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 7th May - 20th May 1986

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Credits

7th May - 20th May 1986

 

Volume 8 - Number 10 - Issue 194

Cover Photo: Paul Rider

Price - 45p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Vici MacDonald - Hipsway

Sylvia Patterson - We're Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

Chris Heath - Robert Smith

Chris Heath and Tom Hibbert - How Are Things In Africa Report

Chris Heath - Gary Numan

Photographers

LFI - John Taylor (Page 2)

Retna - Gary Numan (Page 3)

LFI - We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It

(Page 3)

Andy Catlin - Depeche mode (Page 3, 44)

Andy Catlin - George Michael Spitting Image

(Page 3, 49)

Pictorial Press - George Michael (Page 4)

LFI - Andrew Ridgeley (Page 4)

LFI - Madonna (Page 8)

LFI - The Smiths (Page 9)

LFI - Duran Duran (Page 9)

LFI - Steve Ferrone (Page 9)

Retna - Martin Degville (Foot) (Page 9)

Andy Catlin - Hipsway (Page 12-13)

Simon Fowler / LFI - We're Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It (Page 18-19)

Paul Rider - Robert Smith (Page 29-30)

Andrew Douglas - The Cure (Page 29)

Steve Rapport - Robert Smith (Page 30)

Paul Cox - Robert Smith (Page 30)

Andy Catlin - Five Star (Centre Spread)

Andre Csillag - Bob Geldof (Page 34)

Andy Catlin - Various (Page 43)

D.I.D Circle - Depeche Mode (Page 45)

Mike Putland - Gary Numan (Page 52-53)

Retna - Dire Straits (Page 60-61)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Gary Numan - This Is Love

Princess - I'll Keep On Loving You

The Grange Hill Cast - Just Say No

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Patti La belle and Michael McDonald - On My Own

Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love

Joyce Sims - All and All

Depeche Mode - A Question Of Lust

Aurra - You and Me Tonight

The SOS Band - The Finest

Stars - Hear 'N' Aid

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick

Front Cover:

Robert Smith

Centre Spread:

Five Star

Back Cover:

Prince

Interviews

General

Personal File

Princess (Desiree Carole Heslop)

Bitz

Hipsway

We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It

Grange Hill Cast

Robert Smith (The Cure)

Spitting Image (Peter Fluck and Roger Law)

Gary Numan

Dire Straits

Features:

Denise Rich

Andy Taylor and Love And Money

Wham

The Temptations

Aretha Franklin

Barbie and the Rock Stars

Letter To Brezhnev

Van Halen

The Mighty Lemon Drops

The Temptations

Heaven 17

State Of Play

David Bowie

Power

The Damned

Shalamar

Perils Of Plastic

Doctor And The Medics

Madonna

Whitney Houston

Aurra

Kool And The Gang

Marvin Gaye

Tony Hiller

The Smiths

Martin Degville

Duran Duran

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Birthdays:

Gary Glitter (42)

Alex Van Halen (31)

Dave Gahan (24)

Billy Joel (37)

Bono (26)

Billy Duffy (25)

Ian Dury (44)

Stevie Wonder (36)

Ian Astbury (24)

David Byrne (34)

Mike Oldfield (33)

Glenn Gregory (28)

Toyah (28)

Martyn Ware (30)

Grace Jones (34)

Joey Ramone (35)

Pete Townsend (41)

Brian Nash (23)

Nick Heyward (25)

Tim Lever (25)

How Are Things In Africa - a feature on the work of Band Aid and Kids Aid

Posters

John Taylor

David Bowie

Depeche Mode

Reviews

Singles:
Ian Cranna

Blancmange - I Can See It

Kate Bush - The Big Sky

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - 88 Seconds in Greenboro

Hipsway - Ask The Lord

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities

Sandie Shaw - Heartbroken

Belle Stars - World Domination

Culture Club - God Thank You Woman

Win - Shampoo Tears

Pete Shelley - On Your Own

Rose of Avalanche - Too Many Castles In The Sky

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

The Go Betweens - Head Full Of Steam

Thomas and Taylor - You Can't Blame Love

Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It

 Ray Davies - Quite Life

Communards - Disenchanted

Albums: 

Simon Braithwaite
Tom Hibbert
Deborah Sippitts
Duncan Wright
Colette Campbell
Chris Heath
Sylvia Patterson

Get Smart:

Bronski Beat - Truth Dare Double Dare

That Petrol Emotion - Manic Pop Thrill

Icehouse - Measure for Measure

Cactus World News - Urban Beaches

Michael Jackson - Looking Back To Yesterday

 Style Council - Home and Abroad

Bonnie Tyler - Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire

The Gap Band - Best of The Gap Band

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Fan Clubs:

None

Various

Film:

The Jewel Of The Nile (Colin Booth)

Crimewave (Sylvia Patterson)

Books:

None

Video:

None

Nights Out: 

Soundwaves for Greenpeace - Royal Albert Hall (Chris Heath) with

Nik Kershaw

 Kim Wilde

Gari Tarn

Belouis Some

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Depeche Mode - Wembley Stadium (William Shaw)

Merchandise

This issue came with Four Free Postcards

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To read more on the Sticker Book click the link below

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Free Postcards​

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This issue also printed the Fifth 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:

Prince and The Bangles

Bay City Rollers

Ronald Reagan

Lionel Richie

Bryan Adams

Sylvester Stallone

Brigette Neilson

Boy George

Helen Terry

Martin Degville

George Michael

Stevie Wonder

Bruce Springsteen

Madonna and Sean Penn

Queen

Latin Quarter

Amazulu

Level 42

Elton John

Julian Lennon

Half Man Half Biscuit

David Bowie

Pet Shop Boys

Tears For Fears

Whitney Houston

It's Immaterial

Bob Geldof

Stephen Duffy

Duran Duran

Adverts

Rod Stewart - Love Touch Single

Nick Hayward - Over The Weekend Single

The Jewel Of The Nile Film

Janet Jackson - Control Album

The Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways Single

Pete Wylie - Sinful Single

Communards - Disenchanted Album and Tour

The Style Council - Home and Abroad Album

Breathe - In All Honesty Single

Billy Ocean - Love Zone Album

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years Single

Comic Relief - The Album

Links

Happy Reading

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