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Straight No Chaser is a UK magazine focusing on World Jazz, but later including Hip Hop and other related genres. The magazine was founded by Paul Bradshaw and ran from 1988 to 1998 (Volume 1: issue 1 to 46), then from 1998 to 2007 (Volume 2: issue 47 to 92) until a hiatus that year.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071004074240/http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4629</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120523142007/http://archive.beyondjazz.net/viewtopic.php?t=13449&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=ec9c04dcbd6639d6e3747b73a4bf946e</ref> It has since relaunched as a yearly limited edition, beginning with issue 98<ref>https://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/product/snc-98</ref> and in October 2019 have released their 100th issue.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B3owN_ih3hL/</ref>
Straight No Chaser is a UK magazine focusing on World Jazz, but later including Hip Hop and other related genres. The magazine was founded by Paul Bradshaw and ran from 1988 to 1998 (Volume 1: issue 1 to 46), then from 1998 to 2007 (Volume 2: issue 47 to 92) until a hiatus that year.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071004074240/http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4629</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120523142007/http://archive.beyondjazz.net/viewtopic.php?t=13449&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=ec9c04dcbd6639d6e3747b73a4bf946e</ref> It has since relaunched as a yearly limited edition, beginning with issue 98<ref>https://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/product/snc-98</ref> and in October 2019 have released their 100th issue.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B3owN_ih3hL/</ref>


James Lavelle contributed his Mo' Wax Please column of reviews from 1991 which was later shortened in name to Mo' Wax and later again to Mo' News, while in other issues DJ Krush contributed Charts, and a Straight No Chaser tour of Japan was detailed.
During 1994 the magazine was selling up to 20,000 copies each issue and was described by Paul Bradshaw as  "a magazine with no boundaries, and is therefore directly rooted to the scene."<ref>Jarvis, A 1994, 'U.K. founders nurture scene; acid jazz's ex-DJs own labels, stores.', Billboard, 17 December, Vol. 106, No. 51</ref>
 
==Mo' Wax Column==
 
James Lavelle contributed his ''Mo' Wax'' column of reviews from 1991, with the first edition printed in Straight No Chaser #14 in 1992. The name of the column has often been attributed as ''Mo' Wax Please'',<ref>https://ancienttofuture.com/2013/12/12/jocks-nerds-style-historyculture/</ref><ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/james-lavelle-interview-the-man-from-unkle-9499748.html</ref> but was simply ''Mo' Wax'' on the actual column (though credited as Mo' Was Please in the magazine's contents page), and was later changed to ''Mo' News''. James Lavelle's columns ran until at least 1996, though possibly longer.
 
Several other Mo' Wax artists featured in the magazine during its print run, including DJ Krush, DJ shadow, Major Force, and Attica Blues.


==Notable Issues==
==Notable Issues==
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===Volume 1: 1988 to 1998===
===Volume 1: 1988 to 1998===


* #20 - 1993, Spring - Features ''Mo' Wax Please'', DJ Krush Charts, & [[?? Dec 1993|Straight No Chaser Tour Japan]]
* #14 - 1992, Winter - Features first ''Mo' Wax'' column


* #22 - 1993, Summer - Features ''Mo' Wax Please'' and Straight No Chaser [[22 May 1993|Shape of Things To Come]]
* #15 - 1992, Spring - Features announcement of first Mo' Wax Please releases


* #23 - 1993, Autumn - Features articles on DJ Krush and Acid Jazz
* #17 - 1992, Summer - Features announcement of first Mo' Wax release, Repercussions 'Promise'


* #24 - 1993, Winter - Features articles on Major Force + ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #20 - 1993, Spring - Features DJ Krush Charts, & [[?? Dec 1993|Straight No Chaser Tour Japan]]


* #25 - 1994, Spring - Features ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #22 - 1993, Summer - Features Straight No Chaser [[22 May 1993|Shape of Things To Come]]


* #26 - 1994, Spring/Summer - Features articles on RPM + ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #23 - 1993, Autumn - Features articles on DJ Krush and Acid Jazz


* #27 - 1994, Summer - Features ''Mo' Wax Please'' + an article on Straight No Chaser [[12 May 1994|Shape of Things To Come Chapter 2]]
* #24 - 1993, Winter - Features articles on Major Force


* #28 - 1994, Autumn - Features articles on Blackalicious + ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #26 - 1994, Spring/Summer - Features articles on RPM


* #29 - 1994, Winter - Features ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #27 - 1994, Summer - Features an article on Straight No Chaser [[12 May 1994|Shape of Things To Come Chapter 2]]


* #30 - 1995, Spring - Features ''Mo' News''
* #28 - 1994, Autumn - Features articles on Blackalicious


* #31 - 1995, Spring-Summer - Features ''Mo' News''
* #30 - 1995, Spring - Features renamed ''Mo' News'' column and a seperate page on Mo' Wax news


