Early issue under the tenure of Naylor and Carroll of this hugely influential Manchester-centric post-punk zine. An indispensable reference for the Manchester scene and the bands and labels that grew around it: Joy Division and New Order, The Smiths and The Fall, Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub, etc. John Peel called City Fun the most important zine of the period and former Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam has written: “‘City Fun’ was breaking the classic fanzine formula, just as post-punk music itself sought to break beyond punk formulas. ‘City Fun’ was never just about the music, and, under Naylor and Carroll it increasingly moved its gaze away from the local music scene, always looking at the bigger cultural landscape. Covering film, politics, and sexism, plus insightful psychogeography and anti-James Anderton diatribes, in many ways from its mid-period onwards, it had more in common with the underground press of the early 1970s (eg ‘Mole Express’) than it did with ‘Sniffin’ Glue’” (http://www.mdmarchive.co.uk/cityfun/). Contributors to this issue include: Richard Witts, Andy Zero, Paul H, Godzilla, Tracey Longden, Nicky, Alan Wise, and Dave Thing writing on A Certain Ratio, Joy Division (their Feb. Osborne Club date – a benefit for CITY FUN), The Teardrops, The Clash and more (including a glossary or local slang). Issues have become quite scarce. Indeed, OCLC finds only two locations for any issues, both in the UK (BL and V&A).

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