January 19 - February 1, 1984

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Cover: Ian McCulloch
Centrespread: Simple Minds - Speed Your Love To Me
Back cover: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Interviews: Mike Read; John Taylor; Echo & The Bunnymen;
Lyrics: New Moon On Monday - Duran Duran; Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins; The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen; That's Living Alright - Joe Fagin; Give Me More Time - Whitesnake; Wishful Thinking - China Crisis; Love Is A Wonderful Colour - Icicle Works; Speed Your Love To Me - Simple Minds; Sixteen - Musical Youth; Illegal Alien - Genesis; A Really Good Time - Roxy Music
Start: personal file - Holly Johnson; Barry Manilow baby photo; Sade; leather: Paul Rutherford, Holly Johnson, Freddie Mercury, Glenn Hughes (Village People), Soft Cell, Bucks Fizz, Rob Halford, Gary Numan, Steve Strange, Steve Norman 
Bitz: Ligotage, Beki Bondage, "Crime And Passion"; The Colour Field: Terry Hall, Toby Lyons, Karl Shale; Sheila Chandra, "Out On My Own"; Fashion, Mulligan, "Eye Talk", "Twilight Of The Dolls"; The Smiths, "What Difference Does It Make?"; Dead Or Alive, "I'd Do Anything"; Kate Bush; Paul Weller, Tracie, A Craze, Soul Squad; Simple Minds; ABC, "Beauty Stab"; Nik Kershaw, "Wouldn't It Be Good", "Human Racing"; Star Hits, Neil Tennant, Kimberley Leston; Reflex, "The Politics Of Dancing"; Mike Barson quits Madness; Andrew Ridgeley's five favorite cars 
Single reviews (Martyn Ware): Don't Sing - Prefab Sprout; Speed Your Love To Me - Simple Minds; Straight From The Heart - Fat Larry's Band; The Colour Field - The Colour Field; Collapsing New People - Fad Gadget; A Letter From Afar - B-Movie; Give Me More Time - Whitesnake; Stop, Look & Listen - Donna Summer; The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen; Hold On To Love - Gary Moore; Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes; Future Shock - Herbie Hancock; I'd Do Anything - Dead Or Alive; Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins; I Got The Message - Men Without Hats; Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper; Prisoner Of Love - Spear Of Destiny; Love Is Like A Battlefield - Pat Benatar; Hyper-Active! - Thomas Dolby; Hey You - Black Lace; Razor's Edge - Meat Loaf; Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
Album reviews (Dave Rimmer / Peter Martin / Kimberley Leston): Busy Body - Luther Vandross; You Shouldn't - Nuf Bit Fish - George Clinton; Learning To Crawl - Pretenders; Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Nights Out: Tracy Nolan meets Duran Duran
Other: puppets; fan clubs

January 5 - 18, 1984

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Cover: Eurythmics
Centrespread: The Alarm - Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke?
Back cover: Paul Weller reading 1984
Interviews: Soft Cell; Eurythmics; Billy Bragg; Spandau Ballet,
Lyrics: S.O.S. - ABC; Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics; King Of Pain - Police; Bird Of Paradise - Snowy White; April Showers - Al Jolson; Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? - The Alarm; Wonderland - Big Country; A Rockin' Good Way - Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler;
Start: personal file - James Taylor; Peter Powell, Lisa Anthony, Linda Duff, Samantha Archer, Oxford Road Show / ORS, Simple Minds, China Crisis, Pookah Makes Three; Thomas Dolby, "Hyperactive!"; The Big One: Apollo Theatre, Bill Bachley, Susannah York, Hazel O'Connor, Mari Wilson, Ian Dury, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Style Council, The Alarm, Mike Peters; "Sanp, Razzle & Pop": Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, Merseybeat, Jill Furmanovsky, Steve Rapport 
Bitz: Herbie Hancock; Culture Club; Thompson Twins; Cocteau Twins; Pretenders: Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, Malcolm Foster, Robbie McIntosh, "2000 Miles", "Learning To Crawl"; The Icicle Works: Chris Layhe, Chris Sharrock, Iain McNabb; Australian Crawl; David Bowie; General Public: Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Stoker, Mickey Billingham, Horace Panter, Mick Jones; Simple Minds, "Sparkle In The Rain", Queen, "Radio Ga Ga"; Howard Jones; Hype [board game]; Jon Moss's five new year's resolutions
Single reviews (Ian Birch): Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics; Tell Me When It's Over - Dream Syndicate; Wishful Thinking - China Crisis; Black Sheep - Vice Squad; (Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory; Where Were You Hiding When The Storm Broke? - The Alarm; Wonderland - Big Country; Action - Evelyn Champagne King; Kruggerands - Andy Scott; S.O.S. - ABC; King Of Pain - The Police; Don't Box Me In - Stewart Copeland and Stanard Ridgway; Human Torch - Rick Springfield; A Rockin' Good Way - Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler; Love Is A Battlefield - Chris Norman; Independence Day - Comsat Angels; Sea Of Heartbreak - Leo Sayer; Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
Album reviews (Claire Sheaff / Dave Rimmer / Lola Borg / Linda Duff / Lisa Anthony): Japanese Whispers - The Cure; Love How You Feel - Sharon Redd; The Power And The Glory - Jimmy Cliff; The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome - Slade; What A Feeling - Irene Cara; Perverted By Language - The Fall; Believer - Chic
Nights Out: Robert Plant; Simple Minds; The Police
Other: Superfans: Duran Duran, Status Quo, Madness, David Bowie, Marillion, Elvis Presley, Culture Club