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SOULFUL RETURN OF THE THE WITH NEW STUDIO LP • “I HOPE PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE ALBUM WHAT WE PUT INTO IT. IT WAS CREATED UNDER VERY HAPPY CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH A GREAT VIBE AMONGST THE BAND AND PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON IT.”

FRESH TWIST ON DEFINITELY MAYBE TO CELEBRATE ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

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BERNARD BUTLER • AS HE RELEASES HIS FIRST NEW SOLO RECORD IN OVER TWO DECADES, THE SONGWRITER, PRODUCER AND FORMER SUEDE GUITARIST, REFLECTS ON A CAREER THAT’S BEEN “A MASTERCLASS IN MUSIC”

JANET JACKSON ANNOUNCES LONG-AWAITED EURO LIVE SHOWS

Brand New Heavies are keeping it in the family

JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY

HEYWARD NICK • OVER 40 YEARS SINCE HAIRCUT 100’S DEBUT SINGLE, FAVOURITE SHIRTS (BOY MEETS GIRL), HELPED MAKE HIM A STAR, THE PERENNIALLY YOUNG SINGER-SONGWRITER GEARS UP TO HIT THE ROAD ONCE MORE

NUTTY BOYS’ CHART-TOPPER GETS EXPANDED

CHINA CRISIS IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS

LOST & FOUND

Ian Peel’s A to Z of POP • THIS A TO Z WAS ORIGINALLY ENTITLED R IS FOR REJECTION LETTERS BUT I DECIDED TO TAKE A MORE OPTIMISTIC APPROACH AND LOOK AT HOW BEING TURNED DOWN CAN SPUR MUSICIANS ON TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS

This month in POP JULY 1983 • JEAN-MICHEL JARRE HITS THE SHOPPING AISLE, THE CLASH MAKE A SCORSESE CAMEO AND DIANA ROSS FINDS HERSELF IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

TOP 5 UK ALBUMS CHART • 3 JULY 1983

"I LIKE EVERYTHING I DO TO BE AN ADVENTURE" • ALONGSIDE SOFT CELL SUDDENLY BECOMING A WORKING BAND AGAIN, MARC ALMOND’S PERSONAL LIFE HAS WITNESSED MAJOR CHANGES RECENTLY, TOO. AFTER 40 YEARS IN LONDON, MARC HAS MOVED TO THE PORTUGUESE COUNTRYSIDE. IT’S REVIVED HIS LOVE OF MUSIC – LEADING TO A NEW COVERS ALBUM FROM A SINGER WHO INSISTS THAT HE’S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL AS A SONGWRITER. CLASSIC POP ASKS MARC HOW THE MAN WHO WROTE SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE CAN BE SO MODEST ABOUT HIS TALENTS…

CROWN JOOLS

TARDIS LOVE

“WICKED AND MISCHIEVOUS”

IT’S MY LIFE TALK TALK • INITIALLY IGNORED IN THE UK, THE CULT BAND’S SECOND ALBUM MARKED THE FIRST SIGNS OF A SHIFTING TRAJECTORY. BUT IT STANDS UP ON ITS OWN MERITS AS A FINE SYNTH-POP RECORD.

THE SONGS

THE PLAYERS

THE VIDEOS

PRESENT PERFECT • AFTER A 35-YEAR HIATUS, FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION ARE BACK – AND FINALLY READY TO MAKE THAT LONG OVERDUE SECOND ALBUM. IN A CLASSIC POP EXCLUSIVE, EDDI READER AND MARK NEVIN SHARE THEIR EMOTIONAL STORY OF “RECONCILIATION, RESOLUTION AND HEALING”.

“WE’LL HAVE THAT SONG AT OUR FUNERAL…”

THEIR SOLO ATTRACTIONS

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN • FRONTED BY THE EVER OUTSPOKEN IAN McCULLOCH, THE LIVERPOOL BAND BECAME INDIE HEROES WITH A SOUND THAT CONSTANTLY LEANED TOWARDS THE DARKER AND MORE DRAMATIC SIDE OF POST-PUNK

Two’s company • TERRIBLE MIMING! SAXOPHONE DISASTERS! A KIM WILDE CAMEO! STEPHEN MORRIS AND GILLIAN GILBERT’S ACCIDENTAL POP CAREER AWAY FROM NEW ORDER AS THE OTHER TWO HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURE THEY HAVE NEVER QUITE CONTROLLED…

Pet Sounds

Fine time for a book

CLASSIC POP TOP TEN WEEK ENDING 11 JULY 1987 • PET SHOP BOYS FASHION A GAY ANTHEM, A-HA FALL OUT WITH JOHN BARRY AND THE UK FINALLY SUCCUMBS TO THE CHARMS OF AUSSIE LEDGE JOHN FARNHAM

I HAVE AN EXHIBITIONIST STREAK, BUT I DON'T NEED THE APPLAUSE • IN THE 80s HE WAS THE MAD PROFESSOR OF SYNTH, NOW TURNED ACTUAL PROFESSOR. AS THOMAS DOLBY TAKES A BREAK FROM ACADEMIA FOR A SERIES OF...