25th December 1980- 7th January 1981
Credits
25th December 1980 - 7th January 1981
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Volume 2 - Number 26 - Issue 54
Cover Photo - Adrian Boot
Price - 35p Pages - 40
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Interviewers
David Hepworth - The Clash
David Hepworth - The Beatles Feature
Mary Harron - Robert Palmer
Photographers
Jill Furmanovsky - Madness (Page 3)
Paul Slattery - The Clash (Page 4-6)
Simon Fowler - Jona Lewie (Page 10)
LI - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Page 10 and 25)
Nigel Illegible - Madness and Moniul Islan (Page 11)
Jill Furmanovsky - Hugh Cornwell (Page 11)
Preston - The Jam (Page 12)
Barry Plummer - Stiff Little Fingers (Page 13)
Adrian Boot / LFI - The Beat (Page 14)
Virginia Turbett - Squeeze (Page 17)
LFI - Paul McCartney (Page 25)
LFI - George Harrison (Page 25)
LFI - Ringo Starr (Page 25)
LFI - The Beatles (Page 26)
Mike Putland / LI - Bryan Ferry (Page 27)
Joe Stevens - David Bowie (Page 29)
Jill Furmanovsky - Robert Palmer (Page 30 - 31)
Jill Furmanovsky / LFI - Bryan Gregory (Page 33)
Paul Cox - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Bottom Pic) (Page 34)
Paul Slattery - Bono (Page 36)
Gerard McNamara - Boomtown Rats (Page 38)
Fin Costello - Siouxsie (Back Cover)
Lyrics
Issue Information
Madness - Land Of Hope And Glory
Tubeway Army - That’s Too Bad
Police - Landlord
The Jam - News Of The World
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
The Beat - Twist And Crawl
Squeeze - Bang Bang
Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero
The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
The Fall - New Face In hell
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Undertones - Whizz Kids
Dexy's Midnight Runners - I’m Just Looking
Blondie - Contact In Red Square
Front Cover:
Joe Strummer
Centre Spread:
Boomtown Rats
Back Cover:
Siousie Sue
Posters:
The Clash
General
Interviews
Bitz
The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan Album
Boomtown Rats Tour
Status Quo Tour
Phil Collins
The Beat
Led Zeppelin
Jona Lewie - Personnel File
John Lennon
Chris Foreman, Lee Thompson (Madness) and Moinul Islan
Echo And The Bunnymen
Hugh Cornwell - All Time Top Ten
Bruce Springsteen
Union City (Debbie Harry)
The Clash
Robert Palmer.
Features:
The 2nd Annual Readers Awards Voting Form
The Beatles
Fact Is
Bryan Gregory
Jeff Wayne
Beat Craze Compilation
Visage
The Professionals
999
AC / DC
Independent Bitz
Independent Top 30 Singles
Independent Top 10 Albums
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Single: Red Starr
Delta 5 - Colour
Essential Logic - Eugene / Tame The Neighbours
Robert Wyatt - At Last I’m Free / Strange Fruit
The Gist - This Is Love / Yanks
Cartoon
Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)
Adverts
Motown Chart Busters '80 Compilation Album
Jermaine Jackson - Jermaine Jackson Album
Merchandise
This issue had the Third Token for the 1981 Calendar Offer
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