Govan, Barry, Ian Baxter, Murray Cooper, Gerry McCreanor: The Blueprint Volume 7 July 1980 - ©1980 Murray Cooper, Gerry McCreanor, Australia Softcover, stapled, 48 pages

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Comments: Australian magazine. 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, page numbering is for the whole volume):

1 Volume 7 Number 1, July 1980, Phil Goldstein Special Issue
1 Red Uprising (Phil Goldstein): small packet elevator routine
2 Newsworthy (Phil Goldstein): version of Belcher's Sales Talk mental routine using poker chips
3 Split Octet (Phil Goldstein): sorting routine using the Four Aces and the Four Kings
4 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Phil Goldstein, Jeff Busby's marriage, Gambler's Book Club tidbits

5 Volume 7 Number 2, August 1980
5 The Mysterious Cross of India (Daryl): four coins pass from one hand to join four in the other, using just 8 coins
8 Think Ace (Ray Grismer): thought of Ace reverses among the other Aces
9 Blueprint In Print (Murray Cooper): positive review of Ray Grismer notes: Shorty, Handy, Thirty, Loopy, and Charts
9 Blueprint Review (Murray Cooper): positive reviews of Phil Goldstein’s packet tricks Numero Uno, Time Flies, Masque, and Tearable
10 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): covers the 17th Australian Convention of Magicians

11 Volume 7 Number 3, September 1980
11 Impromptu Torn and Restored Cigarette (Bob Chesbro): torn and restored, and then torn and inhaled!
13 Blueprint In Print: positive reviews of Karl Fulves’ Impromptu Opener, Gambler’s Third Lesson
14 Idaho Aces (Jeff Busby): Aces collected from four piles of Aces and indifferent cards
15 Blueprint Review (Murray Cooper): positive review of Shigeo Takagi’s NEW Shigeo Takagi One Cup Routine, with cup
16 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): story from convention, upcoming Rosenthal publications, on the Melbourne show, other magic news

17 Volume 7 Number 4, October 1980, Jon Racherbaumer Special Issue
17 Vanishing Oil and Water (Jon Racherbaumer): expansion of Roy Walton's Vanishing Water card routine
19 Puerto Rican Assembly (Jon Racherbaumer): version of classic card assembly
21 Surfer Sandwich (Jon Racherbaumer): a sandwich routine with a surfing theme and spread deck turnover to match the wave
22 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): on Jon Racherbaumer and some advice

23 Volume 7 Number 5, November 1980
23 Cheers! (Murray Cooper): spectator and magician select the same drink card, which matches contents of a bottle
25 Perverse Assembly (Tim Wenk): starts as a coin assembly
26 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): various laws of behavior; Gene and Ruth Raymond, Graham Etherington in Adelaide, contrasting reviews

27 Volume 7 Number 6, December 1980
27 Discards to a Decision or Give It Some Thought (Ed Marlo): spectator has the ability to select the four-of-a-kind from a shuffled set of Kings and Queens
30 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Christmas and New Year greetings

31 Volume 7 Number 7, January 1981 (misdated as Jan '80)
31 Straight There & Neat (Tim Wenk): card into card box
33 A Change ‘Pinched’ from Bobo (Errol Robinson): 10 cent piece changes into a 2 cent piece, using normal coins
33 Blueprint Review (Murray Cooper): positive review Jeff Busby’s newest wallet for Card to Wallet
34 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): autobiographical story on the Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis trick; magic shop for sale; Earl Nelson on skill, on copyright.

35 Volume 7 Number 8, February 1981 (misdated as Feb '80)
35 Stud Memory (Barry Govan): gambling demonstration in stacking the Aces and more
36 Blueprint Review (Murray Cooper): positive review of Scotty York’s Nickel Saver stack and pence effect
37 Flip Over Vanish (Tim Wenk): sleight for a card and coin vanish
38 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): some quotes and stories by Dr. Jacob Daley, Matt Schulien, Billy McComb, Vernon, etc.

39 Volume 7 Number 9, March 1981
39 Nut and Bolt Trough Table (Harvey Rosenthal): nut penetrates a table to eventually end up on the bolt
41 No Cover Pin Nut Penetration (Harvey Rosenthal): follow on with the nut and a safety pin and string, using a split nut
42 Blueprint In Print: positive review of Supreme Magic's ”Ken Brooke’s Magic The Unique Years”
43 Australian Poker (Phil Goldstein): Do as I do with a gambling theme
44 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): passing of Lewis Ganson and Goodliffe; Britland's The Talon; Magic Circle Show, Davenports, Patrick Page, other magic news

45 Volume 7 Number 10, April 1981
45 Arriving on Time (Tom Gagnon): dice and card routine for at least four spectators, uses one Faro shuffle
47 Blueprint In Print (Murray Cooper): positive review of Jeff Busby's second edition of Johnny Thompson’s “Polished Polish Prestidigitation”
48 The Blueroom (Cooper, McCreanor): Bill Stickland and his dice, Edwin & Supreme Magic; upcoming Adelaide Convention, other magic news