1976 issues

These are the issues of New Musical Express

that came out in 1976.

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Editor - Nick Logan

Assistant Editor - Neil Spencer

Special Projects Editor - Roy Carr

Associate Editors - Bob Woffenden, Charles Shaar Murray

Production Editor - Jack Scott

Contributing Editor - Mick Farren

Published - Friday

3rd January 1976

Cover: Is Rock 'n' Roll

ready for 1976?

Articles and interviews:

Steve Cropper (3pg)
Rory Gallagher (2pg)
Labelle (2pg)
Frank Zappa, Capt. Beefheart
Sailor
NME best & worst-dressed musicians awards 1975
Thrills awards for 1975
Paul Bley
Labelle
Cher

News:

Mike Oldfield, The Who, Small Faces, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Snafu, The Troggs, Neil Innes, Eddie Burns, Nucleus, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Chuck Berry, Sassafras, Renaissance, Be-Bop Deluxe, People's Choice, Gallagher & Lyle, Emmylou Harris

Albums:

Ringo Starr, Van Dyke Parks, Kraan, Bay City Rollers, Spud, Max Eastley & David Toop, Blackbyrds, Christopher Hobbs, John Adams and Gavin Bryars, Alan Stivell, Brian Eno

Singles

None

Live:

Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Who, Queen, The Strawbs, Blast Furnace & the Heatwaves,

Hot on the Trail tour (Sassafras, Randy Pie, A Band Called O), The Rumour

Full page ads:

The Pretty Things (lp, tour)

Quarter page ads:

Country Joe McDonald, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

10th January 1976

Cover: Great British Music Fest

Articles and interviews:

Great British Music Fest (4pg)
Cat Stevens (2pg)
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
Dion DiMucci
Comedy albums (3pg)
Bob Weir
Patti Smith
1976 Readers Poll (form)
Gloria Gaynor, Betty Wright, Shirley Goodman, Retta Young
Stefan Grossman, Marcel Dadi, Charlie Daniels
Brian Eno (letters page)

News:

Bob Marley & Wailers, Supertramp, Faces, Elvis Presley, Kursaal Flyers, James Brown, Sweet, Pretty Things, Julie Felix, Boxer, Leonard Cohen, Andy Fairweather Low, Abe Tilmon & Detroit Emeralds, Jasper Carrot, Ace, Graham Parker, T. Rex, The Stylistics, The Miracles, Slim Whitman

Albums:

Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Edgar Winter Group with Rick Derringer, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Ace, Pretty Things, Emmylou Harris, Hot Tuna, Chris Farlowe, 10cc, Michael Chapman

Comedy albums:

The Goon Show, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Round the Horne, Bonzo Dog Band, Scaffold, Grimms, Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Shelley Berman, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols & Elaine May, Lord Buckley, David Steinberg, George Carlin, Robert Klein, Cheech

& Chong, National Lampoon, Firesign Theatre, Murray Roman, Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor, Jimmie Walker

Singles by Chris Salewicz

Singles overview.

Live:

Great British Music Festival (Thin Lizzy, Doctors of Madness, Budgie, Steve Gibbons Band, Pretty Things, Barclay James Harvest, John Miles, Status Quo, Bad Company, Snafu, Baker Gurvitz Army, Procol Harum, Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Be-Bop Deluxe, Nazareth, Jack the Lad, Charlie)

Full page ads:

Smokie, Vangelis

Quarter page ads:

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

Silver screen:

Dog Day Afternoon
Barry Lyndon
Jaws

Volume: 25 - Number: 01

Price - 15p Pages - 36

Issue donated by John Harrison

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Volume: 25 - Number: 02

Price - 15p Pages - 36

Cover by Joe Stevens

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Volume: 25 - Number: 03

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Fin Costello

UK rock 'n' roll

origins map

Illustration by

Edward Barker

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17th January 1976

Cover: Paul Rodgers

Articles and interviews:

Bad Company (2pg)
Gary Holton (Heavy Metal Kids)
Ronnie Lane Slim Chance (2p)
Keith Moon
Doctors of Madness
Rock 'n' roll origins (article plus 2-pg UK map)
Ras Michael & Sons of Negus
Warne Marsh
Greenslade

News:

Ralph McTell, Focus, Fatback Band, Roger McGuinn, Mick Ronson, Howlin' Wolf, Rick Wakeman, Vangelis, Sailor, Country Joe McDonald, Roxy Music, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Greenslade, Chick Corea, Fania All-stars, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Manfred Mann

Albums:

Bad Company, David Byron, Taj Mahal, Thijs van Leer, The Kinks, Jethro Tull, Kokomo, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, The Four Seasons,
The American Dream: London American Legend (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Rufus Thomas, Sweet, Elton John, Slik, David Crosby & Graham Nash, James Brown, The Pointer Sisters, The Bee Gees, Chubby Checker

Live:

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Starry Eyed and Laughing, Hawkwind, Bette Midler

Full page ads:

Be-Bop Deluxe (lp, tour), Ace (lp, tour), Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (lp, tour), Jethro Tull (lp, tour), Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen (lp, tour), Dr Feelgood, Roogalator, The Movies, Robin Trower (tour), Vangelis (lp, tour), Donald Byrd (lp, tour), R&J Stone

Half page ads:

Paco de Lucía, Jean Plum, Tangerine Dream, Trammps, Renaissance (lp, tour), Country Joe McDonald (lp, tour)

Volume: 25 - Number: 04

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Pennie Smith

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24th January 1976

Cover: Is rock 'n' roll an

old man's game?

Articles and interviews:

Alex Harvey (3pg)
Elvis Presley Fan Club
Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
Ian A. Anderson (Hot Vultures)
Country Music (Merle Haggard, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, John Stewart, Emmylou Harris, Eagles, Hank Williams Jr, Linda Ronstadt, Amazing Rhythm Aces)
Lou Reed (2pg)
Howlin' Wolf
Robert Plant
Kiki Dee

News:

Rolling Stones, Neil Sedaka, Sailor, Gil-Scott Heron, Yes, Groundhogs, Deep Purple, Status Quo, Kinks, Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Be-Bop Deluxe, Kokomo, Small Faces, Pilot, Boxer, Jack the Lad, Toots & The Maytals, Heavy Metal Kids, Queen

Albums:

Lou Reed, Jonathan King, Stray, Tim Rose, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Michael Murphy, Buddy Holly, Tom Waits, Tony Joe White, Esther Phillips, Gato Barbieri and Dollar Brand, Bobby Bare, Alan Price, Country Joe McDonald

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps, James Last, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Python Lee Jackson, Neil Sedaka, Eric Carmen, Jethro Tull, Chris Spedding, Guys & Dolls, Tom Newman, The Kinks, Chris White, The Tubes, Billy Ocean, David Cassidy, Rufus

Live:

Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Ace, Graham Parker, Kursaal Flyers, Elkie Brooks, Rocky Sharpe, Black Sabbath, Buck Owens, Decameron

Full page ads:

Gallagher & Lyle, David Byron, Barry "Fish" Melton (lp, tour), Alan Stivell (lp, tour), Virgin Records (Oases, Kokomo, Sailor, 10cc, Be-Bop Deluxe, Synergy, Big Youth), 10cc, Sailor (lp, tour), Black Sabbath, Ghoul Magazine

Half page ads:

Tangerine Dream, Lonnie Donegan, Sweet, Ian Carr's Nucleus (lp, tour), Andy Fairweather Low (lp, tour), Faith Hope & Charity, Capitol Records (The Band, Snafu [tour], Kraftwerk), Boxer, Chubby Checker, Ronnie Charles

Volume: 25 - Number: 05

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

31st January 1976

Cover: Faces

Articles and interviews:

Faces / Steve Marriott (2pg)
Bob Dylan (2pg)
The Sweet (2pg)
Billy Higgins
Tom Verlaine / Television
Pirate radio / Radio Caroline
Paul Carrack (Ace)
Class of '76 (Slik, Bo' Flyers, Stevenson's Rocket, Shorty, Bilbo Baggins, Glyder)

News:

Rod Stewart, Rick Wakeman, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Deep Purple, Mud, Genesis, Tubes, Pointer Sisters, Jean-Luc Ponty, Gladys Knight, Paul Kossoff, Status Quo, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Man, Golden Earring, Slik, George Harrison, Groundhogs

Albums:

Linda Ronstadt, Fania All-Stars, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Be-Bop Deluxe, Gallagher & Lyle, Cate Bros., Clearlight, Kraftwerk, Steve Ashley, David Ruffin, Bryn Haworth, The Rowans, Osibisa

Singles by Kate Phillips

Singles overview.

