24th July - 6th August 1980
Lyrics
Credits
24th July - 6th August 1980
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Volume 2 - Number 15 - Issue 43
Cover Photo - Simon Fowler / LFI
Price - 30p Pages - 36
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Interviewers
Steve Taylor - The Mo-Dettes
Deanne Pearson - Splodgenessabounds
Fred Dellar - The Korgis
Photographers
Gerard McNamara - The Mo-Dettes (Page 3)
Laurie Evans - The Korgis (Page 3 and 22)
Pandora Charrington - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Page 4)
Michael Goodall - Bodysnatchers (Page 5)
Duffy March - Leo Sayer (Page 6)
Kevin Cummins - Joy Division (Page 10)
Tom Sheen - The 2x4's (Page 11)
Simon Fowler / LFI - Splodgenessabounds (Page 15)
Simon Fowler / LFI - Black Sabbath (Page 30)
Mike Laye - Athletico Spizz '80 (Page 34)
Fraser Gray - The Lambrettas (Back Cover)
Issue Information
Front Cover:
Splodgenessabounds
Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear
Bodysnatchers - Easy Life
Vapors - News At Ten
Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say
Kate Bush - Babooshka
Mo-Dettes - Paint It Black
Bill Nelson - Do You Dream In Colour?
Diana Ross - Upside Down
Change - Lovers Holiday
Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough?
Gibson Brothers - Marianne
Angelic Upstarts - Murder Of Liddle Towers
Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
Whitesnake - Ready An’ Willing
New Muzik - Sanctuary
Centre Spread:
Peter Gabriel
Back Cover:
Lambrettas
General
Interviews
The Mo-Dettes
Splodgenessabounds
The Korgis
Bitz
Reviews
Malcolm Maclaren
Lambrettas
Joy Division
Jah Wobble
Mari Wilson
Blondie
Malcolm Owen (The Ruts)
Gary Numan
The 4x2s
Change
Steve Eagles - All Time Top Ten
David Bowie
Musicians Union Strike
The Professionals
Wilko Johnson
Clive Langer And The Boxers
Magazine
Singles: David Hepworth
Grace Jones - Private Life
The Searchers - Love's Melody
Martha And The Muffins - About Insomnia
The Spectres - This Strange Effect
Cheap Trick - Everything Works If You Let It
Jona Lewie - Big Shot – Momentarily
The Piranhas - Tom Hark
Any Trouble - 2nd Choice
Talking Heads - Cities
Wilko Johnson - Oh Lonesome Me
Chic - Rebels Are We
Stiff Little fingers - Back To Front
Stiff Little Fingers - Mr. Fire Coal Man
Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls - Dream Sequences
The Blades - Hot For You
The Books - Take Us To Your Leader
Andy Fairweather Low - Let Ya Beedle Lam Bam
Science - Look Don't Touch
Telex - We Are All Getting Old
Roy Hill - From The Bottom Of My Heart
Magazine - Sweetheart Contract
Disco
Bev's Disco Page
Top 40
Albums:
Red Starr
David Hepworth
Bev Hillier
Ian Cranna
Independent Bitz
Detroit Spinners - Love Trippin’
Athletic Spizz '80 - Do A Runner
Clive Langer And The Boxers - Splash
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Off The Coast Of Me
Carlene Carter - Musical Shapes
Joy division - Closer
Any Trouble - Where Are All The Nice Girls?
Chic - Real People
Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
Independent Top 30 Singles
Independent Top 10 Albums
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Singles: Red Starr
Bok Bok - Come Back To Me / Misfit
The Fall - How I Wrote Elastic Man
The Perfects - Going Through The Motions
The Perects - Things In General
Liliput - Split / Die Matrosen
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
The Cigarettes - Can’t Sleep At Nights
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Albums:
Deutsch Amerikan Freundschaft - Die Kleinen
Und Die Bosen
Silicon Teens - Music For Parties
Cartoon
Adverts
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Album
Tour De Force - Night Beat Single
Angelic Upstarts - Last Night Another Soldier Single
Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90 Go Single
The Undertones - Hypnotised Album
Can't Stop The Music - Film
Ska'd For Life - Simmer Down Single
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Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)