JUKE, Australia

     JUKE was a weekly Australian rock and pop newspaper published from Melbourne that ran from 1975 to 1992. It was one of two main music newspapers at the time offering a Melbourne-based perspective of the music industry. It was highly regarded by the music industry along with its main competitor ROCK AUSTRALIA MAGAZINE (aka RAM) which offered a more Sydney-based perspective and coverage of the Australian music industry at the time.
      A key and popular feature of JUKE was its extensive gig guide (particularly of Melbourne's music scene), which attracted a lot of attention by bands, booking agencies and venues. Over time JUKE took a more national focus as a music newspaper and the gig guide also evolved to cover more of a national perspective of gigs across Australia.

#79, 13 November 1976	#100, 4 April 1977	#150, 25 March 1978 A Dylan poster was inserted in the magazine
#212, 26 May 1979	15 September1979	#564, 15 February 1986, 2 pages
	#881, 14 March 1992, 2 pages

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