Beat 1988

• Issue 74 - 13 January - Pogues
• Issue 75 - 20 January - Stephen Cummings
• Issue 76 - [Missing]
• Issue 77 - 4 February - James Brown
• Issue 78 - 10 February - Melbourne Music Show
• Issue 79 - 17 February - Nick Cave
• Issue 80 - 24 February - ARIA (film)
• Issue 81 - 2 March - Phyllis Diller
• Issue 82 - 9 March - Do Re Me
• Issue 83 - 16 March - 50's Automobiles
• Issue 84 - 23 March - Grooving
• Issue 85 - 30 March - Wim Wenders
• Issue 86 - 6 April - It's Cool - Beat's list of what's cool
• Issue 87 - 13 April - Huxton Creepers
• Issue 88 - 20 April - Melbourne Fashion Rocks
• Issue 89 - 27 April - Miles Davis
• Issue 90 - 4 May - The Saints
• Issue 91 - 11 May - Rockmelons / Ed Keupper
• Issue 92 - 18 May - David Bobbyn
• Issue 93 - 25 May - Designer clubs
• Issue 94 - 1 June - Bachelors From Prague
• Issue 95 - 8 June - The Band
• Issue 96 - 15 June - The Saints
• Issue 97 - 22 June - Boom Crash Opera
• Issue 98 - 29 June - The Push
• Issue 99 - 5 June - Rap Verses Metal
• Issue 100 - 13 July - Issue 100
• Issue 101 - 20 July - Oznost
• Issue 102 - 27 July - The Triffids
• Issue 103 - 3 August - Madam Butterfly
• Issue 104 - 10 August - Big Pig
• Issue 105 - 17 August - Con the Fruiterer
• Issue 106 - 24 August - Elizabeth Kemp
• Issue 107 - 31 August - Eddie Murphy
• Issue 108 - 7 September - Retro!
• Issue 109 - 14 September - Jesus and Mary Chain
• Issue 110 - 21 September - DJs
• Issue 111 - 28 September - Dickie Knee
• Issue 112 - 5 October - Spring in Melbourne
• Issue 113 - 12 October - Tav Flaco
• Issue 114 - 19 October - Does Melbourne need all these clubs? 
• Issue 115 - 26 October - St Kilda - Develop or Destroy
• Issue 116 - 2 November - John Cleese
• Issue 117 - 9 November - Manchurian Candidate - George Axelrod
• Issue 118 - 16 November - Cover Bands
• Issue 119 - 23 November - Noiseworks
• Issue 120 - 30 November - Frank Henenlotter - Brain Damage
• Issue 121 - 7 December - Metal for Melbourne
• Issue 122 - 14 December - Michael Jackson
• Issue 123 - 21 December - Beat's Christmas List