Live:

Dr Feelgood, Ron Geesin, Cedar Walton, Country Joe McDonald, Gong, Thin Lizzy, Eric Carmen

Full page ads:

Be-Bop Deluxe (lp, tour), Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Foghat, T. Rex (lp, tour), Andy Fairweather Low (lp, tour), David Byron

Half page ads:

The Sadista Sisters, David Ruffin, Bo Hansson, Bobby Rydell, Trammps, Amen Corner (Andy Fairweather Low), The Eddie Boy Band, Steve Ashley, Pluto Shervington, Jethro Tull, Chris White, All Platinum Gold (VA)

Volume: 25 - Number: 06

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Joe Stevens

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7th February 1976

Cover: 10cc

Articles and interviews:

10cc (2pg)
Bill Nelson / Be-Bop Deluxe
Jazz (Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Horace Silver, Stan Getz, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Roy Eldridge, Sam Rivers)
Link Wray
Gallagher & Lyle
Kursaal Flyers
Ric Lee
Junior Byles
James Brown

News:

The Kinks, Hollies, Man, Hummingbird, Beatles, Ray Jackson, Gloria Gaynor, Colosseum II, Commander Cody, Fats Domino, Baker-Gurvitz Army, Status Quo, Laura Nyro, Gary Glitter, Frankie Valli & Four Seasons, Bay City Rollers, Fatback Band, John Denver, Ric Lee, Country Joe McDonald, Robin Trower, Drifters, Bobby Womack, Boxer

Albums:

Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance, Nils Lofgren & Grin, Joan Baez, Elvis Presley, Earth Wind & Fire, Flying Burrito Brothers, Allman Brothers, Carole King, Glenn Miller, Bette Midler, Anne Murray

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

Procol Harum, Brian Protheroe, Allman Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Oliver Sain, Trammps, William Bell, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, The Pretty Things, Andy Fairweather Low, Gallagher & Lyle, Ronnie Wood, Elkie Brooks, Kokomo, Country Joe McDonald

Live:

Commander Cody, Blackbyrds, Boxer, Ace, Henry Cow, Stan Tracey Quartet

Full page ads:

Boxer, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (lp, tour), Kokomo (lp, tour), The Enid, Lynyrd Skynyrd (lp, tour), Vangelis (lp, tour), Status Quo, Bobby Womack

Half page ads:

Steeleye Span, Helen Reddy, Anne Murray, Hobo, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, John Coltrane

Volume: 25 - Number: 07

Price - 15p Pages - 72

Cover by Bob Gruen

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14th February 1976

Cover: Robert Plant

Articles and interviews:

Robert Plant (2pg)
Queen (2pg)
Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)
David Bowie tour preview (2pg)
1976 NME Readers Poll (2pg)
The Fania All-Stars (2pg)
Jazz (Anthony Braxton, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, AACM, Albert Ayler, Billy Cobham, Gato Barbieri, Steve Lacy, Don Cherry, Art Ensemble of Chicago)
Gay and Terry Woods
The Groundhogs
John Lennon

News:

Elton John, The Eagles, The Miracles, Gloria Gaynor, Thin Lizzy, Man, 10cc, The Groundhogs, Osibisa, Alan Price, Bobby Womack, Bert Jansch, Fruupp, Radio Caroline, Fairport Convention, Doobie Brothers, Cliff Bennett, Focus, Jess Roden, G.T. Moore, Rod Stewart, Andy Fairweather Low, 5000 Volts, Jenny Haan, Be-Bop Deluxe

Albums:

Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Isley Brothers, Genesis, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Salsoul Orchestra, Julie Tippett, Ronee Blakley, John L. Watson, Willie Hutch, Robert Fripp & Brian Eno, All Platinum Gold (VA)

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Bobby Rydell, Bataan, Ralph Carter, C.W. McCall, Duke Ellington, Louis Jordan, Stuff 'N' Ramjett, Chequers, Magnificent Mercury Brothers, Dixie Cups, Chi-Lites, Grover Mitchell, Esther Phillips, The Fatback Band, Linda Carr, The Stylistics, Trammps

Live:

David Bowie, Be-Bop Deluxe, Sailor, Steve Marriott

Full page ads:

David Bowie, Emmylou Harris, Black Sabbath, The Spiders from Mars, A&M Records (Peter Frampton, Joan Baez)

Half page ads:

Osibisa, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Stray, Honey magazine

Volume: 25 - Number: 08

Price - 15p Pages - 64

Cover by Don C. Hanover III

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21st February 1976

Cover: Patti Smith

Articles and interviews:

Patti Smith
James Last
Genesis
Gong
Toots & the Maytals
Manfred Eicher
David Cassidy
Stax & Motown

News:

Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, David Essex, Nazareth, Mott the Hoople, Al Green, John Denver, Pink Fairies, John Miles, The Who, Alan White, Procol Harum, Judas Priest, 10cc, Chubby Checker, Al Jarreau, Elkie Brooks, Jesse Fuller, Jackson Browne, George McCrae

Albums:

Boxer, U-Roy, I-Roy, The Hollies, The Drifters, Speedy Keen, Blood Sweat & Tears

Singles reviewed by Mick Farren

Bruce Springsteen, Steeleye Span, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Flo & Eddie, Deodato, Kraftwerk, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Stylistics, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Foghat, Billie Davis, Lynsey De Paul, Status Quo, Hollies, Little Feat, Peggy Lee, Buck Owens, Steve Gibbons Band, Gonzalez, Dion, Everly Brothers

Live:

Emmylou Harris, Sex Pistols, Vangelis, Clancy, Alice Cooper, Mud, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Full page ads:

The Spiders from Mars, Kursaal Flyers (lp, tour), Carole King, Golden Earring, 10cc (lp, tour) Genesis (lp, tour) U-Roy

Half page ads:

The Chi-Lites, Stray

Volume: 25 - Number: 09

Price - 15p Pages - 60

Cover poster design:

Edward Barker

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28th February 1976

Cover: Ruffler & Deith Jukebox

Articles and interviews:

Emmylou Harris (2pg)
Dave Burland
The Spiders from Mars
The NME Book of Singles
The Prize to End All Prizes Competition
Sex Drugs & Violence in Rock
Wayne Kramer
Superman vs. Spider-Man
Johnny Clarke
Lee Brilleaux
Charlie Watts

News:

Diana Ross, Bill Wyman, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, The Three Degrees, Jean Luc-Ponty, Link Wray, Nazareth, Babe Ruth, Bob Marley, Paul Kossoff, Alex Harvey Band, Gong, Hawkwind, Rainbow, Doctors of Madness, Wings, Maddy Pryor, Black Oak Arkansas, Tomita, Groundhogs, Status Quo

Albums:

Leon Redbone, Eddie Kendricks, Maria Muldaur, Ann Peebles, The Fatback Band, The Glitter Band, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Grover Washington Jr, Clancy, Ronnie Laws, Eric Carmen

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Max Romeo & the Upsetters, City Boy, Mr. Big, Widowmaker, Broken Glass, Mighty Diamonds, Alarums & Excursions, Angel, Surprise Sisters, Reparata & the Delrons, Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, Manchester City F.C., The Spiders from Mars, Gary Glitter, King Crimson, Tommy Roe, The Association, The Doors, Brook Benton, George Harrison

Live:

Steve Harley, Marc Bolan, T. Rex, Kokomo, 10cc, National Health, Gonzalez

Full page ads:

Charlie (lp, tour), Status Quo (lp, tour), Groundhogs (lp, tour), The Eagles, David Bowie, Gong

Half page ads:

Lou Reed, Janice Ian, Kraan (lp, tour), Russ Ballard, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Ann Peebles, Richard Digance, City Boy, Mahavishnu Orchestra, KGB (Mike Bloomfield), Rory Gallagher, American Graffiti Vol. III, Phonogram Records (Brook Benton, Pioneers, The Softones)

Volume: 25 - Number: 10

Price - 15p Pages - 64

Cover by Andy Kent

Date error:

The cover has the

wrong date: March 7.

The correct date,

March 6, 1976,

is shown on

pages 2 thru 56.

