Volume 3 Number 4
Talk Talk Volume 3, #4
Talk Talk Volume 3, #4, June 1981, front and back cover, artwork by John Lee
Talk Talk Volume 3, #4
Inside front cover with ad for Wax Trax Records and Table of Contents
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Pages 4 and 5 featuring an interview with reggae musician Dennis Brown
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Pages 6 and 7 featuring concert report and photo of reggae band Steel Pulse at the Lawrence Opera House, May 2, 1981
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Pages 8 and 9 featuring reggae reviews of Rico, The King Kong Compilation, and Kojak and Liza, plus a News and Views report on liquor license issues at Kansas City punk club The Music Box
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Pages 10 and 11 featuring concert report and photo of U2 at The Uptown Theater, Kansas City, April 6, 1981, and an interview with U2 drummer Larry Mullen
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Pages 12 and 13 featuring a report on The Spectres and an interview with members of the band, including former Sex Pistol bass player Glen Matlock
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Pages 14 and 15 featuring an interview with local band Get Smart!, whose flexidisc is included with this issue
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Pages 16 and 17 featuring continued interview with members of Get Smart!
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Pages 18 and 19 featuring continued interview with members of Get Smart!
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Pages 20 and 21 featuring an interview with Lee "Scratch" Perry, and reggae reviews of Black Ark in Dub, Jah Thomas, The Majestarians, and General Saint and Clint Eastwood
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Pages 22 and 23 featuring an interview with Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers
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Pages 24 and 25 featuring an interview with Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers
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Pages 26 and 27 featuring single reviews of Laurie Anderson and The Names, pus West Coast Report of The Offs in Berkeley, CA and Fear at The Starwood
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Pages 28 and 29 featuring album reviews of The Cure, Pere Ubu, Stiff Little Fingers, Tuxedo Moon, and The Cramps
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Pages 30 and 31 featuring album reviews of Declaration of Independents compilation and Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF), plus ads for Rock Therapy Records and Lawrence Opera House
Excerpts
“I made my first recording when I was 13. The first album was called NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, NO MAN STANDS ALONE, which was for Sir Coxonne Dodd.”
Dennis Brown, page 4
“…a band that was right in the sort of middle of it, say from London, who sort of before they've grown up, before the band's even a year old are swallowed up by the British press and chewed up and spit out, before they know what's happened. We had a chance to grow up and see all of this happen before we were exposed to it and that's really important..”
U2 drummer Larry Mullen, page 11
“There is a very good tension going on in a three piece. If one is off, it's very obvious. There's always the threat that the whole thing will fall apart at any moment. And in fact it does occasionally, which is good because it makes it fresh if you are not perfect.”
Frank Loose, Drummer, Get Smart!, page 19