27th September - 10th Oxtober 1984
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
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Boy George
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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Jermaine Jackson - Pia Zadora Single
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