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6th March 1976

Cover: David Bowie

Articles and interviews:

David Bowie (3pg)
Phil Spector story (4pg)
Sex Drugs & Violence (part 2)
Gil Scott-Heron
Climax Blues Band
1976 NME Awards to Industry
Chairmen of the Board
John Entwistle

News:

Average White Band, Beatles, Argent, Hawkwind, Junior Walker, Elton John, Al Green, Rick Nelson, Elkie Brooks, Focus, Shirley Bassey, John Denver, Steeleye Span, The Who

Albums:

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Robin Trower, The Spiders from Mars, Barry White, Johnny Cash, Max Romeo, Montrose, Gong, Slade, Everly Brothers, Peter Frampton, Foghat

Singles reviewed by Charlie Gillett

Mac Gayden, Asleep at the Wheel, Big Youth, Twinkle Brothers, Henry Buckley, Benny Goodman, Drifters, Bill Oddie, Small Faces, Lou Reed, Waylon Jennings, Jackie Edwards, Billy Crash Craddock, Eric Carmen, Tanya Tucker, Norris Weir, Flip Kay, Louisa Jane White, Merlyn Brooks, Johnny Guitar Watson, Cate Bros., Ann Peebles, Linda G. Thompson, Bunny Sigler, Hank Mizell, Sylvers, Mighty Clouds of Joy, Heptones, Tyrone Davis

Live:

Status Quo, Slik, Julie Tippets, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Mr. Big, Groundhogs, Muscles

Full page ads:

Nazareth (tour), Murray Head, Status Quo (tour), Thin Lizzy (lp, tour), Deep Purple (lp, tour), Nasty Pop (lp, tour), Man (tour), Alan White, Stanley Clarke & Lenny White, Phil Spector, Mallard, Bobby Womack (lp, tour), John Miles

Half page ads:

Hamilton Bohannon, Steeleye Span, Elton John, Fatback Band, Sons of Champlin, Ron Geesin, Rod Stewart, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, CBS Records (Journey, Janice Ian, Loggins & Messina), Unicorn (lp, tour), Angel, City Boy, Glenn Miller

Film:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Farewell, My Lovely
Leadbelly

13th March 1976

Due to an industrial action, NME

was not published on 13 March 1976.

Therefore 20 March 1976 is numbered 11.

Volume: 25 - Number: 11

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Mark S. Wexler

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20th March 1976

Cover: Phil Spector

Articles and interviews:

Phil Spector (3pg)
Zal Cleminson (SAHB)
The Tubes
Dick Morrissey & Terry Smith

News:

Rolling Stones, Genesis, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell, Leo Sayer, Chuck Berry, Phil Spector, Jethro Tull, Edgar Broughton Band, P.F.M., Soft Machine, Caravan, Sweet, The Family Dogg, Al Matthews, Manhattan Transfer, Gallagher & Lyle, Fairport Convention, Tangerine Dream, Robert Palmer, Gonzalez, Elton John, Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior, June Tabor), Eagles, Ralph McTell, Beatles reunion, The Animals

Albums:

Laura Nyro, Bill Wyman, Eagles, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver,
Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Chubby Checker, King Crimson, Status Quo, Al Di Meola, Amen Corner, Paul Butterfield, KGB

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Dennis Brown, Michael Rose, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Big Youth, Horace Andy, The Admirables, Bunny Scott,
The Unforgettables, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Ronnie Davis, Pioneers, David Essex, John Miles, Nazareth, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Kevin Ayers, Gary Wright, Fleetwood Mac, String Driven Thing, Lou Reed, Rod Stewart, Gladys Knight & the Pips, John Kongos, Mott, Tim Rice

Live:

The Who, Steve Gibbons, Bobby Womack, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Andy Fairweather Low, Jess Roden, Fabulous Poodles, Deep Purple, Kinks, Gary Glitter

Full page ads:

The Beatles, John Miles, Jess Roden Band, Doctors of Madness (lp, tour), Status Quo (lp, tour), Gallagher & Lyle, Gong (lp, tour), Stackridge (lp, tour), Camel (lp, tour), Diana Ross, Robin Trower, Phil Spector, Alan Freeman

Half page ads:

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Tommy Bolin, Thijs van Leer, The Diversions, TEA (lp, tour), Kevin Ayers, Erich von Däniken, Wishbone Ash, Scorpions (lp, tour), KGB (Ray Kennedy, Barry Goldberg, Mike Bloomfield), Child, Mahogany (Diana Ross film), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)

Volume: 25 - Number: 12

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Joe Stevens

Neil Young and CSN

family tree by Pete Frame

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

27th March 1976

Cover: Bobby Womack

Articles and interviews:

Bobby Womack
Eric Burdon & The Animals
Punk in New York: Ramones, Television, Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, Richard Hell
Singles by Paul Gambaccini
The History of Neil Young and Crosby, Stills & Nash
Cado Belle
Kevin Coyne
U-Roy

News:

Ric Grech, David Essex, Gentle Giant, J.J. Cale, Kevin Coyne, Rod Stewart, Donna Summer, Esther Paul Kossoff, Phillips, Diana Ross, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Bob Marley & Wailers, Millie Jackson, Billy Ocean, José Feliciano, Wings, Ace, Nils Lofgren, Rolling Stones

Albums:

Nils Lofgren, C.W. McCall, Bobby Womack, The Yardbirds, Chick Corea, Brenda Lee, Stackridge, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Twinkle Brothers, Greg Kihn, This Is Reggae Music (VA)

Singles reviewed by Max Bell

Cate Brothers, Sailor, Jess Roden Band, Genesis, Pluto Shervington, Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Chris Spedding, Rock Follies, Hawkwind, Noel Redding Band, Man, Golden Earring, Deep Purple, Vince Taylor, Bad Company, and many more...

Live:

Diana Ross, Stackridge, Splinter, Thin Lizzy, The Hollies, Focus, Horslips

Full page ads:

Rolling Stones (tour), Patrick Moraz, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Kevin Coyne (lp, tour), Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy (lp, tour), Rick Wakeman (tour), David Cassidy, Nils Lofgren (lp, tour), Budgie (tour), Camel (lp, tour), Doctors of Madness (lp, tour), Average White Band (lp, tour)

Half page ads:

Genesis, Man (lp, tour), Silly Sisters (lp, tour), The Greatest Disco Ever (Empire Pool Wembley, 6th April 1976), Glenn Miller, Capital Radio

Silver screen:

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Volume: 25 - Number: 13

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

3rd April 1976

Cover: Neil Young

Articles and interviews:

Neil Young
Bonnie Raitt
Kevin Ayers
Eddie & the Hot Rods
Paul Kossoff
Shel Talmy
Rock 'n' roll 'n' violence
David Bowie

News:

Duster Bennett, Nils Lofgren, Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Gloria Gaynor, Van der Graaf Generator, Wings, Kiss, Canned Heat, Gentle Giant, Ian Gillan, Baker Gurvitz Army, Ian Hunter, UFO, Rick Wakeman, The Crusaders, Yes, Flying Burrito Bros, Jimmy McCulloch

Albums:

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Earth Quake, Leslie West, Sweet, Rod Stewart, Gary Glitter, Guy Clark, John Miles, Beserkley Chartbusters, Volume 1 (VA), The Best of Okeh (VA)

Singles reviewed by Pennie Reel

Syl Johnson, Roy Wood's Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra, John Holt, Tammy Wynette, Cher, Paul Simon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Wombles, Eccles & Bluebottle, Ken Boothe, T. Rex, Leroy Hutson & the Free Spirit Symphony, Mungo Jerry, Grover Washington Jr., Barry Mann, Chubby Checker, James & Bobby Purify, I. Roy, Widowmaker, Straps

Live:

Neil Young, Rococo, Dirty Work, The Groundhogs, John Otway & Goat Riders in Disguise, Camel, Max Merritt & the Meteors, Man, Bonnie Raitt

Full page ads:

Nazareth (lp, tour), Santana, Wigwam, Judas Priest (lp, tour), Stylistics (tour), The Miracles (lp, tour), Lee Garrett, Wings

Half page ads:

Manhattan Transfer, T. Rex, Alfalpha, Widowmaker, Stackridge, Child, Keith Emerson, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Osibisa, The Tymes

Volume: 25 - Number: 14

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Chalkie Davies

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10th April 1976

Cover: Rock Follies

Articles and interviews:

Rock Follies (2pg)
Woody Herman (2pg)
Teddy Boys (5pg)
The Bothy Band
Bill Wyman
Al Jarreau
Mike Dorane
Boxer

