12th June - 25th June 1980
Credits
12th June - 25th June 1980
Volume 2 - Number 12 - Issue 40
Cover Photo - (Unknown)
Price - 30p Pages - 40
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Interviewers
Steve Taylor - Roxy Music
Ian Cranna - Squeeze
Robin Katz - Jermaine Jackson
Fred Dellar - Matchbox
Photographers
Pennie Smith - Elvis Costello (Page 4)
Barry Plummer - Stiff Little Fingers (Page 4)
Chris Walter - Johnny Lydon (Page 10)
Adrian Boot - Siouxsie (Page 10)
Virginia Turbett - Squeeze (Page 12)
Janet Macoska / LFI - Rod Stewart (Page 16)
Kevin Cummings - Jayne (Pink Military) (Page 24)
Robert Legon - Jermaine Jackson (Page 26)
Simon Fowler / LFI - B.A. Robertson (Page 34)
Adrian Boot / LFI - The Lambrettas (Page 35)
Paul Cox / LFI - The Vapors (Page 38)
Issue Information
Lyrics
Front Cover:
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)
Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam
Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine
Don McLean - Crying
Thin Lizzy - Chinatown
The Mash - Theme From M*A*S*H
Elton John - Little Jeannie
Rod Stewart - If Loving You Is Wrong
The Korgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again
Ultravox - The Man Who Dies Everyday
B.A. Robertson - To Be Or Not To Be
The Lambrettas - Da-a-ance
Lipps Inc. - Funky Town,
Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone
Centre Spread:
Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark
Back Cover:
B.A. Robertson
Posters
Squeeze
General
Interviews
Bitz
Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)
Squeeze
Jermaine Jackson
Matchbox
Joe Jackson
The Specials
Queen
Glen Matlock
Klark Kent
The Jam
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Gary Numan
Styx
The Police
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Johnny Lydon
Eddie Tudor's - All Time Top Ten
The Photos
The Buzzcocks
The Mash
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway
Darts
Trimmer and Jenkins
Reviews
Singles: Deanne Pearson
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine
The Stranglers - Who Wants The World
Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam
Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come
Sex Pistols - Stepping Stone
Rachel Sweet - Spellbound
Darts - Let's Hang On
The Orchids - The Boy Can't Dance
John Cooper Clarke - It Man
Thieves Like Us - Mind Made
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Snips - You're A Wonderful One
Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All)
Denny Laine - Japanese Tears
Sad Café - Nothing Left Toulouse
Hazel O'Connor - Writing On The Wall
Basement Five - Silicone Chip
Klark Kent - Away From Home
U2 - 11 o' Clock Tick Tock
Disco
Bev's Disco Page
Top 40
Rob Jones Disco Pick: Spiderz - New Romance
Albums:
Red Starr
David Hepworth
Bev Hillier
Ian Cranna
Mystic Merlin - Mystic Merlin
Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette
Karel Fialka - Still Life
The Vapors - New Clear Days
Sham 69 - The Game
The Jags - Evening Standards
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel
Elton John - 21 At 33
Roxy Music - Flesh And Blood
Graham Parker - The Up Escalator
Independent Bitz
Red Starr
Independent Top 30 Singles
Independent Top 10 Albums
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Singles:
Athletico Spizz '80 - No Room
Young Marble Giants - Final Day EP
Tex Rubinowitz - Hot Rod Man / Aint It Wrong
Bubba Lou And The Highballs - Love All Over The Place
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Albums:
Pink Military - Do Animals Believe In God?
Cartoon
Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)
Adverts
Roxy Music - Flesh And Blood Album
The Specials, The Bodysnatchers, The Go Go's Tour
Queen - Play The Game Single
The Expressos - Hey Girl Single
Ultravox - Three Into One Album
Elton John - Joannie Single
Paul McCartney - Waterfalls Single
Merchandise
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