* #32 - 1995, Summer - Features article on Attica Blues
* #32 - 1995, Summer - Features article on Attica Blues
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* #33 - 1995, Autumn - Features article on Psychonauts
* #33 - 1995, Autumn - Features article on Psychonauts


* #34 - 1995, Winter - Features ''Mo' News'' + an article on DJ Krush
* #34 - 1995, Winter - Features an article on DJ Krush


* #35 - 1996, Spring - Features article on Andrea Parker and ''Mo' News''
* #35 - 1996, Spring - Features article on Andrea Parker


* #37 - 1996, Summer - ''Solesides: California's Hip Hop Underground'' article featuring DJ Shadow
* #37 - 1996, Summer - ''Solesides: California's Hip Hop Underground'' article featuring DJ Shadow
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==Scans==
==Scans==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:1992SNC.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax Please in unknown issue c.1992
File:SNC14.jpg|thumb|Issue 14
File:SNC1993no20.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax Please in issue 20
File:SNC14 MWP.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 14 p50
File:SNC 1995 no30.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax Please in issue 30
File:SNC 15 1992.jpg|thumb|Issue 15
File:SNC1992no15.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 15 p58
File:SNC1992no16.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 16 p62
File:SNC1992no17 cover.jpg|thumb|Issue 17
File:SNC1992no17.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 17 p58
File:SNC1992no18.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 18 p 66
File:SNC1992no19.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 19
 
File:Straight No Chaser 20 SPRING1993 cover.jpg|thumb|Cover and Back of issue 20
File:SNC1993no20.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 20 p53
File:SNC1993no21.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 21 p47
File:SNC1993no22.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 22
File:SNC1993no23.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 23 p43
File:SNC1993no24.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 24
File:SNC1994no25.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 25
File:1994 SNC 26 P65.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 26 p65
File:1994 SNC 27 P69.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 27 p69
File:1994 SNC 28 P70.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 28 p70
File:1994 SNC 29 P74.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax issue 29 p74
File:SNC 1995 no30.jpg|thumb|Mo' Wax in issue 30
File:SNC 1995 no31.jpg|thumb|Mo' News in issue 31
File:SNC 1995 no31.jpg|thumb|Mo' News in issue 31
File:1995 SNC 32 P6.jpg|thumb|Mo' News in issue 32 p6
File:1995 SNC 34 P6.jpg|thumb|Mo' News in issue 34 p6
File:1996 SNC 35 P6.jpg|thumb|Mo' News in issue 35 p6
File:SNC March 1999 1.jpg|thumb|The Men From Unkle - March 1999
File:SNC March 1999 2.jpg|thumb|The Men From Unkle - March 1999
File:1996 SNC Major Force Ad.jpg|thumb|Avertisement for Major Force in Straight No Chaser unknown 1996 issue
</gallery>
</gallery>
==See Also==
[[22 May 1993|The Shape of Things To Come]]
[[15 Dec 1993|The Straight No Chaser Skoolin' Da Jazz Tour]]
[[12 May 1994|The Shape Of Things To Come II]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
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[http://rackraider.blogspot.com/search?q=lavelle Scans of various Straight No Chaser / James Lavelle charts]
[http://rackraider.blogspot.com/search?q=lavelle Scans of various Straight No Chaser / James Lavelle charts]
[https://www.facebook.com/adrian.gibson/posts/10222820581641503 Major Force advertisement scan]


==References==
==References==


[[Category:DJ Shadow]]
[[Category:Blackalicious]]
[[Category:Attica Blues]]
[[Category:The Psychonauts]]
[[Category:DJ Krush]]
[[Category:Andrea Parker]]
[[Category:Major Force]]
[[Category:RPM]]
[[Category:Straight No Chaser]]
[[Category:Straight No Chaser]]
[[Category:UK Magazines]]
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Straight No Chaser
#15 Spring 1992
Frequency1988–1991: quarterly
1992–2007: pentannual
2017–present: annually
FormatMagazine
CirculationVolumes 1 & 2: ≈10–20,000
Later volumes: unknown (limited edition)
PublisherPaul Bradshaw
FounderPaul Bradshaw, Neil Spencer, Kathryn Willgress
Year foundedJune 1988
First issue1988
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websitehttps://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/

Straight No Chaser is a UK magazine focusing on World Jazz, but later including Hip Hop and other related genres. The magazine was founded by Paul Bradshaw and ran from 1988 to 1998 (Volume 1: issue 1 to 46), then from 1998 to 2007 (Volume 2: issue 47 to 92) until a hiatus that year.[1][2] It has since relaunched as a yearly limited edition, beginning with issue 98[3] and in October 2019 have released their 100th issue.[4]

During 1994 the magazine was selling up to 20,000 copies each issue and was described by Paul Bradshaw as "a magazine with no boundaries, and is therefore directly rooted to the scene."[5]

Mo' Wax Column

James Lavelle contributed his Mo' Wax column of reviews from 1991, with the first edition printed in Straight No Chaser #14 in 1992. The name of the column has often been attributed as Mo' Wax Please,[6][7] but was simply Mo' Wax on the actual column (though credited as Mo' Was Please in the magazine's contents page), and was later changed to Mo' News. James Lavelle's columns ran until at least 1996, though possibly longer.