News:

Rolling Stones, The Who, Alex Harvey Band, Little Feat, The Outlaws, Gladys Knight, Caravan, Diana Ross, Hall & Oates, Chuck Berry, Jack The Lad, Strawbs, Steeleye Span, Chieftains

Albums:

Led Zeppelin, Mott The Hoople, Black Sabbath, Nazareth, Brass Construction, The Atlanta Disco Band, S.S.O. featuring Douglas Lucas & The Sugar Sisters, Gay & Terry Woods, Tompall Glaser, Man, Lee Dorsey, Roy Wood

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

Graham Parker & The Rumour, Neil Young, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Mataya Clifford, Keith Emerson, CW McCall, Barry Ryan, Shocking Blue, David Ruffin, Stretch, Ronettes, Neil Sedaka, Jethro Tull, Alvin Stardust, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Rubettes, The Miracles, Bay City Rollers

Live:

Fats Domino, Gong, Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior, June Tabor), Little Bob Story, The Chieftains, Memphis Slim, J.J. Cale

Full page ads:

Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Jerry Garcia, Kingfish, Martyn Ford Orchestra, Man, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Randy Edelman, Leo Sayer (lp, tour), Michael Pinder, Colosseum II, Rick Wakeman, Premiata Forneria Marconi (lp, tour), Hawkwind

Half page ads:

Kevin Coyne (lp, tour), Immediate Records (Small Faces, Amen Corner, The Nice), Chubby Checker, Phoebe Show, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Child, , ,

Books:

The Billy Connolly Story

Volume: 25 - Number: 15

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Pennie Smith

The Who

Who Put the Boot In

London - Glasgow - Swansea

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for providing the scans

NME 1976-04-17 Who Put the Boot In pg7.jpg

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17th April 1976

Cover: The Sweet

Articles and interviews:

Sweet (2pg)
Electric Light Orchestra (3pg)
Patrick Moraz (2pg)
Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)
Bill Evans Trio
Larry Debay
Brook Benton, The Miracles
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Mike Pinder (Moody Blues)
Radio Luxembourg
Frank Zappa

News:

Frankie Miller, Stephen Stills, Doobie Brothers, Electric Light Orchestra, The Sandpipers, Ronnie Lane, Mick Taylor, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Budgie, Babe Ruth, Back Street Crawler, Patti Smith, Alvin Lee, Uriah Heep, Strawbs, Sailor, Widowmaker

Albums:

Wings, Third World, Gene Autry, Pavlov's Dog, Shanghai, Arrows, Hello. Smokie, Brecker Brothers, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Beau Brummels, Joe Walsh, Ike & Tina Turner, Moonshine Steel, Global Village Trucking Company, The Impressions, Ed Townsend, The Enid, Scott Walker, Stretch, Leroy Hutson

Singles reviewed by Neil Spencer

Kiss, Eddie Howell, Eddie Jobson, Smokie, The Walker Brothers, Patti Smith, Antony Moore, Hello People, Laurie Lingo & the Dipsticks, Sonya Spence, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Sparrow, Stevenson's Rocket, Zap Pow, Jah Woosh, Rhythm Heritage, The Rimshots, Session Sam, Disco Dub Band, Barrett Strong

Live:

Sex Pistols, The 101'ers, Doctors of Madness, Carol Grimes Band, John Denver, National Flag, The Rock 'n' Roll Revival, Camden Music Festival

Full page ads:

Electric Light Orchestra (lp, tour), Link Wray, Sensational Alex Harvey Band (lp, tour), Rick Wakeman (lp, tour), Roy Wood, Stretch, Widowmaker (lp, tour), Nazareth (lp, tour), The Who "Who Put the Boot In", Wings

Half page ads:

Rolling Stones, Caravan (tour), Chris Spedding, Arrows, Smokie, Bob Dylan, Third Ear Band, Kind Hearts & English, Kevin Ayers, The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories), Boz Scaggs, Laura Nyro

Volume: 25 - Number: 16

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24th April 1976

Cover: Charlie Watts

Articles and interviews:

Rolling Stones (3pg)
ABBA (2pg)
J.J. Cale (2pg)
Country Music Festival at Wembley Empire Pool (2pg)
Dr Alimantado
Mick Ronson
Magna Carta
Phil Ochs (R.I.P.)
Duster Bennett (R.I.P.)
Bob Dylan
Hank Mizell

News:

Noel Redding, Steeleye Span, Staples Singers, Pretty Things, Slik, Al Green, Supremes, Barry White, Neil Diamond, Black Oak Arkansas, Kiss, Rick Grech, Fairport, Janice Ian, Tangerine Dream, Donna Summer, Baker Gurvitz Army, Dr Hook & the Medicine Show, Gladys Knight, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Mud, Back Street Crawler, Suzi Quatro, Disco-Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes

Albums:

Jerry Garcia, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Tompall Glaser, Kingfish, Merle Haggard, Chris Spedding, Doobie Brothers, Kursaal Flyers, Johnny Taylor, Kevin Coyne, Kiss, Paul Anka, Brook Benton

Singles reviewed by Tony Stewart

Mel Blanc, Babe Ruth, Dolly Parton, Kursaal Flyers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Chris Spedding, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Moon Williams, The Abyssinians, Elvis Presley, Boz Scaggs, Hudson-Ford, Denny D'ell, Child, Adrian Baker, John Dreever, Candy, Bobby Womack

Live:

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Leo Sayer, Osibisa, Supercharge, The Stylistics, Brook Benton, The Three Degrees

Full page ads:

Rolling Stones (tour), Sparrow (tour), Bob Marley & the Wailers (lp, tour), Robert Palmer, Graham Parker & The Rumour (ad designed as news)

Half page ads:

Marvin Gaye, Argent, Smokey's Family Robinson, Babe Ruth (lp, tour), Decca Records (Marmalade, Amen Corner, Honeybus), Leonard Cohen (lp, tour), Ozark Mountain Daredevils (lp, tour)

1st May 1976

Cover: Buffy Sainte-Marie

Articles and interviews:

Buffy Sainte-Marie (2pg)
Jimi Hendrix interview (2pg)
Graham Parker
Horace Silver
Bootsy Collins
Jimmy Castor

News:

Rolling Stone, The Meters, Back Street Crawler, Peter Frampton Electric Light Orchestra, Stevie Wonder, Gallagher & Lyle, Streetwalkers, Jesse Winchester, Chuck Berry, Cajun Moon, Meal Ticket, Helen Reddy, Tony Bennett, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Queen, Spiders From Mars, Sassafras, Linda Lewis, Kursaal Flyers, Wings, Edgar Broughton Band, Rubettes, David Bowie, Frankie Miller, Brotherhood of Man, Sheer Elegance, Manfred Mann, The Supremes

Albums:

Louis Jordan, Widowmaker, Toots & the Maytals, Kevin Ayers, Aztec Two Step, The Animals, Phoebe Snow, Wilson Picket, Colosseum II, String Driven Thing, Patrick Moraz, Stephanie Mills, Junior Walker, The Temptations, Smokie Robinson, The Miracles, Motown DiscoTech 2 (VA), American Graffiti, Vol. III (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Four Seasons, Bing Crosby, Rolling Stones, Baker Gurvitz Army, Archie Bell & the Drells, Doobie Brothers, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Slik, Elvin Bishop, Seals & Crofts, Junior Campbell, Cliff Richard, The O'Jays, Charles Randolph Grean Sounde, Stylistics, Don Harrison Band, Mud, Fleetwood Mac, Peggy Lee, Jeremy Newson, Loudon Wainwright, Marty Robbins, The Dodgers, Jim Capaldi

Live:

Billy Swan, Willie Nelson, Alexis, Corner, Kevin Coyne, John Miles, PFM, Rick Wakeman, Nazareth

Full page ads:

Caravan (lp, tour), Budgie (lp, tour), Druid (lp, tour), Frogmorton (lp, tour), Shanghai (lp, tour), Supercharge, Warner Bros. Records (Jesse Colin Young, Seals & Crofts, Curved Air, America), Phonogram Records (Brook Benton, The Moments, Rimshots)

Half page ads:

Biddu Orchestra, Cliff Richard, Van der Graaf Generator, Quantum Jump, Don Woody, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Southend Sounds '76 (Fairport, Alvin Lee, Budgie, David Bromberg)

