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Chart Beat

Chart Beat Magazine was another pop magazine of the 80s, it ran fortnightly and contained all the usual interviews, photos and features.  There are many collectable editions of Chart Beat out there.

 

Chart Beat Magazine was published by Townstar Publications Ltd.

 

The title was owned by Visual Media Ltd.

 

This is all I know about the publication.  

If anyone els has any more information to add to this please get in touch.

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Credits:

Price 45p

Published By -Townstar Publication Ltd

Produced By - Media Sound Ltd

Printed By - Plymouth Web Ltd

Frequency - Fortnightly

Published Date - (Unknown)

Editor - Richard Borthwick

Assistant Editor - Steve Lodewyke

Art Director - Dave Alexander

 

Features:

Angie Somerside

Martin Hall

Angela Grech

 

Subscriptions - M.A. Hall

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Issue 01

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 40

4th May - 1983

Front Cover - Duran Duran

Centre Spread - Duran Duran

Back Cover - Kajagoogoo

 

Interviews and Articles:

Newsbeat

The Chartbeat Chart Line

The Eurythmics

Radio 1's Roundtable

The Respond Posse Tour

Breakers:

  • The Swinging Laurels

  • Lip Service

  • Screen 3

Radio Luxembourg

Albums Reviews

Rzzmatazz

School Days

Juke Box Junction - Dee Snider

Starfile:

  • Jay Aston (Bucks Fizz)

  • Rocky Sharpe and David Jaymes (Modern Romance)

On The Town

Wah!

Superstars - David Bowie

Disco - Melba Moore

Tony Prince Disco Show

The Farmers Boys

Song Lyrics:

Nick Heyward - Whistle Down The

      Wind

Duran Duran - Is There Something I

      Should Know

Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Issue 02

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 40p  Pages - 40

Front Cover - Culure Club and

                          Thompson Twins

Centre Spread - Dexy's Midnight

                             Runners

Back Cover - Human League

 

Interviews and Articles:

Focus On Liverpool with Espionage and The Pale Fountains

Round Table with Richard Skinner

Spandau Ballet Interview

Thompson Twins Interview

Breakers:

  • BB

  • Go 2

  • Merrick and Tibs

News Beat

On The Town:

  • OMD Hammersmith Odeon

  • Eurythmics - Lyceum

  • Marillion - Hammersmith Odeon

Schooldays - Nick Beggs

Superstars - Michael Jackson

Star File:

  • David Van Day

  • Neil Arther

Albums:

  • David Bowie, OMD, Kajagoogoo, Mari Wilson, Aztec Camera,
    Phil Everly

Culture Club

Tony Prince

Disco Show - Imagination

Man Parish

Studio 5 - Modern Romance

Blancmange

 

Song Lyrics:

Heaven 17 - Temptation

Human League - (Keep Feeling) Facination

 

Posters:

Dave Grant

Thompson Twins

Mari Wilson

Issue 03

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

1st June 1983

Issue 04

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

15th June 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag
Pride Flag

Issue 05

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

29th June 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 07

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

27th July 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 06

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

13th July 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 08

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

10th August 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

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Issue 09

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

24th August 1983

Front Cover - Shakin' Stevens

Centre Spread - Roman Holiday

Back Cover - Paul Young

 

Interviews and Articles:

Starfile - Nick Rhodes

Up Front

Radio 1's Roundtable

Shakin' Stevens

Starfile Special:

  • Boy George

  • Dolly Parton

  • Sarah (Bananarama)

  • Tom Jones

The Lotus Eaters

Elvis Costello

Tony Prince Show

Naked Eyes

Belle Stars

Video Review:

  • Elton John, Kajagoogoo,
    Tears For Fears, Blancmange

On The Town:

  • Central Line, Altered Images, Bauhaus

KC and the Sunshine Band

Song Lyrics:

None

Posters:

Depeche Mode

The Police

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 10

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

7th September 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

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Issue 11

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 32

21st September 1983

Front Cover - Nick Heyward

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 12

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

5th October 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 13

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

19th October 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 14

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

2nd November 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

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Issue 15

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

16th November 1983

Front Cover - Simon Le Bon

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 16

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

30th November 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 17

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

7th December 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Pride Flag

Issue 18

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

21st December 1983

Front Cover - (Unknown)

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Issue 19

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 32

Pages 12-13 and 28-29 Missing Can You Help

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1983

Front Cover - Culture Club /

                         Duran Duran

Centre Spread - Howard Jones

Back Cover - UB40

 

Interviews and Articles:

Up Front

Timmy Mallet talks to

  • Eurythmics

  • Duran Duran

  • Tears For Fears

1983 - Highlights and Happenings

Chart Line:

  • Duran Duran

  • Culture Club

Rdio 1's Roundtable

Breakers:

  • Ministry

  • The Waterboys

The Bluebells

On My Radio - Radio 1 DJ's

Culture Club

On The Town:

Duran Duran - Manchester Apollo

PIL - Hammersmith Palais

Starfile - Alannah Currie

The Icicle Works

Song Lyrics:

None

Posters:

Billy Joel

Eurythmics

Tears For Fears

Front Cover - Michael Jackson

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

Issue 20

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - 49p  Pages - 00

The Best Of Chart Beat - Issue 1.webp

Issue 01

Cover By - (Unknown)

Price - £2.50  Pages - 00

The Best Of

Front Cover - Duran Duran /

      Kajagoogoo / Thompson Twins

Centre Spread - (Unknown)

Back Cover - (Unknown)

 

Interviews and Articles:

(Unknown)

Song Lyrics:

(Unknown)

Posters:

(Unknown)

Do Not Have Can You Help

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