‘On reflection, it’s very uncool’: readers’ scrapbooks of pop fandom

With the Wham! documentary showcasing Andrew Ridgeley’s mum’s scrapbooks of their career, readers share their very own shrines to Roxy Music, Metallica, David Bowie and more

I used to be obsessive about Roxy Music as a youngster. I heard their first two albums at a Scouts gathering and was hooked. Each week, I might purchase the maagzines Sounds, NME and Melody Maker if that they had any Roxy-related articles or pictures, and take my scissors to them for the scrapbook [pictured above]. I ultimately saw them at Birmingham Odeon in 1974 and nonetheless have the pristine programme and ticket stub. I by no means imagined that many years later I might be photographing them and Bryan solo for Getty. Wanting via the e-book brings again many joyful reminiscences of my youth. Steve Thorne, 64, Warwick