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Added 5th June 2007 by sbilts

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Fanzine
808 State, Inspiral Carpets
1989

A magazine featuring "Music and Style both global and Mancunian" Bop was a music label that sprang up on the back of the "Madchester Scene" and came out Quarterly,this is the cover of the 1st one. I dont know how many further issues were done but after 3 months wait for the next one I forgot of its very existence until it reappeared during rooting through my old mags recently..I kept hold of it for the 808 interview it contains........

Latest Discussion

“aaah yes i remember it well.... i wonder who was behind it? anyone know?”

Written by mat

“It was Sarah Champion - www.sarahchampion.info/other.htm - trying to find all the Scam releases, and the fanzine above is one of the ones I'm looking for!”

Written by nickking

“I may actually have the second issue of this but not sure”

Written by sbilts

“I have a later issue of this magazine which featured a free gift of a tiny bit of the Berlin Wall. At least they said it was the Berlin Wall, anyway!”

Written by darynnudge

10 Oct 2007

“I had that one also, It was out the month the wall was smashed through. I doubt it was really a bit of it but it had no influence on me buying the mag either way. I preferred the cassette giveaways. There was a cracking version of White Rabbit on one of them. I had it in the car for years...............”