Govan, Barry, Ian Baxter, Murray Cooper, Gerry McCreanor: The Blueprint Vol 6 July 1979 - June 1980 ©1978-1979 Australia Softcover, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 56 pages

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Comments: With the middle of Volume 5, editorship of The Blueprint passed from Ian Baxter & Barry Govan to Murray Cooper and Gerry McCreanor. Available as an eBook from Lybrary.com

Contents (from eBook):

1 Volume 6, Number 1, July, 1979
1 Impossible Coin to Pocket (Bob Chesbro): Using a folding coin and TT
2 Blueprint In Print (Ian Baxter): positive review of Harry Lorayne's Quantum Leaps
3 Crooked Dice: part 2 continued from vol 5, number 11, to make dice roll heads
4 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): news on Blueprint, tip for reducing space of magazines, Phil Goldstein, Britland's The Talon, other magic news

5 Volume 6, Number 2, August, 1979
5 Hocus Focus (Barry Govan): ESP card routine using six cards
6 Crooked Dice: part 3, uses Mercury so be very careful!
7 Blueprint In Print (Barry Govan): positive review of Gerard Majax's Secrets of the Card Sharps
Jerry Mentzer's "Card Cavalcade Finale"
8 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): McCreanor's trip to America

9 Volume 6, Number 3, September, 1979
9 Flip (Errol Robinson): showing a coin has two heads
10 Marlo Plus (Errol Robinson): variatio of Marlo's The Travelling Card
11Blueprint In Print (Murray Cooper): positive review of Paul Harris' Las Vegas Close Up; positive review of Bob Chesbro's Coin in Lighter effect
11 Coloured Thimbles (Errol Robinson): with red and yellow thimbles
12 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Steve Walker's magic session with performance tips; Ian Baxter's wedding, Ross Skiffington's TRICKS show, Errol Robinson, AKA Anton York, other news.

13 Volume 6, Number 4, October, 1979
13 Cooper and Govan in Interview: Murray Cooper interviews Barry Govan
13 - Experience in Other Areas of Magic
13 - Close-Up Magic Appeal
13 - How Necessary is Skill?
14 - Presentation Vs. Skill
14 - Does Magical Knowledge Result in Fooling?
14 - Emphasis on Technique
14 - What to Look for in a Magic Trick, Entertainment
14 - Humor and Comedy
14 - Magic Personalities
15 - Packet Tricks and Moves
15 - Card Tricks on Stage
16 - Close Up Magic Innovations
16 - Dice Stacking
16 - Elements of a Close Up Show, Routining
17 - Performance, Misdirection
17 - Lapping
17 - Mentalism and Magic Mix
18 - Magic Performers
18 - Stage Illusions
18 - Handling Difficult Spectators
18 - Dealers
19 - Magic Exposure
19 - Magic Clubs and Organiz
19 - Performance and Outs
20 - Impromptu Magic
20 - Practice and Magic Courses
20 - Barry's Magical Career and Highlights

21 Volume 6, Number 5, November, 1979
21 4 from 2 (Woody Landers): four coins travel fro one hand to the other with a sucker finish
22 Blueprint Review (Murray Cooper): positive review of Metempirical Magic's E Pluribus Unum coin effect
23 Count Up (Phil Goldstein): packet elevator with surprise climax
24 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Houdini movies; Australia's Houdini Arthur Coglan; Keith Ryall's Kryall Castle, Cooper's wedding, Pete Biro's report on FISM, other magic news

25 Volume 6, Number 6, December, 1979
25 A Finger Routine (Leslie Roberts): a tongue-in-cheek routine where the fingers of one hand pass to the other, link, etc.
29 Blueprint In-Print (Murray Cooper): positive review of Patrick Page's 150 Comedy Props
29 Blueprint In-Print (Barry Govan): positive review of Ernie Heldman's Cards that Mean Business
30 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): on the Adelaide Convention

31 Volume 6, Number 7, January, 1980
31 Crazy Ace (Barry Govan): Ace of Spades vanishes, jumps and ends up between the Red Aces
32 Patter for the Observation Test (Derek Martin): for the trick that follows
33 The Observation Test (Derek Martin): a deuce changes to a 4, then an 8, and the back of the Jokers used change color
34 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): correction on Harry Lorayne comment; letter from Jon Racherbaumer, Phil Goldstein on Kaufaman's CardMagic, Lee Noble's publishing business, and tragic shooting of Gerd Pomper.

35 Volume 6, Number 8, February, 1980
35 The Pluck Control (Tom Gagnon): Four Aces lost and found while spreading the cards on the table
37 Illustrations
38 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): What is a conjuror?, magic fiction, Arthur Coglan on the Don Lane show, other magic news

39 Volume 6, Number 9, March, 1980 (mis-numbered as Number 10 on the title)
39 Simple Addition (Ray Grismer): cards to either side of a selection that was put back in the deck are found reversed, and total the number of cards in the original packet
40 A Die Abolical Sequence (Tom Gagnon): spectator can tell chosen card of another spectator by looking at a die
41 Slop Shuffle or Triumph (Ed Marlo): cards mixed face up and down right themselves, and the four Aces appear face up
42 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): on the trip to America, including the Gambler's Book Club

43 Volume 6, Number 10, April, 1980 (mis-numbered as Number 9 in the title)
43 The Joker and the Wallet (Barry Govan): card to wallet transposition, with Four Aces. Uses any wallet
45 Metamorphosis Under Glass (Charlie Eltringham): transposition of a coin in the hand under a glass with a coin wrapped in a bill
46 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): American trip notes continued; Ken Brooke's retirement

47 Volume 6, Number 11, May, 1980 Tom Gagnon Special Issue
47 Stretching the Truth (Tom Gagnon): Kings capture the selection, all from a banded deck
49 Blueprint In Print (Barry Govan): positive reviews of Mariano Palhinha's A Guide to Increasing Your Money Magic Power and The Magic Payoff
50 A Lot of Salt (Tom Gagnon): a card and salt trick around the story of Lot
51 Ball Penetration (Tom Gagnon): a cups and balls move
52 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Sale of Gerald Taylor's Embank Arcade shop, Barry Govan, Harry Lorayne, Jon Racherbaumer, Marlo, and Garcia new product news, Daryl Martinez' award, other magic news

53 Volume 6, Number 12, June, 1980
53 What's the Best Method?: magician finds cards selected by two spectators in a red and blue deck, and it's found the cards match. Uses Faro shuffle
54 Second Method: no Faro shuffle required
55 Blueprint In Print (Murray Cooper): positive review of Daryl's Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler
56 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): tip for Fulves "Quick as a Wink" from his Self-Working Card Tricks; Anthony A. Vander Linden's book list, Dover's catalog, on practice