Flexipop Magazine No 13 with Gillan flexi Duran Duran The Cure Japan Stranglers Stray CatsToyah Squeeze Hawkwind Steve Strange Exploited

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Flexipop Magazine No. 13 (December 1981 / January 1982)

Cover star: Ian Gillan (in Christmas wizard/fancy dress costume)
Cover headline / giveaway: EXCLUSIVE! Two track record from Gillan including a never before released song

Flexidisc:Gillan – two exclusive tracks (one previously unreleased) has a small dent but probably will not affect playback

Special Xmas Ish
World’s Top Ten Silliest Pix
Exploited Lifelines Wattie Buchan
Stranglers Lifelines Hugh Cornwall
Japan pin up and interview with David Sylvian 2pp
Steve Strange welcome to the working week 2pp
The Cure; A cure for Christmas 2pp
Squeeze Squeezonal Greetings
Bob Geldof poster Pin-up
Brian Setzer Testament of youth 2pp
Nit Pics featuring Freddie Mercury, Mick Karn, Sparks and Angelic Upstarts
Annabelle Lwin & Dave Brock of Hawkwind review each other's LP
Toyah Wilcox the Toyah history comic strip by Mark Manning
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the cemetery starring Altered Images 4pages
Flexipop album analysis; Blondie, Stray Cats, Depeche Mode, Queen, Human League, OMD etc
Simon le Bon pin up on back page

Additional details:
This was the Christmas issue, embracing the magazine’s playful and irreverent style with a festive costume cover. It continued the free flexidisc series during the peak new wave/synth era while mixing in rock acts like Gillan. Typical length around 32–40 pages.

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