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 25th February - 10th March 1987

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Credits

25th February - 10th February 1987

 

Volume 9 - Number 04 - Issue 215

Cover Photo - Paul Rider

Price - 45p    Pages - 80

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Interviewers

Sylvia Patterson - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Barry McIlheney - BPI Awards

William Shaw - Man 2 Man

Chris Heath - Neil Tennant

Vici MacDonald - Cutting Crew

Chris Heath - Freddie Mercury

William Shaw - The Jets

Vici MacDonald - The Christians

tom Hibbert and Chris Heath - The Story Of Heavy Metal

Photographers

Julian Barton - Nasher and Paul Rutherford (Page 3)

Retna - Alice Cooper (Page 3)

Tim Bauer - Cutting Crew (Page 3, 50-51)

Ian Hooton - The Christians (Page 3, 59)

BBC Holton - The Claim (Page 4)

LFI - Howard Jones (Page 4)

LFI - George Michael (Page 6)

A. Catlin - Stewart Adamson (Page 7)

Idols - Freddie Mercury (Page 7)

Glen E. Friedman - Beastie Boys (Page 9)

Julian Barton - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

(Page 14-16)

D.I.D - Billy Idol (Page 19)

BPI - Curiosity Killed The Cat (Page 22)

Rex - Pepsi and Shirlie (Page 22)

LFI - Fuzzbox (Page 22)

Rex - Bob Geldof and Paula Yates (Page 22)

BPI - Mark Knopfler (Page 22)

Rex - Debbie Harry and Boy George (Page 22)

BPI - Five Star (Page 23)

BPI - Mick Hucknall (Page 23)

BPI - Neil Tennant and Boy George (Page 23)

LFI - Paul Simon (Page 23)

LFI - Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins (Page 23)

BPI - Various (Page 23)

Emile Greco - Man 2 Man (Page 27)

Paul Rider - Neil Tennant (Page 30-31)

Colorific - Madonna (Centre Spread 1)

Paul Rider - Curiosity Killed The Cat

(Centre Spread 2)

Rex - Freddie Mercury (Page 54-55)

Rex - King Taufa' ahau Tupou IV and Margaret Thatcher (Page 58) 

Paul Cox - Tina Turner (Page 76)

D.I.D Circle - Europe (Back Cover)

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Lyrics

Issue Information

Erasure - It Doesn't Have To Be

Timbuck 3 - The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun

The Communards - You Are My World

Man 2 Man - Male Stripper

Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

A-Ha - Manhattan Skyline

The Cult - Love Removal Machine

Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy

The Christians - Forgotten Town

Carly Simon - Coming Around Again

Eurythmics - Missionary Man

Mental As Anything - Live It Up

The Jets - Crush On You

Ben E King - Stand By Me

Front Cover:

Neil Tennant

Centre Spread:

01 - Madonna

02 - Curiosity Killed The Cat

03 - The Bnagles

Back Cover:

Europe

Interviews

General

Personal File

Taffy

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Man 2 Man

Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys)

Cutting Crew

Freddie Mercury

The Jets

The Christians

Bitz

Features:

The B.P.I Awards

The History Of Heavy Metal

Duran Duran

The Claim

Mags (A-Ha)

Brother Beyond

Howard Jones

Carly Simon

Paul Johnson

Morrissey

George Michael

Curiosity Killed The Cat

Mental As Anything

Mel and Kim

Stewart Adamson (Big Country)

Jon Moss (Culture Club)

Julian Cope

Hollywood Beyond

Ruby Turner

Womack and Womack

Ben E King

Queen

Percy Sledge

Spandau Ballet

Iggy Pop

Joey Tempest

Hot Chocolate

The Beastie Boys 

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Birthdays:

None

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Fan Clubs:

None

Posters

Boy George

Billy Idol

Reviews

Singles:
Pete Clark

The Gap Band - How Music Came About

Howard Jones - Little Bit Of Snow

Mel and Kim - Respectable

Berlin- Like Flames

Boy George - Everything I Own

Kool and the Gang - Stone Love

The Mission - Severina

Boston - Amanda

J.M Silk - Let The Music Take Control

Hurrah - Sweet Sanity

The Bible - Graceland

Jaki Graham - Still In Love

Bruce Hornsby and The Range - Mandolin Rain

Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender

Albums: 

Chris Heath
Sylvia Hibbert
Derrin Schlesinger
Ian Cranna
Neil Tennant

Hot Chocolate - The Very Best Of Hot Chocolate

Various - Stand By Me

The Smiths - The World Won't Listen

Doug E and the Get Fresh Crew - Oh My God

Various Artists - The Phantom of The Opera

Half Man Half Biscuit - Back Again In The DHSS 

Various

Book:

None

Video:

Bon Jovi - Breakout (Derrin Schlesinger)

Tina Turner - Break Every Rule (Chris Heath)

Cliff Richard - Rock In Australia (Tom Hibbert)

Film:

The Style Council - Jerusalem (Chris Heath)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Mark Salisbury)

Nights Out: 

None

Mutterings:

Chris Amoo (The Real Thing)

Ben Volpierre Pierrot (Curiosity Killed The Cat)

Whitney Houston

Kate Bush

Katherine Oxenberg

Cheryl Baker and Gyles Brandreth

Midge Ure

George Harrison

Mick Jagger

Paul Weller and D. C. Lee

Madonna and Sean Penn

Billy Idol

Roman Jugg (The Damned)

David Vanian

Siouxsie Sioux

John Taylor

Mark King (Level 42)

Anita Dobson and Brian May (Queen)

Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis

Adverts

Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty Single

Microdisney - Town To Town Single

Billy Idol - Don't Need A Gun Single

Nick Kamen - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever Single,

The Big Supreme - Please Yourself Single

Prince - Sign Of The Times

Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender Single

Jean Beauvoir - Missing The Young Days Single

Cutting Crew - One For The Mocking Bird Single

Debbie Harry - Free To Fall Single

Boy George - Everything I Own Single

Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See Single

Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself Single

Soul Man Film

The Smiths - The World Won't Listen Album

Links

Happy Reading

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