Volume: 25 - Number: 17

Price - 15p Pages - 44

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Volume: 25 - Number: 18

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover illustration by

Edward Barker

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8th May 1976

Cover: NME Guide to

Rockupmanship

Articles and interviews:

Rockupmanship (4p)
Johnnie Walker (DJ) 3p
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Chris Spedding
Silly Sisters (Maddy Prior, June Tabor)
David Bowie
Patti Smith

News:

Electric Light Orchestra, Ohio Players, Rod Stewart, Mott, The Outlaws, Little Feat, Average White Band, The Who, Brian Protheroe, Kokomo, Alan Price, Jubilee Festival, Knebworth, Steeleye Span, Uriah Heep, War, Streetwalkers

Albums:

Bob Marley & the Wailers, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman, Stephen Stills, Tiger, Marvin Gaye, City Boy

Singles reviewed by Phil McNeill

Thin Lizzy, Marvin Gaye, Tavares, The Impressions, Chosen Few, The Moments, Edwin Starr, Heavy Metal Kids, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Lynsey de Paul, Showaddywaddy, Manhattan Transfer, Donna Summer, Ric Lee, Crosby & Nash, R&J Stone, Russ Ballard, Alan White, David Bowie, Mac & Katie Kissoon, Supercharge, Stars, Skin Flesh & Bones, Sheba

Live:

The Rolling Stones, The Meters, AC/DC, Gladys Knight & the Pips

Full page ads:

Frankie Miller's Full House (lp, tour), The Supremes, Nazareth, Heavy Metal Kids, Supercharge, Graham Parker (repurposed content), Man, Blue Note Records (John Lee & Gerry Brown, Alphonse Mouzon, Ronnie Laws, Donald Byrd, Bobbi Humphrey)

Half page ads:

Gentle Giant (lp, tour), Broken Glass (lp, tour), Pluto Shervington, Al Green, Dolly Parton, Back Street Crawler, Druid, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Baker Gurvitz Army

Film:

All The President's Men

Volume: 25 - Number: 19

Price - 15p Pages - 52

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15th May 1976

Cover: David Bowie

Articles and interviews:

David Bowie
Genesis
Syd Barrett / Pink Floyd
Erich von Däniken (2pg)
Bernie Taupin
Eric Carmen
Stanley Clarke

News:

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac, Sydney Devine, Caravan, Dr. Feelgood, Jethro Tull, Flamin' Groovies, Janice Ian, Alan Stivell, Alan Hull, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, City Boy, John Coghlan, Uriah Heep, Curved Air, Stevie Wonder, Eric Burdon, Back Street Crawler, Stephen Stills, Tangerine Dream, Daevid Allen

Albums:

The Ramones, Ian Hunter, Jesse Winchester, Jess Roden Band, Steve Marriott, Mallard, National Lampoon

Singles reviewed by Mick Farren

Jonathan King, Amanda Lear, Chris White, Richards 'N' Williams, Wings, Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs, Nils Lofgren, Buddy & the Dimes, Junior Walker, The Slickers, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Fatback Band, Gino Washington, Jimmy London, Danny Clarke, The Bo Flyers, Jeff Britton & the Spitfires, The Supremes, Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, The Searchers, Dion

Live:

Elton John, Nils Lofgren, Shirley Bassey, Alex Harvey

Full page ads:

Strapps (lp, tour), Pilot, Widowmaker (lp, tour), Back Street Crawler (lp tour), Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Murray Head, Baker Gurvitz Army, Steely Dan, Kokomo, Average White Band (lp tour) Graham Parker (repurposed content)

Half page ads:

Patti Smith, Rolling Stones, Joe Higgs, Alan Freeman, Edgar Broughton Band, Jesse Winchester, Decca Records

Volume: 25 - Number: 20

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Joe Stevens

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22nd May 1976

Cover: Nil Lofgren

Articles and interviews:

Nils Lofgren (2pg)
Elvis Presley (3½pg)
Patti Smith (2pg)
Steve Miller (2pg)
Lee Garrett

News:

Keith Relf, The Kinks, Rolling Stones, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, Kevin Coyne, Eric Burdon, Curved Air, Genesis, Osibisa, Mud, Russ Ballard, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, Mike Chapman, James & Bobby Purify, Bob Harris, John Prine, Sassafras

Albums:

Steve Gibbons Band, Thin Lizzy, Velvet Underground, Lee Garrett, Van der Graaf Generator, Budgie, Supercharge, Hazzard & Barnes, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Attitudes, Caravan

Singles reviewed by Angela Errigo

Russ Ballard, The Shangri-Las, Hall & Oates, Billy Lee Riley, Black Oak Arkansas, Gallagher & Lyle, Frankie Laine, Murray Head, Barry Manilow, John Sebastian, Peter Skellern, Ian Matthews, Paul & Avis, Rik Kenton, Melissa Manchester, Joanna Carlin, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Pretty Things, Bobby Vinton, The Supremes, Pilot, The Shadows

Live:

Kiss, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Russ Ballard, David Essex, Strapps

Full page ads:

Dr. Hook (tour), John Miles (lp, tour), Streetwalkers (lp, tour), Baker Gurvitz Army, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Uriah Heep (lp, tour), David Essex, Who Put the Boot In, Steve Gibbons Band (lp, tour), Mighty Diamonds

Half page ads:

Hall & Oates (lp, tour), Caravan (tour), Daevid Allen, Gentle Giant, Tony Bird, Cajun Moon, Upp, Erich von Däniken, Stephen Stills, Southend Sounds '76 (Fairport, Alvin Lee, David Bromberg, Budgie, Dirty Tricks, Mickey Jupp)

Volume: 25 - Number: 21

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Pennie Smith

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29th May 1976

Cover: Mick Jagger, Ron Wood

Articles and interviews:

Rolling Stones (3pg)
Gram Parsons (3pg)
Average White Band (2pg)
Sonny Rollins
Chuck Berry
Joe Higgs
Dr. Hook

News:

Eric Burdon, Rolling Stones, Genesis, Van Morrison, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, Mott, Alex Harvey, Glitter Band, Kevin Ayers, Cado Belle, Hank Mizell, Beatles, Hot Chocolate, John Miles

Albums:

Todd Rundgren, Country Gazette, Mighty Diamonds, Eric Anderson,

Steve Miller Band, Streetwalkers, Mike Mantler, America, Outlaws, Ashford & Simpson, Blackmore's Rainbow, Steppenwolf, Outlaws, Roy St John, Bellamy Brothers, Freddy Fender, Dillards, Firefall, Cliff Richard, 25 Years of Top Country Hits (VA)

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

The Meters, Steve Miller Band, Rod Stewart, Yvonne Fair, John David, Earth Wind & Fire, Johnny Nash, Milton Henry, String Driven Thing, Average White Band, Mark Dinning, Emmylou Harris, Janice Ian, Don Thomas, The Goodies, The Piglets

Live:

Jeff Beck, Alvin Lee, Bobby Vee, Chuck Berry, Gallagher & Lyle Band, Tyla Gang, Judas Priest, Ian Dury & the Kilburns

Full page ads:

J. D. Souther, Ian Hunter, Bryan Ferry, Steve Miller Band, Michael Chapman, Tangerine Dream, Ritchie Blackmore, Fairport, David Bowie

Half page ads:

Can, Ron Wood, Third World, Outlaws, Rolling Stones, Ian Matthews, Flamin' Groovies, Deaf School, The Meters, Daevid Allen, CBS Records (Weather Report, Al Di Meola), Catherine Ferry

Volume: 25 - Number: 22

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover by Pennie Smith

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5th June 1976

Cover: Roger Daltrey (The Who)

Articles and interviews:

"Who Put the Boot In" Charlton, London – The Who, Little Feat, Alex Harvey (SAHB), Outlaws, Widowmaker, Streetwalkers (3pg)
Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull (3pg)
Doobie Brothers (2pg)
Jesse Winchester (2pg)
The Meters / Art Neville
Tom Waits
Gene Vincent
John Miles
Picture sleeves

News:

Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Wings, Rod Stewart, The Ramones, The Crystals, Betty Wright, Eddie Floyd, Mick Taylor, Slik, Rick Grech, Exciters, Back Door, Ian Dury & the Kilburns, The 101'ers, Supercharge, Leonard Cohen, Camel, Billy Connolly, Shirley Bassey, Bobby Purify, Jesse Winchester, Corky Laing, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Wings, Hank Mizell, Slik, War, Katie Kissoon, Freddy Fender, Average White Band, Frankie Miller

