March 29 - April 11, 1984

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Cover: Nik Kershaw
Centrespread: Wham!
Back cover: free poster offer
Interviews: Madness: Suggs, Carl Smyth; Propaganda; Scritti Politti; Howard Jones; Phil Fearon; Nik Kershaw
Lyrics: Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds; Lucky Star - Madonna; Renegades Of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force; You Take Me Up - Thompson Twins; Dr Mabuse - Propaganda; Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper; I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby; Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) - Scritti Politti; What Do I Do? - Phil Fearon & Galaxy; The Caterpillar - The Cure; Breaking Point - Bourgie Bourgie; Baby You're Dynamite
Start: Tim Pope, "I Want To Be A Tree", Paul Young, Style Council, Siouxsie, Budgie, Talk Talk, The Cure, Marc Almond; Ali Campbell, UB40, "Cherry Oh Baby"; personal file: David Lee Roth  
Bitz: Pauline Black and Sunday Best: Lynval Golding, Neville Staples, Jes Edwards, Phil Graham, Wayne Lothian, "Pirates On The Airwaves"; Simple Minds; Whitesnake; Shalamar, Howard Hewett, "Deadline USA", "Street Fleet", "Dancing In The Sheets", "Footloose", Peabo Bryson, "DC Cab"; Alexei Sayle; Shannon, "Let The Music Play"; Sade: Five Records I Always Look For On Jukeboxes; Marillion, Shakin' Stevens, The Quick; Ear Say: Nicky Horne, Gary Crowley, Leslie-Ann Jones; Mick Karn, Pete Murphy, Sheila Rock, Paul Rider; Bruce Foxton, "It Makes Me Wonder", "Touch Sensitive"; The Cure; Michael Jackson; And Also The Trees; Helen Terry, "Love Lies Lust"; Castle Donnington, Monsters Of Rock, AC/DC, WOMAD; Madonna, "Lucky Star"; The Weather Girls, Izora Armstead, Martha Walsh  
Single reviews (Ian Birch): I Scare Myself - Thomas Dolby; Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) - Phil Collins; Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper; Do You Wanna Dance - Toni Basil; Dubbin' It All - Steve Levine; Baby You're Dynamite - Cliff Richard; (Don't Let Your Love) Start A War - Pale Fountains; Dancing Girls - Nik Kershaw; You Take Me Up - Thompson Twins; Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield; 2000 Light Years From Home - The Danse Society; Keys To Your Heart - Urban Cowboys; Strive - Gloria Gaynor; Heaven - Psychedelic Furs; Leave It (Remix) - Yes
Album reviews (Lisa Anthony / Neil Tennant / Ian Cranna): Lament - Ultravox; Let The Music Play - Shannon; The Icicle Works - The Icicle Works
Nights Out: Style Council; The Clash; Batcave, Day-Glo Ball (Heaven)

March 15 - 28, 1984

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Cover: Paul Young
Centrespread: Thompson Twins
Back cover: Carmel
Interviews: Paul Young; Sade; Van Halen; Fiat Lux; Holly Johnson; Kajagoogoo; Bourgie Bourgie; Bananarama; Depeche Mode
Lyrics: Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama; A Love Worth Waiting For - Shakin' Stevens; Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) - Icicle Works; P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson; To Be Or Not To Be (Hitler Rap) Part I - Mel Brooks; Swimming Horses - Siouxsie & The Banshees; Your Love Is King - Sade; Yah Mo B There - James Ingram; More More More - Carmel; People Are People - Depeche Mode; It's Raining Men - Weather Girls; Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba) - Julia And Company; Fraggle Rock - The Fraggles; 'Ullo John Got A New Motor - Alexei Sayle; Hello - Lionel Richie; Ghost Of Love - Fiction Factory
Start: personal file - Nena; Peter Powell, Simon Bates and Tony Blackburn dress up as Boy George, Gary Glitter and Tracey Ullman; Pyramid Lids, Tommy Boy Records;  
Bitz: Nelson Mandela, The Special AKA; Gary Byrd, Sweet Inspirations, "The Crown"; Gloria Gaynor, "Strive"; Jeffrey Daniel, Starlight Express, "Give My Regards To Broad Street", Paul McCartney; Madness, Lee Thompson marries Deborah Fordham; Gang Of Four split up; The World's Famous Supreme Team, Justice, Divine, Malcolm McLaren; Billy Bragg, Style Council, Questions; Nena, "Just A Dream"; Grammy Awards: Boy George, Culture Club, Michael Jackson, The Police, Duran Duran, Brooke Shields, Annie Lennox; Con McConville, It's Immaterial, "White Man's Hat"; The Fall, "Perverted By Language Bis"; Howard Jones; Frankie Goes To Hollywood, "Relax", 930,000 copies sold; The Cure, Phil Thornally; "Michael Jackson's Thriller"; Steve Levine, "Believin' It All", Boy George, David Grant, Rita Marley; Noddy Holder: Slade's Five Most Disastrous Gigs
Single reviews (Peter Martin): Dr Mabuse - Propaganda; People Are People - Depeche Mode; PYT (Pretty Young Thing) - Michael Jackson; Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds; Hello - Lionel Richie; Lucky Star - Madonna; The Whodini Electro EP - Whodini; AC/DC - Jeffrey Daniel; A Love Worth Waiting For - Shakin' Stevens; The Greatness And Perfection Of Love - Julian Cope; Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream) / In The Cauldron Of Love - Icicle Works; Souls On Fire - Tracie; What You've Been Through Is Love (Scream Like A Swift) - Che; Confusion - Zee; Why Don't We Spend The Night - Joe Fagan; Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA; That's The Way (I Like It) - Dead Or Alive; The Deceiver - The Alarm; Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Album reviews (Peter Martin / Neil Tennant / Ian Birch / Kimberley Leston / Johnny Black / Lisa Anthony / Linda Duff / Ian Cranna / Lola Borg): Cafe Bleu - Style Council; This Last Night In Sodom - Soft Cell; Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell; Nena - Nena; Swoon - Prefab Sprout; I Am Gloria Gaynor; The Drum Is Everything - Carmel; Points Of The Curve - Wang Chung; Fugazi - Marillion; Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex; I Don't Speak The Language - Matthew Wilder
Nights Out: Thomas Dolby; Genesis; Dead Or Alive

