'Look in' magazine....

[jared1199]

Hi all,
Does anyone remeber 'look in'?

There was also another magazine out that was pretty risque I think it involved cartonns involving pigs.. my memory's hazy.. does anyone know what I'm on about.. it used to be all the rage in 86/87?
Cheers,
Jared

[sixtyten]

Pigs??? I use to read Look-in


I think you may mean Oink! comic

[Oggy]

Oink yep, that was ok, there seemed to be a few like that though, Viz rip offs?

[Oggy]

Look-In was kool and there were spinoffs too:

Tv Action, this was kool

and

Target another action series based comic, with Target,Kojak and even a Hazell tv strip.

How about

Countdown with Doctor Who

and the legend that was

TV21.......koolness indeed.

[OrangeCremolaFoam]

Hi all....

Heres a bizarre Look in memory from around 1979..Im sure it was a comic strip over a few parts starring Charlies angels, trying to solve a murder or something but dressed as or infiltrating an American Civil War re-enactment Group? Does anyone else remember this story? I followed it avidly at the time!!!

all the best....

Rab ;))

[sixtyten]

Sorry,Rab,can't remember that but then my knowledge of Look-In probably stops around 1977.
I always found it quite dull,and can't believe it lasted so long on the market.
Being an oldie,I can also remember getting Disco 45 for song lyrics.
I recall it was Disco 45 or Fab 208 magazine that gave away David Bowie and Marc Bolan iron on transfers in about 1974/5/6 ish.
I still have a picture of me and my sister in the park around this time..she has the Bolan,I'm wearing the Bowie (as I've never really liked Bolan to this day,but love Bowie still)
last I remember getting Disco 45 was in August 1979,when I convinced my father to take me to Knebworth to see Led Zeppelin.
so it had a pretty long shelve life (opps,gone a bit off topic here ;))

EDIT. as Disco 45 was a folded A4 size,it must have been Fab 208 that gave away the transfers,as they were A4 sized

[sixtyten]

Oh,and before anyone asks..I thought they were **** at Knebworth..I was too young to be at a huge gig like that and it had no atmosphere for me.
I'd been to other gigs around the same time but that was just too big for a child (13/14)

[Oggy]

Disco 45 that was a forerunner of Smash hits wasn't it, i bought it for the lyrics too, think it was in Look-In the Charlies Angel strip, but there was also one that ran in the short lived Target comic.

[OrangeCremolaFoam]

Hi Guys...


Cool memories Daz!!! I cant really remember much of the music mags around before around 1980 but I think it was 'Flexi-Pop' or something I bought that had the Blue Vinyl Flexi single of Motorhead doing 'the Train Kept A Rolling'..loved that..whatever happened to Flexy Discs? Used to have quite a few with Early 'Kerrrang' copies...

Loved the Memories of the Bolan and Bowie Transfer mate..id have loved that, I am a Bowie Fan but I have to admit im more of a bolan Fan and Regard him as something of a Musical Genius..I even love his very bad poetry and Acoustic Tyrannasaurus Rex Hippy Stuff...lol..Bowie was such an innovator...both class acts..Cheers for the help with Charlies Angel Memories ogg, sure it was in Look in...the rest of the mag was pretty **** though Daz, you are right...

Id have loved to have seen Zeppelin at Knebworth but was 11 in 1979 and like you said, it would have meant very little to me..I did once see the Police play a Field in Paris when on a School Primary 7 Trip in 1980..there were so many people and it was Scary!!! lol..As a veteran of many outdoor Gigs now, Reading, several Donningtons, milton Keynes and Gig on The Green thats quite afunny memory now...lol...

All the best lads....

Rab ;0)

used to read 'Sounds' Avidly in my Band playing days...miss that

[Chaeo]

I remember Look-In. Also Smash Hits and Big!. I'm trying to find out what other magazines were around during the early 90's as I'm desperately trying to find an issue with Cathy Godbold in one of them. Remember her as Meg Bowman in Home and Away? There was a full page poster of her that I kept on my wall for a long time hehe!

[Heather74]

It might take a while to find exactly what you want but if you put " Cathy Godbold" into ebay tick search title and description box, it will bring you all magazines in which seller have listed her. There is just the one copy of Inside Soap with a half page feature of her at the moment!

:)

[Chaeo]

lol! My first post here on these forums and an astonishing result!

I did search eBay yesterday, but didn't check that title and descript box.
My god, you are my hero. Magazine bought!

[Heather74]

:o:D YVW :)

[costello75]

Was the risque pig mag in cartoon form? Its ringing a distant bell...

