The Face No. 47
Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Give 'Em Enough Rope!
March 1984 issue of The Face, No. 47, built around Frankie Goes to Hollywood under the cover line 'Give 'Em Enough Rope!' with photography credited to Sheila Rock.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- March 1984
Catalogue note
March 1984 issue of The Face, No. 47, built around Frankie Goes to Hollywood under the cover line 'Give 'Em Enough Rope!' with photography credited to Sheila Rock. The issue catches the group during the extraordinary breakout of 'Relax' and combines that pop-cultural moment with features on UB40, Prefab Sprout, Robbie Vincent, Millie Jackson and computing pioneer Stephen Wozniak, plus an extended photography section naming Cindy Sherman, Robert Mapplethorpe and Barry Lewis. Robbie Coltrane and a Jackie Wilson retrospective also appear in the contents. The rear cover preserves a full-page Carmel advertisement for The Drum Is Everything with contemporary UK tour dates, adding music-industry and live-circuit context to the object.
Why this object matters
The Relax breakthrough is documented alongside a substantial photography section involving Sherman and Mapplethorpe. That collision of pop visibility, sexuality and image-making gives the complete original issue Gold-level significance at 9.0.
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Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9 / 10 · Gold Star.
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