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 2nd February - 15th February 1984

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Credits

2nd February - 15th February 1984

 

Volume 6 - Number 03 - Issue 135

Cover Photo - Peter Ashworth

Price - 40p    Pages - 48

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Interviewers

Peter Martin - Cyndi Lauper

Dave Rimmer - Thomas Dolby

Claire Sheaff - Icicle Works

Dave Rimmer - Fiction Factory

Peter Martin - Marilyn and Miranda Jardine

Photographers

Kipper Williams - Cartoon (Page 3, 6-7)

Eric Watson - Thomas Dolby (Page 3, 9, 22-23)

Paul Rider - Icicle Works (Page 3)

Peter Ashworth - Marilyn and Miranda Jardine (Page 3, 38)

Steve Rapport - Adam clayton (Page 4)

Steve Rapport - Paul Gendler (Page 4)

LFI - Malcolm Foster (Page 5)

Joe Bangay - Steve Levy (Page 5)

Steve Rapport - Bruce Watson (Page 5)

Peter Anderson - Madness (Page 9)

Joe Bangay - Dave Stewart (Page 13)

Jill Furmanovsky - Bonnie Tyler (Page 19)

Simon Fowler / LFI - Shakin' Stevens (Page 19)

Steve Rapport - David Jaymes (Page 21)

Paul Rider - Icicle Works (Page 27)

Paul Rider - Fiction Factory (Page 31)

Time Out - Bod Dylan (Page 34)

LF - The Smiths (Page 36)

Paul Rider - Marilyn and Miranda Jardine (Page 38)

Joe Bangay - Madonna (Page 47)

Rex Features - Top Picture (Page 47)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven

Madness - Michael Caine

Thomas Dolby - Hyper-active

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

John Lennon - Nobody Told Me

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?

The Truth - No Stone Unturned

Slade - Run Runaway

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride

Gloria Gaynor - I Am What I Am

Madonna - Holiday

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Star Choice - Stewart Copeland (Police)

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Front Cover:

Marilyn and Miranda Jardine

Centre Spread:

Stuart Adamson (Big Country)

Back Cover:

China Crisis

Interviews

General

Start

Cyndi Lauper

Shakin' Stevens and Bonnie Tyler

Thomas Dolby

Icicle Works

Fiction Factory

Marilyn and Miranda Jardine

Almost Famous Faces

The Bank Robbers

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Stewart and Linda McCartney

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Personal File - David Coverdale

Features:

Valentine's Day Special

Bitz

Posters

Thomas Dolby

Simple Minds

The Raincoats

Carole Kenyon

Dee C. Lee

It's Immaterial

The Trainspotters

Kajagoogoo

George Kranz

Style Council

J.B.'s All-Stars

Billy Joel

The Clash

BowWowWow new name The Chiefs Of Relief

The Bluebells

Altered Images

Orange Juice

Gene October and Glen Matlock

Daryl Hall and John Oates

Rolling Stones, "She Was Hot"

Julien Temple

Debbie Harry and Giorgio Moroder

Human League

Pale Fountains

Stewart Copeland

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Gloria Gaynor

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Five Video Ideas That Never Got Used -

Dave Stewart

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Birthdays:

Tony Butler (27)

Alice Cooper (36)

Alan Lancaster (35)

Peter Gabriel (34)

Mark Fox (27)

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Fan Clubs:

Aztec Camera

Bonnie Tyler

The Truth

Reviews

Singles: Neil Tennant

Barbara Mason - Another Man

Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?

Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep

Marilyn - Cry And Be Free

Baumann - Strangers In The Night

Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good

Hazel O'Connor - Don't Touch Me

Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation

Pale Fountains - Unless

Swan's Way - Soul Train

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Earth Wind And Fire - Touch

The Truth - No Stone Unturned

Yip Yip Coyote - Dream Of The West

Madness - Michael Caine

23 Skidoo - Coup

Ultravox - One Small Day

Album Reviews

Johnny Black
Peter Martin
Lola Borg
Dave Rimmer
Lisa Anthony 

Mutterings:

Duran Duran

Paul Rutherford and Spitfire Boys

Boy George and Roman Holiday

Steve Van Zandt

Leo Sayer and Gary Numan

Musical Youth

George Michael

Paul McCartney

Paul Young 

The Truth

Human League

Teardrop Explodes

Rolling Stones

Heaven 17

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Big Country

Culture Club

Charles and Diana

Eurythmics

Ultravox

King Kurt

Adam Ant and Jamie Lee Curtis

Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain

Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth

The Raincoats - Moving

Dislocation Dance - Midnight Shift

Van Halen - 1984

Dance Society - Heaven Is Waiting

Ian Dury And The Music Students - 4000 Weeks Holiday

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Milk And Honey

Get Smart:

Morrissey

David Jaymes

Steve White

Iron Maiden

Nick Rhodes

JoBoxers

Australian Crawl

Flying Pickets

Stevie Wonder

Jim Kerr

Adverts

Hazel O'Connor - Don't Touch Me Single

Ultravox - One Small Day Single

Marilyn - Cry And Be Free Single

Private Lives - Living In A World (Turned Upside Down) Single

Genesis - Illegal Alien Single

David Joseph - Joys Of Life Single

Madness - Michael Caine Single

Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods Single

Duran Duran - New moon On Monday Single

Yip Yip Coyote - Dream Of The West Single

The Mystery Girls - Ash In Drag Single

Carmel - More, More, More Single

JB's Allstar - Backfield In Motion Single

Queen - Radio Ga Ga Single

Reflex - The Politics Of Dancing Single

Links

Happy Reading

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