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May Issue 2009
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June Issue 2009
- Episode 428
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- Robocop Kraus
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July Issue 2009
- page 1 "Festivals"
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- page 3 Peter Doherty
- The Manic Street Preachers Wolverhampton Civic Hall Live
- The Manic Street Preachers Wolverhampton Civic Hall Live
- The Manic Street Preachers Wolverhampton Civic Hall Live
- The Manic Street Preachers Wolverhampton Civic Hall Live
- page 8 Easy Star All-Star
- page 9 Pablo Fanque
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- Martian Records Exeter
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- Dubblestandart & Lee Perry
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August/ September Issue 2009
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- Gigs a plenty
- How shit was 1989?
October Issue 2009
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- NEWS
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November Issue 2009
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- Education 1
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- The Blockheads 1
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- The Blockheads 3
- The Blockheads 4
- Echo & The Bunnymen 1
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- Gary Numan 1
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- Gary Numan 4
- Morrissey 1
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- The F Word 2
December Issue 2009
- Cover
- Farewell
- Problem Page
- The Courtesy Group "Tradesman's Entrance"
- The Courtesy Group "Tradesman's Entrance"
- French Resistance
- The Horrors
- MUSE
- Paul Normansell & Marley
- The Specials Pama International Wolverhampton Civic Hall
- The Big PIL
- The Big PIL
- UK Subs
- Carbon/Silicon - The Carbon Bubble
- Hugh Cornwell
- Farewell
January 2010 Issue 434
- Gary Numan & DiRTY HARRY Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton 30th October
- Brum Beat
- The Hot Rats in Hereford?
- Ian Dury - "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" When Ian was a Darling, Darling
- Madness O2 Academy Birmingham 10th December
- The Courteeners Cross My Heart & Hope to Fly
- London Calling 14th
- PiL O2 Academy Birmingham 15th December
- The Pogues Birmingham 16th
- Madness Wolverhampton Civic Hall 17th December
- The Stranglers Leamington Assembly 18th December
- Babyshambles O2 Academy Birmingham 19th December
- The Christmas No.1 20th
- Pedro & the Shambeleroes 21st
- Thank you 2009
Feb 2010 Issue 435
- Heart of a Punk - Soul of a Rasta
- 2009 Sound Bite
- Naughties? Knackers!
- The Traveling Wilburys II Reunion
- Rich Kids
- Shatter the Hotel A Dub Inspired Tribute to Joe Strummer
- Grey N Pink Collectors Records
- Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby Bobblehead Doll Teflon Wok
- Richard Ashcroft The Journey
- Dave Formula Satellite Sweetheart
- Paul Weller “7 + 3 Is The Striker's Name"
- Oil City Confidential
- 25th January Burns Night
March 2010 Issue 435
- 6th February 2010 Robert Nesta Marley
- The Hot Rats Turn Ons
- The Hot Rats Turn Ons - FALL OUT
- Twisted Wheel The Kayas Birmingham Academy
- Pama International I Still Love You More
- The Big Pink Competition
- Soo Catwoman
- VIP Record Fairs
- Pama International UK Tour
- Futureheads UK Tour
- Dreadzone UK Tour
- Second Folio The Courteeners
- Letters - Bootleg Britain
April 2010 Issue 436
- Cover
- March NEWS - Friends & Enemies
- Penetration, The Assembly, Leamington
- Stiff Little Fingers Leamington Assembly
- The Stranglers, O2 Birmingham
- Dennis Bovell, Severn Cellars Shrewsbury
- Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby, Birmingham
- The Courteeners, O2 Birmingham
- The Last Record Shops of England - Muzo & Powerplay Hereford
- Back in the Black Ark, The Congos
- Steve Ignorant
- Soo Catwoman Part 2
- The F Word
- The Big Pink
- The Election Specials
May 2010 Issue 437
- New Cover New Sponsor - D&G Soda
- Gang of Four, Pledgemusic, CONTENT
- Malcom McLaren RIP
- Barney Bubbles and the NME
- Record Store Day
- Natty Dread, Magazine
- Babylon Reggae Video Film X cert Feature
- Blondie, UK Tour
- The Last Record Shops of France
- Penetration, The Feeling, Guilty, 7"
- The Blockheads, Severn Cellars, Shrewsbury
- From the JAM, The Longsands, Wulfrun Hall
- Malcolm Mclaren RIP cont
- And Finally YOUNG LIONS led by a bland Donkey
June 2010 Issue 438
- Political Babble - The Aristocracy Cometh
- The NEAT Wolverhampton Slade Rooms 30th April
- Pama International Blue Rooms Hereford 1st May
- The Futureheads The Chaos and The Academy
- The Godfathers 25th Anniversary Tour Birmingham
- When Peter was a PUNK
- Animals Have More Fun
- The Fall @ The Factory
- The Psychedelic Furs UK Tour
- The Last Record Shops of England (Part 3) THE DISKERY
- GIGS
July 2010 Issue 439
- Front Cover
- The Aristocracy Continues
- The CAST came BACK
- Culture - HARDER Than The REST
- Battlle of The Bards?
- Richard Ashcroft The Manchester Academy
- The Courtesy Group Old Wharf Digbeth
- Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
- Wilko Johnson - Oil City Confidential
- DEVO - Something for Everybody
- Blondie - Civic Wolverhampton
August 2010 Issue 440
- Liberals with a small "l" - PART 1
- The Red Suns - Cherry Ghost - The Coral
- Penetration - Don't Dictate - Live - So It Goes 1977
- The Stranglers - Down in the Sewer 1980
- Echo & The Bunnymen - Zimbo Live 1983
- Killing Joke - The art of the Hard Sell 1983
- Dead Kennedys - Kepone Factory 1983
- The Pogues & Joe Strummer - London Calling 1989
- Pil - from Rap Rap Rapido 1989
- Clinton Fearon - Mi Deh Yah
- Martian Records Exeter The Last Record Shops of England (Part 4)
- Sounds OK Falmouth The Last Record Shops of England (Part 5)
- Lucky Lucky London!
Sept 2010 Issue 440 P2
- The Cover
- Greetings
- Bunny Wailer 1st August 2010 Brixton Academy
- Going Underground - The Undersound Map
- John Cooper Clarke - In transit
- Closer - Soren Solkaer Starbird
- Oil City Confidential Dr Feelgood
- Wilko over The Rainbow
- Grinderman 2 The Freebie
- "If you're after getting the honey" - The Bees Freebee.
- The Manics Freebie
- Heartland Reggae BOB Marley One Love Peace Concert
- U-Roy
- Dennis Brown
- Sister Ray - The Last Record Shops of Engand (Part 5)
- On the Beat - The Last Record Shops of Engand (Part 6)
- The Libertines The Forum 25th August 2010
- XX Libertines
- XXX Libertines
October 2010 Issue 441
- Front Cover
- Greetings
- The Return of LATER with JOOLS Holland
- Later the HOAP SOAR choice
- Grinderman on LATER
- Jubilee - Derek Jarman
- Jubilee Super 8
- Borgia Ginz
- Eric & Amy & The Curse of the Covers Album Part I
- The Jolly Boys & The Curse of The Covers Album Part II
- White Rabbit Shrewsbury Market - The Last Record Shops of England (Part 7)
- Letters from a Welsh Girl - Manic Street Preachers
- Grinderman 2 The Return of the Old Devils
- Not HUNTER GRACCHUS
- The Birthday Party October 1981
- CRASS or Steve Ignorant & The Last Supper
- CRASS June 1981
- Inner de Yard - Masters of Reggae in Acoustic
November 2010 Issue 442
- Greetings
- Front Cover
- Record of the Week - Dial a Cliche
- Ari Up - 1962 to 2010
- Gregory Isaacs - The Last Word BBC Radio 4 David Katz
- Carl Barât - Carl Barât debut
- Teenage Kicks- The Sun on the Hill Birmingham
- Those Old Records Rugeley - The Last Record Shops of England (Part 8)
- British Telecom Discline
- Manic Street Preachers - Postcards from a Young Man
- The Manics - Birmingham Academy 26th October 2010
- The Manics - London Astoria 1994
- The Manics - Everything LIVE Video 1997
- The Manics - Later 2009
- Ziggy Marley - A Fire Burns For Freedom Freebie
- Marcia Griffiths - Interview
- Gang of Four - Never Pay for the Farm Freebie
- Elvis Costello - The Spell That You Cast Freebie
- The Psychedelic Furs Birmingham HMV Institute 27th October
- The Psychedelic Furs - LIVE OGWT
- Carl Barât Slade Rooms Wolverhampton 25th October
- 2 Tone CENTRAL Cafe in Cov
December 2010 Issue 443
- Greetings
- Record of the Month
- The Slow & Certain Death of the NME (Part 1)
- Translucence - Poly Styrene
- Beady Eye - Bring the Light - Sons of the Stage
- THE VACCINES LIVE review
- Steve Severin Electric Cinema Birmingham
- The Banshees TheTube 1984
- Israel Vibration - Reggae Knights
- The Neat Hips review
- Barney Bubbles

