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 27th September - 10th Oxtober 1984

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Credits

27th September - 10th October 1984

 

Volume 6 - Number 20 - Issue 152

Cover Photo - Tony McGee

Price - 40p    Pages - 72

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Interviewers

Jacqueline Bedley - Holly Johnson

Peter Martin - David Jensen

Ian Birch - Wham

David Keeps - Bronski Beat

Peter Martin - Culture Club

Dave Rimmer  -Level 42

Tom Hibbert - Big Country

Photographers

Brian Aris - Billy Idol (Page 2)

Mike Putland - Holly Johnson (Page 3, 6-7)

Andre Csillag - Boy George (Page 3)

Virginia Turbett - Mark King (Page 3)

Nesti Mendoza - Bronski Beat (Page 3, 30-31)

Jill Furmanovsky - Stuart Adamson (Page 3)

R / AF - Prince (Page 3)

Peter Anderson - Alison Moyet (Page 4)

Syndication International - Adam Ant and Carol (Page 10)

Paul Rider - Brian Travers (Page 10)

Syndication - Nick Rhodes (Baby Photo0 (Page 12)

Paul Rider - David Jensen (Page 15)

Tony McGee - Wham (Page 19)

BBC - Mark Page (Page 27)

Kevin Cummings - Holly Johnson (Page 36)

Rex Features - Bazooka Joe (Page 36)

Virginia Turbett - Captain Sensible (Page 36)

Paul Slattery - Bruce Dickinson (Page 36)

Paul Edmund - Simon Le Bon (Page 36)

Barry Plummer - Phil Collins (Page 37)

Paul Slattery - The Cure (Page 37)

Kevin Cummins - Paul Rutherford (Page 37)

Kevin Cummins - Pete Burns (Page 37)

Andre Csillag - Culture Club (48-50)

Virginia Turbett - level 42 (Page 52-53)

Greg Gorman - David Bowie (Page 61)

Andy Catlin - Marc Almond (Page 61)

Jill Furmanovsky - Big Country (Page 65)

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Lyrics

Issue Information

Wham - Freedom

Freddy Mercury - Love Kills

The Style Council - Shout To The Top

Big Country - East Of Eden

Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights

Stephanie Mills - The Medicine Song

Grandmaster Melle And The Furious Five - We Don't Work For Free

David Bowie - Blue Jean

Prince - Purple Rain

Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy

Tom Robinson - Rikki Don't Lose That Number

UB40 - If It Happens Again

Culture Club - The War Song

Front Cover:

Wham

Centre Spread:

Prince

Back Cover:

Depeche Mode

General

Personal File

Personal File - Alison Moyet

Bitz

Interviews

Holly Johnson

David Jenson

Wham

Bronski Beat

Culture Club

Level 42

Big Country

Features:

The Alternative Top Forty Show - David Jensen

Way Back When...

Who Said What About Who

Adam Ant

Marillion

Space Monkey

Dali's Car

U2

Tina Turner

Steve Grant

UB40

Jamming

Afrika Bambaataa

Ray Parker Jr

Jin Miallin

Jeremy Healey

Imagination

Adam Ant

David Bowie

The Police

Gary Moore

Sharon Redd

Apollonia 6

Sister Sledge

The Noise Of Art

The Fall

Shakatak

Twisted Sister

Alvin Stardust

Street Sounds

Buddy Holly

Barry Manilow

Nick Rhodes

Marc Bolan

Adam Ant

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Birthdays:

Mari Wilson (27)

Basia (28)

Mike Rutherford (34)

Sting (33)

Philip Oakey (29)

Robbie Jaymes (23)

Jimmy Savile (58)

Nona Hendryx (40)

Chris Lowe (25)

Bob Geldof (30)

Lee Thompson (26)

Richard Jobson (24)

Kevin Godley (39)

John Cougar Mellencamp (33)

Justice (24)

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Fan Clubs:

Level 42

Thompson Twins

Big Country

Posters

Billy Idol

Wham

Reviews

Singles: Vici MacDonald

Culture Club - The War Song

Divine - I'm So Beautiful

Style Council - To The Top

Survivor - The Moment Of Truth

Janet Jackson and Cliff Richard - Two To The Power

Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy

Barry Gibb - Shine Shine

M.RE.F.F. - Never Stop (A Message)

Kim Wilde - The Second Time

Big Country - East Of Eden

Feargal Sharkey - Listen To Your Father

Prince - Purple Rain

Bonaventura - When Malyndy Sings

Queen - Hammer To Fall

Getting The Fear - Last Salute

Everything But The Girl - Native Land

Tik And Tok - Higher Ground

Freddie Mercury - Love Kills

Album Reviews

Phil Sutcliffe
Tom Hibbert
Dave Rimmer
Simon Braithwaite
Peter Martin
Ian Birch
Mark Ellen

Tom Robinson - Hope And Glory

Let's Active - Cypress

Heaven 17 - How Men Are

Friends Again - Trapped And Unwrapped

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

David Bowie - Tonight

Billy Bragg - Brewing Up With Billy Bragg

Get Smart:

Shillelagh Sisters

The stranglers

Iron Maiden

Howard Jones

Paul Young

Hazel Dean

Nik Kershaw

Mark Page

Nights Out:

Almond & The Willing Sinners - London

(Vici MacDonald)

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Video:

David Bowie - Jazzin' For Blue Jean (Ian Birch)

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Mutterings:

Michael Jackson

Cyndi Lauper

Herbie Hancock

Mark King

Stevie Wonder

Steve Norman

John Keeble

Boy George

Dave Gahan

Ry Parker Jnr

Tina Turner

Shakatak

Sade

Mari Wilson

Freddie Mercury

Bucks Fizz

Black Lace

Divine

Morrissey

Andy Taylor

Dexy's

Stewart Copeland and Sting

Nik Kershaw

Malcolm McLaren

Wham

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Merchandise

This issue came with a Free Double sided Poster of 

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Boy George

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

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To learn more about the Poster click the Link Below.

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Free Poster

Adverts

Swans Way - When The Wilde Calls Single

UB40 - Geffery Morgan Album

Big Country - East Of Eden Single

Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights Single

Aztec Camera - Knife Album

Heaven 17 - How Men Are Album

Wham - Big Tour 84

XTC - All You Pretty Girls Single

Stephen Tin Tin Duffy - She Makes Me Quiver Single

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward Album and Tour

National Pastime - It's All A Game Single

Kim Wilde - The Second Time Single

The questions - A Months Of Sundays Single

Queen - We Will Rock You Live In Concert Video

Jermaine Jackson - Pia Zadora Single

David Bowie - Tonight Album

Footloose Film - Video

Billy Idol - Flesh For Fantasy Single

Smash Hits 1985 Yearbook

Culture Club - The War Song Single and Tour

The Icicle Works - Hollow Horse Single

Links

Happy Reading

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