18th June - 1st July 1986
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18th June - 1st July 1986
Volume 8 - Number 13 - Issue 197
Cover Photo: Tony McGee
Price - 45p Pages - 80
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Interviewers
Sorrel Downer - The Housemartins
Tom Hibbert / Vici MacDonald
Duncan MacDonald / Sylvia Patterson / Duncan Wright - Is There Life On Other Planets?
Peter Martin - Wham
Lola Borg - Big Audio Dynamite
Photographers
Retna - Big Audio Dynamite (Page 3)
Pictorial Press - Astronaut (Page 3)
Ross Barnett - A-Ha Fans (Page 3)
Russell Young - The Housemartins (Page 3, 12-13)
Andy Catlin - Mick Hucknall (Page 24)
Steve Rapport - Robert Smith (Page 24)
Andy Catlin - Space Ships (Page 24-25)
Zbysiu Rodak - Martin Degville (Page 25)
Brian Moody Patrick Moore (Page 25)
Paul Rider - Status Quo (Page 25)
Pictorial Press - Elvis Presley (Centre Spread 1)
Davis and Starr - David Bowie (Centre Spread 2)
D.I.D Circle - Morten Harkett (Centre Spread 3)
LFI - Peter Gabriel (Page 49)
Andy Catlin - Peter Gabriel (Page 49)
Ross Barnett - A-Ha (Page 54-55)
Assorted Images - Duran Duran Sleeve Covers
(Page 64-65)
Liam Woon - Big Audio Dynamite (Page 68-69)
D.I.D Circle - Midge Ure (Back Cover)
Issue Information
The Housemartins - Happy Hour
Falco - Vienna Calling
Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes
Queen - Friends Will Be Friends
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Lovebug Starski - Amityville (The House On The Hill)
Wham - The Edge Of Heaven
David Bowie - Underground
Prince - Mountains
Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten
Bananarama - Venus
Janet Jackson - Nasty
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show
Suzanne Vega - Left of Centre
Front Cover:
Wham
Centre Spread:
01 - Elvis Presley
02 - David Bowie
03 - Morten Harkett
04 - Big Country
Back Cover:
Midge Ure
Interviews
General
Personal File
The Housemartins
Bananarama
George Michael
Genesis
Big Audio Dynamite,
Bananrama
Bitz
Features:
Is there Life On Other Planets?
Book Of Love
A-Ha
Satellites
Eric Clapton
The Beatles
Samantha Fox
Scarlett And Black
The Chameleons
Artists Against Apartheid
Lovebug Starski
Wasp
Mantronix
Otto Von Wernher
Dr Robert
Furniture
5TA
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sade
The Woodentops
Picnic At The Whitehouse
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Birthdays:
Paul McCartney (44)
Blair Cowan (26)
Brian Wilson (44)
John Taylor (24)
Mark (Big Country) (29)
Ray Davis (42)
Leo Sayer (38)
Anna (23)
Jimmy Sommerville (25)
Cyndi Lauper (33)
Derek Forbes (30)
Green (30)
Adam Faith (46)
Astro (29)
Curt Smith (25)
Andy McCluskey (27)
George Michael (23)
Georgie Fame (43)
Mick Jones (31)
Tony Hadley (26)
Stedman Pearson (22)
Colin Hay (33)
Ian Paice (38)
Adrian Wright (30)
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Fan Clubs
Bananarama
Big Audio Dynamite
Genesis
George Michael
Star Trek
Dr Who
Gerry Anderson
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Posters
Owen Paul
Wham
Reviews
Singles:
Duncan Wright
The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool
James - So Many Ways
Aurra - Like I Like It
Van Halen - Dreams
Paul Hardcastle - Foolin' Yourself
Tracie Young - We Should Be Together
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs Tears
Drum Theatre - Home (Is Where The Heart Is)
INXS - Listen Like Thieves
Big Country - The Teacher
Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place
Pete Murphy - Blue Heart
Love And Rockets - Kundalini Express
Katrina and the Waves - Sun Street
Force M.D.'s - Here I Go Again
Box Of Frogs - Average
Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Albums:
Simon Braithwaite
Collete Campbell
Deborah Sippitts
Sylvia Patterson
Tom Hibbert
Helen Mead
Queen - A Kind Of Magic
Pete Shelly - Heaven And The Sea
Sting - Bring On The Night
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
The Woodentops - Giant
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Get Smart:
Duran Duran Get Smart Special
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Various
Film:
Bring On The Night
Books:
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Ultra
Video:
Marillion 1982 - 1986 (Sylvia Patterson)
Kate Bush - The Hair of the Hound (Collete Campbell)
Nights Out:
A-Ha in Australia
Merchandise
This issue also printed the Seventh 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:
Madonna
Falco
Pete Wylie
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Lloyd Cole
George Michael
Boy George
Samantha Fox
Prince
Boomtown Rats
Johnny Fingers
Simon Crowe
Dolph Lundgren
Grace Jones
Feargal Sharkey
Haircut 100
Nick Heyward
Nik Kershaw
Phil Collins
Bananarama
Ozzy Osbourne
Mick Hucknall
Freddie Mercury
Doctor And The Medics
Big Country
Madness
Jerry Hall
Mick Jagger
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Janet Jackson
Andrew Ridgeley
Queen
Norman Greenbaum
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
Billy Idol
Elvis Presley
Tony James
Adverts
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Album
David Bowie - Underground Single
INXS - Listen Like Thieves Single
Madonna - Papa Don't Preach Single
The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool Single
Doctor And The Medics - Laughing At The Pieces Album
Paul Hardcastle with Kevin Henry - Foolin' Yourself Single
Big Audio Dynamiter - Medicine Show Single
Marc Almond - A Womans Story Single
Queen - A Kind Of Magic Album
The Art Of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia Single
Drum Theatre - Home (Is Where The Heart Is) Single