Albums:

Janice Ian, J. D. Souther, Charlie & the Pep Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, Babe Ruth, Richard Thompson, Showaddywaddy, Albion Country Band, The Ventures, Lloyd Price, Ashley Hutchings, Hank Mizell, Ike & Tina Turner, David Bowie, Elton John, Wigwam, Gentle Giant, By Invitation Only (VA)

Singles reviewed by Geoff Hill

Sandy Nelson, Roy Orbison, Average White Band, Uriah Heep, Edgar Winter Group w Rick Derringer, Eric Carmen, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Pilot, Fast Buck, The G Band, Ian Hunter, Michael Pinder, The Enid, Stairsteps, PFM, Marmalade, Billy Hammersmith & the Roundabouts, Sweet Sensation, Andy Fraser, Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band, Dorothy Moore, AJ Gaye Disco Band, Narvel Felts, Captain & Tennille, Black Oak Arkansas, B.B Seaton, Roy St. John, Eddy Philips, Milton Henry, Dirty Tricks, Smackee, Martin Ford Orchestra, Brian Ferry, Heyettes, English Rose, Humbug

Live:

Hall & Oates, Taff Williams' Band, Babe Ruth, Mealticket

Full page ads:

War, Ohio Players (lp, tour), Little Feat (lp, tour), Richard Thompson, Rolling Stones, Streetwalkers (lp, tour), Summit Meeting (various artists)

Half page ads:

Supercharge, Stephen Stills, Vicki Sue Robinson, Ray Thomas, Mott (lp, tour), Eddie Cochran, Freddy Fender

Film:

Leadbelly

Volume: 25 - Number: 23

Price - 15p Pages - 40

Cover by Pennie Smith

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12th June 1976

Cover: Helen Mirren

Articles and interviews:

Helen Mirren (Teeth 'n' Smiles)
Steely Dan (2pg)
Go (Stomu Yamashta, Michael Shrieve, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze, Al Di Meola)
NME Readers' Top 100 Singles
Sam Jones
Supercharge

News:

Peter Gabriel, Flamin' Groovies, Hank Mizell, Heavy Metal Kids, Bob Marley, Country Joe McDonald, Al Stewart, Showaddywaddy, J.J. Barrie, Scaffold, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, Roger Daltrey, Kursaal Flyers, Soft Machine

Albums:

Millie Jackson, John Sebastian, Rod Stewart, Blue Öyster Cult, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Michael Pinder, Steve Goodman, Hank Williams Jr, Ben Sidran

Singles reviewed by Brian Case

Dr. Hook, Crystal Gayle, Winston Groovy, David Carradine, Penny McLean, The Troggs, Rock Follies, Rupie Edwards, Lee Eldred, John Stevens' Away

Live:

Average White Band, Dr. Hook, Janice Ian, Tom Waits, Fairport, Frankie Miller's Full House

Full page ads:

Ohio Players (tour), Bellamy Brothers, Genesis, Rainbow

Half page ads:

Mott (lp, tour), Ian Hunter, Deaf School (lp, tour), Crispian St. Peters, Freddy Fender, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Michael Chapman, The Doors

Books:

Jamaica: Babylon on a Thin Wire
Beneath the Underdog
Encyclopaedia of Rock

Volume: 25 - Number: 24

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover by Dennis Morris

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19th June 1976

Cover: Bob Marley

Articles and interviews:

Bob Marley (3pg)
Sly & the Family Stone(3pg)
Michael Chapman
ZZ Top
Brian Wilson
Hank Mizell

News:

Reading Festival, Black Oak Arkansas, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Sassafras, Jethro Tull, AC/DC, Electric Light Orchestra, Peter Frampton, Bay City Rollers, Santana, Grateful Dead, Jesse Winchester, The Real Thing, Fleetwood Mac, Phil May, Eric Burdon, The Hollies, Rick Grech, Outlaws, Genesis, Gong, ZZ Top, Mud

Albums:

Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Flying Burrito Brothers, Chris Hillman, Beatles,

Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Melba Moore, Ted Nugent, Cajun Moon, Johnny Cash, Carly Simon

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Eddie & the Hots Rods, Joe Walsh, T. Rex, Count Bishops, Uriah Heep, Kevin Coyne, Steve Gibbons Band, Steve Miller Band, Pratt & McClain, Automatic Man, Nils Lofgren & Grin, Widowmaker, Ann Peebles, Pluto, The Purple Gang, Norman Beaton, John Travolta, Max Romeo, Kevin Ayers, Rock Follies

Live:

Eric Burdon Band, Streetwalkers, Mott, Rocky Sharp & the Razors, Genesis, Roy St. John Outfit

Full page ads:

Rod Stewart, City Boy (lp, tour), Steve Miller, Streetwalkers, Automatic Man, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Decca Records (Isotope, Kraan, Omega, Pulsar)

Half page ads:

Outlaws, Isley Brothers, Jon Anderson, Earl Slick, Donovan, Brian Protheroe

Film:

The Missouri Breaks
Death Race 2000
Gator

Volume: 25 - Number: 25

Price - 15p Pages - 40

Cover by Pennie Smith

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26th June 1976

Cover: Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)

Articles and interviews:

Roxy Music (1½pg)
Rod Stewart (2pg)
Robert Wyatt (2pg)
Freddy Fender
Dr. Feelgood

News:

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Camel, Van der Graaf Generator, Phil Collins' Brand X, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Colosseum II, Pink Fairies, Thin Lizzy, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, James Taylor, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Alice Cooper, Status Quo, The Real Thing, Electric Light Orchestra, Art Garfunkel, Chieftains, Automatic Man, Canned Heat, City Boy, Hot Chocolate

Albums:

Frederick Knight, Margie Joseph, William Bell, Mavis Staples, Mott, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Mahalia Jackson, Johnnie Taylor, Jeff Beck, The Runaways, The Isley Brothers, The Good Old Boys, Don Harrison Band, Frank Sinatra, Michael Chapman, The Brothers Johnson

Singles reviewed by Phil McNeill

(located after the lp reviews)

The Isley Brothers, The Brothers Johnson, Ted Nugent, The Beach Boys, Elton John & Kiki Dee, The Carpenters, Frankie Valli, Demis Roussos, Hello, Screemer, Johnny Goodison, New Edition, Stephen Russell, Bobby Goldsboro, Mac Davis, Mark Stein, Stu James, The Doors, Sam the Sham & Pharaohs, Joe Jones, Marlena Shaw

Live:

Little Feat, Bob Marley, Tangerine Dream, Electric Light Orchestra, James & Bobby Purify, Michael Chapman, Burlesque, Freddy Fender, West Coast Rock Show (Dirty Tricks, Gonzalez, The Pretty Things, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Eric Burdon, Country Joe & the Fish, Bob Marley)

Full page ads:

The Beatles, Curved Air (lp, tour), Automatic Man, Bob Marley, Queen, Soft Machine

Half page ads:

Eric Clapton, War, Nil Lofgren

Volume: 25 - Number: 26

Price - 15p Pages - 40

Cover by Michael Putland

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3rd July 1976

Cover: Eric Clapton

Articles and interviews:

Peter Frampton (2pg)
Yes & Frampton @ JFK Stadium
War & Ohio Players (2pg)
The Outlaws
Spartacus R. (Osibisa)
Earl Slick
Frankie Miller
Kevin Ayers
Mr Big

News:

Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Santana, Grateful Dead, Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Mighty Diamonds, U-Roy, Status Quo, Strawbs, Curved Air, Flamin' Groovies, The Ramones, Glenn Hughes, Sweet, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Billy Cobham, Don Williams, John Martyn, Michael Chapman, Beach Boys, Mud

Albums:

Fairport Convention, Uriah Heep, Aerosmith, Parliament, Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Beach Boys, Atlanta Rhythm Section, AC/DC, Donovan, Johnny Guitar Watson, Tangerine Dream, J. Geils Band, Upp, Summit Meeting (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Status Quo, Hot Chocolate, Queen, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Grimms, James Brown, Billy Connolly, Crazy Cavan 'n' the Rhythm Rockers, Ray Thomas, Neil Sedaka, Diana Ross, Nilsson, Beverly Hills Blues Band, Brass Construction, Hank Mizell, Roy C, Al Jarreau

Live:

The Sex Pistols, The Wharf Rats, National Flag, Montana Red, Dog Watch, Bearded Lady, Giggles, Frankie Miller, Soft Machine, Little Acre, The Glitter Band

