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Follow us FEATURES FiVe DeCADeS oF… 50 lABelleD WiTh loVe: PWl 72 Search Classic Pop ADAM ANT 24 Gary Kemp takes time with Classic Pop to Known throughout the industry as the “Hit magazine We spend an afternoon with Adam, listening discuss a full five decades in the history of Factory”, Pete Waterman’s PWL has sold over to his tales of times with the Ants, how the Spandau Ballet, from formation, through 60 million records. We talk to the label that @classicpop band drifted apart and how he’s managed to success, bitter legal battles and the band’s made pop dreams come true for Rick Astley, magazine bounce back yet again with the release of his eventual reformation in 2009 Mel & Kim and a young Aussie called Kylie... brand-new album CoVeNTRy 60 ClASSiC AlBuM 78 The STyle CouNCil 34 At the beginning of the Eighties, Coventry David Sylvian and his band Japan finally had The author of Mr Cool’s Dream selects ten was reeling under the closure of the car commercial success with Gentlemen Take months that shaped The Style Council, from factories. From its bleak landscape, 2 Tone Polaroids. Anthony Reynolds examines the the early charity gigs through to the band’s was born. Mark Frith charts the history of back story to the album and delves into the eventual break-up in 1989 The Specials and their contemporaries music, track by track PoP ART: Xl 46 PoP ART: eRiC WATSoN 66 The loWDoWN 84 The XL design partnership are the unsung Eric Watson was the man behind the camera This issue, we present a brief history of heroes of sleeve design. We take a look at who captured hundreds of seminal shots New Order and choose the band’s best some of their classic album covers and talk of pop stars of the Eighties. We examine albums, singles and videos. We also find to the one remaining member his work and his extraordinary legacy out what’s next for the remaining members

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50 i ReMeMBeR: ToP TeN 94 GoDFATheRS oF PoP 17 REVIEWS Subscribe PWL had its first number-one hit withYou Morten Harket tells Classic Pop what it’s like Got some money burning a hole in your Get three issues Spin Me Round (Like A Record). But what to perform solo, and of his latest plans pocket? Let us tell you the best CDs, DVDs of Classic Pop for else was at the top of the charts in the week GoDFATheRS oF PoP 19 and books to spend it on, and which ones a bargain £9.99. ending 16 March 1985? Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory on the secrets of you’re best off avoiding Page 58 MoVie MuSiC 98 long-term musical relationships and more ClASSiC ARTiSTS 108 We choose 20 of our favourite film Re-issues and new albums to consider soundtracks from the Eighties. But which REGULARS CoMPilATioNS 119 one do we think is the best? TRANSMiSSioN 21 By various artists Your letters, emails and social-media activity NeW ARTiSTS 120 NEWS ShoCk oF The NeW 42 Future classics, perhaps? PoP-uP 08 New relases from modern artists inspired by liVe 122 Your source for all things new in Pop World the classics, including Le Galaxie and Bastille With Madness, Peter Hook & The Light, BuRieD TReASuReS 14 CLASSIC POP PoSTeRS 88 Rihanna, ABC and more! Are you sitting on a rare goldmine? A selection of classic artist photographs oN The RoAD WiTh… 128 RADAR 14 CoMPeTiTioNS 96 We visit Tokyo to join Swing Out Sister’s Check out the latest CD releases Enter to win – it’s as simple as that Corrinne Drewery and Andy Connell on tour

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