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CLASSIC eighties electronic eclectic 50 72 CONTENTS 24 62 44 34 95 06 78 56 Follow us FEATURES TEARS FOR FEARS 50 LABELLED WITH LOVE: VIRGIN 66 I REMEMBER: TOP TEN 86 BURIED TREASURES 12 COMPETITIONS 88 Subscribe Get three issues Search Classic Pop DAVID BOWIE 24 Stolen violins, primal therapy and Richard Branson’s record label is 40 It’s August 1984 and Frankie Goes To Are you sitting on a rare goldmine? You’ve got to be in it to win it! magazine Ashes To Ashes kickstarted the Eighties “overexcited” dancing… On its 30th years old this year. We celebrate a company Hollywood are dominating the UK charts. RADAR 16 of Classic Pop for and set a new standard for the pop-video anniversary, we look back at the making that set new milestones, carved out careers But wait… who is this scruffy, long-haired Check out the latest CD releases REVIEWS a bargain £9.99. @classicpop format. But that was just the start of of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith’s classic and released many classic albums and tracks TV star spoiling the party? Got some money burning a hole in your Page 48 magazine GIORGIO MORODER 17 “the Bowie effect” on the decade, as our debut album, The Hurting along the way CELEBRITY SQUARES 90 The influential Italian producer tellsClassic pocket? Let us tell you the best CDs, DVDs exclusive interviews with his band reveal SO MUCH TO ANSWER FOR: CLASSIC ALBUM: To get you in the mood for the Rewind Pop about coming out of retirement, that and books to spend it on THE 50 BEST 12”S OF SHEFFIELD 56 HOUNDS OF LOVE 72 festival in Henley, we grill some of the stars Donna Summer 12” and Quentin Tarantino REISSUES 96 THE 1980S 34 The city that spawned The Human League, When you afford some artists complete on the bill about food, songs and aliens TONY HADLEY 19 Nik Kershaw, Belinda Carlisle and more What happened when musicians were Heaven 17 and Cabaret Voltaire clearly had creative freedom, they end up producing their The voice of Spandau on going orchestral NEW RELEASES 102 given space on vinyl to let their imaginations something electronic flowing in the water, worst work. Not Kate Bush. Hounds Of Love NEWS and his favourite bands of the moment New Order, Black Blinds and UB40 – and drum machines – run wild. We count but that’s only half the story… was her masterpiece – and here’s the story POP-UP 08 COMPILATIONS 104 down the 50 12”s that defined a generation BELINDA CARLISLE 62 of how it happened Your source for all things new in Pop REGULARS Nile Rodgers and Saint Etienne POP ART: MALCOLM GARRETT 44 Embracing her past like never before, the THE LOWDOWN: THE POLICE 78 World. This issue, Andy Bell enthuses about TRANSMISSION 21 DVDS & BOOKS 108 From Duran Duran to Culture Club, we former Go-Go has settled in a happier place, Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland Erasure’s forthcoming Christmas album, Your letters, emails and social media Heaven 17, Level 42 and Howard Jones remember the groundbreaking work of both mentally and geographically. Although produced a body of work that encompassed Madness introduce their new beer, Kylie wins SHOCK OF THE NEW 42 LIVE 110 Assorted iMaGes’ designer extraordinaire she doesn’t like the French that much… post-punk, reggae, rock…and, of course, pop an award…and the return of Debbie Gibson! Modern artists inspired by the classics Depeche Mode, Blondie and Glastonbury 4 5.