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 14th January - 27th January 1987

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Credits

14th January - 27th January 1987

 

Volume 9 - Number 01 - Issue 212

Cover Photo - Brian Aris

Price - 45p    Pages - 56

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Interviewers

William Shaw - Mike Smith

Tom Hibbert - Iggy Pop

Lola Borg - Nick Berry

Chris Heath - U2 Story

William Shaw - Pepsi and Shirley

Photographers

D.I.D Circle - Mags (Page 2)

Paul Rider - Mike Smith (Page 3)

Paul Rider - Nick Berry (Page 3, 26-27)

Retna - Bono (Page 3, 40)

Andy Catlin - Pepsi and Shirlie (Page 3)

Paul Rider - Bob Geldof (Page 4)

LFI - Paul Rutherford (Page 5)

LFI - Ian Botham (Page 5)

LFI - Daryl Hall (Page 7)

Retna - UB40 (Page 11)

Andrew Catlin - Iggy Pop (Page 20-21)

Chris Craymer - Tony James (Page 23)

Pictorial Press - Billy Idol (Page 23)

Brian Aris - Nick Berry (Page 27)

LFI - The Style Council (Page 29)

D.I.D - Jon Bon Jovi (Centre Spread)

Tim Bauer - Richard Butler (Page 35)

LFI - U2 (Page 38, 40)

Joe Bangay - Bono (Page 38)

Joe Bangay - U2 (Page 40)

Pictorial Press - Bono and Bruce Springsteen (Page 40)

Retna - Bono and Wife (Page 40)

LFI - Pepsi and Shirley (Page 45)

LFI - Wham and Pepsi and Shirley (Page 45)

Andy Catlin - The Jesus And Mary Chain (Page 51)

Retna - Huey Lewis (Back Cover)

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Lyrics

Issue Information

Dead Or Alive - Something In My House

UB40 - Rat in Mi Kitchen

Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie

Siouxsie and the Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire

Gary Moore - Over The Hills and Far Away

Swing Out Sister - Surrender

Lionel Richie - Ballerina Girl

Style Council - It Didn't Matter

Front Cover:

Nick Berry

Centre Spread:

Jon Bon Jovi

Back Cover:

General

Personal File

Huey Lewis

Interviews

Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs)

Bitz

Mike Smith

Iggy Pop

Nick Berry

Pepsi and Shirley

Curiosity Killed The Cat

Bruce Springsteen

Lowlife

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Bob Geldof

Glass Tiger

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

The Bangles

Ian Botham

The Redskins

The Christians

The Smiths

The Cult

Mud

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Birthdays:

Carl Smyth (28)

Sade (27)

Paul Young (31)

Tom Bailey (30)

Robert Palmer (38)

Mickey Virtue (30)

Malcolm McLaren (40)

Ray Mayhew (22)

Earl Falconer (28)

Norman Hassan (29)

Eddie Van Halen (30)

Andrew Ridgeley (24)

Martin Degville (26)

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Fan Clubs:

None

Features:

The U2 Story

Posters

Mags (A-Ha)

Richard Butler

Reviews

Singles:
William Shaw

Sam Moore and Lou Reed - Soul Man

Hurrah - If Love Could Kill

Anita Baker - Caught Up In The Rapture

Paul Johnson - When Love Comes Calling

Little Richard - Somebody's Comin'

Aretha Franklin and George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

Stevie Wonder - Stranger On The Shore Of Love

Love and Money - River Of People

Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich - Don't Kill The Animals

Run D.M.C - You Be Illin'

The Smithereens - In A Lonely Place

Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life Again

 Phil Lynott - King's Call

Julian Cope - Trampoline

Albums: 

Tom Hibbert
Derrin Schlesinger
Barry McIlheney
William Shaw

Nick Berry - Nick Berry

Soft Cell - The Singles

Kool And The Gang - Forever

Boris Gardiner - Everything To Me

Gregory Abbot - Shake You Down

Kurtis Blow - Kingdom Blow

The Damned - Anything

Microdisney - Crooked Mile

Grange Hill Cast - Grange Hill The Album

Various

Books:

None

Video:

None

Film:

Peggy And Sue Got Married (Chris Heath)

Playing For Keeps (Mark Salisbury)

Nights Out: 

The Jesus and Mary Chain - London (William Shaw)

Mutterings:

Erasure

Wham

Madonna and Sean Penn

Jimmy Sommerville

Gary Moore

Elkie Brooks

Bananarama

Nick Berry

Pat Benatar

Margaret Thatcher

Samantha Fox

Prince William

Prince Harry

Genesis

Dire Straits

Eurythmics

Cameo

Jackie Wilson

Elton John

Sylvestor Stallone

Phillip Michael Thomas

Morten Harket

Michael J Fox

Joan Collins 

Paul Hogan

Jon Bon Jovi

tony Adams

Cyndi Lauper

Cactus World News

U2

David Bowie

Bryan Ferry

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Leslie Crowther

Lionel Blair

Aled Jones

Boris Becker

Black Type

Adverts

Red Box - Heart Of The Sun Single

The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street Single

The Style Council - It Didn't Matter Single

Kool and the Gang - Forever Album

China Crisis - Best Kept Secret Single

Aretha Franklin and George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Single

The Armory Show - Love In Anger Single

Psychedelic Furs - Angels Don't Cry Single

Pepsi and Shirley - Heartache Single

Glass Tiger - Someday Single

Crocodile Dundee Film

Little Richard - Somebody's Comin' Single

Playing For Keeps Film

Short Circuit Film

Links

Happy Reading

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