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MAGAZINE
Manchester, GB
* 1977

Line-Up (2008):

Howard Devoto - voc
Noko - g
Barry Adamson - bg
Dave Formula - kb
John Doyle - ds

Former Members:

Ben Nicholson (g, 1977); John McGeoch (g,sax, 1/78-1978); Robin Simon (g, 1978-12/80); Ben Mandelson (g, 3/81-?)
Bob Dickinson (kb, 1977)
Martin Jackson (ds, 1977-78)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Real Life produced by: John Leckie	02.06.1978	Virgin		29
2.	Secondhand Daylight	30.03.1979	Virgin		38
3.	The Correct Use Of Soap	02.05.1980	Virgin		28
4.	Play	11/1980	Virgin		69
5.	Magic, Murder And Weather	6/1981	Virgin		39
6.	Songs From Under The Floorboards	6/1982
7.	After The Fact	02.07.1982	Virgin
8.	Rays And Hail 1978-81	5/1987	Virgin
9.	Scree (rarities)	7/1990	Virgin
10.	BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert	8/1993	Windsong
11.	Magazine: The Complete John Peel Sessions	25.11.2008	Caroline
12.	Live & Intermittent	29.09.2009	Wire-Sound
13.	No Thyself	10/2011	Wire Sound

Barry Adamson:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Moss Side Story	1988	Mute
2.	Delusion	1991	Mute
3.	Soul Murder	30.03.1992	Mute
4.	The Negro Inside Me (mini LP) produced by: Barry Adamson	6/1993	Mute
5.	Oedipus Schmoedipus	29.07.1996	Mute		51
6.	As Above, So Below	01.06.1998	Mute
7.	The Murky World Of Barry Adamson	18.05.1999	Mute
8.	King Of Nothing Hill	02.09.2002	Mute
9.	Stranger on the Sofa	13.06.2006	Central Control
10.	Long Way Back Again	10.07.2007	Central Control
11.	Back To The Cat	22.04.2008	Central Control
12.	I Will Set You Free	27.01.2012	Central Control
13.	Know Where to Run	26.02.2016	Central Control

Howard Devoto:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Jerky Versions Of The Dream produced by: Greg Walsh/Howard Devoto	25.07.1983	Virgin		57
2.	Buzzkunst & Pete Shelley	1/2002	Cooking Vinyl

Dave Formula:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Satellite Sweetheart	01.06.2010
2.	The Organ of Corti	17.01.2012

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Shot By Both Sides / My Mind Ain't So Open	20.01.1978	Virgin	41
2.	Touch And Go / Goldfinger	21.04.1978	Virgin
3.	Give Me Everything / I Love You, You Big Dummy	11/1978	Virgin
4.	Rhythm Of Cruelty / TV Baby	02.03.1979	Virgin
5.	A Song From Under The Floorboards / Twenty Years Ago produced by: Martin Hannett	08.02.1980	Virgin
6.	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) / The Book	07.03.1980	Virgin
7.	Upside Down / The Light Pours Out Of Me (live)	16.05.1980	Virgin
8.	Sweetheart Contract / Feed The Enemy (live) / Twenty Years Ago (live) / Shot By Both Sides (live)	7/1980	Virgin	30
9.	About The Weather / In The Dark 12" + The Operative	01.05.1981	Virgin
10.	Shot By Both Sides EP (Shot By Both Sides / Goldfinger / Give Me Everything / Song From Under The Floorboards)	06.05.1983	Virgin
11.	Concerts Festivals Shows & Other Special Events EP (Happen Nearly / Every Day In The Valley / The Visitors Bureau / Can Tell You What's Going On)	08.08.2011	Magazine

Barry Adamson:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	The Man With The Golden Arm	1988
2.	Cinema Is King EP	17.08.1992	Mute
3.	Movielogy EP (Busted / The Snowball Effect / Superfly / The Man With The Golden Arm)	01.05.1995	Mute
4.	Can't Get Loose	11.04.1998	Mute
5.	What It Means	10.08.1998	Mute
6.	Black Amour	15.04.2002	Mute
7.	Whispering Streets	04.11.2002	Mute
8.	The Long Way Back Again / Look No Further	16.04.2007	Central Control International

Howard Devoto:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Rainy Season / Rain Forest	24.06.1983	Virgin	97
2.	Cold Imagination / Out Of Shape With Me	05.09.1983	Virgin

Ben Mandelson:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Body Music Mokili & Jah Wobble	15.10.1982	Island

Dave Formula:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Fe Fi Fo Fink EP (Hearts & Minds / Funkit / Little Old Money Maker / Funky Folk's Cha Cha) & The Finks	13.03.2014	Motorrad

Various:

disbanded 1981
reunited 12/2008

Barry Adamson:

http://www.barryadamson.com

appeared on the LP:

Visage: The Anvil (1982, Polydor)
Pete Shelley: XL1 (1983, Genetic)
Ethyl Meatplow: Happy Days, Sweetheart (1993, Dali)
Anita Lane: Dirty Pearl (11/93, Mute)

appeared on the SP:

12 Rounds: Business / A Pleasant Smell (8.4.96, Polydor)

produced by SP:

Nitzer Ebb: As Is EP (1991, Mute)

produced by LP:

Ethyl Meatplow: Happy Days, Sweetheart (1993, Dali)

Compilation Appearances:

"It's Business As Usual" on OST "The Beach" (14.2.00, London)
"I Wanna Be You" on Jeffrey Lee Pierce tribute LP "The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project - The Journey is Long" (9.4.12)

Howard Devoto:

appeared on the SP:

Mansun: Closed For Business (29.9.97, Parlophone)

appeared on the LP:

This Mortal Coil: It'll End In Tears (10/84, 4AD)

Dave Formula:

appeared on the LP:

Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream (8/83, Virgin)

Ben Mandelson:

appeared on the LP:

Jah Wobble, The Edge & Holger Czukay: Snake Charmer (10/82, Island)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1978	2	14.01.1978	4	News
1978	4	28.01.1978	22	Singles	single review
1978	17	29.04.1978	4	News
1978	22	03.06.1978	17	Albums	album review
1978	30	29.07.1978	5	News
1978	40	14.10.1978	43		profile
1978	42	04.11.1978	3	News
1979	8	03.03.1979	29	Singles	single review
1979	8	03.03.1979	37	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	12	31.03.1979	22	Albums	album review
1979	18	12.05.1979	26	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	39	13.10.1979	12	After Dark	interview
1980	5	02.02.1980	3	News
1980	6	09.02.1980	23	Singles	single review
1980	8	23.02.1980	3	News
1980	10	08.03.1980	23	Singles	single review
1980	11	15.03.1980	10	After Dark	profile
1980	14	05.04.1980	3	News
1980	30	06.09.1980	14		interview
1980	43	06.12.1980	16	Albums	album review
1980	45	20.12.1980	5	News
1980	46	27.12.1980	4	News
1981	10	07.03.1981	4	News
1981	18	02.05.1981	31	Singles	single review
1981	23	05.06.1981	3	Fast Forward
1981	24	13.06.1981	23	Albums	album review
1982	23	05.06.1982	10
1982	26	26.06.1982	4	Fast Forward
1983	19	07.05.1983	23	Singles	single review
1995	26	01.07.1995	11	A.W.O.L.
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	3	14.02.1995	6	Galerie