Loaded Issue 39
July 1997 · Kaja cover · attached Kaja fold-out poster photographed by Bob Carlos Clarke · Primal Scream / Tim Roth / Alexander McQueen
Loaded Issue 39, July 1997, with Kaja on the cover and the original attached Kaja fold-out poster surviving in unusually clean condition. The issue is a concentrated late-1990s British popular-culture object, bringing together Primal Scream, Tim Roth, Iain Banks, Alexander McQueen, Armand Van Helden, Juventus and Formula One within peak-era Loaded.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- Loaded
- Condition
- Good+ overall; poster Near Fine appearance
- Completeness
- Complete with original attached multi-panel Kaja fold-out poster physically verified.
- Date
- July 1997
Catalogue note
Loaded Issue 39, July 1997, with Kaja on the cover and the original attached Kaja fold-out poster surviving in unusually clean condition. The issue is a concentrated late-1990s British popular-culture object, bringing together Primal Scream, Tim Roth, Iain Banks, Alexander McQueen, Armand Van Helden, Juventus and Formula One within peak-era Loaded. The poster adds a significant photographic connection through Bob Carlos Clarke, whose work for Loaded belongs to a broader history of British glamour, fashion and men's-magazine photography.
Why this object matters
The attached Carlos Clarke poster and McQueen/Primal Scream context provide outstanding photography and music-fashion evidence. Retain 8.8 while removing Gold: the issue is a substantial period document rather than a demonstrated foundational event.
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.
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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