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Yes, we do have back issues available for those who missed them! All issues have CD reviews and letters from readers; most feature "What's New?" column and since issue 23, "Notes from the Experts" column. A brief mention of other featured topics is listed. Issues 1-12 and 14-21 are 10 pages, issue 13 is 20 pages, issues 22 and later are 16 pages. All are $3.50 US or $4 outside US.

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1/Sep 86: Bachelors stereo discography, letters from Dr. Demento, Davie Allan (Arrows), rerecordings, misc.

2/Dec 86: Baby Boomer VA series (vinyl), early Time-Life packages, MCA's Vintage Music series, etc.

3/Jun 87: Little Walter interview on Coed Label tapes, Waring FDS process, Shangri-Las stereo, etc.

4/Jul 87: Walter DeVenne on Specialty and Murray Hill, Paul Politi of Original Sound, etc.

5/Sep 87: Ripoff of the Month, first comprehensive CD reviews with ratings, etc.

6/Dec 87: Dave Clark 5 discography, Ron Holden album.

7/Mar 88: Random thoughts, tons of letters.

8/Jun 88: James Brown discography.

9/Sep 88: Early DAT machine reports, VA CDs, part 1.

10/Dec 88: Bill Inglot interview, VA CDs, part 2.

11/Mar 89: Stereo reviews of music videos.

12/Jun 89: New stereo releases, incl. "Drip Drop," "Land of 1000 Dances," "Everybody Loves a Lover."

13/Sep 89: 10th anniversary of BSN, Bob Hyde interview, Steve Hoffman interview.

14/Feb 90: Bob Irwin interview, Rock Artifacts, Sundazed Music.

15/Jun 90: Bang/Shout discography, Bob Feldman (Strangeloves) interview.

16/Aug 90: Vocal eliminators, stereo phantoms, etc.

17/Oct 90: DAT arrives, Notes from Japan, etc.

18/Dec 90: Ron Furminak/Steve Kolanjian interview, Stereo Deejays Dick Bartley & Little Walter, CBS changes to Sony Music, will release Bang material, etc.

19/Mar 91: Relic Records deuts CDs, Rock Artifacts, Vols 1-4, etc.

20/Jun 91: Dick Bartley to ABC, 1st Edn of BSN's A Guide to Oldies on Compact Disc is published, etc.

21/Sep 91: Eric Records releases CD4 EPs, Bill Inglot interview, etc.

22/Dec 91: Gold Discs: 24 Karat sound or just Fool's Gold?, Box Set Reviews, etc.

23/Mar 92: Joe Sasfy (Time-Life) interview, Import CD reviews, etc.

24/Jun 92: Tom Moulton interview, quad CCR Gold LP, etc.

25/Sep 92: Memories of Paul's Record Magazine, Mono vs. Stereo, etc.

26/Jan 93: Billy Vera interview, Vee Jay CDs, part 1, Box Set Reviews, etc.

27/Apr 93: Gordon Skene interview, Vee-Jay CDs, part 2, etc.

28/Jul 93: Sony, DCC Gold CDs, Import CD reviews, etc.

29/Oct 93: Robert Hull (Time-Life) interview, Direct Marketing CD reviews, etc.

30/Jan 94: One-Way label, Determining release dates for CDs, Box Set Reviews, etc.

31/Apr 94: Russ Kunz (DADC) interview on CD release dates, VA CD reviews, etc.

32/Jul 94: VarŠse Sarabande/VarŠse Vintage debuts, Collectables label, part 1, LaserLight CDs, etc.

33/Oct 94: Collectables label, part 2, Melissa Greene & Mike Stefanik (Collectables) interview, etc.

34/Jan 95: Steve Wilson (K-tel/Era) interview, South Bay label, Collectables part 3, etc.

35/Apr 95: Jukebox Treasures label, Mail Order CDs update, Collectables part 4, etc.

36/Jul 95: Rob Santos (AVI/Excello) interview, Jukebox Hits label, Relic label, etc.

37/Oct 95: Al Quaglieri (Motown) interview, lots of letters, etc.

38/Jan 96: Various Artists Extravaganza, Little Walter on the Jamie and Glory labels, etc.

39/Apr 96: Tom Moulton on Bell Studios and Sun stereo, lots of letters, box set update, etc.

40/Jul 96: Steve Hoffman on "Quiet Village," Bob Hyde goes to Capitol Records, etc.

41/Oct 96: Abkco on Cameo/Parkway, Robert Pruter on Jackie Wilson, Pet Sounds preview etc.

42/Jan 97: Jeff Tamarkin on life after Goldmine, Steve Hoffman on CCR, Jerden label, etc.

43/Apr 97: Bob Hyde on Special Markets Divisions, Mercury Years series, Cutout Bins, etc.

44/Jul 97: Catching up on Bear Family, Eliot Goshman on Dusty Springfield CD, Chess 50th Anniversary Collection, etc.

45/Oct 97: Bob Fisher leaves Sequel, Girl Group CDs, Ventures on One-Way, Elvis Explosion, etc.

46/Jan 98: Bob Irwin on Simon & Garfunkel box set, "No Address" CDs, Box set reviews, etc.

47/Apr 98: Sam Cooke in stereo, Red Bird/Blue Cat CD, including Eliot Goshman interview, Catching up on box sets, etc.

48/July 98: Cameo/Parkway's "Stereo 14", Catching up on imports, The last word on "Hey Paula" stereo, etc.

49/Oct 98: Relic and Flashback labels, box sets, Soma Records CD, Bartley Vols 3 & 4, etc.

50/Jan 99: Imports, various artists CDs, Carlton trivia, new Dion & Belmonts stereo, etc.

51/Apr 99: The strange world of "no-name" CDs

52/Jul 99: Stereophile CDs, Kinks, Mickey Newbury Box set, etc.

53/Oct 99: Billy Vera on Bootlegs, Kit Kats in stereo, Beatles new Yellow Sumarine, Eric reissues, etc.

54/Jan 00: Sony's 20th Century Review, Card/EMI Time to Remember, Peter & Gordon's "Woman" in stereo, etc.

55/Apr 00: "Lost Issue" of Time-Life reviews; final regular quarterly Newsletter issue.

56/Aug 01: Comprehensive index to Issues 1-55.

57/Jun 02: Interview and discography of the Chordettes.

58/Oct 02: Both Ears CDs, lots of CD reviews: Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Back Porch Majority, etc.

59/Nov 02: Who "My Generation" CD in stereo, Dixie Cups stereo, Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), Part 1, etc.

60/Dec 02: Rolling Stones on Abkco reissues, S&G Concert CD, Elvis 30 #1s, CCM, Part 2, etc.

61/Jan 06: Final Issue. Cameo-Parkway finally on CD; CCM, Part 3, Shelly Berman, 707, Maximilian, etc.

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