gardener:

Don Henley, The Beatles, Nina Simone, John Fogerty, Teddy Pendergrass, Eurythmics, Freddie Mercury, Vikki, Dire Straits, Chaka Khan, George Benson, Bronski Beat and Marc Almond, Gerrard Kenny, Gary Glitter, Sheila E, Freeze, The Dukes Of Stratosphear, Howard Jones, Dead Or Alive, Ashford and Simpson,, Rick James, The Whispers, Toto, Alphaville, David Lee Roth

Volume 32 - Number 17

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p Pages - 48

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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27th April 1985

Front Cover - New Order

Interviews and Features:

Stephen Tin Tin Duffy
Chris Rea
New Order
Go West
Jimmy Nail
Siouxsie
Prefab Sprouts
Spandau Ballet
Rah Band

Albums:

Prince and the Revolution, Steve Arrington, , Graham Parker and the Shot, Mary Jane Girls, Debarge

Singles: by Scritti Politti

Dennis Brown, Pointer Sisters, , Philip Bailey, Dolly Parton, Mick Jagger, George Duke, Kim Wilde, Toyah, Atlantic Star, Linda Thompson, BB King, Propaganda, Dan Hartman, Fatback, Dark City, Patti La Belle, , Chicago, U2, The Style Council, Isley Jasper Isley, Gina X, Katrina and the Waves

Volume 32 - Number 18

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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4th May 1985

Front Cover - Go West

Interviews and Features:

Vikki
Pat Benatar
Steve Arrington
The League of Gentlemen
REO Speedwagon
Go West
Soul Train
Divine
Poetry vs Podge
The Art Of Noise

Albums:

Eurythmics, China Crisis, Freddie Mercury, REO Speedwagon, David Grant, The Intruders, Various Artists (Th Sound Of Washington DC, Go Go Crankin', Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers)

Singles: by James A Reid

Go West, Depeche \Mode, Scritti Politti, The Power Station, Two People, Bryan Ferry, Mike Jagger, Loose Ends, The Commorders, Billy Ocean, Stylistics, New Edition, Kool and the Gang, Paul Hardcastle, EU, Janet Kay, Second Of Pleasure, Jesse Rae, David Cassidy, Wayne Smith

Live:

Howard Jones

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Volume 32 - Number 19

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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11th May 1985

Front Cover - Paul Hardcastle

Back Cover - Eurythmics

Interviews and Features:

Wham
Propaganda
Debarge
New Model Army
Paul Hardcastle
Jesse Rae
Maze
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Toyah

Albums:

Dead Or Alive, Various Artists (Reggae Hits Volume One, All The Great Motown Love Duets), Jermaine Jackson, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Commodores, Diana Ross and the Supremes

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Whitney Houston, The Adult Net, Jules Shear, Nellie Lutcher with Nat King Cole, Jermaine Jackson, Duran Duran, Supertramp, Everton 1985, Wang Chung, Strawberry Switchblade, Norma Lewis, Billy Ocean, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, Love and Rockets, Run DMC, Working Week, Yukihiro Takahashi, Witchfynde, Five Star, Release The Bats, Richie Weeks and Centrefold, In Tua Nua, Nomo

Volume 32 - Number 20

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 40

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18th May 1985

Front Cover - OMD

Interviews and Features:

Agnetha Faltskog
Kim Wilde
Billy Ocean
OMD
Jesus And Mary Chain
Katrina And The Waves
Cup Final Special
The Style Council

Albums:

New Order, Various Artists (Streetsounds 12, Streetsounds Electro 7, 28 Hot Hits Out Now), Dire Straits

Singles: by Paul Sexton

Tania Maria, Bill Withers, Edwyn Starr, John Hiatt, Mai Tai, Re-Flex, Change, Marvin Gaye, T-Rex, The Boothill Foottappers, Teena Maria, The Intruders, Evlyn Tomas, The Monochrome Set, Vicious Pink, A Taste Of Hones, Gary Moore & Phil Lynott, Bryan Adams, REO Speedwagon, Boy Meets Girl, Scandal featuring Patty Smyth, Santana, Gary Brooker, Robert Plant, Joan Armatrading, Tom Robinson, OMD, Donna Summer

Volume 32 - Number 21

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 48

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25th May 1985

Front Cover - Martin Gore

Interviews and Features:

U2
Freddy Mercury
Paladin
Depeche Mode
The Cult
Edwyn Starr
Aurra
Curtis Hairston
Five Star
Tears For Fears

Albums:

The Style Council Robert Plant, New Model Army, Stewart Copeland, Marc Bolan and T-Rex, Various Artists (Now Dance)

