The Face No. 76
Kiss It Better! — The Complications of Being Simply Red
August 1986 issue of The Face with Mick Hucknall / Simply Red on the cover under the headline “Kiss It Better!”. Contents include Lou Reed, Sid Vicious, Ryszard Kapuściński, Linford Christie, Bob Hoskins, the Latin Summer feature and contemporary fashion coverage.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good to Very Good
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- August 1986
Catalogue note
August 1986 issue of The Face with Mick Hucknall / Simply Red on the cover under the headline “Kiss It Better!”. Contents include Lou Reed, Sid Vicious, Ryszard Kapuściński, Linford Christie, Bob Hoskins, the Latin Summer feature and contemporary fashion coverage.
Why this object matters
The Simply Red-led mix of pop, reportage, sport and film is a strong original cultural cross-section. The current issue-specific evidence does not establish an outstanding breakthrough; reduce to 8.2 without discounting its value in the sequence.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.
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