These Debut Magazine/Records are fantastic. They had a fairly short run most likely because of the expense of creating and distributing a magazine and an album packaged together in a gate-fold sleeve (magazine stapled inside the fold). Licensing the tracks must have been fairly costly and with NME/Melody Maker as competition - well, it's easy to see why Debut Magazine didn't last.
Near the end of their run the Debut issues were cut down in size - from a 12" vinyl & magazine to a 10". As far as I know there are only two 10" releases.

The bands featured on the record were always featured in some way in the magazine. There were usually a handful of really well known bands/artists and a handful of lesser to complete unknowns. Some appear to be one-off bands never to be seen or heard from again.
The music is hit and miss but it's a perfect example of what was going on in the mid 1980s. Today you only hear 80s music that caught in the filter - but it only scrapes the surface of what was out there. Debut captured everything: synth-pop, jangly "C86", electro-pop, Gothic bands (not "goth"), funk-rock, Hi-NRG, reggae, the birth of hip-hop and freestyle, the stragling tail of punk, the changes in post-punk, etc.

The best bits, however, are in the magazine. If you weren't around in the 80s and you want to see what it was really like - you must check out Debut Magazine. Great fashion spreads and short but well written articles about musical trends, bands, travel, art, etc. In addition, all the adverts from the 80s - various brands of boomboxes, Sony Walkman, Radio Luxembourg, brands of jeans you just don't see anymore, lots of synthesizer adverts, etc. Debut is a real "wayback" machine.

A German language edition, Debüt, was also issued in the same format (magazine/record) but with slightly if not totally different content/music.

José James just knocks me out - such smooth vocals on this wonderful track - along the lines of Johnny Hartman and Nat King Cole. Will make the ladies swoon.

Cool mix of melodic Detroit techno and deep Chicago house. A nice little 12" - worth picking up if you find it.

One of the very best deep house/Garage tracks - the first time I heard this song I had tears streaming down my face by the end. Still is such a fantastic, deeply emotional track. Don't bother with the new remixes - they're like crayon scribblings on the Mona Lisa. This original is absolute perfection.

Unbelievably deep future music. One of the best Chateau Flight releases I've heard and they have some great stuff prior to this release. B side is all locked groove sections taken from the A side. For DJs who like to scuba dive.

I think those who listen to this record and are disappointed by one side being taken up by an interview when there could have been another track are completely missing the point. Sure, Mills could have out another musical track but instead he pressed up an interview with various people asking about what they think the future will be like. That's techno! Techno is about the future - it's future music so it just makes sense for this interview to be on there.
It's a tool to be used in the mix or just listened to. Watch Mills mix and you might learn how you might be able to use this track too.

This is a really fantastic collection of downtempo, hip-hop influenced tracks and some lovely deep house tunes as well. I've seen it many times in used bins or discounted to obscene low prices. People passing this up? Too bad because there are some beautiful tracks on here that are well worth discovering.

So many people have tried to duplicate this track - from Josh Wink's "Higher States of Consciousness" to Slam's "Positive Education" but none can touch Ron Trent's "Altered States." This track captures it all - the acid workout, the feeling of Detroit techno and Chicago house. It's got guts. Don't fall for the pretenders.