Volume 3, Number 5
Talk Talk Volume 3, #5
Front and back cover by Christopher Lucas
Talk Talk Volume 3, #5
Inside front cover with ad from Wax Trax Records and Table of Contents on page 3.
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Pages 4 and 5 featuring photos of Bob Marley performing at Hoch Auditorium, University of Kansas, and images from his funeral in Jamaica, May 21, 1981
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Pages 6 and 7 featuring photos and an interview with The Plastics
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Pages 8 and 9 featuring concert report and photos of John Cale at The Lawrence Opera House
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Pages 10 and 11 featuring concert report and photos of The Teardrop Explodes at Off the Wall Hall, Lawrence, May 16, 1981
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Pages 12 and 13 featuring concert report and photo of The Blue Riddim Band at Off the Wall Hall and interview with Fad Gadget
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Pages 14 and 15 featuring West Coast concert report and photos of Little Bears From Bankok and The Three Swimmers, plus photos of Abuse and Get Smart! at the Lawrence Opera House
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Pages 16 and 17 featuring an interview with John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake of the L.A. band X
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Pages 18 and 19 featuring concert report on The Clash in New York
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Pages 20 and 21 featuring concert report and photos of Throbbing Gristle in Los Angeles and San Francisco
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Pages 22 and 23 featuring an interview with Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle
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Pages 24 and 25 featuring an interview with Operator and Tone Generator of SPK
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Pages 26 and 27 featuring an interview with Colin Newman of Wire
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Pages 28 and 29 featuring continued interview with John Doe, Billy Zoom, and DJ Bonebrake of the L.A. band X
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Pages 30 and 31 featuring an interview with members of The Morrells
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Pages 32 and 33 featuring Reggae Roundup Part 2 and reggae reviews of Gregory Isaacs, The Upsetters and Friends, Matumbi, and Dennis Brown
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Pages 34 and 35 featuring more reggae reviews of The Blue Riddim Band, UB 40, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo, The Equators, and Third World, plus singles reviews of Kate Fagan, Medium Medium, Polyphonic Size, The Diagram Bros, Five or Six, Zeitgeist, The Plague of Toads, and Positive Noise
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Pages 36 and 37 featuring album reviews of the Wanna Buy a Bridge? compilation, The Fall, Start Swimming compilation, The English Beat, The People, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF), Devo, and ESG
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Pages 38 and 39 featuring more album reviews of Iggy Pop, Magazine, Phantom Limb, Earl Zero and The Offs, and System Planning Corporation (SPK)
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Pages 40 and 41 featuring album reviews of NME/Rough Trade compilation, James Chance and the Contortions, Ludas, The Packards, William Burroughs, Epicycle, Typical Girls, Liquid Liquid, Au Pairs, Non, and The Psychedelic Furs
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Pages 42 and 43 featuring small label and independents report and ads for Parody Hall (KC), Rock Therapy Records, Off the Wall Hall, and Exile Records
Excerpts
“…after our record came out there was this whole new audience, this record buying public, and some of the original people who came down to see us didn't come 'cause it was a real hassle to go 'cause there were so many people. Now what's going on is a lot of the, like, skinheads are comin' round and making it real unpleasant for people. I think it's sort of evening out now...”
John Doe, X, page 16
“What usually happens is that when we do music I arrange the position on the tapes--get rid of the irrelevant stuff. Chris does a lot of the tapes. He's the one that figures it all out really. He does all the background tapes and everything.”
Cossi Fanni Tutti, Throbbing Gristle, page 22
“I'll tell you, it's getting pretty bad. Four years ago it was pretty easy to find an independent record you liked and wanted to buy but now you've got to shuffle through about 300 of them.”
Lou Whitney, The Morrells, page 31