Singles: by Dylan Jones

The Joubert Singers, Talking Heads, The Team, Thomas Leer, Rena and Angela, Miles Davis, Prince, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Grandmaster Flash, Sunset Gun, New Order, Men At Work, Hard Corps, The Cult, Barrington Levy, The Icicle Works, China Crisis

Live: Tears For Fears

Volume 32 - Number 22

Cover By - Carol Starr

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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1st June 1985

Front Cover - Tears for fears

Interviews and Features:

Lynott and Moore
Scritti Politti
Thereza Bazar
Tears For Fears
Montreux Photo Special
Lloyd Cole
Loose Ends
Philip Bailey
Animotion

Albums:

David Cassidy, The Adventures, Echo Base, Various Artists (Massive), Toots and the Maytals

Singles: by ABC

David Bowie, Thereza Bazar, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Bon Jovi, Vitamin Z, Jonathan Richman, The Kamikaze Pilots, The Emotions, Nina Hagan, Mary Jane Gils, Dead Or Alive, Third World

Volume 32 - Number 23

Cover By - Gilles Larrain /

Retna

Price - 45p Pages -

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8th June 1985

Front Cover - Sting

Interviews and Features:

Brix Smith
Stephen Duffy
Robert Plant
China Crises
Sting
Ashford & Simpson
Niles Lofgren
Lone Justice
B-Side

Albums:

Marvin Gaye, Katrina and the Waves, The Chameleons Tania Maria, Linda Thompson, Fantastic Something, The Stylistics, Alexander O'Neal, Various Artists, Jerry Butler, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Billy Joel

Singles - By Leee John

Squeeze, The Hollies, James Brown, Hall & Oates, Bill Withers, Elton John & Millie Jackson, Sting, Cyndi Lauper, Nick Heyward, Bruce Springsteen, Pat Benatar, Level 42, Sister Sledge, David Grant. The Beach Boys, Kenny G and Kashif, Big Sound Authority, Glenn Frey, Van Halen, Everything But The Girl, Thereza Bazar

Volume 32 - Number 24

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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15th June 1985

Front Cover - Fine Young Cannibals

Interviews and Features:

400 Bows
Sammy 'n' Lemmy
David Cassidy
Squeeze
Fine Young Cannibals
Animation
Bill Withers
The Team

Albums:

Scritti Politti, Marillion, Prefab Sprout, Miles Davis, Atlantic Starr, UTFO UTFO, Various Artists (Soul Uprising, Winner Takes All)Rick James, Bryan Ferry

Singles: by Graham K Smith

Win, Roy Orbison, ABC, Th Jesus and Mary Chain, Vince Clarke and Paul Quinn, Fantastic Something, Paul Young, Roaring Boys, Simply Red, Level 42, Nile Rogers, Kirsty McColl, The Redskins

Live:

Hall and Oates, Broooce, Sting

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Volume 32 - Number 25

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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22nd June 1985

Front Cover - Bryan Ferry

Interviews and Features:

Bryan Ferry
Pink Industry
Simply red
Souled
The Damned
David Grant
Mai Tai
Sister Sledge
Style Council
David Bowie

Albums:

Sting, Talking Heads, OMD, Bill Withers, Freddy Jackson, Womack and Womack, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, The Beach Boys

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Chris Rea, The Adventures, Tears For Fears, The Damned, Bucks Fizz, Philip Oakey and Gorgio Moroder, Howard Jones, Feargal Sharkey, Toyah, Dead Or Alive, Rah Band, Curtis Hairston, Russ Abbot, Hipsway, Faith Brothers, Black Foot, Narda Michael Waldon, Joanna Gardner, Johnny Rocca, Pink Rhythm, LW5, Chris Cameron

Volume 32 - Number 26

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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29th June 1985

Front Cover - Vince Clarke and

Paul Quinn

Interviews and Features:

Spear Of Destiny
Kid Creole
Nick Heyward
Redskins
Vince Clarke and Paul Quinn
Womack and Womack
Carl Anderson
Love and Rockets
Hall & Oates

Albums:

Marilyn, The Monochrome Set, Bob Dylan, REM, Maxine Brown, The Shirelles, Rodney Franklin, Peter Gabriel, Troy Tate, Lillo Thomas, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Doors, Lost Loved Ones, Penny Ford, Kleeer, Maxi Priest and Caution

Singles: by Eleanor Levy

The Big Dish, The Style Council, The Fall, The High Bees, Prefab Sprout, John Foxx, The Ramones, Eden, The Armoury Show, Shock Headed Peters, Zeke Manyika, Amazulu, Don Henley, Billy Idol, Jene Loves Jezebel, Deep Purple, Beltane Fire, Steve Arrington

