Classic Pop - April/May 2017 (gnv64)

Classic Pop - April/May 2017
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F E A T U R E S
MTV: WHEN POP VIDEOS RULED THE WORLD 24
Launched in 1981, the music TV channel swiftly did the once-unimaginable – it made pop’s moving image almost as important as the sound through the speakers. Paul Lester tells the story…
THE LOWDOWN: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN 32
“Untouchable, celestial, beautiful and real…” A guide to the output of Liverpool’s purveyors of glorious gloom
SHEENA EASTON 36
The Scottish chanteuse tells Classic Pop all about the trail from Bellshill to Paisley Park and Vegas and on to 42nd Street
CLASSIC ALBUM: ERASURE – THE CIRCUS 42
Framing politics, despair and self-affi rmation in a gloriously uplifting manner, the duo’s second album had to succeed… and it did
SUZANNE VEGA 48
The Luka and Tom’s Diner songwriter grants Classic Pop a personal tour through her discography
STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN 52
Mark Elliott, writer of SAW guide The Ministry Of Pop, debunks 9 myths about the all-conquering production trio
MIKE + THE MECHANICS 58
Mike Rutherford explains how fresh voices and collaborations injected life into the least “side” of all side projects
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 64
It’s 30 years since Jack Your Body opened the fl oodgates for house music, a musical force for the next decade
WENDY JAMES 68
As fi ercely unapologetic as ever, Wendy James – songwriter, singer, producer and much more – is back with a bang and an album of NYC-stained rock’n’roll
POP ART: PIERRE ET GILLES 74
The controversial French couple’s fantastical iconography has graced many a style-conscious popster’s output
RUBY TURNER 80
The journey from Culture Club to solo success and an MBE: “Watford Gap was my second home!” she assures us

N E W S
POP-UP 08
All the latest rumours from The KLF, Johnny Marr, Grace Jones, Vince Clarke, Paul Young, Julian Cope, Lloyd Cole…
BURIED TREASURES 12
Another four rarities to seek out
LOST & FOUND 14
When Neil Young went electronic
CLIVE LANGER 17
The producer on Madness, Morrissey, Kevin Rowland, Elvis Costello and current outlet The Clang Group
MARK WHITE 19
Insights on the transition from Vice Versa to ABC, from the induction of Martin Fry to a parting of the ways

R E G U L A R S
A TO Z OF POP 21
Ian Peel’s alphabetical allusions
TRANSMISSION 22
Our readers get in touch with their views about all things on Planet Pop
LONG LIVE VINYL 84
Veritable giants enshrined in the grooves: Carole King, Bon Jovi, Status Quo, Blondie, Paul Weller, Madness and more
COMPETITIONS 47 & 86
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R E V I E W S
The best releases and live concerts
SINGLES 88
Matthew Rudd of Forgotten 80s
NEW RELEASES 89
Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, Jamiroquai, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Right Said Fred, Little Cub, Nelly Furtado, Ryan Adams, Marti Pellow, Future Islands…
REISSUES 96
George Michael, Fleetwood Mac, Ian Dury, Marc Almond, A Flock Of Seagulls
COMPILATIONS 101
100 Hits and Twelve Inch Eighties
BOOKS AND DVDS 104
The music of Prince, Blondie’s inside story, and some classic Polaroids of ambitious star-to-be Madonna…
LIVE 107
Pet Shop Boys, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Alexander O’Neal, De La Soul, Ladyhawke, Alpines…