The Face No. 26
Haircut One Hundred — Nick Heyward / Bryan Ferry / Mari Wilson / Mick Karn / Teenage & Television
June 1982 issue of The Face, No. 26, with Nick Heyward of Haircut One Hundred on a Sheila Rock cover built around vintage radios and the line 'Haircut One Hundred'. The issue combines peak-period Haircut 100 pop, Bryan Ferry, Mari Wilson, Mick Karn and Scritti Politti with Jon Savage's writing on the Teds, fashion material and Duggie Fields, illustrating The Face's early synthesis of music, subculture, art and visual style.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- June 1982
Catalogue note
June 1982 issue of The Face, No. 26, with Nick Heyward of Haircut One Hundred on a Sheila Rock cover built around vintage radios and the line 'Haircut One Hundred'. The issue combines peak-period Haircut 100 pop, Bryan Ferry, Mari Wilson, Mick Karn and Scritti Politti with Jon Savage's writing on the Teds, fashion material and Duggie Fields, illustrating The Face's early synthesis of music, subculture, art and visual style. The rear cover preserves a launch-period Kid Creole & the Coconuts advertisement for Tropical Gangsters.
Why this object matters
Sheila Rock’s radio-based cover and the Teds/Duggie Fields material create an outstanding music-style document. The current evidence supports 8.5 rather than near-Gold, with no separate formative breakthrough established for this issue.
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: 8.5 / 10.
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