The Face No. 24
Fun Boy Three / Madness / Lou Reed / African and Bolshevik Chic
April 1982 issue of The Face, No. 24, led by Fun Boy Three and spanning Madness, Lou Reed, Grandmaster Flash, Heaven 17/B.E.F., The Associates, African Chic, Bolshevik Style and other music/style reporting. The cover belongs to the short period in which Fun Boy Three and Bananarama were closely collaborating: 'It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)' was still in its UK chart run, while Bananarama with Fun Boy Three entered the chart with 'Really Saying Something' during April.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- April 1982
Catalogue note
April 1982 issue of The Face, No. 24, led by Fun Boy Three and spanning Madness, Lou Reed, Grandmaster Flash, Heaven 17/B.E.F., The Associates, African Chic, Bolshevik Style and other music/style reporting. The cover belongs to the short period in which Fun Boy Three and Bananarama were closely collaborating: 'It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)' was still in its UK chart run, while Bananarama with Fun Boy Three entered the chart with 'Really Saying Something' during April. The rear cover preserves a contemporary Robert Palmer advertisement for Maybe It's Live and 'Some Guys Have All the Luck'.
Why this object matters
The Fun Boy Three, early Grandmaster Flash and deliberately international style coverage record the publication’s expanding 1982 cultural vocabulary. Retain outstanding 8.8 importance for the complete original package, including its historically situated representations.
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: 8.8 / 10.
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- Grandmaster FlashFeatured subjectCatalogue credit
Named in the printed contents for the Intro section, beginning on page 4. The Face No. 24 — photographed contents, April 1982
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