Live: by Mike Lindup

Marc Almond

Volume 32 - Number 27

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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6th July 1985

Front Cover - Adam Ant

Interviews and Features:

Dead Or Alive
Billy Idol
Kirsty MacColl
Adam Ant
Phil Fearon
Hazel O'Connor
Feargal Sharkey
DeBarge

Albums:

Propaganda, Lone Justice, Various Artists (Streetsounds New Africa), Billy Griffin, AC/DC, , Shirley Brown, Jim Diamond, The BB&Q Band

Singles: by Andy Strike

Jazzateers, Del Amitri, Nico, James, The Smiths, Lulu Kiss Me Dead, Animal Nightlife, Eurythmics, The Untouchables, Pet Shop Boys, Dire Straits, Jimmy Jimmy, Adam Ant, Cyndi Lauper, The Rock-Olas, Jason and the Scorchers, Arrow

Live:

Knebworth Festival, The Longest Day Festival

Volume 32 - Number 28

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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13th July 1985

Front Cover - Dave Stewart

Interviews and Features:

The Commentators
Talking Heads
Armoury Show
Paul Hardcastle
Faith Brothers
Dave Stewart
Jaki Graham
Arrow
Rick James

Albums:

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Whitney Houston, Various Artists (The Artists Volume 2, Made In Heaven), Billy Joel, Level 42

Singles: by Dylan Jones

Colors, The El-Trains, Luther Vandross, Home T-4, Atlantic Starr, Gilberto Gil, Hula, Topper Headon, Cameo, , Kalima, Manu Dibango, Dark City, OMD, Bob Marley, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Debbie Bonham

Live:

The Pogues

Volume 32 - Number 29

Cover By -

Eugene Adebari

Price - 45p Pages - 48

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20th July 1985

Front Cover - Bob Geldof

Interviews and Features:

Opus
Pet Shop Boys
Animal Nightlife
El Trins
Style Council
Th Adventures
The Conway Brothers
Bob Geldof

Albums:

Pointer Sisters, The Untouchables, Mai Tai, Various Artists (Soul Serenade), Joanna Gardner, Sam Cooke

Singles: by Jim Reid

Gregory Isaacs, Sparks, Madonna, Prince, Freddie Mercury, Phil Collins, Maze, Rick James, Pointer Sisters, Aretha Franklin, Phil Fearon, North West Ten, Loose Ends, Five Star, Aurra's, The Danse Society, Icicle Works, Rouen, The Stanley Clarke Band,, Nile Lofgren, The Opposition

Live:

Dead Or Alive, Live Aid

Books:

Bowie: The Pit Report, The Stones, Absolute Machinnes, The Thompson Twins, Bob Maerley, Rockin' All Over The World, Ozzy Osbourne, The Mega Pop Trivia Quiz

27th July 1985

Volume 32 - Number 30

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 44

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Front Cover - Thomas Dolby and

George Clinto

Interviews and Features:

Harold Faltermeyer
Tears For Fears
Untouchables
Shannon and Denise Lasalle
Sparks
Thomas Dolby and George Clinton
Amazulu
Luther Vandross
Summer Fun

Albums:

Aretha Franklin, Floyd, Toyah, Rene and Angela, Y and T, Wally Badarou, Five Star, Miquel Brown, Heavy Pettin', Various Artists (Electro 8, Rock and Roll The Early Days), Makin' Time, Cheryl Lynn, Th Original Pistols, Mink Deville

Singles: by Lesley O'Toole

UB40 and Chrissie Hynde, The Cure, The Beatles, Spear Of Destiny, Go West, Simon Warner, Cabaret Voltaire, The Kamikaze Pilots, View From The Hill, Bruce Springsteen, Strength, Colourboy, Tracie Young, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five, Nik Kershaw, Steven Ross, Divine, Katherina and the Waves

Live:

Live Aid

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Volume 32 - Number 31

Cover By - Birrer

Price - 45p Pages - 48

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3rd August 1985

Front Cover - Morrissey

Interviews and Features:

Cool Notes
The Smiths
Topper Headon
Alternative TOTP
Belouis Some
New US Groups
Cheyne
Madonna
Soul Hiplist Part 1
Tina Turner
The Cure

Albums:

Philip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, The Damned, Nile Rogers, Various (Porky's Revenge The Original Soundtrack)

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Makin' Time, Lone Justice, Bryan Adams, Lovin' Spoonful, The David Austin Band, Breathless, Mai Tai, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, SOS Band, Chaka Khan, Dolby's Cube, Saxon, Marvin Gaye, Tippa Irie, Don Henley, Nona Hendrix, Total Contrast, Juicy, Eugene Wilde, Owen Paul, Tyrone Taylor

