Adult Video News – The Fourth Year (1986)

By its fourth year in 1986, Adult Video News (AVN) had evolved from an 8-page newsletter with limited production values to a glossy magazine whose pages numbered over 80 an issue. Publishers Paul Fishbein and Barry Rosenblatt – two of the company’s three founders – were still at the helm. And the magazine’s popularity was continuing to grow, thanks in part to the fact that VCR prices were starting to fall. In October of that year, AVN’s managing editor John Paone told the Daily News: “The industry expects to ship 7.5 million XXX-rated cassettes in 1986, worth about $450 million at retail – well up from $210 million in 1983.”

AVN continued to fuel the industry’s popularity by focusing on interviews with people such as Tish Ambrose, Kristara Barrington, Vanessa Del Rio, Tracey Adams, Careena Collins, and much more…

Copies of the magazine’s early editions have been near impossible to find since their first publication, and The Rialto Report is happy to re-publish them and make them available again.

You can find The Rialto Report‘s ever growing library of digitized resources by clicking ‘Library’ in the menu.

Click on the covers below to access the full magazines. Due to the fact that the magazines are scanned in high definition, allow a little time for each page to load. If you are viewing on a phone, view in landscape orientation.

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Adult Video News: The Complete 1986 Issues

January 1986 (Vol 1, No. 34)
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Contents:

–Tish Ambrose interview –Rambone: The 14 inch cocksman –Robin Cannes pictorial -Numerous film review including Girls of the A-Team, Black Throat, A Passage to Ecstasy, Hollywood Pink

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March 1986 (Vol 1, No. 36)
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Contents:

-1985 Adult Video News Awards Party –Kristara Barrington interview -Film reviews including: Show Girls, Some Kind of Woman, Erotic City, The Good Time Girls, When She Was Bad

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April 1986 (Vol 1, No. 37)
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Contents:

–Herschel Savage interview -Hey, Aren’t You?…recognizing porn stars -Film reviews including: Porn in the U.S.A., Bi Bi Love, Double Standards, Fashion Fantasies, Traci Takes Tokyo

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May 1986 (Vol 1, No. 38)
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Contents:

-The AVN Hall of Fame –Nina Hartley interview -The women behind the scenes -Who’s who behind the scenes -Film reviews including: Electric Blue, Sex Life of a Porn Star, The Comeback of Marilyn, Deep Inside Traci

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June 1986 (Vol 1, No. 39)
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Contents:

-Shot-on-video: the future is now –Seka Interview -Film reviews including: Jean Genie, House of Blue Dreams, Dangerous Desire

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July 1986 (Vol 1, No. 40)
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Contents:

-Shot-on-video: the future is now –Jack Wrangler Interview -Film reviews including: Beverly Hills Cox, Corporate Affairs, Girls of the Chorus Line, Deep Inside Vanessa Del Rio

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August 1986 (Vol 1, No. 41)
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Contents:

-Shot-on-video: the future is now –Vanessa Del Rio Interview -Film reviews including: Peeping Tom, Born to Run: The Careena Collins Story, Naughty Nurses, Backside to the Future

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Buyer’s Guide 1986-87 (Vol 1, No. 42)
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Contents:

-Charting the adult market -AVNA Awards -Manufacturers -Feature films -Shot-on-video tapes -Authorized distributors -100 Best gay videos -Authorized mail order outlets

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September 1986 (Vol 1, No. 43)
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Contents:

-The Traci Lords Saga: Still Not Many Answers –Keli Richards Interview -Film reviews including: Jane Bond Meets Octopussy, Farmer’s Daughters, Hannah Does Her Sisters, Honeymoon Harlots

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October 1986 (Vol 1, No. 44)
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Contents:

-Motion pictures of lasting quality -The films of Cecil Howard –Tracey Adams Interview -Film reviews including: Down and Out in New York City, Behind the Brown Door, St. X-Where

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November 1986 (Vol 1, No. 45)
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Contents:

–Ron Jeremy at large –Barbara Dare Interview -Director’s corner with Damon Christian -The films of Chuck Vincent -Film reviews including: Double Dare, Science Friction, Slip into Ginger and Amber, Caddy Shack-Up

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December 1986 (Vol 1, No. 46)
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Contents:

-A light-hearted look at sexy animation –Careena Collins Interview -Film reviews including: The Titty Committee, Deep Inside Ginger Lynn, I am Curious Black

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