Issue One (1982) 

Letter from Bill 
Jean Cocteau (A Personal Appraisal)  
List of recording equipment 
Recommended records  
Guitar inventory 
Favorite films 
Various news at the time

Letter from Bill about release of The Love That Whirls  
Story about Bill's holiday at Villefranche-Sur-Mer 
Recommended reading 
Lyrics 
Drawing "Eros Arriving" by Bill  
Favorite singles 
Article on The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Beauty and the Beast by Andy Winters More equipment 
News 
Upcoming sessions 

Plus a free 7" EP, Cocteau COQ5  
Sleepcycle/Konny Buys A Kodak/When The Birds Return/The Beat That Can't Go Wrong Today

Talk about the making of the video for "Flaming Desire" 
Lyrics 
Drawing "Flaming Desire" by Bill  
Question and answer 
Upcoming events and releases 

Plus a free 7" EP, Cocteau COQ11 
King of the Cowboys/Shadowland/Carnival/Spring

Issue Four (December, 1982) 

Letter from Bill 
First impressions of Japan and working with YMO 
Drawing 
Lyrics 
Future news

Letter from Bill 
Interview on early days at Holyground and the Astral Navigations album 
First groups 
Drawing by Bill 
Talk about interest in Rosicrucian symbolism  
Photo of Invisibility Exhibition players 
News 

Plus a free 7" EP, Cocteau COQ12 
Dancing on a Knife's Edge/Indiscretion/Contemplation

Letter from Bill 
Interview with Ian Nelson 
News on upcoming releases 
Drawing 
Lyrics from Chimera  
Mark Rye's article on the music business

More talk about recent work in Japan and on tour with Yukihiro Takahashi 
Old Be Bop Deluxe ad 
Lyrics 
Info on Savage Gestures for Charm's Sake 

Plus a free 7" EP, Cocteau COQ13 
The World and His Wife/Dream Car Romantics (In Death's Garage Antics)/Dancing Music

Letter from Bill 
Book list on Magic and Rosicrucianism  
Info on The Units 
Drawing "The Mystery of Love" by Bill  
Lyrics 
Discography 
Word search 
News on releases

Issue Nine (1984) 

Letter from Bill 
Info on upcoming tour  
Bill's reply on the subject of religious commitment  
Drawings 
"Confessions of an Orchestra Wife" by Jan Nelson  
News on releases 

Plus a free 7" 45, Cocteau COQ14 
Hard Facts From the Fiction Department/Daily Bells/Rhythm Unit/Junc-Sculpture 

Letter from Bill 
Reflections on US "Vistamix" tour including photos 
Drawing by Bill 
News on releases 
Fourteen photos

Information about biographer Kevin Cann 

Plus a free 7" EP, Cocteau COQ17 
"Giants of the Perpetual Wurlitzer" The Strangest Things, The Strangest Times/Phantom Gardens/French Promenade/Golden Mile/West Deep/Threnolia 

Letter from Bill 
Pictures of the recording of Getting the Holy Ghost Across at Rockfield Studios  
News 
Artwork 
Recent releases 
"the workings of our record label" 

Letter from Bill 
Pictures of Echo Observatory 
Interview (issue is not complete yet)  
Info on Getting the Holy Ghost Across 
Lyrics 
News on Iconography 

Plus a free 7" 45, Cocteau COQ20 
"The Cote D'Azur EP" A Dream Fulfilled/Familiar Spirit/Palais Des Marine/Letter to Jacques Maritain/Villefranche Interior

Letter from Bill 
Lots of photos 
Info on Chance Encounters In The Garden of Lights  
News on upcoming projects (Dream Demon, Brond) 
Studio info 
Nine photographs

Letter from Bill 
Interview from November 1989

There was no sixteenth issue of Acquitted by Mirrors to fulfill members' subscriptions. Instead, members were polled as to whether they wanted a cassette or a compact disc of the unreleased Simplex at an additional cost. Practically everybody chose compact disc, which was good since the offer of the cassette was a "clerical error" and none were created. 299 of the 995 compact discs of Simplex initially pressed were distributed to club members.

For more on the Simplex matter, click here.