16th October - 29th October 1980
Credits
16th October - 29th October 1980
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Volume 2 - Number 21 - Issue 49
Cover Photo - Simon Fowler / LFI
Price - 35p Pages - 48
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Interviewers
David Hepworth - The Police
Mark Ellen - The Tourists
David Hepworth - Madness and Mo-Dettes
Mark Ellen - The Teardrop Explodes
Photographers
Sheila Rock - The Professionals (Page 3)
Adrian Boot / LFI - Stewart Copeland (Page 4)
Bob King / LFI - The Police (Page 6)
Paul Canty / LFI - Gillan (Page 10)
Killer - Status Quo (Page 11)
Chris Holler - Status Quo (Page 11)
Simon Fowler / LI - Hazel O'Connor (Page 12)
Barry Plummer - Rod Stewart (Page 12)
Paul Cox / LFI - Stray Cats (Page 13)
F. Mellina - Julian Cope (Page 14)
Andy Phillips - Pauline Murray (Page 14)
Paul Cox / LFI / BBC - The Nolans (Page 17)
Stuart Franklin - The Tourists (Page 18-19)
Mike Laye - Madness and Mo-Dettes (Page 23, Centre Spread)
Paul Cox / LFI - The Damned (Page 26)
Gerard McNamara - Adan Ant (Page 26)
Anton Corbijn - The slits (Page 40)
Paul Cox / BBC / LFI - Kelly Marie (Page 44)
Justin Thomas - Jim Kerr (Page 46)
Michael Putland - John Foxx (Page 47)
Lyrics
The Professionals - 1-2-3
Gillan - Trouble
Status Quo - What You’re Proposing
The Nolans - Gotta Pull Myself Together
Barbra Streisand - A Woman In Love
Coffee - Casanova
The Damned - History Of The World Part 1
Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog
Matchbox - When You Ask About Love
Showaddywaddy - Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts?
Elvis Costello And The Attractions - I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea
Linx - You’re Lying
Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream
Skids - Goodbye Civilian
John Foxx - Miles Away
Issue Information
Front Cover:
The Police
Centre Spread:
Madness & the Mo-Dettes
Back Cover:
Kate Bush
Posters:
General
Bitz
The Professionals
The Police
Interviews
The Undertones
PIL
Hazel O'Connor and Megahype
Rod Stewart
Malcolm Owen
Queen
Joe Strummer
Tom Petersen
Dance Crazy
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
David Grant
Moondogs
Stray Cats
Trojan Records
Coffee
John Foxx (Tiger Lily)
Splodgenessabounds
David Bowie (Elephant Man)
Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls
Julian Cope - All Time Top Ten
The Police
The Tourists
The Teardrop Explodes
Reviews
Singles: Steve Taylor
Echo And The Bunnymen - The Puppet
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold
Jethro Tull - Working John, Working Joe
The Passions - The Swimmer
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Nice Age
Polystyrene - Talk In Toytown
The Professionals - One Two Three
3 Minutes - Automatic Kids
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers
Monty Python - I Like Chinese
Tiger Lily - Monkey Jive
The Cars - Touch And Go
Purple Hearts - My Life's A Jigsaw
The Chords - In My Street
Moondogs - Who’s Gonna Tell Mary?
Athletico Spizz '80 - Central Park
Tenpole Tudor, Any Trouble, Dirty Looks, Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns, The Equators - Son Of Stiff Tour EP
Gen X - Dancing With Myself
Reluctant Stereotypes - Plans For Today
Flying Lizards - Move On Up
Monochrome Set - Apocalypso
XTC - Towers Of London
Albums:
David Hepworth
Bev Hillier
Red Starr
Disco
Top 40
Bev's Disco Page
The Jackson - Triumph
Matchbox - Midnite Dynamos
Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
Secret Affair - Behind Closed Doors
The Dance Band - Fancy Footwork
Jimmy Pursey - Imagination Camouflage
Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy
U2 - Boy
Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Independent Bitz
Adverts
Independent Top 30 Singles
Independent Top 10 Albums
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News - Single Releases
Joy Division - Atmosphere / She's Lost Control
A Certain Ratio - Flight / Blown Away
A Certain Ratio - Do The Du / The Fox / Crippled Child
Section 25 - Charnel Ground / Haunted
Certain Ratio - Shack Up / Then Again
Durutti Column - Lips That Would Kiss / Madeleine
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News:
Crispy Ambulance
Durutti Column
Kevin Hewick
Blurt
The Royal Family And The Poor
The Slits
New Order
Another Pretty Face
Red Beat
The Four Be Twos
The Bollocks Brothers
Chelsea, Snappy
Mark Perry
The Joe Jackson Band - Beat Crazy Album And Tour
Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure Album
Bruce Springsteen - The River Album
Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro Album
Reluctant Stereotypes - The Label Album and Tour
Dollar - Takin' A Chance On You Single
Sad Café - Sad Café Album and Tour
The Psychedelic Furs - Mr Jones Single
The Chords - In My Street Single
Martha And The Muffins - Trance And Dance Album
3 Minutes - Automatic Kid Single
The Buggles - Elstree Single
Vardis - 100 MPH - Album
Cartoon
Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)
Merchandise
This issue came with a Free Badge.
The badges were:
1 - The Pretenders
2 - Undertones
3 - Madness
4 - Stiff Little Fingers
5 - Elvis Costello
This issue also came with the first Token to send off for the full set.
To read more on the badge set click the link below​
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