Thank you 2009

January 2010 Issue 434

Thanks to the following people who've kept us sane in 2000 and 9.

The Lurkers, The Buzzcocks and the wonderful Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall bar staff!
Madness for Foldgate and the moments of live mayhem, and thanks to Graham Yates!
Franz Ferdinand for Tonight/Blood.
Magazine for the reunion, Ipso Facto for staying intacto for so long, thanks to the HMV Forum and dirty old Kentish Town and the guy from BT car park. Thanks to the ghost!
To The Futureheads and to Art Brut for giving us some long lost Cure and live excursions.
Hugh Cornwell for Bilston and Brum and thanks to Chris Wade.
Thanks to the Top Rank, The Hummingbird and the Dale End Academy.
Thanks to the Coventry Klub Foot
Peter Doherty, Graham Coxon (for playing with Peter only) and Lee Mavers
RED ROOTS!!!!!
Family Man Barrett & the Wailers, Laidblak and Yaz Alexander
Robocop Kraus for the gift of joy
The Specials for all being alive and Neville for his book, that fork in the head must have hurt!
Easy Star - All Stars, for being a very hard live act to follow and JACK THUNDER
Jimmy Lindsay!!!!!!!
Morrissey at 50, whether poorly or not!
The Manics and Richey.
The Civic Hall Wolverhampton bar staff, thank you!
Twisted Wheel for being you and not us.
Lee Scratch Perry and Dubblestandart
Kasabian, Dark Horses and the Tomte!!!!!!!!
Dead Weather, The Pretenders and Shepherds Bush Empire
The people of Teignmouth and MUSE.
The Killers and the people of Southern Wales
The guy who chucked water over me at the Roundhouse.
THE GANG OF FOUR and Phillip Hethering - top guy!
Chris Brown and Sundown Records
Public Image Limited for all the pain
THE SLITS and the RAINBOW CLUB
THE COURTESY GROUP for restoring our faith in music!
ALAN PAYNE!!!!
The Blockheads, but not the people of Kidderminster
MARK at http://uksubstimeandmatter.net/
GARY NUMAN and the NUMAN massive
THE HORRORS!!!!!
Pama International, you gave me that discount voucher too late!
Carbon/Silicon, blow!!!!!!
Babyshambles, "carry on" get on with it!
The Stranglers, The Courteeners and all the other misdemeanors!

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