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  The Guardian

  How we made: Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood

  How we made: Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood . ‘The Sex Mix got so many complaints – even some gay clubs found it offensive’

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  Evening Standard

  Trevor Horn review: Masterful melodies from a pop pioneer

  When a 70-year-old producer heads out on his first headline tour with some old chums, it might be seen as self-indulgence. But Trevor Horn’s influence on pop is unmistakeable, while the success of his Reimagines the Eighties album ensured that new arrangements of old hits found a keen audience at the Festival Hall. With around 20 musicians and vocalists, the rendition of Two Tribes captured the big studio sound if not the sleazy side of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Before becoming a super-producer

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  Evening Standard

  Five tracks to hear this week (Jan 25-31)

  Prolific songwriter Julia Michaels, who has had a hand in hits for everyone from Lady Gaga to Justin Bieber, is stepping into the spotlight again on a new EP out today. Inner Monologue Part I includes duets with Niall Horan and Selena Gomez.

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  The Independent

  Universal Music buys record labels ZTT and Stiff Records

  Universal Music Group (UMG) has acquired two iconic record labels that were behind some of the biggest acts of the 1980s. The world’s largest music company has sealed a deal to buy ZTT and much of the catalogue owned by Stiff Records. The deal includes rights to artists including Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The Pogues, Madness, Grace Jones and Seal.

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  The Independent

  Stiff and ZTT sale to Universal underlines that music is a business. But does it have to be corporate?

  If it ain’t Stiff, it ain’t worth a… well you can guess the next word. Under its new ownership, music industry titan Universal Music, uttering those four letters will probably get you a trip to HR rather than a laugh. Stiff, parts of its back catalogue, fellow label ZTT, its entire back catalogue, and publisher Perfect Songs are being bought by Universal from SPZ, the independent outfit co-founded by record producer Trevor Horn and his late wife Jill Sinclair.

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  Evening Standard

  Universal snaps up slice of rock’n’roll history

  Universal has bought a slice of rock’n’roll history as the music giant made a trio of acquisitions, including the label behind Elvis Costello’s early hits. The US group delved into hits of the Seventies and Eighties to buy British label ZTT’s entire catalogue, parts of Stiff Records and music publisher Perfect Songs from SPZ Songs for an undisclosed sum. Stiff Records, which emerged from London’s Seventies pub rock scene, spawned Dury, Elvis Costello and Madness.

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  HuffPost UK

  Ten Tips For The Maturing Male

  Tip: Take a breath, take a chance, hold the space and play - lovingly. Tip: Take care of your gums and teeth, and go to the dentist to check for gum disease. I thought my laser eye surgery would last forever! I was told that I might have to wear reading glasses after the age of forty 40, but I thought, "Pah, that's for old people!" Now, at the age of 51, I have reading glasses and distance glasses!

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