Proper Gander.: No. 1 (1981) through 6 (1983) (head of series).

First six issues, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 28 pp., of Dom Rabban's anarcho-syndicalist magazine of punk music and radical politics from the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, illustrated throughout in color, with strikingly inventive covers and page spreads. 30.5 cm (nos. 1-3) and 25 cm (nos. 4-6). Very good. Illus. wrappers. [507]

According to a 2012 interview with Rabban (conducted by Zine Weekly), Proper Gander captured the cultural and political excitement of Sheffield in the early 1980s, with local bands like Cabaret Voltaire, Pulp and the Human League hitting the mainstream and the miner's strike errupting in nearby towns. "Politically too there was lots going on - Proper Gander documented all this - and many of the main players in the music scene were regular contributors. Between 1980 and 1985 we produced twenty issues...We were the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire. We had dirt cheap public transport, workers coops and David Blunkett leading the revolution! We didn't take any notice of the dandy pirates and indian squaws that characterised the London scene of the early 80s. We had industrial funk and took pride in the fact that the best music of the day originated from Steel City. Cabaret Voltaire, The Human League and later Chakk, Hula and Heaven 17 as well as a host of local bands were defining a new music that influenced London - not the other way round." Uncommon in the trade and