International Musician & Recording World - February 1986 Three grand's worth of gear for a complete band, all for a 17p stamp
Copious correspondence, lovely letters, nasty notes, all in our own Band Aid
The monthly miscellany gets stuck into the trivia
The Armoury Show Paul Henderson sees their armoury of onstage gear
The First Lady of lungs stages a live lesson
UB40 Flying Scotsman Stuart Gillan watches UB40 make an exhibition of themselves North of the Border
Big Audio Dynamite Mick Jones' new outfit clash with Jim Betteridge
The Musical Micro More packages picked apart by Tony Mills
The Communards Tony Reed talks to Somerville and Coles, the Morecambe and Wise of agit-Pop
Making A Foot Switch Switched-on Phil 'the DIY-lithium crystals canna take it, cap'n' Walsh gets pedal powered
Fine Young Cannibals This Roland Gift is nothing to do with the competition, says Mark Cordery
Wonderful Radio Mike Hrano brings you a bulletin on how to get fair play on your airplay
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Ricky Gordon fires questions at hot Cole
Synthcheck Paul Fishman, who always wanted to be bigger, expands to fit Kurzweil's keyboardless package
Synthcheck Is small beautiful? Jim Betteridge knows
Drumcheck Bob Henrit comes out of his shell to review this minimalist masterpiece
AmpCheck Hugely powerful and impressively loud. Martin Brassell, that is
Guitarcheck Plug in, lean back, legs apart — and sound like an accordionist. Tony Mills taxes the axe
Accessorycheck Onboard electronics unravelled by unbored Dave Burrluck
Drumcheck Eight pads, one reviewer. Bob Henrit puts one over the eight
Effectscheck Dave Burrluck stuffs everything into one box and sets off to find DOD
The multitrack Wisden strolls up the stumps once again
Wally Badarou Wally Badarou gets together with Chas de Whalley and puzzles over their possible family relationship
Studio Test Curtis Schwartz on the rack
Studio Test Cheap and effective, like our own spring chicken Jim Betteridge
Richard Walmsley goes to Basingstoke to find two Fostex fans
It's the latest. It's the greatest. It's the mostest. Oops