The Face No. 10
Paul Simonon / The Clash / Generation X / The Pretenders / Peter Saville & Factory Records
February 1981, No. 10 of The Face, with Paul Simonon of The Clash on a striking Chalkie Davies cover set against FSLN/Sandino revolutionary imagery and captioned as Simonon checking 'the progress of the revolution'. The contents capture a remarkable hinge moment between late-1970s punk and the emerging visual culture of the 1980s: The Clash, Generation X and Billy Idol, The Pretenders and Chrissie Hynde, Basement 5, Wah!
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- The Face
- Condition
- Very Good−
- Completeness
- Complete — all pages present.
- Date
- February 1981
Catalogue note
February 1981, No. 10 of The Face, with Paul Simonon of The Clash on a striking Chalkie Davies cover set against FSLN/Sandino revolutionary imagery and captioned as Simonon checking 'the progress of the revolution'. The contents capture a remarkable hinge moment between late-1970s punk and the emerging visual culture of the 1980s: The Clash, Generation X and Billy Idol, The Pretenders and Chrissie Hynde, Basement 5, Wah! Heat, Stray Cats, Pete Burns and Theatre of Hate sit alongside a Peter Saville/Factory Records design feature, Robert De Niro, Jim Morrison, fashion coverage with Gary and Martin Kemp, Julie Burchill and Ray Lowry. The rear HMV 'More Changes Than Bowie' advertisement adds an unusually strong piece of period retail/graphic context.
Why this object matters
The contemporary Saville/Factory design feature is a substantial link to TMR’s wider graphic and music history, alongside the Clash’s political visual framing. That specific original design evidence supports Gold at 9.1.
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: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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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