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{{Short description|Music magazine}}
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| image_file         = Disco45.png
| image_size         = 100px
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| publisher          = Trevor Bolton Partnership
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| language           = English
| category           = Music
| frequency          = Monthly
| editor             =
| founded          = 1970
| firstdate          = November 1970
| finaldate          = July 1983
| country            = United Kingdom
| based              = Sussex
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'''''Disco 45''''' was a [[music magazine]] published monthly in the United Kingdom between 1970 and 1983.  It was best known for printing the lyrics of pop songs of the time.  It was published by the Trevor Bolton Partnership of Rye, Sussex.
==History and profile==
''Disco 45'' was established in 1970.<ref name="retro">{{cite news|author=Diff Graff|title=Retro – Disco 45 magazine|url=https://djleekee.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/retro-disco-45-magazine/|accessdate=31 January 2016|work=DJ Leekee Online|date=30 September 2012}}</ref> Issue 1 was published in November 1970<ref name="magz"/> and featured a photo of [[Mick Jagger]] on the front cover and the lyrics from songs by [[Jimmy Ruffin]], [[Cat Stevens]], [[Don Partridge]], [[Roger Whittaker]], [[Pickettywitch]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]] and others. Each issue published the lyrics of the popular songs.<ref>{{cite book|author=Melissa Bell|title=Heart and Soul - The Emotional Autobiography of Melissa Bell, Alexandra Burke's Mother|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saP_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT41|accessdate=31 January 2016|date=26 April 2010|publisher=John Blake Publishing|isbn=978-1-78219-142-1|page=41}}</ref> Later its name was changed to ''Disco 45 Songbook''.<ref name="magz"/>
It was originally priced at 1 shilling, changing to 5p post-decimalisation in issue #4 (March 1971). ''Disco 45'' folded in July 1983 after publishing a total of 153 issues.<ref name="magz">{{cite news|title=Disco 45 Songbook Magazine|url=http://mark1814.wixsite.com/mag-a-zone/disco-45-songbook|accessdate=23 April 2017|work=Mag Zone}}</ref>
Disco 45 paid for small ads inserted from readers (usually for selling 45's). At first, the small ads were few but as the idea caught on, there were too many to incorporate within the pages and so a sister magazine titled "Pop Ads 500" was introduced in 1972 which also sold for 5p. This idea was short lived and was incorporated into issue 34 of Disco 45, the main magazine rising to 7p with the merger issue which also became colour for the first time (previously mono-colour) and with extra pages.
==External links==
* https://www.beatchapter.com/a-z-other-vintage-music-magazines-a19eenproducts110curpage-2-110-c.asp<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beatchapter.com/a-z-other-vintage-music-magazines-a19eenproducts110curpage-2-110-c.asp|title = A-Z Other Vintage Music Magazines - Page 2}}</ref>
* https://www.crazyaboutmagazines.com/ourshop/cat_303830-DISCO-45.html<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crazyaboutmagazines.com/ourshop/cat_303830-DISCO-45.html|title = DISCO 45 - Back Issue Magazines}}</ref>
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[[Category:Mass media in Sussex]]
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