Was this the earliest recorded instance of Rickrolling? You sign up for a magazine… and, whether you wanted it or not, you’d get a Rick Astley cassette — the one that opens with Never Gonna Give You Up.
Subscribe to Star Hits and get a free Rick Astley Cassette! (1988)
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