People (magazine) members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4, 1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the film "The Great Gatsby", on the cover. That issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U.S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing In Action. The magazine was, apart from its cover, printed in black-and-white. The initial cover price was 35 cents (). The core of the small founding editorial team included other editors, writers, photographers
The First Picture of You Banshees. Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios in Leatherhead, the track features session bassist Alan Spenner, well known for his work with Joe Cocker and Roxy Music. Former bassist of The Cure and The Associates Michael Dempsey joined soon after and is featured on the rest of the band's debut album. "The First Picture of You" was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 15 after the band had twice appeared on BBC TV's "Top of the Pops". The follow-up single, "You Don't Need Someone New", scraped into the UK Top 40, but this and subsequent