Full page ads:

Jon Anderson, Status Quo

Half page ads:

Johnny & Edgar Winter, Brand X, Jesse Winchester

Books:

The Big Kiss Off of 1944
Hollywood and LeVine
Conversations With a Corpse
Number One With a Bullet

Volume: 25 - Number: 27

Price - 15p Pages - 52

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10th July 1976

Cover: John Lennon

Articles and interviews:

Rock star shades (2pg)
Eric Burdon (2pg)
Thin Lizzy (2pg)
Dolly Parton
Aerosmith
Billy Swan
Janice Ian
McCoy Tyner
Alan Parsons Project
Ted Nugent

News:

Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Todd Rundgren, 10cc, Sex Pistols, Kokomo, Mighty Diamonds, U-Roy, Status Quo, Hawkwind, Thin Lizzy, Chieftains, Ace, Doctors of Madness, Uriah Heep, Van der Graaf Generator, Stevie Wonder, Kool & the Gang, Back Street Crawler, Heavy Metal Kids, A Band Called O, Eric Clapton, Santana, Charley Pride

Albums:

Andy Pratt, Raspberries, Average White Band, Glenn Phillips, Neil Diamond, Pat Travers, The Kinks, Candi Staton, Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers, Keith Jarrett, Terry Garthwaite, Dr. Hook, Poco, Ben E. King, Joe Cocker, Paris

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Fats Domino, Swamp Dogg, Johnny Duncan, Louis Jordan, Joe Cocker, Memphis Bend, Trevor White, 5000 Volts, Streetwalkers, The Ronettes, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Chris Barber, The Crusaders, Joe Walsh, The Cate Brothers, Phizz, Shag, Jimmy Castor Bunch, Orleans

Singles by Bob Woffinden

Singles overview.

Live:

Flamin' Groovies, Ramones, The Stranglers, Slik, New York Dolls, Earl Slick Show, Carol Grimes & London Boogie Band, John Martyn

Full page ads:

Beatles, Ian Gillan, Thin Lizzy, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Average White Band, Jefferson Starship, Rose Banks, Candi Staton, Neil Diamond, Wembley (Santana, Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage), Knebworth (Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Rolling Stones, 10cc, Lynyrd Skynyrd)

Half page ads:

Pat Travers, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Doctors of Madness (lp, tour), Blue Oyster Cult, A Band Called O, Crystal Palace Garden Party IX, (Eric Clapton, Chieftains), Riviera 76 (John McLaughlin, Crusaders, Taj Mahal, Gil Scott-Heron, Al Jarreau)

Volume: 25 - Number: 28

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17th July 1976

Cover: The Who

Articles and interviews:

The Who: singles, EPs, LPs
Paul McCartney & Wings in LA
Ian Hunter
The Ramones
Flamin' Groovies
July Wakes Festival
Stuart Sutcliffe
Twiggy

News:

Eric Clapton, Freddie King, The Band, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Helen Reddy, Natalie Cole, Sailor, Bay City Rollers, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, Black Oak Arkansas, Pink Fairies, Brand X, Ian Dury & the Kilburns, Uriah Heep, Heavy Metal Kids, Showaddywaddy, Loggins & Messina, Allman Brothers, Gallagher & Lyle, Streetwalkers, Bryan Ferry, Weather Report, The Real Thing

Albums:

Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius, Jefferson Starship, Alice Cooper, Carpenters, Loudon Wainwright, Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band, Mae McKenna, Terry Reid, James Taylor, Roxy Music, Jon Anderson

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

The Beatles, David Bowie, Outlaws, Hall & Oates, Ohio Players, Carole King, Steve Harley Cockney Rebel, Starland Vocal Band, Chris Hillman, Baker Gurvitz Army, Nazareth, Alan Parsons Project, Michael Chapman, Andrea True Connection, Firefall, Question Mark & the Mysterians, David Dundas, Les Dudek

Live:

The Crusaders, Thin Lizzy, So It Goes (TV), Back Street Crawler, Jesse Winchester, Deaf School, Scaffold, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Bryn Haworth, Sparrowfall (Alan Drury play),

Full page ads:

Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Twiggy, Quantum Jump, A Band Called O, "Greetings from San Francisco" (later cancelled Wembley concert w. Santana, Grateful Dead, New Riders Purple Sage)

Half page ads:

Garden Party IX: Crystal Palace Bowl (Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Jess Roden, Chieftains), Cardiff Castle (Status Quo, Strawbs, Budgie, Hawkwind, Curved Air, John Peel), Lee Garrett, Keith Hudson, Sassafras, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck, Chicago, Camel

24th July 1976

Cover: The Runaways

Articles and interviews:

The Runaways (3pg)
Nazareth
Back Street Crawler
The Crusaders
Nigel Benjamin (Mott)
Mel Tormé
The Real Thing
Flo & Eddie
...

News:

, , , , , , , ,

Albums:

Grateful Dead, Michel Polnareff, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Meters, Wild Tchoupitoulas, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Dion, Freddie Cannon, Hotlegs, The Supremes, Kenny Rankin, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kevin Ayers, Kaleidoscope, Brand X, Rose Banks, , , , (more on pg. 33)

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Can, Johnny Clarke, The Monkees, Ralph Carter, Brigati, Melba Moore, Little Anthony & the Imperials, The Yardbirds, Carl Perkins, Carl Mann, Bellamy Brothers, Harry J. All Stars, Sunfighter, Twiggy, Hawkwind, The Sweet Hands, Judy Stone, Dolphin, Alice Cooper, Federation, Prelude, Fearn & Friend

Live:

Doctors of Madness, Jethro Tull, Don Williams, Twiggy, Automatic Man, Kokomo, FBI, Carol Grimes, Pink Fairies, , , , , ,

Full page ads:

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Hawkwind, , , , , , , ,

Half page ads:

Question Mark & the Mysterians, Hot Chocolate, Tangerine Dream, Johnny Clarke, Commander Cody, Medicine Head, , , ,

Remaining info to come later...

Volume: 25 - Number: 29

Price - 15p Pages - 48

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31st July 1976

Cover: Fleetwood Mac

Articles and interviews:

Fleetwood Mac
Deep Purple
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Automatic Man
Andrew Gold
Hall & Oates
Paul Williams
Kenneth Anger
Gregg Allman

News:

Van Morrison, Elton John, Queen, Ted Nugent, Flying Burrito Brothers, Monty Python, Billy Connolly, Rick Wakeman, Jimmy James & the Vagabonds, David Essex, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, The Who, The Band, Phil Manzanera, Rod Stewart, Bay City Rollers, Barry Manilow, Maybe The Floor

Albums:

Spirit, Warren Zevon, Fools Gold, Jay Ferguson, Martha Velez, B.T. Express, Jesse Winchester, Jerry Butler, David Ruffin, Kraan, Curtis Mayfield, MFSB, Rosehip String Band, Al Di Meola, Daevid Allen

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Hamilton Bohannon, Speedy Keen, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Ian Hunter, Dave Edmunds, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Wings, The Equals, Cliff Richard, Stephen Stills, Blue Oyster Cult, The Byrds, Blue Magic, The Boones

Live:

Cardiff Castle (Hawkwind, Status Quo, Curved Air), Wakes Festival Chorley (Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Sean O’Rourke & Alba, Alan Hull, Oldham Tinkers, Magna Carta, Five Hand Reel, Almanac, Steve Tilston, John Prine, Steve Goodman, Krysia Kocjan, Alan Stivell, Hedgehog Pie, Bernard Wrigley, Jack the Lad, Bob Pegg, The Chieftains, John Martyn, Mike Harding, Dave Burland, more), Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Eddie Floyd, John Prine, Jerry Garcia, The Real Thing, Cimarons

TV:

Elvis Presley

Stage:

A Chorus Line
Leave Him to Heaven

Full page ads:

The Beatles Tapes, A Band Called O, Dave Edmunds, Rod Stewart, Wings, Tavares, Twiggy, Sire Records (Larry Fast's Synergy, Martha Velez, Flamin' Groovies, The Ramones)

Half page ads:

Crosby & Nash, Dirty Tricks (lp, tour), AC/DC, Jeff Beck, The Cimarons, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Pioneers, Garden Party IX: Crystal Palace Bowl (Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Jess Roden, Chieftains)

Books:

Hollywood Babylon

Volume: 25 - Number: 31

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7th August 1976

Cover: Eric Clapton

Articles and interviews:

John Lennon wins in court
Donovan
Medicine Head
Luther Alison
Sun Ra
Eric Clapton and more at Crystal Palace Bowl
Dick and the Firemen
Montreal Summer Olympics
Jimmy Carter

News:

Neil Young, Kenny Jones, Ron Wood, Rod Stewart, Be Bop Deluxe, Stephen Stills, Eric Clapton, Dead Fingers Talk, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, Ginger Baker, The Drifters, Fatback Band, Cat Stevens, Graham Bonnet, Bill Fehilly, The Enid, Pat Travers, Linda Ronstadt, Krakatoa, Sailor, Edgar Broughton

Albums:

Joan Armatrading, Sam Cooke, Dion, A Band Called O, Billy Joel, Henry Cow, William Bell, Ronnie Laws, Dwight Twilley Band, Don Covay, Greezy Wheels, Buster Brown, Barbara Dickson, Pulsar, Sassafras, Chicago, Curved Air

Singles reviewed by Eddie Neutron

Bryan Ferry, Johnny Jones & The King Casuals, Philharmonic 2000, Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys, Mike Batt, Carl Mann, War, The Crusaders, Paul Williams, Alvin Stardust, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and many more...

