The
Fabulous pop
paper / magazine was
launched by Fleetway on 18th
January 1964 and was one of
the top selling music
magazines of the 60s and
70s, running for nearly 900
issues. Its name was changed
to Fabulous 208 on 4th June
1966 when it became the
'official' paper of Radio
Luxembourg after a deal to
publish Luxembourg's
programme listings and other
items before it became just
'Fab 208' in the 1970s. Its
large 13½ x 10½ pages
consisted of full colour
shots of pop artists and
groups, taken by top
photographers, including
David Steen and Robert
Whitaker, which could be
used as wall posters.
Predominantly concentrating
on 'Merseymania' at the
outset, it contained at
least one pin-up of The
Beatles in every issue for
two years and some issues,
such as 15th February 1964,
were almost totally devoted
to the group. Fabulous also
had 'guest' editors such as
Dave Dee & Co (Dave Dee
provided an 'advice'
column!) and The Kinks.
After a brief final few
publications renamed 'Fab
Hits', its last issue was
published on 27th September
1980 |
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