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1977-1979 |
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Reflections
on independence |
November 1978 NME |
by Ian Penman |
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The
nitty gritti on Scritti Politti |
January 1979 Sounds |
by Dave McCullough |
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In
Full Command |
February1979 single sheet fanzine |
by Ian Penman |
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The
Popular Press |
June or July 1979? V Sign no.1 |
by Steve Taylor |
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From
the pressing plants... |
June or July 1979? After Hours no.1 |
by John and Charles |
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and
debate goes on... |
Sept.- Oct.1979 P.S. |
by Igor (Steve Write) |
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Turn
of the Scrits |
December 8th,1979 Sounds |
by Dave McCullough |
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Scritti
Politti |
1979 or 1980 Printed Noises fanzine |
by Leroy Keene |
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1980-1982 |
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Where radical meets chic |
October 31st,1981 NME |
by Barney Hoskyns |
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Scritti
Politti |
November 12-25th,1981 Smash Hits |
by Ian Birch |
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WAKE
UP! "We Gonna Be BIG!" |
November 1981 Vinyl |
by Harrold Schellinck
translated
from Dutch by Ellen Pronk
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Spaghetti
Rock |
January 1982 The Observer supplement |
by Anthony Denselow |
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The
Sweetest Groove |
May 29th,1982 Melody Maker |
by Lynden Barber |
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The Polittics of ecstasy |
May 29th,1982 Sounds |
by Simon Dwyer |
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Scritti
Politti SFX cassette Interview |
June 26-July 8th,1982 SFX * Issue 16 |
by John DeBono |
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Quiet
Please! It's the Scritti Politti Broadcast |
June 10-23th,1982 Smash Hits |
by Johnny Black |
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Scritti
Politti |
July or August 1982 Jamming! |
by Tony Fletcher |
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Singles
Reviewed by Green of Scritti Politti |
August 14th,1982 Melody Maker |
by Green Gartside |
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How
Rough Trade Revolutionarie... |
Summer 1982 The Face |
by Anthony Denselow |
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POLITTI-CAL
ASYLUM |
September 4th,1982 Sounds |
by Dave McCullough |
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Natty design or grand illusion? |
September 4th,1982 NME |
by Chris Bohn |
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1983-1985 |
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To beez or not to beez |
March 3rd,1984 Sounds |
by Chris Burkham |
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Say a little prayer for Green |
March 10th,1984 NME |
by Richard Cook |
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GREEN |
March 29th-April 11th,1984 Smash Hits |
by Peter Martin |
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Greenpiece |
July 1984
International Musician and Recording World magazine |
by Tony Horkins |
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Hip
Hop And An Early Approach |
September 1984 Vinyl |
by Joost Niemoller
translated
from Dutch by Ellen Pronk |
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The
Word Boy |
October 1984 Star Hits |
by Mark Coleman |
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HYPNOTIZED |
November 17th,1984 No.1. |
by Paul Bursche |
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The
Grass Is Always... |
publication unknown 1984 |
by Peter Holt |
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Scritti
Politti |
publication unknown 1985 |
by Karen Lynn |
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Scritti
Politti : CUPID & PSYCHE '85 |
1985 Vinyl |
by Joost Niemoller
translated
from Dutch by Ellen Pronk |
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Title
Unknown |
1985 |
by Bop |
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How green is my album? |
May 1985 One Two Testing |
by Tony Bacon |
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Word play |
May 1985 Sounds |
by Chris Roberts |
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TV
interview (with its video) |
June 1985 Number 73 |
by Kim Goodie |
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Green : The
Word Boy |
June 1985 Blitz no.32 |
by Paul Mathur |
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In
a Green World |
June 1985 Jamming! |
by Chris Heath |
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Why
does this man like the Archers? |
June 1st,1985 Record Mirror |
by Eleanor
Levy
Reproduced
with permission form Record Mirror at AoF
©1997 Mirror
Freeman Entertainment. All rights reserved |
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Psyched out
|
June 1st, 1985 NME |
by Gavin Martin |
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The
Secret History of Scritti Politti
|
June 5-18th,1985 Smash Hits |
by Peter Martin |
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Green - personal file |
June 1985 publication unknown |
author unknown |
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Green machines |
July 1985
International Musician and Recording World magazine |
by Adrian Deevoy |
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Philosophy
Of The Love Song |
July 1985 Vinyl |
by Joost Niemoller
translated
from Dutch by Ellen Pronk |
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David Gamson and Fred Maher |
