Classic Pop - October 2017 The Story of Disco English | 116 pages | PDF | 33.2 mb
F E A T U R E S THE STORY OF DISCO 22 From the New York underground to dancefl oors across the world, Douglas McPherson traces the history of disco with contributions from KC And The Sunshine Band, Rose Royce, Tavares and Sister Sledge BEE GEES 32 Simon Spence lifts the lid on how the Bee Gees made the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in an extract from his new book Staying Alive GARY NUMAN 38 Following the release of Savage (Songs From A Broken World), we celebrate the career of the synth-pop pioneer THOMAS DOLBY 42 Andy Jones talks to the synth-popper, digital guru and record producer about his book The Speed Of Sound: Breaking The Barriers Between Music And Technology CLASSIC ALBUM: PET SHOP BOYS’ ACTUALLY 48 On the 30th anniversary of its release, we revisit the duo’s second LP THE FIZZ 56 Paul Lester talks to The Fizz about their brand new album The F-Z Of Pop POP ART: JEAN-PAUL GOUDE 62 We look at the art of Jean-Paul Goude and his work with Grace Jones THE WATERBOYS 68 Mike Scott talks to Wyndham Wallace about The Waterboys’ latest album Out Of All This Blue LABELLED WITH LOVE 74 The story of Beggars Banquet featuring industry icon Martin Mills NICK MCCABE 80 The Verve’s guitarist and co-founder Nick McCabe on creating Urban Hymns N E W S POP-UP 08 All the latest news from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, George Michael, U2, Pet Shop Boys, Right Said Fred, Seal, Morrissey, The The, Prince, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox and much more LOST & FOUND 12 Fuzzbox’s Big Bang! BURIED TREASURES 14 Rarities from Chris Rea, Pet Shop Boys, Happy Mondays and Samantha Fox ... GODFATHER OF POP 17 Garry Christian celebrates 30 years of pop GODMOTHER OF POP 19 Samantha Fox reflects on her career R E G U L A R S A TO Z OF POP 21 S is for... Ian Peel considers second singers and splinter groups TOP 10: 25 SEPTEMBER 1983 54 Featuring Culture Club, UB40, Paul Young, Kajagoogoo and more CLASSIC POP MOMENT 114 Mick Jagger and David Bowie were at No.1 with their duet, Dancing In The Street R E V I E W S SINGLES 88 Matthew Rudd on the latest releases from George Michael, U2, Taylor Swift, The Killers and more NEW RELEASES 89 Featuring Blancmange, Hurts, Belinda Carlisle, The Killers, Matt Bianco, The Blow Monkeys, The Fizz, The Selecter and Ricky Ross REISSUES 94 Includes The Smiths, The Jam, Spandau Ballet, China Crisis, Ian Dury, Bill Withers, The Neverending Story OST and Def Leppard COMPILATIONS 98 Gary Crowley’s Punk And New Wave, Smash Hits and more LONG LIVE VINYL 100 The best new releases and reissues on vinyl including The Rolling Stones, Talk Talk, Whitesnake, Thompson Twins, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and T. Rex BOOKS AND DVDS 104 Including Madonna, XTC and the Bee Gees LIVE 108 Featuring Hipsway, Lana Del Rey, Noga Erez, Ash, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales, The Skids and the Green Man Festival