Title: MTV To Go Magazine
Issue/Date: Volume 2, Number 4 – August 1990
Format: Vintage Music Television Pop Culture Periodical
Cover Feature: Vintage MTV Watch Theme
Notable Inserts: Original Compact Disc Club Paperwork (Billy Idol "Charmed Life" Selection)
Notable Advertisers: CSG Imagesoft (Solstice), Imagesoft (Soccer Mania for Nintendo Game Boy), Pepsi-Cola, Wireless Wonders (MTV Merchandise)
Up for grabs is an original, highly collectible August 1990 issue of MTV To Go Magazine (Vol. 2, No. 4). This issue is a phenomenal late-80s/early-90s pop culture artifact that is uniquely complete—featuring not only classic rock interviews and retro gaming print ads but also the original music club paperwork tucked inside.
Featured Editorial Content, Retro Advertisements & Special Inserts:
Original Compact Disc Club Paperwork: Includes the rare, loose mail-in inserts from the Compact Disc Club (Indianapolis, IN). Features a "Selection of the Month" flyer showcasing Billy Idol's Charmed Life (with a response deadline of September 24, 1990), a 50% off sale slip, a blank pink catalog order form, and the main selection listing tracking top-selling titles from Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, and Fleetwood Mac.
CSG Imagesoft "Solstice" Inside Front Spread: A beautiful, dark, full-page layout for the legendary NES 3D puzzle-adventure game, featuring the bold tagline "Solstice: The Quest for the Staff of Demnos" alongside vibrant gameplay screenshots.
Nintendo Game Boy "Soccer Mania" Ad: A full-page color print ad by Imagesoft screaming "It's contagious! Soccer Mania starts a Game Boy craze!" complete with retro cartoon graphics and portable gameplay frames.
Aerosmith "Talk This Way" Feature: A massive multi-page artist layout and exclusive interview with Steven Tyler, written by Liz Derringer, detailing the band's post-Pump era success, paired with hard rock album mail-order listings.
"Wireless Wonders" MTV Merchandise Layout: A colorful double-page catalog spread showcasing official 1990 MTV gear, including a "Remote Control" Nintendo video game, an official Remote Control board game, branded t-shirts, and computer games for Apple II and Commodore.
Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson Feature: A dedicated heavy metal layout titled "Maiden Voyage" detailing Bruce Dickinson's solo endeavors and tracking the month's premier "Molten Metal" records.
Martha Quinn "The Mighty Quinn" Centerfold: A massive feature interview with one of the original, iconic on-screen MTV VJs, reflecting on her time at the network since its August 1981 launch.
Pepsi "The Pepsi Generation" Back Cover Ad: The classic full-page pop culture ad featuring a high-energy group of cyclists sharing classic logo cans under the historic slogans "The Pepsi Generation is in effect" and "Pepsi. The Choice Of A New Generation."
Overall State: Very Good / Complete Collectible Condition. Interior pages are clean, flat, and securely bound with exceptionally bright color on the retro gaming ads.
Front Cover: Features the vibrant MTV Watch design. Shows light handling wear, minor corner creasing, and an original mailing block on the lower left corner addressed from the MTV Record Club.
Spine & Edges: Spine is solid and intact. Minimal expected shelf rubbing along the edges and corner tips, completely free of major splits or loose pages.
Back Cover: Crisp, bold blue graphics with only minor surface handling wear along the outer borders.
Please review all high-resolution gallery photographs to inspect the exact condition, page margins, and internal layouts.
To ensure this magazine and its loose music club inserts stay completely flat, crisp, and crease-free, the entire package will be sealed inside a protective sleeve and shipped securely between heavy, rigid cardboard flats.
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