March 1 - 14, 1984

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Cover: Jon Moss
Centrespread: Nena
Back cover: Free Sticker Album offer
Interviews: Michael Jackson; Matt Bianco; General Public; Wang Chung; Nena; Jon Moss; Style Council
Lyrics: It's A Miracle - Culture Club; Cherry Oh Baby - UB40; Jump -Van Halen; Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed - Matt Bianco; An Innocent Man - Billy Joel; Down In The Subway - Soft Cell; Joanna - Kool & The Gang; She Was Hot - Rolling Stones; Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung; Street Dance - Break Machine; Hanna Hanna - China Crisis; Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell; My Guy - Tracey Ullman
Start: personal file - Roger Taylor; George Michael, David Cassidy; Jean Jacques Burnel, David Greenfield, The Stranglers, "Rain, Dole & Tea"; British Rock And Pop Awards: Boy George, David Jensen, Cheryl Baker, Sarah Kennedy, Helen Terry, Alf, Malcolm Lee, George Michael, Andrew Ridgeley, Marjorie Proops
Bitz: Michael Jackson; Nick Heyward; Fraggles; Thomas Dolby: My Five Favourite Video Props; Crass, "You're Already Dead"; Zee: Dee Harris, Rick Wright; X, "More Fun In The World"; Jack Hammer, "Down In The Subway", Earl S. Burroughs, "Great Balls Of Fire"; Stephen Singleton quits ABC; Status Quo not breaking up; O.M.D., "Junk Culture"; Cyndi Lauper, Blue Angel, "I'm Gonna Be Strong"; Jermain Stewart, "The Word Is Out"; Bourgie Bourgie; Culture Club, "A Kiss Across The Ocean"; Howard Jones; Kajagoogoo; Icicle Works, "Birds Fly" / "Cauldron Of Love"; Duran Duran, John Taylor, "New Moon On Monday", Nile Rodgers;
Single reviews (Dave Rimmer): Wood Beez - Scritti Politti; Tuesday Sunshine - The Questions; Six Sed Red - Shake It Right; Lucky Lucky Lucky - Pookah Makes 3; Cherry Oh Baby - UB40; I Want It To Be Real - John Rocca; Robert De Niro's Waiting - Bananarama; Rebel Yell - Billy Idol; My Guy - Tracey Ullman; Breakin' Down - Julia And Company; Ghost Of Love - Fiction Factory; Whatever Possessed You - Care; Hanna Hanna - China Crisis; The Smiling Hour - Kalima; The Record Keeps Spinning - Indeep; General Public - General Public; More, More, More - Carmel; High Rise - Mike Read; It's A Miracle - Culture Club; We Are Ninja - Frank Chickens
Album reviews (Mark Ellen / Neil Tennants / Johnny Black / Dave Rimmer / Ian Birch / Ian Cranna / Josephine Hocking ): The Smiths - The Smiths; Human's Lib - Howard Jones; Pacific Street - Pale Fountains; The Works - Queen; Keep Moving - Madness; Human Racing - Nik Kershaw; It's My Life - Talk Talk; Uh-Huh - John Cougar Mellencamp
Nights Out: What's Happening To Concerts? Madness, Wang Chung, Zu Zu Sharks, Yip Yip Coyote, The Questions, Blue Rondo, Nik Kershaw, Fiction Factory, Howard Jones, Style Council, Kool & the Gang, Swans Way, Gary Crowley