Volume 2, Number 8
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Cover, July, 1980, design by Nate Fors
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Table of Contents and page 3 featuring photos of The New Era Reggae Band at Off the Wall Hall, Lawrence, KS
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 4 and 5 featuring concert review of The New Era Reggae Band at Off the Wall Hall, Lawrence, KS, June 13 and 14, 1980. Page 5 features reviews of The Pop Group, Pink Military, and Athens, GA band Pylon.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 6 and 7 featuring album reviews of The Members and the Undertones, plus single reviews of The Clash, Cockney Rejects, and Magazine.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 8 and 9 featuring single reviews of The Embarrassment, Holly and The Italians, MnMs, and Vic Goddard and Subway Sect, plus concert reports on The Debs (Springfield, MO), and The Regular Guys at Off the Wall Hall, and The Embarrassment at The Spot in Wichita.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 10 and 11 featuring album reviews of The Beat, Sharp Cuts compilation, and Peter Gabriel, plus photos and interview of Toots Hibbert of Toots and The Maytals.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 12 and 13 featuring an article and photos of Toots and The Maytals.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 14 and 15 featuring photos of Third World in concert.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 16 and 17 featuring an interview with Bunny "Rugs" Clarke of Third World and photos of the band in concert.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 18 and 19 featuring an article about The Blue Riddim Band, and reggae album reviews of The Best of Big Youth, Monkey Business compilation, Duke Reid, and Hottest Hits Volume 2 compilation.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 20 and 21 featuring conclusion of The Embarrassment concert report, Throbbing Gristle album, and single reviews of The Specials, Guns for Hire, Arthur Kay's Originals, Bad Manners, and The Flowers.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 22 and 23 featuring more singles reviews of Susan Springfield and Drinking Electricity, and album reviews of X, and Can You Hear Me? compilation.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 24 and 25 featuring conclusion of numerous earlier articles and New Era Reggae Band concert report.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #8
Pages 26 and 27 featuring conclusion of the Blue Riddim Band article, and a photo of Thumbs in concert.
Excerpts
“Toots and The Maytals have had more affect upon the history of reggae music than any other group, except perhaps the Wailers. Toots is credited with inventing the term "reggae." of course, they were important in other forms of Jamaican music, having ska hits, while also working with some of the classic producers of that era.”
Toots and The Maytals, page 12
“Lawrence is lucky in having a top reggae band based here. If it sometimes seems to you that no good shows are scheduled for weeks, you are bound to find The Blue Riddim Band breaking the monotony associated with this isolated area..”
Blue Riddim Band, page 18
“Yes, The Embarrassment have come into their own and they should be proud that their hard work and talent set them way above the majority of bands the large domestic companies are passing off as "New Wave." Somebody should send an A&R man down to check them out.”
Live: The Embarrassment, page 20