Volume 32 - Number 32

Cover By - Brian Aris

Price - 45p Pages - 48

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10th August 1985

Front Cover - Bryan Adams

Interviews and Features:

Max Headroom
Big Dish
Trans X
Zeke Manyika
Trcie Young
Bryan Adams
Soul Hiplist Part II
Five Star
Icicle Works
Danse Society
Colourbox

Albums:

The Pogues, Various Artists (Now That's What I Call Music 5, Strictly For Lovers), Cameo, Fiction Factory

Singles: by Damon Rochefort

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Miquel Brown, Princess, The Intruders, Detroit Spinners, Colonel Abrams, Whitny Houston, The System, Howard Jones, The Weather Girls, The Dazz Band, Time Bandits, Lime, Jeanie Tracie, Plaza, Kate Bush, Billy Ocean, Mari Wilson, Glenn Fry, Sly 'n' Robbie, Bad Manners, King, Jonathan King

Volume 32 - Number 33

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p Pages - 48

Thanks to Mark Jennings for providing the scans

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17th August 1985

Front Cover - Lone Justice

Interviews and Features:

Cabaret Voltaire

Marillion

King

Princess

Lone Justice

Tippa Irie

Maxi Priest

Kid Creole

New Model Army

Katrina And The Waves

Albums:

Animal Nightlife, Various Artists, Various Artists, Michael Lovesmith, Del Amitri

Singles: by Nancy Culp

Marc Almond, Vic Godard, Melon, Sal Solo, Frank Tovey, Phillip Oakey and Giorgio Moroder, Woodentops, Hipsway, Sting, Justin Haywood, Gary US Bonds, Triffids, Motley Crew, Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction

Volume 32 - Number 34

Cover By -

Michael Putland

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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24th August 1985

Front Cover - Propaganda

Interviews and Features:

Bananarama

ICA Rock Week

Makin' Time

Bad Manners

Propaganda

Vitamin Z

Lisa Lisa

Billy Idol

Al Green

Redbox

Albums:

Belouis Some

Mad Max Soundtrack

Mathilde Santing

Aurra

Singles: by Paul Sexton

Steve Sparling, Madness,

Denise Lasalle, Jaki Graham, Working Week, Prefab Sprout,

The Pogues, Mercy Mercy,

Jocelyn Brown, Sharon Brown,

The Twelfth Man, BB&Q,

Frank Sidebottom, The Commodores, Mr Mister, John Parr, Bryan Ferry, The Thompson Twins, Huey Lewis and the News,

The Dream Academy, Shakatak, Maurice White, The Comsat Angels, Bananarama

Volume 32 - Number 35

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to Mark Jennings for providing the scans

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31st August 1985

Front Cover - Prefab Sprout

Back Cover - Madonna

Interviews and Features:

Artists Against Apartheid

Prefab Sprout

Shriekback

Kate Bush

The Woodentops

Odyssey

Thompson Twins

Hipsway

Albums:

The Cure, Zeke Manyika, Russ Ballartd, Squeeze, Jaki Graham, Howard Johnson, The Krupps, Carl Anderson

Singles: by Diana Cross

Stephen AJ Duffy, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Boothill Foot Tappers, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Scritti Politti, Lingo, Dio, Alien Sex Fiend, X, China Crisis, Hugh Cornwell, Tom Morley, Atlantic Starr, Odyssey, Angela, Real Macabre, Supertramp, Dante, ADU

Volume 32 - Number 36

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 45p Pages - 48

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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7th September 1985

Front Cover - Marc almond

Interviews and Features:

John Foxx

Marc Almond

Power

Go West

Carmel

Howard Johnson

The System

Hugh Cornwell

Dream Academy

Albums:

Dexy's Midnight Runners, UB40, Spear Of Destiny, Colourbox

Singles: by Andy Strickland

Felt, Life, King Kurt, Erasure, Glen Gregory and Claudia Brucken, Shriekback, Great Outdoors, Kaja, Blancmange, Strawberry Switchblade, Womack and Womack, Vaughn Toulouse, Simply Red, Toyah, Midge Ure

Volume 32 - Number 37

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 45p Pages - 44

Thanks to Mark Jennings for providing the scans

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14th September 1985

Front Cover - The Cure

Interviews and Features:

John Parr
Alexei Sayle
The Cure
Squeeze
Colonel Abrams
D-Train
Lloyd Cole
Cameo
Dexy's Midnight Runners

Albums:

The Armoury Show, Various Artists, Adam Ant, Gary Moore, Phil Fearon, Neil Young

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Husker Du, Michael McDonald, The Cure, Madonna, Heebeegeebees,

Dead Or Alive, Loverboy, Diana Ross, Jennifer Holiday, Jamaica Boy, Gregory Grey, Colours, The Bright Carvers, Warren Mills, Serious Drinking, Falco, Roger Daltrey, Billy Idol, Laid Back

Volume 32 - Number 38

Cover by - Chalkie Davis

Back cover - Joe Shutter

Price - 48p Pages - 72

With this issue Record Mirror had a makeover and changed its name to simply RM

This Issue also had a 3p price increase

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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21st September 1985

Front Cover - Morrissey

Back Cover - The Style Council

Interviews and Features:

Midge Ure
Animal Nightlife
Electro
Virginia Astley
Mad Max
Morrisey
Balaam and the Angel
The Pogues
Blancmange
Elvis Costello - Discography
Depeche Mode

Albums:

Thompson Twins, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, David Byrne, Hall & Oates

Singles: by Eleanor Levy

The Smiths, Blow Monkeys, Depeche Mode, Lorna Wright, Cabaret Voltaire, The Style Council, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Love and Rockets, Virginia Astley, The Bolshoi, Squeeze, Jimmy The Hoover, The Sensible Jerseys, Balaam and the Angle

Live:

Lloyd Cole, The Flaming Mussolinis, Boothill Foottappers, Jesus and Mary chain

This Issue had a Free

15 Track Cassette

(See Below)

Volume 32 - Number 39

Cover By - Joe Shutter

Price - 48p Pages - 68

15-track cassette offer

(see below)

Thanks to Adrian Andrews for donating this issue

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28th September 1985

Front Cover - Paul Weller

Interviews and Features:

Colourbox
Aswad
Donald Banks
James Dean
The Cult
Paul Weller
Tom Morley
Arcadia
The Alarm
Jesus And Mary Chain
Madness
Echo and the Bunnymen

Albums:

Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, The Icicle Works, Felt, John Foxx, Latin Quarter, The Dream Academy, The June Brides, Nick Lowe and his Cowboy Outfit, Various Artists (Electro 9, Move Into Soul Part 1), Diana Ross, Jimmy Cliff

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Collage, The Remaynes, Matt Bianco, Barry Biggs, Anne Shevlin, Brilliant, Suzanne Veg, The Three O' Clock, Guadalcaneel Diary, The Long Ryders, The Hooters, Cheap Trick, Andre Cymone, Jess Johnson's Revue, Skipworth and Turner, The Cult, Iron Maiden, Big Audio Dynamite, The Alarm, Chris Cameron

Live:

The Cure, The Friday Club, The Knives, The Chameleons

Volume 32 - Number 40

Cover By -

Price - 48p Pages - 00

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

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5th October 1985

Front Cover - Echo and the Bunnymen

Interviews and Features:

Wet Wet Wet
Jimmy The Hoover
Malcolm McLaren
Echo and the Bunnymen
Billy Bragg
Feargal Sharkey
Simply Red

Albums:

Madness, The Boothill Foot-Tappers, These Tender Virtues, Various Artists (If You Cant Pleas Yourself You Cant Please Your Soul, Liberty Belles), Alien Sex Fiend, Lou Rawls, The Fall, Bras Construction

Singles: by Lesley O'Toole

Simple Minds, Microdisney, The Communards, Talking Heads, The Flaming Mussolinis, The Jesus and Mary Chain, A-Ha, The Adventures, The Shop Asstance, The Fire, Del Amitri, Go Service, Grace Jones, Twiggy, Sade, Feargal Sharkey, Toy Dolls, Tina Turner

Live:

Liver Aid, Diana Ross, Twenty Flight Rockers, Zeke Manyika

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Volume 32 - Number 41

Cover By - Paul Cox

Price - 48p Pages - 56

This issue came with the 4th token for the RMC60 - Cassette In Heaven

(see below)

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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12th October 1985

Front Cover - Pete Burns

Interviews and Features:

Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Pete Burns
Adele Bertei
Del Amitri
Clint Eastwood
Blow Monkeys
Brilliant

Albums:

Midge Ure, Gary Numan, The Robert Cray Band, The Who, The Heptones, Stevie Ray Vaughn, ABC, Fat Boys, Love And Rockets

Singles: by Nancy Culp

Win, Herb Alpert, Echo And The Bunnymen, Animal Nightlife, Paul Haig, The Armoury Show, It's Immaterial, Joan Armatrading, PP Arnold, Eighth Wonder, The Thompson Twins, King, REM, Annabella, ZZ Top, Thereza Bazar, Chaka Khan, Flock Of Seagulls, Madonna, Total Contrast