Several other Mo' Wax artists featured in the magazine during its print run, including DJ Krush, DJ shadow, Major Force, and Attica Blues.

Notable Issues

Volume 1: 1988 to 1998

  • #14 - 1992, Winter - Features first Mo' Wax column
  • #15 - 1992, Spring - Features announcement of first Mo' Wax Please releases
  • #17 - 1992, Summer - Features announcement of first Mo' Wax release, Repercussions 'Promise'
  • #23 - 1993, Autumn - Features articles on DJ Krush and Acid Jazz
  • #24 - 1993, Winter - Features articles on Major Force
  • #26 - 1994, Spring/Summer - Features articles on RPM
  • #28 - 1994, Autumn - Features articles on Blackalicious
  • #30 - 1995, Spring - Features renamed Mo' News column and a seperate page on Mo' Wax news
  • #32 - 1995, Summer - Features article on Attica Blues
  • #33 - 1995, Autumn - Features article on Psychonauts
  • #34 - 1995, Winter - Features an article on DJ Krush
  • #35 - 1996, Spring - Features article on Andrea Parker
  • #37 - 1996, Summer - Solesides: California's Hip Hop Underground article featuring DJ Shadow
  • #43 - 1997, Autumn - Features article on Attica Blues

Volume 2: 1998 to 2007

  • #4 - 1999, March - Men From UNKLE article featuring the Scratch Perverts discussing the NME National Tour with UNKLE.

Scans

  • Issue 14

    Issue 14

  • Mo' Wax in issue 14 p50

    Mo' Wax in issue 14 p50

  • Issue 15

    Issue 15

  • Mo' Wax in issue 15 p58

    Mo' Wax in issue 15 p58

  • Mo' Wax in issue 16 p62

    Mo' Wax in issue 16 p62

  • Issue 17

    Issue 17

  • Mo' Wax in issue 17 p58

    Mo' Wax in issue 17 p58

  • Mo' Wax in issue 18 p 66

    Mo' Wax in issue 18 p 66

  • Mo' Wax in issue 19

    Mo' Wax in issue 19

  • Cover and Back of issue 20

    Cover and Back of issue 20

  • Mo' Wax in issue 20 p53

    Mo' Wax in issue 20 p53

  • Mo' Wax in issue 21 p47

    Mo' Wax in issue 21 p47

  • Mo' Wax in issue 22

    Mo' Wax in issue 22

  • Mo' Wax in issue 23 p43

    Mo' Wax in issue 23 p43

  • Mo' Wax in issue 24

    Mo' Wax in issue 24

  • Mo' Wax in issue 25

    Mo' Wax in issue 25

  • Mo' Wax in issue 26 p65

    Mo' Wax in issue 26 p65

  • Mo' Wax in issue 27 p69

    Mo' Wax in issue 27 p69

  • Mo' Wax in issue 28 p70

    Mo' Wax in issue 28 p70

  • Mo' Wax issue 29 p74

    Mo' Wax issue 29 p74

  • Mo' Wax in issue 30

    Mo' Wax in issue 30

  • Mo' News in issue 31

    Mo' News in issue 31

  • Mo' News in issue 32 p6

    Mo' News in issue 32 p6

  • Mo' News in issue 34 p6

    Mo' News in issue 34 p6

  • Mo' News in issue 35 p6

    Mo' News in issue 35 p6

  • The Men From Unkle - March 1999

    The Men From Unkle - March 1999

  • The Men From Unkle - March 1999

    The Men From Unkle - March 1999

  • Avertisement for Major Force in Straight No Chaser unknown 1996 issue

    Avertisement for Major Force in Straight No Chaser unknown 1996 issue

See Also

The Shape of Things To Come

The Straight No Chaser Skoolin' Da Jazz Tour

The Shape Of Things To Come II


External Links

Paul Bradhshaw's Essay on Straight No Chaser

Straight No Chaser Instagram

Straight No Chaser Store

Back Issues on Straight No Chaser Japan website

Straight No Chaser on Wikipedia

Photos of Issue #20

Scans of various Straight No Chaser / James Lavelle charts

Major Force advertisement scan

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071004074240/http://www.straightnochaser.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4629
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120523142007/http://archive.beyondjazz.net/viewtopic.php?t=13449&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=ec9c04dcbd6639d6e3747b73a4bf946e
  3. ↑ https://straightnochaser.bigcartel.com/product/snc-98
  4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B3owN_ih3hL/
  5. ↑ Jarvis, A 1994, 'U.K. founders nurture scene; acid jazz's ex-DJs own labels, stores.', Billboard, 17 December, Vol. 106, No. 51
  6. ↑ https://ancienttofuture.com/2013/12/12/jocks-nerds-style-historyculture/
  7. ↑ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/james-lavelle-interview-the-man-from-unkle-9499748.html
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