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 26th March - 8th April 1986

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26th March - 8th April 1986

 

Volume 8 - Number 07 - Issue 191

Cover Photo: Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Tom Hibbert - Chris Heath - Vici MacDonald - Absolute Beginners

Chris Heath - Depeche Mode

William Shaw - Queen

Sylvia Patterson - The Pogues

William Shaw - Hipsway

Chris Heath - Madonna

Photographers

LFI - A-Ha (Page 3)

Paul Rider - Streetsounds Models (Page 3, 9)

Andy Catlin - Depeche Mode (Page 3, 24-25)

Andy Catlin - Shane MacGowan (Page 3, 40-41)

LFI - Martin Degville (Page 4)

Alpha - Tony James (Page 4)

Ian McKell / Retna - Spandau Ballet (Page 6-7)

Rob Howard - Jim Kerr (Page 8)

Brian Aris - Patsy Kensit (Page 12)

Retna - Rolling Stones (Page 26)

LFI - Rolling Stones (Page 26)

LFI - George Michael (Page 51)

Steve Rapport - The Bangles (Page 54)

Paul Rider - Hipsway (Page 58)

Paul Rider - Madonna (Page 60-61)

LFI - George Harrison (Page 61)

Syndication International - Madonna (Page 61)

D.I.D Circle - illy Idol (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Big Country - Look Away

Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle

John Taylor - I Do What I Do

Queen - It's A Kind Of Magic

Talk Talk - Living In Another World

Real Thing - You To Me

The Pogues - London Girl

ELO - Calling America

Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight

Fergal Sharkey - Someone To Somebody

George Michael - A Different Corner

Hipsway - The Honey Thief

General

Personal File

Belouis Some

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Patsy Kensit

Centre Spread:

Culture Club

Back Cover:

Billy Idol

Interviews

Depeche Mode

Queen

The Pogues

Hipsway

Madonna

David Bowie and Patsy Kensit

Bitz

Diana Ross

Chakk

Martin Degville and Tony James

Dire Straits

David Bostock

Night Beat Two Album

The Housemartins

Pete Shelley

Gene Loves Jezebel

Spandau Ballet

Echo And The Bunnymen

Fine Young Cannibals

Mike And The Mechanics

Blue Zone

Danse Society

Sinitta

Streetsounds Record Label

Simple Minds

Freddie Jackson

The Light

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Birthdays:

None

Features:

Absolute Beginners

A-Ha - The Story So For Part Two

Posters

Whitney Houston

George Michael

Reviews

Singles:
William Shaw

It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home

Tim Healy - If You Could Read My Mind

Feargal Sharkey - Someone To Somebody

Latin Quarter - Modern Times

Floy Joy - Friday Night

Bryan Ferry - Your Love Strong Enough

New Order - Shellshock

Tuesday Blue - Tunnel Vision

Big Audio Dynamite - E= MC2

Simple  Minds - All The Things She Said

Belouis Some - Some People

The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue?

we've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Going To Use It - XX Sex

George Michael - A Different Corner 

Fine Young Cannibals - Funny How Love Is

L.L. Cool J. - Rock The Bells

Big Country - Look Away

Get Smart:

Sam Cooke​

The Bangles

Big Country

Aled Jones

Simple Minds

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Fan Clubs:

Depeche Mode

Eighth Wonder and Patsy Kensit

Rolling Stones

The Bangles

Hipsway

Big Country

Queen

Culture Club

The Pogues

Albums: 

Tom Hibbert
Ros Chissick
Paul Mathur
Duncan Wright
Tom Hibbert
Chris Heath
Ian Cranna

Culture Club - From Luxury To Heartache

Various - Numa Records Year 1

Julian Lennon - The Secret Value Of Daydreaming

The Redskins - Neither Washington nor Moscow

The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work

Pet Shop Boys - Please

Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight

Various

Film:

White Nights (Red Starlet)

Clockwise  (Red Starlet)

Books:

U2 - Propaganda

Video:

The Vision Of Diana Ross

John Lennon - Live In New York City

Video Hits Collection 2

Other:

Road Runner Headphones

Nights Out: 

The Bangles - The Town and Country Club London (Tom Hibbert)

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Stoke On Trent (Sylvia Patterson)

Merchandise

This issue came with a Free set of 5 Stickers

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To read more on the Sticker Book click the link below

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Sticker Book

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This issue also printed the second set of pages in a series entitles The Bitz Book Of Life which was located in the Bitz Section

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For more on that click the link below

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The Bitz Book Of Life

Mutterings:

David Bowie

Luther Vandross

Cissy Houston

Chaka Khan

Martin Degville

Fish from Marillion

Sade

Sex Pistols

The Jacksons

Howard Jones

A-Ha

Boy George

Madonna

Pet Shop Boys

Suzanne Vega

Sean Penn

Tina Turner

George Michael

Mr Mister

Aretha Franklin

Sheena Easton

Iron Maiden

Ozzy Osbourne

Ronald Reagan

The Go-Betweens

Grace Jones

Depeche Mode

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

John Lydon

Bryan Adams

Amazulu

Hipsway

Duran Duran

Sting

U2

Bob Dylan

Wham

Michael J Fox

Julian Lennon

Tony James

Adverts

A-Ha - Train Of Thought Single

Pet Shop Boys - Please Album

Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love Single

David Grant - Close To You Single

Fergal Sharkey - Someone To Somebody Single

George Michael - A Different Corner Single

Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweetest Thing Single

The Bolshoi - A Way Single

Double - Your Prayer Takes Me Off Single

Latin Quarter - Modern Times Single

The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue Single

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Album

Absolute Beginners Soundtrack Album

It Bites - All In Red Single

Hits 4 Album

Links

Happy Reading

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