Live:

Black Music Festival, Sting,

Adam Ant, The Smiths, Wet Wet Wet

Volume 32 - Number 42

Cover By - Toshi Yajima

Price - 48p Pages - 72

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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19th October 1985

Front Cover - Sade

Interviews and Features:

A-Ha
Robert Smith
Flaming Mussolinis
Go Go
Lloyd Cole
Mark King
Sade
Matt Dillon
Huey Lewis
Long Ryders
400 Blows
Daryl Hall

Albums:

The Cult, Blancmange, Shriekback, Various Artists (Zang Tuum Tumb Sampled), Tod Rundgren, Cabaret Voltaire, Simply Red, , Depeche Mode, Iron Maiden

Singles: by Roger Morton

400 Blows, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Madness, The Waterboys, Marc Almond, Sting, The Tempest, Tracie Young, Arcadia, UB40, Ian Dury, Robert Palmer, OMD, Happy Monday's, D C Lee, Alan Vega

Live:

Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cult, Hurrah, Latin Quarter, Balaam and the Angel, Divine

26th October 1985

Volume 32 - Number 43

Cover by - Ian Hooton

Back cover by:

Chalkie Davies

Price - 48p Pages - 60

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

Front Cover - The Cult

Back Cover - Morrissey

Interviews and Features:

Felt
The Fall
The Cult
Electro
Pirate Radio
Wind Of Change
Marc Almond
Billy MacKenzie
The Communards
The Adventures

Albums:

Simple Minds, Tom Waits, Mike Oldfield, Various Artists (One Pound Ninety-Nine), Isley Jasper Isley, The Alarm, B Movie, Anne Pigalle, Andrew Poppy, Morris Day, Friction Groove

Singles, by Andy Strickland:

Big Flame, The Fall, The Nightingales, The Art Of Noise, Robert Wyatt with the Swapo Singers, Quando Quando, Eurythmics, Kate Bush, Spectrum, Tracie Young, DAF, Julie Roberts, Dire Straits, Comsat Angels, Pete Townsend, The Waltons, LW5, The Wolf Tones

Live:

The Waterboys, Squeeze, Virginia Astley, Bobby Womack, Eighth Wonder, The Bolshoi

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Volume 32 - Number 44

Cover by - George Hurrell

Price - 48p Pages - 56

Thanks to Adrian Andrews for donating this issue

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2nd November 1985

Front Cover - Midge Ure

Back Cover - Eurythmics

Interviews and Features:

Stevo
Big Audio Dynamite
Anne Pigalle
Paul Haig
Midge Ure
Armoury Show
ABC

Albums:

Microdisney, Various Artists (Motown Hits Of Gold), Faith Brothers, Kurtis Blow, Dusty Springfield, Chevalier Brothers, Grace Jones, A-Ha

Singles, by Mike Mitchell:

Here's Johnny, The Cramps, Fine Young Cannibals, Blancmange, The Lucy Show, Mercy Ray, Tom Waits, Cindy Jackson and Reg Presley, The Associates, Paul Hardcastle, Hambo, Billy Joel, Mai Tai, Bryan Adams and Tina Turner, Wax, Angie Bowie and Chico Rey, Anne Clark, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Power Station, Amii Stewart, Smiley Culture, Far Corporation, Rush, Sandra

Live:

Everything But The Girl, Tom Waits, Prefab Sprouts, REM, It's Immaterial, Yeah Yeah Noh, The Big Dish

Volume 32 - Number 45

Cover by -

Michael Putland

Price - 48p Pages - 64

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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9th November 1985

Front Cover - Madness

Back Cover - Grace Jones

Interviews and Features:

Art Of Noise
Far Corporation
Madness
Adrian Edmondson
Matt Bianco
Monty Python
June Brides
Bobby Womack
Flush For Lulu
The Clash
Tears For Fears
Eighth Wonder

Albums:

Sade, The Clash, ZZ Top, The Cars, Level 42, Vaious Artists (The Tube Album), Alan Vega

Singles: by Mike Gardner

Queen, Al Green, Junior, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Midge Ure, Simply Red, David Grant and Jaki Graham, Five Star, Amazulu, Eugene Wile, Survivor, Clarence Clemons and Jackson Brown, The Big Dish, Pet Shop Boys, Carmel, Dionne Warwick and Friends, Dawn Chorus and the Bluetits, Lick The Tins,

Live:

New Order, Suzanne Vega, Spear Of Destiny, Hipsway, The Wooden Tops, Propaganda

Volume 32 - Number 46

Cover By -

Michael Putland

Price - 48p Pages - 64

Thanks to Adrian Andrews for donating this issue

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16th November 1985

Front Cover - Lloyd Cole

Interviews and Features:

Latin Quarter
Simple Minds
Shop Assistants
Lloyd Cole
Cactus World News
Go West
Quando Quango
Peter Murphy
DAF
Bronski Beat
Fine Young Cannibals

Albums:

Feargal Sharkey, Robert Palmer, Paul Haig, King, Spandau Ballet, Generation X

Singles: by Stuart Bailie

Gill Scott-Heron, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Jamie Wednesday, Cactus World News, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Johnny Thunders and Patti Paladin, The June Brides, Chris Rea, Wham, Artists Against Apartheid, Go West, The Twenty Flight Rockers, Andy White, The Dream Academy, Erasure, Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin, Tippa Irie, Sparky Dean, , The Cocteau Twins

Live:

Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Madness, Midge Ure, Bronski Beat, The Cult

23rd November 1985

30th November 1985

Volume 32 - Number 47

Cover by - Joe Shutter

Back cover -

Michael Putland

Price - 48p Pages - 64

Thanks to Adrian Andrews for donating this issue

Volume 32 - Number 48

Cover by - Ian Hooton

Back cover - Joe Shutter

Price - 48p Pages - 56

Thanks to Adrian Andrews for donating this issue

Front Cover - Doug E Fresh

Back Cover - Lloyd Cole

Interviews and Features:

Fine Young Cannibals
RM Readers Poll Voting Form
Jay Strongman - Singles Reviewed
New Order
Talking Heads
Pet Shop Boys
Doug E. Fresh
The Roots Of Electro
Fashion Aid
Paul Hardcastle
The Men They Couldn't Hang

Albums:

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Artists United Against Apartheid, Bauhaus, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Paul Hardcastle, Various Artists (Beauty and the Beat On Broadway)

Singles: by Jay Strongman

Full Force, Asher Senator, Whitney Houston, Jocelyn Brown, The Concept, Val Young, Aretha Franklin, The Adult Net, Stevie Wonder, Angie Gold, Colonel Abrams, The Untouchables, The Damned, Lionel Richie, Laura Branigan, Crash Crew, Willy Rushton, Slade

Live:

Microdisney, Benny Profane, Green on Red, Then Jerico, Sonic Youth, Mechanical Man, Vitamin Z

Front Cover - UB40

Back Cover - New Order

Interviews and Features:

52nd Street
UB40
Mathlilde Santing
The Alarm
Erasure
The Cramps
Dexy's

Albums:

Arcadia, Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel, Pat Benatar, Propaganda, Light A Big Fire, Various Artists (Letter To Brezhnev, Streetsounds 14), The Staple Singers, Maxine Brown, 10,000 Maniacs

Singles: by Roger Morton

The Redskins, , The Winterbabes, Phyllis |Nelson, Squeeze, Sting, Big Sound Authority, Nik Kershaw, Bryan Ferry, Level 42, Madonna, The Dave Howard Singers, Green on Red, Jah Wobble, The Cars, Elton John, Freddie Mercury

Live:

Go West, Simply Red, King, Gil Scott-Heron, Level 42, The Housemartins, Terry and Gerry

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Volume 32 - Number 49

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 48p Pages - 56

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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7th December 1985

Front Cover - Dee C Lee

Interviews and Features:

Dee C Lee
Whitney Houston
Isley Jasper Isley
Michael J Fox
Simply Red
Talking Heads
The Waterboys

Albums:

Grace Jones, , Quando Quando, Malcolm McLaren, Phantom Rocker and Slick, Robert Wyatt, Various Artists (Popular Roots, Masters Of The Beat, Hits 3, Greatest Hits of 1985, Now The Christmas Album), Husker Du, Pete Townsend

Singles: by Diane Cross

David Sylvian, Faith Brothers, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, P P Arnold, Nils Lofgren, The Temptations, Propaganda, Jennifer Rush, DSM, Iron Maiden, King Kurt, Hour In The Shower, Shakin' Stevens, Frank Sidebottom, The Spacelings

Live:

Sade, 5TA, The Men They Couldn't Hang, Tears For Fears, The Mel-O-Tones

Volume 32 - Number 50

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 48p Pages - 64

Thanks to Charles Patrick

for Donating this issue

for scanning

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14th December 1985

Front Cover - Pet Shop Boys

Interviews and Features:

Here's Johnny
Starship
Pete Shop Boys
Terry and Gerry
Gene Loves Jezebel
New Model Army
Prefab Sprouts
Artists Against Apartheid