[Midnight Caller]

Does any one remember The Look-in (http://www.lookinarchive.com/)? it was a grate magazine back in the 70's

[frame]

I think I may be at a disadvantage on here because lots of things didnt reach me in the westcountry, (deliverence land)

[Heather74]

Thought you might like this thread :)
http://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/other-nostalgic-stuff/2767-look.html

also some information on our main website
http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.php?memID=5241

[wispa lover]

I bought a Look In from a charity shop years ago, it was from 1988, tattered and only cost 10p. I still got it.

[julie and david]

loved that mag look in and smash hits use to cut pages out with the songs on then try to sing the song hahahahaha

[Techno]

There used to be one called Record Mirror, renamed RM at one point. They gave away a stiff vinyl 45 once on the cover which I've probably still got. They used to have dance music charts inside with the BPM's (Beats per Minute) next to the title and a little message saying that they were timed by hand! They had small ads for DJ mixes on cassette and I bought a few. Still got them I think. I bought a mix of a new type of music called "House Music" out of curiosity about 1985, a year later half the tracks in it were in the Top 40.

[sandie76]

I loved Look-in, used to get it delivered. I remember winning a pair of adidas trainers in one of their competitions, the 1st prize had been a ghetto blaster - gutted I never won that. I think they must have printed my name and full address amongst the winners in a later issue, as I got a few people write to me asking to be their penpals - I remember my Mum wasn't best pleased lol.

I recently bought a mint copy of ebay for a £1, still had the free Jungle book stickers intact inside.

[onthebusesfan]

can you still buy these

[Roxxy]

'Look In' has long since ceased publication, BUT you can buy old copies on eBay. Prices vary according to year and content- ones that include new graphic serials, or exclusive interviews with stars, tend to be more expensive than others, but you can get fairly run of the mill old copies for about £3 or so.

[tony ingram]

There was an oversized, hardcover book called 'The Best of Look-In' published a few years ago which is well worth tracking down.

[Marine Boy]

There was an oversized, hardcover book called 'The Best of Look-In' published a few years ago which is well worth tracking down.

I bought it. Great fun. But I heard there was a second one! Not found it yet.

[tony ingram]

I bought it. Great fun. But I heard there was a second one! Not found it yet.I'm not sure if there was a second one, but they certainly released thefirst with two different covers, one with a red background, the other yellow.

[Marine Boy]

I'm not sure if there was a second one, but they certainly released thefirst with two different covers, one with a red background, the other yellow.

Ar, that might be it then. I have the red one. Wonderful memories.

[Retro Ghoul]

There is a second 'Look-in' book that covers the 1980's, it has a blue cover. You should be able to find it on ebay etc quite cheap. I have a spare copy if you are Interested though.

[tony ingram]

There is a second 'Look-in' book that covers the 1980's, it has a blue cover. You should be able to find it on ebay etc quite cheap. I have a spare copy if you are Interested though.Ooh, I didn't know that! I think I may have to think seriously about that...

[smiles7964]

Hi

I still have this Look In magazine from March 1992. Not sure if anyone would be interested in seeing any inside pages? Briefly, theres a 'have you heard' section, a section with Jason Donovan, a Bill and Ted comic strip, an Adams family fact section and poster, a cadburys parrot comic strip, a baywatch poster, a rocketeer poster with a bit about it, a rozalla poster, an 'Army of lovers' band interview, a Phil Tufnell poster with a facts bit, a scooby doo comic strip, a garfield comic strip, and various adverts. If anyone wants to see any of these pages, let me know : )

[HG]

We have a few look in scans on here, go ahead and post them :)

[smiles7964]

Heres a few of the pages, sorry if the quality isn't great : )

[HG]

Jason Donovan looks like Jedward in that last one :)

[poppicker]

I remember years ago in the 1980s a magazine look-in

anyone else remember this?

[onthebusesfan]

i have a couple on look in mags and annuals i have look in magazine 1972 1973. annuals 1972 1980 and 1984 1989

[battyrat]

I had a few look in mags in the late 70's.Only brought them because of some articles on a tv series I was watching at the time.Most of the ones I tend to remember are my younger brothers or sisters ones from the 80's.Even then it was a very quick flick through rather then a good read.Never really found much of interest in there as most of the time most of the music I followed then did not recieve any coverage and most albums were fairly underground.

[Powdered toast man]

I'm sure Look-in used to give away those thin, floppy 45 singles as free gifts. I remember getting one and hating the song(Crush on you by The Jets) but loving the novelty of a flexible, paper-thin record!