31st March - 13th April 1983
Credits
31st March - 13th April 1983
Volume 5 - Number 07 - Issue 113
Cover Photo - Eric Watson
Price - 40p Pages - 64
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Interviewers
Ian Birch - Altered Images
Neil Tennant - Nick Heyward
Mark Steels - Tracey Ullman
Dave Rimmer - New Order
Dave Rimmer - The Kids From Fame
Photographers
Steve Rapport - U2 (Page 2)
Virginia Turbett - David Hepworth and Steve Bush (Page 4)
Leon Morris - Beki Bondage (Page 4)
Steve Rapport - Thompson Twins (Page 5)
Eric Watson - Altered Images (Page 9)
BBC / LFI - Culture Club (Page 13)
Adrian Boot - Haircut 100 (Page 14)
Justin Thomas - David Bowie (Page 16)
Virginia Turbett - David Sylvian (Page 17)
Virginia Turbett - Tracey Ullman (Page 29)
Paul Cox - Mari Wilson (Centre Spread)
Mark Rusher - New Order (Page 41)
Blancmange - Happy Families Album
Jill Furmanovsky - The kids From Fame (Page 47-49)
Joe Bangay - The belle Stars (Page 57)
LFI - Thompson Twins (Page 57)
BBC - Johnathan king (Page 57)
Steve Rapport - Terry Hall (Page 58)
Kevin Cummings - Michale Head (Page 59)
Andrew Catlin - Soft Cell (Page 59)
Lyrics
Issue Information
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One
Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend
Tracie - The House That Jack Built
Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
The Band AKA - Joy
Roman Holiday - Stand By
Dexys Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers
Tracy Ullman - Breakaway
David Joseph - You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)
Gary Numan - Me I Disconnect From You
New Order - Blue Monday
UFO - When It's Time To Rock
Sunfire - Young Free And Single
Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah
Big Country - Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)
The Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear From View
General
Front Cover:
Clare Grogan (Altered Images)
Centre Spread:
Mari Wilson
Back Cover:
David Bowie
Interviews
Altered Images
Nick Heywood
Tracy Ullman
New Order
The Kids From Fame
Start
David Hepworth and Steve Bush
Beki Bondage
New Edition
Thompson Twins
Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive)
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Personal File - Edwyn Collins
Bitz
Teardrop Explodes
Belle Stars
David Bowie
David Joseph
Sunfire
The Band AKA
Dollar
Culture Club
Duran Duran
Soft Cell
Razzmatazz
Shalamar
David Sylvian and Riuchi Sakamoto
Mezzoforte
The Heartbeats
Adam Ant
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All Time Top Ten - Pete Wylie
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Fan Clubs:
Spandau Ballet
Soft Cell
U2
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Birthdays:
Mark White (ABC) (22)
Billie Currie (Ultravox) (31)
Marvin Gaye (44)
Karen Woodward (Bananarama) (22)
John Oates (34)
Dave Hill (Slade) (31)
Everette Morton (The Beat) (32)
Agnetha Saltskog (ABBA) (33)
Neville Staples (Fun Boy Three) (28)
David Cassidy (33)
Get Smart
The Jam
Cindy And The Saffrons
Bill Hayley
Thompson Twins
Andrew Warren (Bow Wow Wow)
Joy Division and New Order
Mari Wilson
Paul Anka
Madness
Bobby O
Nights Out
U2 - Exeter (Josephine Hocking)
Fun Boy Three - Leeds (Steve Rapport)
Soft Cell - London (Steve Bush)
Pale Fountains - Manchester (David Martin)
Barry
Reviews
Singles: Kimberley Leston
Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners - The Celtic Soul Brothers
Peter Tosh - Johnny B. Goode
Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah
Tracie - The House That Jack Built
Hey! Elastica - Suck A Little Honey
The Long Honeymoon - The Amazoon
The Firm - Long Live The National
Ben Watt - Some Things Don't Matter
The Farmer's Boys - Muck It Out
Robert Palmer - You Are In My System
Marvin Gaye - Joy (Part 1)
Vicious Pink Phenomena - Je T'Aime
Twisted Sister - I Am (I'm Me)
Geoff Deane and the Valley Girls - Navy Lark
Freur - Doot-Doot
The Church - Sing-Songs EP
Leesha Paradise - Waiting
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One
The Tudors - Tied Up With Lou Cool
Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy
Rose Tattoo - It's Gonna Work Itself Out
Pulsallama - Oui-Oui
Kenny Everett - Snot Rap
Toto - Rosanna
Albums:
Joanne Smith
Ian Birch
Dave Rimmer
Neil Tennant
Jim Shelley
Peter Stockton
Josephine Hocking
Fred Dellar
Mark Steels
Deborah Steels
Ian Birch
Nile Rogers - Adventures In The Land Of The Good Groove
The Flirts - 10c A Dime
Shriekback - Care
Marine Girls - Lazy Ways
Divine - Jungle Jezebel
Black Flag - Everything Went Black
November Group - November Group
The Undertones - The Sin Of Pride
Smokey Robinson - Touch The Sky
Temptations - Surface Thrills
Van Morrison - Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Saxson - Power And The Glory
Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts
The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
Hunters And Collectors - Hunters And Collectors
Various Artists - In The Mix
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The Wicked World Of Pop
Merchandise
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Adverts
Smokey Robinson - Touch The Sky Album
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut Album
Duran Duran - The Video
Men At Work - Overkill Album
Robert Palmer - You Are In My System Single
Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah Single
U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One Single
Toto - Rosanna Single
Bauhaus - She's In Parties Single
Toni Basil - Street Beat Single and BBC2 Show
Belle Stars - Sweeet Memory Single
Freur - Doot-Doot Single
Shriekback - Care Album
OMD - Telegraph Single and Tour
Orange Juice - Rip It Up Album
Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind Single
Set The Tone - Rap Your Love Single
Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners - The Celtic Brothers Single
The Farmer's Boys - Muck It Out Single