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Volume magazine was a music magazine which was published in the

jewel cases, and each issue included a CD which contained a track from each artist who was featured in that issue. Volume One, the first issue, was published in September 1991. Volume also released several double-CD compilations, including the Trance Europe Express and Trance Atlantic series, a mix release called TEXtures
, and two best-of compilations. These special editions were packaged in double-disc jewel cases, and each came in a box with Volume's standard-sized 192-page booklet.

The music artists featured in the magazine ranged widely from

was featured quite heavily.

The magazine contained interviews and bios of various bands and musical artists, with discographies and "favorite tracks" lists of the artists. The tone of many of the articles was irreverent, and much of the filler material was riotously funny. For example, in the Wasted compilation's companion booklet, several short blurbs entitled "The Diary of Dave Stewart's Beard" are written from the perspective of a beard, in which it pontificates whether it will be shaven, and describes its attempts to hide itself in shame after the poor performance of its owner's latest album.

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