Albums:

Fine Young Cannibals, Barrington Levy, The Kinks, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rocky IV, Terry and Jerry, Ruefrex, Dead Can Dance

Singles: by Andy Strickland

The Original Wailers, Map Of The World, Pulp, New Model Army, Laibach, Jazawaki, Amii Stewart, The Farm, Phranc, The Wedding, The Snowman, The Gonks, Gingerbread, Anya, Lash Lariat and the Long Riders, Cruzados

Live:

Paul Young, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Doctor and the Medics, The Hoodoo Guras, The Shop Assistance, Big Audio Dynamite

Volume 32

Number 51 and 52 (Double Issue)

Cover By - Ian Hooton

Price - 48p Pages - 72

This issue came with a Rap Around Cover

(See Below)

Thanks to John Harrison for donating this issue

21st December - 28th December 1985

Front Cover - The Pogues

Interviews and Features:

Quotes Of The Year
RM Leisure Manual
Redskins
Round Up Of The Year
The Pogues
Astrology Special
RM Staff Speak Out
Madonna
Quentin Paradise's Xmas Panto
The Wit and Wisdom Of Simon Le Bon
A Year In Film
Readers Poll Results
A Year In The Life of Phil Collins

Albums: None

Singles: None

Live:

Style Council, Echo and the Bunnymen, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Redskins, Cameo, The Blow Monkeys, Elton John, 23 Skidoo

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Free Stuff

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

The 28th September 1985 issue of Record Mirror
gave its readers the chance to send off for a free
15-track cassette entitled Spools Paradise.

Tracklist

A1 – Win - You've Got The Power (Chocolate Thrills Mix)

A2 – Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)

A3 - Lizzie Tear - Kima (Hey! Ma Ma!)

A4 - Brilliant - Ruby Fruit Jungle

A5 - Colourbox - Arena

A6 - Chakk - Turn The Sound Out (Higher Than I Want To Be)

A7 - The Pogues - A Pair Of Brown Eyes

B1 – Animal Night life - Love Is Just The Great Pretender (Undressing Mix)

B2 – James - Just Hip

B3 - ABC - Fear Of The World (In Cinemascope)

B4 - Tippa Irie - Complain Neighbour

B5 - Virginia Astley - I Live In Dreams

B6 - Hipsway - Forbidden

B7 - Del Amitri - Heard Through A Wall

B8 - Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - Rattlesnakes

For the reader to get their hands on the cassette they needed to collect three consecutive coupons and send off for the tape (See picture right.)

Label - Record Mirror ‎– RMC:60

Format - Cassette, Album, Compilation

Country - UK

Released - 1985

Genre - Electronic, Rock, Reggae, Pop

Style - Alternative Rock, Reggae, Synth-pop, Vocal

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15 Track Cassette
Spools Paradise

Credits:

Notes

Barcode and Other Ident

Tracklisting

Track A1:

Mixed By – Nick Garside
Written-By – Win

Track A2:

Written-By – Tennant / Lowe

Track A3:

Producer – Lizzie Tear

Track A4:

Written-By – LeMesurier, Montana, Stephan Holweck

Track A5:

Mixed By – Hugh Jones
Producer – M. Young
Tabla – Chris Karan
Written-By – S&M Young

Track A6:

Engineer – Alan Cross
Producer – Chakk
Written-By – Cross, Boyle, Harries, Stuart, Brydon, Lister

Track A7:

Producer – Elvis Costello
Written-By – Shane MacGowan

Track B1:

Producer – Donal Robinson, Mike Forte
Remix – Glenn Skinner, Steve Lewis
Written-By – Animal Nightlife

Track B2:

Mixed By – Nick Garside
Written-By – James

Track B3:

Engineer – Martin Webster
Mixed By – Julian Mendelsohn
Written-By, Producer – Mark White, Martin Fry

Track B4:

Producer – Chris Cracknell
Written-By – A. Henry

Track B5:

Producer – Nick Robbins
Written-By, Producer – Virginia Astley

Track B6:

Producer – Kenny MacDonald
Written-By, Producer – Hipsway

Track B7:

Producer – Hugh Jones
Written-By – Del Amitri

Track B8:

Written-By – Lloyd Cole

Given away free with Record Mirror Magazine

Other (Number on top of cassette): I0655582

Front and Back Cover

Record Mirror - Spools Pleasure Cassette

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Free Stuff

15 Track Cassette Spools Paradise

Credits:

Notes

Barcode and Other Ident

Tracklisting

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Front and Back Cover

Cassette - Side A

Cassette - Side B

15 Track Cassette
Spools Paradise