Derek Lever's Magic Mag Volume 2 by Derek Lever

• Derek Lever's Magic Mag

Derek Lever's Magic Mag, Volume 2
Published by Derek Lever, Peter C. Woolley & Taurus Magic, Manchester & Bury, Lancaster, England
Volume 2 consists of 6 issues, 264 pages total

Volume 2, Number 1, October/November 1980, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Lever Agrees with Edwin ???????
2. Stage Magic - illusion plans
   • The Boy to Rabbit Illusion
7. Entertaining the Under Fives - Myster Yaffe
   • Part Three - Your Material and You
   • It Need Not be Magi
   • Ya Gotta Have Love
   • Dealer's Items
12. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
13. On the Road with Michael Allport - series
    • Switzerland
16. Small Adverts
17. Book Review
    • Richard Himber - The Man and His Magic
    • Last Hierophant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Becoming Known - Tom Zoss
    • No Gimmick Headline Prediction - Joe Bruno
    • E.S.P. Poker - Joe Bruno
    • 11,000 One-Liners - Edmund Orrin
    • Do the Stuff That's You - Chris Carey
    • The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel
    • Gene Gordon's Magical Legacy - Gene Gordon
18. Britons- - Never - -Never--Never - a bit of history from Oscar Paulson
19. Ball - Ring - Square - effect
20. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • Personality Parade
21. Bewitched Beverage - liquid effect
22. Clever Card Location - card effect
24. Agent's Directory
25. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Snap Lap
28. Comedy Lines - Nobby Clark
29. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
31. Put Some Expression Into It - Doug Alker
    • Putting It Into Practice
    • Do We Weep Real Tears?
36. Free Advertising Section
37. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • The Koppit (Pinched from the Toppit)
    • The Clever Calculator

Volume 2, Number 2, December/January 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Exposure - Yet Again!
   • Magical Inventor of the Year Trophy
   • Exclusive Magicians Club
   • Discounts
3. Stage Magic - illusion plans
   • Buzz Saw Illusion
9. Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic - series by David A.S. Howarth
   • Traffic Lights
   • Make Up Your Mind
   • Ring A Ding
   • Think a Colour
   • Technicolour Thought
   • Colour Coincidence
   • Circuit Diagram of Touch Switch
11. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
12. Reader's Letters - correspondence
14. Put Some Expression Into It - Doug Alker
    • Projection
    • Other Uses of Expressions
20. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • The Card Sword
21. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Face Ache (A Sight Gag)
24. Book Review
    • Ken Brooke Magic - The Unique Years
24. Free Advertising Section
24. Agent's Directory
25. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Acme Coins Vanish
30. Entertaining the Under Fives - Myster Yaffe
    • Part Four
    • Your Relationship with your Audience
    • Your Attitude
    • Who Says it Doesn't Pay?
    • Routining
35. Comedy Corner - Alf J. Robb
36. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
    • Spirit Photography
    • Number Force
39. Small Adverts

Volume 2, Number 3, February/March 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Oh ... It's One of Those Answering Machine Things
   • Exposure Once More
3. The Haunted House Illusion - Derek Lever
4. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
   • Seeing the Silks
   • Miracle E.S.P. Prediction
   • Matched Thoughts
6. Stage Magic - illusion plans
   • Caliph's Cutter Illusion
13. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Walking Through a Brick Wall - C. Copp
15. Crazy Comperes - Ken Green & Mo Howarth
    • Coats
16. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Kabaret Illusion
19. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Card in Dove
24. Put Some Expression Into It - Doug Alker
    • Some Examples
    • 1. Paper Tearing
    • 2. Burnt £5 Note Trick
    • 3. Sawing a Woman in Half
    • 4. Productions
27. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
29. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • That's Torn It
30. On the Road with Michael Allport - series
    • From Cool Cats to Cold Crocs
    • Copperfield to Collegiate in One Day
    • Spot That Tune
    • Which Face?
    • Paul Daniels in the West End
    • Lots of Chat
    • Magic from Hungary
    • Last Year's Titter
    • Just Bits
33. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
34. Entertaining the Under Fives - Myster Yaffe
    • A Handpuppet Routine

