Credits
24th December 1981 - 6th January 1982
Volume 3 - Number 26 - Issue 80
Cover Photo - Eric Watson
Price - 38p Pages - 40
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Interviewers
David Hepworth - David Bowie (Part Two)
Photographers
Mark Rusher - Steve Bush (Page 2)
Anton Corbijn - Madness, Jam, Peter Gabriel and Buster Bloodvessel (Page 5)
Justin Thomas - Annabella (Page 5)
Barry Plummer - Haircut One Hundred (Page 5)
David Corio - Blancmange (Page 8)
BBC - Sting (Page 10)
Paul Slattery - Vince Clarke (Page 10)
Anton Corbijn - Meatloaf (Page 10)
Peter Anderson - Soft Cell (Page 17)
Joe Bangay - Toyah (Page 18)
Paul Cox / LFI - Kim Wilde (Page 18)
Jill Furmanovsky - Joanne Catherall (Page 18)
Fin Costello - Simon Le Bon (Page 18)
Fin Costello - John Taylor (Page 18)
Virginia Turbett - Julian Cope (Page 18)
Eric Watson - Altered Images (Centre Spread)
Doug McKenzie - Paul Weller (Page 22)
Susan Philips / Rockshots - Middle Picture (Page 22)
Antione Giacomoni - Depeche Mode (Page 24)
Barry Plummer - Status Quo (Page 29)
LFI - David Bowie (Page 30)
LFI - Showaddywaddy (Page 34)
Steve Rapport - Human League (Page 39)
Steve Rapport - Julian Cope (Page 39)
Simon Fowler - Cliff Richard (Page 39)
Allan Ballard - Adam Ant (Back Cover)
Lyrics
Issue Information
Abba - One Of Us
Four Tops - Don't Walk Away
The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey
Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You
Kool And The Gang - Get Down On It
Rod Stewart - Young Turks
Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind
ELO - Here Is The News
Jon And Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home
Showaddywaddy - Footsteps
Adam And The Ants - Ant Rat
General
Bitz
Front Cover:
Clare Grogan (Altered Images)
Centre Spread:
Altered Images
Back Cover:
Adam Ant
Posters:
David Bowie
Interviews
Gary Numan
Vince Clark Quits Depeche Mode
Sting
Modern Dance
The Jam
Meat Loaf
Adam And The Ants
Bucks Fizz
Dire Straits
David Bowie
Michael Jackson
Dramatis
Bitz 'N Pieces
Peter Powell - All Time Top Ten
David Bostock - Take Five
Simon Le Bon - Personal File
Disco Top 40
Independent singles Top 30
Independent Albums - Top 10
Fan Clubs:
Toyah
Gillan
OMD
Denny Laine
Smash Hits Poll Winners Results
Short Interviews With
Adam And the Ants
Toyah
Gary Numan
Soft Cell
Altered Images
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To See More Of The Results click the link below
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Features:
David Bowie Story - Two
1981 in Bitz
Don't Chor-Us
You Can Quote Me On That
Christmas Quiz
Reviews
Independents: Red Starr
Other Bitz
The Pictures:
Life In The European Theatre with Paul Weller, Bedders, Doug Trendle, Woody, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler, Peter Gabriel and Chrissy Boy
Haircut 100
Annabella (Bowwowwow)
Get Smart:
Human League
Heaven 17
Toyah
Blancmange
Soft Cell
Ultravox
The Scars
Julian Cope
Night's Out:
Cliff Richard (Tim De Lisle)
Human League (Mark Ellen)
Club Zoo (Dave Rimmer)
Look back on Independent releases for 1981 featuring:
UB40
Chas And Dave
Keith Marshall
Dave Stewart
Hazel O'Connor
Crass
Discharge
Chron-Gen
The Exploited
the Fall
The Associates
Laurie Anderson
Tony Capstick
The Fureys
Red Sovine
Hawkwind
Motorhead
Marc Bolan
Misty In Roots
Clint Eastwood
General Saint
The Birthday Party
the Higsons
Depeche Mode
Orange Juice
Department S
Bauhaus
Delta 5
Wah!
Vic Godard
Cabaret Voltaire
Scritti Politti
Joseph K
Young Marble Giants
Positive Noise
Die Krupps
Palais Schaumberg
the Dolly Mixtures
Dead Or Alive
The Passage
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12 Singles Of 1981
6 Albums of 1981
Merchandise
This issue came with The Final Token and information on where to send them for the Double Sided Poster Calendar
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To read more on that click the link below
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Adverts
Kool And The Gang - Get Down On It Single
Madness 1982 Calendar