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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.
James Lavelle contributed his ''Mo' Wax'' column of reviews from 1991, with the first edition printed in Straight No Chaser #15 in 1992. The name of the column has often been misattributed as ''Mo' Wax Please'', but was simply ''Mo' Wax'', 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]]
* #15 - 1992, Spring - Features first ''Mo' Wax'' column


* #22 - 1993, Summer - Features ''Mo' Wax Please'' and Straight No Chaser [[22 May 1993|Shape of Things To Come]]
* #20 - 1993, Spring - Features DJ Krush Charts, & [[?? Dec 1993|Straight No Chaser Tour Japan]]
 
* #22 - 1993, Summer - Features Straight No Chaser [[22 May 1993|Shape of Things To Come]]


* #23 - 1993, Autumn - Features articles on DJ Krush and Acid Jazz
* #23 - 1993, Autumn - Features articles on DJ Krush and Acid Jazz


* #24 - 1993, Winter - Features articles on Major Force + ''Mo' Wax Please''
* #24 - 1993, Winter - Features articles on Major Force
 
* #25 - 1994, Spring - Features ''Mo' Wax Please''
 
* #26 - 1994, Spring/Summer - Features articles on RPM + ''Mo' Wax Please''
 
* #27 - 1994, Summer - Features ''Mo' Wax Please'' + an article on Straight No Chaser [[12 May 1994|Shape of Things To Come Chapter 2]]


* #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


* #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

Revision as of 09:23, 8 November 2019

Straight No Chaser
#30 Spring 1995
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]

James Lavelle contributed his Mo' Wax column of reviews from 1991, with the first edition printed in Straight No Chaser #15 in 1992. The name of the column has often been misattributed as Mo' Wax Please, but was simply Mo' Wax, 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

  • #15 - 1992, Spring - Features first Mo' Wax column
  • #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
  • #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

  • Mo' Wax Please in unknown issue c.1992

    Mo' Wax Please in unknown issue c.1992

  • Mo' Wax Please in issue 20

    Mo' Wax Please in issue 20

  • 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

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

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/
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