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 12th April - 25th April 1984

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Credits

12h April - 25th March 1984

 

Volume 6 - Number 08 - Issue 140

Cover Photo - Sheila Rock

Price - 40p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Dave Rimmer - Duran Duran

Johnny Black - Special AKA

Tim De Lisle - Rockwell

Ian Cranna - Ali Campbell

Ian Cranna - Thompson Twins

Photographers

Andy Freeburg - Simon Le Bon (Page 3)

Peter Anderson - Siouxsie (Page 3)

Steve Rapport - Ali Campbell (Page 3, 40)

Paul Rider - Rockwell (Page 3)

Alpha - Boy George (Page 4)

Virginia Turbett - Stuart and Kathie (Page 4)

Virginia Turbett - Robert Gorl (Page 5)

Paul Rider - Marilyn and Tina Turner (Page 5)

Paul Rider - Rick Parfitt (Page 5)

LFI - Queen (Page 5)

Paul Cox - Nick Beggs and Mulligan (Page 5)

Joe Bangay - Kool And The Gang (Page 7)

Dennis O'Regan - Duran Duran (Page 8-10)

Andy Freeburg - Duran Duran (Page 8-10)

Eric Watson - Shirley Holliman (Page 17)

Paul Rider - Tom Hibbert (Page 21)

Jill Furmanovsky - Siouxsie (Centre Spread)

Paul Rider - Starlight Express (Page 48)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Joe Bangay - Howard Jones (Page 49)

Paul Rider - Nik Kershaw (Page 49)

LFI - Michael Jackson and Barry Manilow (Page 55)

Joe Bangay - George Michael and Alannah (Page 55)

Gered Mankowitz - Thompson Twins and Tour Crew (Page 57)

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Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl

Kool And The Gang - (When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heart

Billy Joel - The Longest Time

The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela

Rockwell - (Obscene) Phone Call

Duran Duran - The Reflex

Blancmange - Don't Tell Me

Nik Kershaw - Dancing Girls

Queen - I Want To Break Free

Rufus And Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

Captain Sensible - Glad It's All Over

Front Cover:

Thompson Twins

Centre Spread:

Siouxsie

Back Cover:

Sade

General

Start

 Captain Sensible and Nick Heyward

Tina Turner and Marilyn

Rick Parfitt and Michael Young

Nick Beggs and Mulligan

Queen

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Personal File - Peter Powell

Interviews

Duran Duran

Special AKA

Rockwell

Ali Campbell

Bananarama

Thompson Twins

Posters

Bitz

Ali Campbell

Captain Sensible

Wham!

Electro 3 Compilation Album

Now That's What I Call Music 2

Ultravox

Malcolm X

Grandmaster Melle Mel

Iain McKell

Adele Bertei

Dead Or Alive

Culture Club

Big Country

Rick Springfield

Van Halen

Elvis Costello

The Lotus Eaters

Rock Goddess

Human League

Status Quo 

 

My Five Favourite Video Games - Martin Gore

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Birthdays:

David Cassidy (34)

Dave Edmunds (40)

Shirley Holliman (22)

Peter Shelley (29)

Mike Barson (26)

Robert Smith (25)

Fish (26)

Bjorn Ulvaeus (39)

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Fan Clubs:

Thompson Twins

UB40

Reviews

Singles: Tom Hibbert

The Cure - The Caterpillar

Friends Again - Honey At The Core

Blancmange - Don't Tell Me

Spear Of Destiny - Liberator

Stephine Lawrence - Only He Has The Power To Move Me

Way Of The West - City For Lovers

Moodists - Runaway

Duran Duran - The Reflex

Dolly Mixtures - Remember This

OMD - Locomotion

Pallas - Shock Treatment

Talk Talk - Such A Shame

Billy Joel - The Longest Time

Queen - I Want To Break Free

Malcolm X - No Sell Out

Killing Joke - Eighties

Juan Martin - Romeo And Juliet Love Theme

Lotus Eaters - Set Me Apart

Judas Priest - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll

Jakko - Who's Fooling Who

Zac Zola & Electric Banana - Take Me Home

Album Reviews

Lisa Anthony
Ian Cranna
Josephine Hocking
Kimberley Leston
Claire Sheaff
Peter Martin
Dave Rimmer

Tracie - Far From The Hurting Kind

Kajagoogoo - Islands

Sense - Hold On

Joe Jackson - Body And Soul

Annabel Lamb - The Flame

Robert Gorl - Night Full Of Tension

Roger Daltrey - Parting Should Be Painless

Bananarama - Bananarama

Nights Out:

Get Smart:

Starlight Express - London (Johnny Black)

Howard Jones - Sheffield (Claire Sheaff)

Nik Kershaw - Ipswich (Lisa Anthony)

The Truth

Big Country

David Bowie

Michael Jackson

Tik and Tok

Joan Rivers

Kajagoogoo

Space Monkey

Tears For Fears

Mutterings:

Morrissey

Boy George

Margaret Thatcher

Monty Don

Culture Club

Bruce Foxton

Marc Almond

Pink Floyd

Thompson Twins

Tony Hadley

The Armoury Show

Eric Clapton

Nik Kershaw

Derek Chinnery

Trevor Horn

Tom Jones

OMD

Bananarama

Mick Jagger

Shakin' Stevens

Dave Gahan

Michael Jackson

Kajagoogoo

Blondie

Gene Anthony Ray

Dave Stewart

The Doobie Brothers

Duran Duran

Pil

Paul Young

Billy Joel

Bob Dylon

Rod Stewart

Donna Summer

Sade

Annie Lennox and Robert Gorl

Nona Hendryx

Lionel Richie

Madness

Stevie Wonder

Paul McCartney

Julio Inglesias

Merchandise

This issue came with a Free Double Sided Poster featuring the following:

Boy George

Howard Jones

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To learn more about the Poster click the Link Below.

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Free Double Sided Poster

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This issue also came with the chance for the reader to send off for a Free Set Of 6 Badges.

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To learn more about the badges click the link below

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Badge Set

Adverts

Echo And The Bunnymen - Silver Single

Queen - I Want To Break Free Single

Now That's What I Call Music II Compilation Album

Kool And The Gang - (When You Say You Love Somebody) In The Heat Of The Night Single

Ultravox - Lament Album (x2)

OMD - Locomotion Single

Wang Chung - Points On The Curve Album

Flying Pickets - When Your Young And In Love Single

Matt Fretton - It's All Over Single

Bananarama - Bananarama Album

Matt Bianco - Sneaking Out The Back Door Single

Roland Rat - Love Me Tender Single

The Farmer's Boys - Apparently Single

Hoorah Boys Hoorah - Is This What You Promised Me? Single 

Michael Jackson - Thriller Video

Links

Happy Reading

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