Loaded Issue 40
August 1997 · Emma Harrison · The Prodigy · original attached Emma Harrison fold-out poster
Loaded Issue 40, August 1997, with Emma Harrison on the cover and the original attached Emma Harrison fold-out poster surviving in notably clean condition. The issue also features The Prodigy during the immediate The Fat of the Land period, plus Ralph Steadman, William Shatner, Björn Borg / Ilie Năstase and other late-1990s popular-cultural material.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- Loaded
- Condition
- Good+
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR magazine rule, with the original multi-panel Emma Harrison fold-out poster still attached and physically verified. No other separate supplement has been confirmed for this copy.
- Date
- August 1997
Catalogue note
Loaded Issue 40, August 1997, with Emma Harrison on the cover and the original attached Emma Harrison fold-out poster surviving in notably clean condition. The issue also features The Prodigy during the immediate The Fat of the Land period, plus Ralph Steadman, William Shatner, Björn Borg / Ilie Năstase and other late-1990s popular-cultural material. The rear cover carries a period Benson & Hedges Special Filter advertisement with statutory health warning.
Why this object matters
The original Harrison poster, Prodigy and Steadman material make an outstanding complete period package. Its verified promotional component matters, but does not alone establish an exceptional cultural landmark. Remove Gold and assess at 8.5.
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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