Credits
22nd January - 4th February 1981
Volume 3 - Number 02 - Issue 56
Cover Photo - John Timbers
Price - 35p Pages - 44
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Interviewers
Steve Taylor - Steve Strange
Francis Drake and Peter Gilbert - Bauhaus
Deanne Pearson - The Look
Steve Bush and Red Starr - I Was A Teenage Pinkie-Sniffer
Photographers
Virginia Turbett - The Clash (Page 2)
Michael Putland / LFI - The Clash (Page 3)
John Timbers - Steve Strange (Page 4)
F. Mellina - Dave Wiggins and OMD (Page 13)
Simon Fowler / LFI - Richard Jobson (Page 13)
Darryl Pitt / LFI - Bruce Springsteen (Page 13)
Paul Edmund - Elvis Costello (Page 14)
Virginia Turbett - The Mo-Dettes (Page 14)
Chris Horler - Colin Moulding (Page 14)
Adrian Boot / LFI - Cliff Richard (Page 17)
Jill Furmanovsky - Debbie Harry (Page 17)
Mike Laye - The Mekons (Page 18)
Peter Gilbert - Bauhaus (Page 19)
Jill Furmanovsky - Bev Hillier and Cindy Difford (Page 39)
Brian Aris - Hazel O'Connor (Back Cover)
Lyrics
Issue Information
The Clash - Hitsville UK
John Lennon - Woman
John Lennon - Starting Over
John Lennon - Imagine
Cliff Ricard - A Little In Love
Blondie - Rapture,
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me
Stevie Wonder - I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It
Stranglers - Thrown Away
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Pauline Murray - Dream Sequence
XTC - Sergeant Rock
Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians
Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard
Front Cover:
Steve Strange
Centre Spread:
XTC
Back Cover:
Hazel O'Connor
Posters:
General
Bitz
The Clash
Steve Strange
Interviews
Squeeze
I.D
Dave Wakeling
Lou Reed
Rock And Roll Diary 1967-80
The Stranglers
Dave Wiggins and OMD
the Chipmunk
Joe Jackson Band
Bruce Springsteen
Richard Jobson - Personnel File
John Lennon Books
Elvis Costello
Ian Gillan
Phil Collins
Colin Moulding - All Time Top Ten
The Mo-Dettes
Visage
Bauhaus
The Look
Reviews
Singles: Ronnie Gurr
Disco
Top 40
Bev's Disco Page
Fact is:
Elvis Costello
John Turnball
Dance Craze Compilation
Madness
Damned Discography
John Lennon - Woman
The Quick - Young Men Drive Fast
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
M - Keep It To Yourself
Paul Simon - Oh Marion
Michael Des Barres - I’m Only Human
Diana Ross - It's My Turn
Desmond Dekker - Many Rivers To Cross
Honey Bane - Turn Me On Turn Me Off
Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy
Tony Koklin - Claude Monet (Reincarnation Of An Artist)
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze
Gen X - Dancing With Myself
XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)
Department S - Is Vic There?
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Hello It's Goodbye
John Cougar - This Time
The Clash - Hitsville U.K.
Bette Midler - Big Noise From Winnetka
Positive Noise - Give me Passion
Willie Gardner - Golden Youth
Ultravox - Vienna
Tango Brigade - Donegal
Blondie - Rapture
Spector 27 - Total Recall
Nash The Slash - Dead Man’s Curve
Albums;
Independent Bitz
Mark Ellen
Geoffrey Deane
Steve Taylor
Beverly Hillier
David Hepworth
Independent Top 30 Singles
Independent Top 10 Albums
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Single: Deanne Pearson
On-U-Sound Sampler
New Age Steppers - Fade Away
London Underground - Learn A Language
Virgin Prunes - Twenty Tens
Virgin Prunes - Revenge
Virgin Prunes - The Children Are Crying
Virgin Prunes - Greylight
Blue Orchids - The Flood / Disney Boys
Michael Byrd and the Commercials - Sell Out Before The Fall Out
B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
The Mekons
Boomtown Rats - Mondo Bongo
Elvis Costello - Trust
The Runaways (with Cherie Currie) - Flaming Schoolgirls
Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver
UFO - The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent
Basement 5 - 1965-1980
Gen X - Kiss Me Deadly
Mtuma - In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers
Rose Royce - Golden Touch
Cartoon
Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)
Picture Strip
The beat - I Was A Teenage Pinkie-Sniffer
Adverts
Elvis Costello - Trust Album
Blondie - Rapture Single
Sheena Easton - Take My Time Album
Greatest Hits - New Magazine
The New Music Book
Spandau Ballet - The Freeze Single
The Boomtown Rats - Mondo Bongo album
The Clash - Hitsville U.K. Single
XTC - St. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) Single
Gen X - Dancing With Myself Single
Honey Bane - Turn me On Turn me Off Single