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Fanzines

If you are looking for information about Prefab Sprout you should also check the  Articles  and  Interviews, they will give you some material to start with.

There was no official magazine for Prefab Sprout, besides a newsletter from Kitchenware devoted to all their artists. Therefore, the fans had to step in and here are the newsletters and fanzines that I am aware of:

    A Profile  - Subtitled: "Presenting Prefab Sprout - up to April 1990".
Taken from the scrapbook of John Birch with contributions by Jane Parr and Nicola Wray.
 
    Sproutwise  - Created by fan Paul Dixon from Durham, it has also contributions from many other fans. There were - at least - four issues, from 1991 to 1992.
 
    Prefab Sprout E-Mail Newsletter  - A newsletter administered by Ryan Bassler, from 1995 to 1999, their contents are available at  Zorrophonic's mailing list at Yahoo Groups.
 
    Rollmo!  -  This popular fanzine was created by John Birch, who also wrote the only book about the Sprouts, with contributions from Stewart Gregg and other fans too.
 
As far as I know, there were 17 printed issues, where the last two, # 16 and # 17 contained a bonus cd and from there, there were only cd releases with demos, interviews, live recordings. A list of them and their track listings are located in  CD Fanzines

I have some of these materials and will start posting some of them here. My plan is to have at least one page on each fanzine and from then, maybe one for each issue that I can have my hands on.

Here are excerpts from Rollmo! fanzine:

Rollmo! # 01 - Welcome to the first issue    
Rollmo! # 01 - Probably The Best Writer On The Planet
Rollmo! # 01 - Prefab Quiz    
Rollmo! # 02 - Welcome to the second issue    
Rollmo! # 02 - Sprout Update    
Rollmo! # 02 - Another Sprout Quiz    
Rollmo! # 02 - A Letter from America    
Rollmo! # 02 - Clippings     
Rollmo! # 02 - 1990 Tour Dates     
Rollmo! # 02 - Prefab Sprout are Back     
Rollmo! # 02 - 03 - Avalon
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  Rollmo! # 05 - Prefab Sprout at Cambridge Corn Exchange
-  Rollmo! # 05 - Sye Dyer Reports 4 Gigs: Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle and Sheffield
Rollmo! # 05 - Nothing in the world sounds like Prefab Sprout ... (Frankfurt)
-  Rollmo! # 05 - Manchester Apollo Liverpool Royal Court
-  Rollmo! # 05 - Review of London Hammersmith gig
-  Rollmo! # 08 - The Prefab Product
-  Rollmo! # 09 - To Tour or Not to Tour
-  Rollmo! # 10 - First Impressions
-  Rollmo! # 10 - My Favorite Collectibles part 2    
-  Rollmo! # 10 - Heineken Big Top Festival Nottingham, 25 May    
-  Rollmo! # 10 - Note for Collectors    
Rollmo! # 11 - Introduction to the newsletter    
Rollmo! # 11 - Still in Love with Hayley Mills - A True Life Confession    
Rollmo! # 11 - Protest Songs - The Legend
Rollmo! # 12 - Like a Bolt Out From the Blue
Rollmo! # 15 - Ten Years of McAloon Quotes
Rollmo! # 15 - A Life of Surprises
Rollmo! # 15 - Summary of Gallup Chart Successes    
Rollmo! # 15 - Profile on The Best of Prefab Sprout 1982    
Rollmo! # 16 - Chrysalis Cognosci
-  Rollmo! # 17 - Knights in Armour