The Face No. 20
Blue Rondo à la Turk / Punk Retro: Class of ’81 / The Alternative Miss World
December 1981 issue of The Face with Blue Rondo à la Turk on the cover, photographed by Mike Laye. The issue combines Punk Retro: Class of ’81, The Alternative Miss World, Human League, John Cooper Clarke, Modern Romance, Julie Burchill, Crass, Viv Stanshall and wider music/style reporting.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- December 1981
Catalogue note
December 1981 issue of The Face with Blue Rondo à la Turk on the cover, photographed by Mike Laye. The issue combines Punk Retro: Class of ’81, The Alternative Miss World, Human League, John Cooper Clarke, Modern Romance, Julie Burchill, Crass, Viv Stanshall and wider music/style reporting. The rear cover advertises Tom Tom Club’s debut album.
Why this object matters
The Alternative Miss World, Crass and punk-retrospective material make this more than a Blue Rondo pop cover. Its original evidence of nonconforming style and competing youth cultures supports a modest increase to 8.9.
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: 8.9 / 10.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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