August 1985 Scritti Politti Magazine no1. |
interviewed by Green Gartside |
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Green |
August 1985 Scritti Politti Magazine no1. |
compiled by Geoff Parkyn |
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The pursuit of pop perfection |
September 1985 Sunday Times |
by Stephen Fay |
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Is this man too smart by half? |
November 1985 The Het |
by Marc Issue |
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Scritti
Politti in their own words |
1986 Star Hits |
***** |
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1986-1988 |
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Enigma
Variation |
March 5th,1988 Melody
Maker |
by Simon Reynolds |
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Feeling
Blue |
June 4th, 1988 Record Mirror |
by Nancy Culp
Reproduced
with permission form Record Mirror at AoF
©1997 Mirror
Freeman Entertainment. All rights reserved |
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Scritti
Politti : Oh Patti |
June 1988 Smash Hits |
by Richard Lowe |
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Philosophy now! |
June 1988 Tempo |
by David Joop
translated
from German by Dirk Schultz |
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Poet - thinker - dandy |
July 1988 Network Press |
by Arnold
Meyer
translated
from German by Dirk Schultz |
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Love
Smartly |
August 20th,1988 Melody
Maker |
by Steve
Sutherland |
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A
Provisional Arrangement |
August 1988 Music
Technology |
by Tim Goodyer |
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That
Obscure Object of Desire |
August 20th,1988 NME |
by Stuart Maconie |
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A
Restauranter's Guide to the Galaxy |
date unknown Alternative Press |
by Rachel Felder |
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The
Green Manifesto |
date unknown The
Face |
by David Toop |
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A
Career In Politti |
publication unknown 1988 |
by Andrew Smith |
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It's
Not Easy Being Green |
publication unknown 1988 |
by Adam Sweeting |
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The
Sweetest Boy (Provision Record Review) |
publication unknown 1988 |
by David Stubbs |
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1989-1991 |
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BBC Radio One record review |
February 1991 BBC Radio
One |
hosted by Mike Read |
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Scritti
Politti : Intellectual Hooliganism |
March 2nd, 1991 Melody
Maker |
by Chris Roberts |
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From
Ragga To Riches |
March 3rd, 1991 Record Mirror |
by Paul Tierney
Reproduced
with permission form Record Mirror at AoF
©1997 Mirror
Freeman Entertainment. All rights reserved |
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Green
Meets Shabba Ranks |
March 9th, 1991 Melody
Maker |
author unknown |
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Do
The Gart, Man |
March 16th, 1991 NME |
by Terry Staunton |
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Scritti
Politti |
April 1991 Smash Hits |
by William Shaw |
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The Biz radio interview |
April 1991 Red Dragon radio station
(Wales) |
by Chris Moore |
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Green
Gartside |
October 5th, 1991 Melody
Maker |
by Andrew Smith |
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Fred
Maher...Sonic Producer |
publication unknown 1991 |
by Lynn Geller |
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Flavors |
publication unknown 1991 |
by Dave Seaman |
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1999 |
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Look back in languor |
July 1999 Sunday
Times |
by Mark Edwards |
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It's not easy being Green |
July 1999 The Guardian
newspaper |
by Michael Bracewell |
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Dotmusic interview |
July 1999 Dotmusic
website |
Interviewer unknown |
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Return of an Eighties enigma |
July 1999 The Times |
by David Sinclair |
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How hip hop saved my life |
July 1999 Daily
Telegraph |
by Neil McCormick |
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My dinner with Derrida |
July 1999 The
Independent |
by John O'Reilly |
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Talking with a German |
July 1999 not
for publication
Jochen kindly
send the precious script
to the AoF.
It's his interesting long talk
with Green
Gartside. Special thanks to Jochen!!
|
by Jochen Bonz |
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This week I am mostly wearing ... |
August 1999 Mojo |
by Barney Hoskyns |
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Other Articles |
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Record reviews |
extracted from reviews
of Scritti Politti's records in various magazines. |
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Gig reviews 1978-1980 |
extracted from
gig reviews.
They give an
interesting insight into the band's early days of playing live.
Scritti
Politti rarely played live after 1980.
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Press Information on Songs To Remember |
Rough Trade cassette interview |
Interview with Green by Clive
Williamson |
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on Cupid Psyche '85 |
Warner Bros press release |
Author unknown |
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on Provision |
Warner Bros press release |
Author unknown |
