The Face No. 11
Martin Kemp / Iggy Pop / Duran Duran / Stray Cats / The Associates
Early first-year issue of The Face with Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet on the cover. Contents include Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, Stray Cats, The Associates, Marianne Faithfull, Bauhaus, The Thompson Twins, Spandau Ballet and the feature “The New Electronics / A Certain Funk”.
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- The Face
- Condition
- Good to Very Good−
- Completeness
- Provisional — front cover, contents/masthead spread and rear cover are present; complete pagination and the absence of removed pages or inserts have not been verified from the three supplied views.
- Date
- March 1981
Catalogue note
Early first-year issue of The Face with Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet on the cover. Contents include Iggy Pop, Duran Duran, Stray Cats, The Associates, Marianne Faithfull, Bauhaus, The Thompson Twins, Spandau Ballet and the feature “The New Electronics / A Certain Funk”. The rear cover carries a full-page HMV Shop advertisement. The issue records the magazine’s formative intersection of post-punk, new wave, emerging New Romantic culture, style and independent editorial design.
Why this object matters
Early Duran Duran, Associates and New Electronics coverage substantiate this formative new-pop document. Retain 8.8 while preserving the explicitly provisional completeness assessment; three photographed views are not a full collation.
Evidence limits: Provisional — front cover, contents/masthead spread and rear cover are present; complete pagination and the absence of removed pages or inserts have not been verified from the three supplied views.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.8 / 10.
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