Scene And Heard was a local music magazine based in Cambridge, UK, which lasted for 32 issues in the period 1986 to 1992. My thanks to Paul Attwood, who was one the instigators, and Paul Christoforou and Phil Johnson who kept it moving over the years. Together with the BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Rock Show and the various venues it made for a thriving and interesting 'scene' even though there were very few that moved on to wider success. Mostly it was filled with interviews, live reviews and record / tape reviews of local bands. As the small/medium sized local venues (Junction / Boat Race) started to attract ever bigger fish from the national touring circuit these were also featured. Here is a small selection of the more interesting interviews:

• Alan McGhee (and Bill Prince) then head of Creation Records (Issue No. 9, September/October 1987)
• The Cleaners From Venus (Issue No. 10, November/December 1987)
• Chris Mann now with Blue (NOT the boy band) (Issue No. 11, January/February 1988)
• This Beeno AKA Richard Heeps (Issue No. 12, March/April 1988)
• Surfin' Druids, (Issue No. 12, March/April 1988)
• Andy White, (Issue No. 13, May/June 1988)
• Trevor Dann at the time producing the BBC local radio rock show which was a great encourager of the local scene. He was about to gain a certain notoriety at BBC Radio 1 by sacking most of the DJs. (Issue No. 16, January-March 1989)

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