Volume 2, Number 4, April/May 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • report on trip to Daytona Magic
3. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
   • Comedy Silk Sword - Norman Lee
   • The Comedy Silk Vanish Rifle - Norman Lee
   • Comedy Medal to Posy of Flowers
   • Garden Spray (Flit Gun) Change to Bouquet - Norman Lee
10. Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic - series by David A.S. Howarth
    • The Electronic Vanishing Car
    • Lightning Thoughts
    • The Spirits Communicate
    • The Vanishing Radio with Sound
    • The Magic Mouse
    • Self-Contained Electronic Jumbo Rising Cards
    • Electronic Time Delay Switch
14. Two Ways to Make 'em Laugh - Roy Roth
15. Agent's Directory
16. Reader's Letters - correspondence
18. Book Review
    • The Tarot Reader - Will Dexter
    • The Astrological Reader - Will Dexter
    • The Art of Escape, Volume 5 - The Bohemian Torture Escape - John Novak
    • The Art of Escape, Volume 6 - The Mail Bag Escape - John Novak
    • The Art of Escape, Volume 7 - The Thumb Tie - John Novak
    • The Art of Escape, Volume 8 - The Protégé (A Full Evening of Magic and Escapes) - John Novak
    • The Great Illusionists - Edwin A. Dawes
    • Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
    • Comedy Linking Rings - David Ginn
    • Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets - Gene Grant (Phantini)
20. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • Chinese Prediction
21. Put Some Expression Into It - Doug Alker
    • The Ladies
    • The Smile
26. Don's [Don Wallace] Trick is Hare-Raising - clip from the Bristol Journal
27. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • The Unbelievable and Stunning Production of a Live Alsation Dog from Under an Ordinary Pint Beer Mug (T.U.A.S.P.O.A.L.A.D.F.U.A.O.P.B.M.)
31. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Koin Routine
36. Small Adverts
37. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
39. Free Advertising Section
39. Discounts for members of the Exclusive Magicians Club

Volume 2, Number 5, June/July 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • What About the Inventors of Magic?
   • Exclusive Magic in the West End?
   • Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
   • Florida Magic Again
4. Meeting Myster Yaffe - article by PeterWoolley
5. Stage Magic - illusion plans
   • Twin Box Illusion
8. Small Advertisements
9. Mental-Mania - Mentalism by Derek Lever
   • Bound by the Spirits
   • Ethereal Music
   • The Rapping Spirits
   • Levitating Spirits
15. Agent's Directory
16. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Comedy Breakaway Table and Flash Tray Production - Norman Lee
    • A Note from Father Christmas - Norman Lee
20. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
    • The Power of Seven - card effect
21. Ideas with a "Jap Box"
23. Free Advertising Section
24. The Incredible Penetration - ring & ribbon effect by Okito
25. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"
26. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Ken's Newspaper Tear
    • Ken'ss Climax to the Newspaper Tear
    • Ken's Balloon Bovver
    • Kenny Dean's Complete Chop Cup Routine
31. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • Optician's Delight
35. Larry Becker to visit the UK
36. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
38. Book Review
    • Imagination: The Illusions of Eugene Poinc
    • The Magic Box Catalogue
    • Kabbala, Volume One and Two - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Comedy Warm Ups - David Ginn
    • Bringing Home the Laughs - David Ginn
    • The Percy Press Glass of Water Production

Volume 2, Number 6, August/September 1981, 40 numbered pages plus 4 unnumbered cover pages

1. Candid Comments by The Editor - Derek Lever
   • Exclusive Magicians Club News
3. Commercial Magic - article by Derek Lever
5. Know Your Magic Dealer - Edwin Hooper, The Supreme Magic Company Ltd.
7. Free Trick, complete with the Apparatus, from Magic Mag
   • Cutting Down the Odds - paper cutting effect
9. The Spectator's Choice Vanishes - card effect by Myster Yaffe
12. Publicity Pays - article by P. C. Woolley
13. Reader's Letters - correspondence
15. Free Advertising Section
16. Entertaining with Close-Up - series by Simon Lovell
    • The Skill Myth Laid to Rest
20. Solid State Sorcery presenting The Art of Electronic Magic - series by David A.S. Howarth
    • The Spirit Lamp
    • A Quick Flash
    • A Bag of Laughs
    • Instant Sound
    • The Bell Box
    • Blast of Sound
    • Circuit of Sound Switch
22. Agent's Directory
23. Magical Inventor of the Year Competition
    • Comedy Cabaret Stool - Barry Seymour
29. On the Road with Michael Allport - series
    • U.K. Tour for U.S. Star
    • Jewel Thieves - At The Palladium
    • That Overused Word
    • Yet More From Across the Pond
    • Bits and Bobs
32. British Ring Convention - announcement
33. Hello! It's Kenny Dean
    • Thoughts on the Thumb Tip
    • The Kenny Dean Card Stab
35. Small Advertisements
38. For Kid's Entertainers Only
    • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
39. List of readers who passed the examination for "Master Magician"