Primary: Phase 3b...1986-88

These articles are mostly period specific interviews with Green Gartside. Occassionally other members of the band are included in the interview. Listing is sorted by publication name, then date. Articles themselves are sorted by date.

• A RESTAURANTER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
  by Rachel Felder
  Alternative Press (date unknown)
  
  
• THE GREEN MANIFESTO
  by David Toop
  photo by Richard Croft
  The Face (date unknown)
  
  
• ENIGMA VARIATION
  Simon Reynolds
  photo by Andrew Catlin
  Melody Maker (March 5, 1988)
  
  
• LOVE SMARTLY
  by Steve Sutherland
  Melody Maker (Aug. 20, 1988)
  
  
• A PROVISIONAL ARRANGEMENT
  by Tim Goodyer
  Music Technology (August 1988)

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  Warning! Long article. Interview with Green and David Gamson. Includes discussion about the technology behind the LP Provision.

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• POET - THINKER - DANDY
  by Arnold Meyer
  translated from German by Dirk Schultz
  Network Press (July 1988)
  
  
• THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE
  by Stuart Maconie
  New Musical Express (August 20, 1988)
  
  
• FEELING BLUE
  by Nancy Culp
  Record Mirror (June 4, 1988)
  Reproduced with permission from Record Mirror.
  ©1997 Miller Freeman Entertainment.
  All rights reserved.

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  The lighter side of Green: No theoretical 'nonsense'.

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• SCRITTI POLITTI
  by Richard Lowe
  Smash Hits (June 1988)

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  Light tidbits about Green. The article is also at James Lawrence's Unofficial UK Scritti Politti web-site.

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• PHILOSOPHY NOW!
  by David Joop
  translated from German by Dirk Schultz
  Tempo (June 1988)
  
  
• A CAREER IN POLITTI
  by Andrew Smith
  publication unknown (1988)

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  A rare David Gamson interview, which of course means it's either more down-to-earth (none of that theoretical non-sense Green's tagged onto Scritti) or too specialized (facts that only a music industry insider would want to know!).

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• IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
  by Adam Sweeting
  photos by Juergen Teller, Ebet Roberts
  publication unknown (1988)

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  Green the hedonist name-dropping in consumer heaven: What he wore, who he hung out with, where he dined, what he drank, where he lived.

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• SCRITTI POLITTI PROVISION: GREEN GARSIDE INTERVIEW
  (in Japanese -- 77k GIF image)
  by Yuko Takano
  publication unknown (1988)
  
  
• THE SWEETEST BOY (PROVISION RECORD REVIEW)
  by David Stubbs
  publication unknown (1988)

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  Getting the bad grade. What's wrong with these graders for Christ's sake!

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