Inspired as a youngster by the jazz greats, Mark King soon reinvented bass playing and took Level 42 into the upper echelons of the pop charts with an irresistibly funky…
Superfan: Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Gill Coombs
Devoted fans whos us their collections and pop memorabilia. This time, Gill Coombs from Brighton shows us her Frankie Goes To Hollywood collection… Q When did you first become a Superfan…
Review: Dubstar – One
When lined up alongside the Britpop acts of their era, there was something a bit different about Dubstar. Stars first scraped into the Top 40 a month before the infamous…
Classic Pop Presents George Michael is now on sale
Fame Faith and Freedom… Buy online here Buy your collectors bundle here Find your digital edition here Also find your issue in-store at Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrison’s, WHSmiths, Eason’s and independent…
Review: Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour / Very / Bilingual: Further Listening
These three reissues – plus extras – covering the Pet Shop Boys’ 1990s output prove that we should take their post-imperial phase seriously… In the pre-fame days, when he was…
Review: Prince – Piano & A Microphone 1983
Two years after his premature death, the first album to emerge from his legendary vault finds Prince as we last saw him on tour: alone with his piano There was,…
The Godmothers of Pop: Candi Staton interview
David Burke chats to Candi Staton as she plans to release her 30th album, Unstoppable, which proves to be a fitting title… Candi Staton is set to release Unstoppable, her 30th…
New Prince Black Album Pressing Resurfaces!
One of the five factory sealed copies of Prince’s The Black Album discovered in December 2017 resurfaces at $40,000 Scheduled for release by Warner Bros. Records on 8 December, 1987,…
Review: Steven Jones & Logan Sky – The Electric Eye
As with Hans Und Lieselotte, released earlier this year, The Electric Eye finds Logan Sky (keyboardist in Visage’s final line-up) and Steven Jones further refining their once unmodified penchant for…
Issue 46 of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now!
Get your copy in-store for just £5.99 – use our storefinder. The single issue is available online for £6.99 here. Alternatively, you can buy a digital issue here. Available from…