Live:

Weather Report, Larry Coryell, Van der Graaf Generator, Cado Belle, The Diversions, Brand X, Plummet Airlines, Landscape, Clayson & the Argonauts, House, Sad Sac

Full page ads:

George Benson, Alan Parsons Project, U-Roy

Half page ads:

Reading Rock '76, Isley Brothers, Max Merritt, Rare Bird, Capability Brown, John Holt, The Surfaris, Widowmaker

Silver screen:

Easy Rider

Volume: 25 - Number: 32

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14th August 1976

Cover: Ted Nugent

Articles and interviews:

Ted Nugent (2pg)
Ron Wood (2pg)
Les Dudek
Doctors of Madness
Dave Edmunds
Bob Seger
The Runaways
Elvis Presley

News:

Queen, Jack the Lad, Johnny Wakelin, Uriah Heep, 5000 Volts, Strawbs, Mud, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hot Tuna, Joe Walsh, Eagles, Heavy Metal Kids, Elton John, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Poco, Kraftwerk, Andy Fairweather Low, The Four Tops, Real Thing, Manfred Mann

Albums:

The Byrds, Nina Simone, Rabbitt, David Crosby and Graham Nash, Richie Furay Band, Ray Thomas, Keith Carradine, Rick Derringer, Pousette-Dart Band, Earl Slick Band, Marlena Shaw, Rabbitt, Frankie Valli, Andy Fairweather Low, Jonathan King, Rubettes, Jimmy James & Vagabonds

Singles by Phil McNeill - page 11

Singles overview

More singles - page 21

ABBA, Hot Chocolate, Tina Charles, Bev Bevan, Lee Perry, Nick Lowe, The Cimarons

Live:

Herbie Hancock, John Hartford, Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick, A Band Called O, Boz Scaggs, Cambridge Folk Festival (Michael Chapman, Bothy Band, City Waites, Loudon Wainwright III, Cajun Moon, Martin Simpson, Steve Goodman, Mike Harding, The Bushwackers, Bryan Bowers, Scafell Pike)

Full page ads:

Joan Armatrading, Hot Tuna, Grateful Dead, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (lp, tour), Sire Records (Martha Velez, Larry Fast's Synergy, The Ramones, Flamin' Groovies), Reading Rock Festival '76, The Front Line (VA)

Half page ads:

Steve Goodman, Bob Williamson, Andy Pratt, Jan & Dean, Thin Lizzy

Film:

Goodbye, Norma Jean
Lipstick
Buffalo Bill and the Indians
The Outlaw Josey Wales

Volume: 25 - Number: 33

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21st August 1976

Cover: Blue Öyster Cult

Articles and interviews:

Blue Öyster Cult (2pg)
Parliament / Funkadelic / Bootsy's Rubber Band
John McLaughlin
Alex Harvey Band
Herbie Hancock
Eddie Jobson
Stax Records

News:

Elvis Presley, Crosby & Nash, AC/DC, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Fatback Band, Deep Purple, Carpenters, Poco, Four Tops, Colosseum II, Flying Burrito Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Fairport, Bay City Rollers, Andy Fairweather Low, Joe Cocker, Be Bop Deluxe, Mud

Albums:

Linda Ronstadt, Peter Tosh, Thin Lizzy, Allan Clarke, Diana Ross, Don Gibson, Split Enz, Twiggy, Country Joe McDonald, Front Line (VA), Golden Summer (VA), California Sunshine (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Pluto, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Black Oak Arkansas, Linda Ronstadt, Roy Wood, The Shangri-Las, Andy Pratt, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Chiffons, Lee Marvin, Tapper Zukie, Andy Fairweather Low, Undisputed Truth, Steve Miller Band, Santana

Live:

Edgar Broughton, Motorhead, Roogalator, AC/DC, Lee Kosmin Band, Gonzalez, Tom Robinson, Johnny Ray, Loudon Wainwright

Full page ads:

Hot Chocolate (lp, tour), Deaf School, Linda Ronstadt

Half page ads:

Michael de Albuquerque, Electric Light Orchestra, A Band Called O, Crosby & Nash, Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, Kris Kristofferson, The Front Line (VA), Ronnie Dyson, Reading Rock '76

Books:

Doctor Rat

28 August and 4 September, 1976

Due to an industrial action,

NME was not published

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4 September 1976.

Therefore 11 September is numbered 34.

Volume: 25 - Number: 34

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11th September 1976

Cover: Freddie Mercury

Articles and interviews:

Queen (2pg)
Jeff Beck (2pg)
Buddy Holly (2pg)
Derek & Clive
Ian Dury

News:

Steeleye Span, Queen, Patti Smith, Wishbone Ash, The Who, Buddy Holly, Climax Blues Band, Joan Armatrading, Mott, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride, Rod Stewart, Thin Lizzy, Dr. Feelgood, Barclay James Harvest, Marvin Gaye, The Drifters, Peter Frampton, Osibisa

Albums:

Eric Clapton, Betty Wright, Can, Bobby Womack, Burning Spear, Asleep at the Wheel, The Equals,

Little River Band, Hummingbird, Justin Hinds & the Dominoes, Diga Rhythm Band

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Elvis Presley, Nirvana, David Ruffin, Benny Joy, Lord Rockingham's XI, Johnny Jones, Bobbie Gentry, John Holt, Tommy McLain, Derek & Clive, Lonnie Liston Smith, Junior Murvin, Chairman of the Board, Edwin Starr, Earth Wind & Fire, Millie Jackson, Ernie Smith, Helen Reddy, Frankie Valli, Judge Dread, Rose Banks, Soulful Dynamics

Live:

Mighty Diamonds, U-Roy, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Jet Harris, Dr. Feelgood, Sex Pistols, Arthur Brown, The Enid, Krakatoa, Louis Hayes Quintet, Viola Wills

Reading Festival (Revolutionaries, U-Roy, Mighty Diamonds, Mallard, Gong, Moon, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Phil Manzanera 801, Colosseum II, AC/DC, Van der Graaf Generator, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Black Oak Arkansas, Roy St. John, Back Door, Sadista Sisters, Pat Travers, Sassafras, Camel, Rory Gallagher, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Ted Nugent, Phil Collins' Brand X, Supercharge, Osibisa)

Knebworth recap (report missed due to NGA strike) Rolling Stones, Hot Tuna, Don Harrison Band, Todd Rundgren, Lynyrd Skynyrd, 10cc.

Full page ads:

Hall & Oates, Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Be Bop Deluxe (lp, tour), Denny Lane, Eric Clapton, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Smokie, Grand Funk Railroad, Angel, Neil Ardley

Half page ads:

Manhattan Transfer, Dan McCafferty, Liverpool Express, Little River Band, Buddy Holly, J.J. Cale, Shirley Collins

Books:

Harlan Ellison interview
Ray Bradbury interview
Marvel Comics Treasury Editions

18th September 1976

Cover: Eddie & the Hot Rods

Articles and interviews:

Eddie & the Hot Rods
Joe Albany
Hall & Oates
Jefferson Starship
Pete Townshend
Elliot Randall (Steely Dan)
Phil Manzanera
Tom Jones
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Full page ads:

Eric Clapton, Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Hawkwind (lp, tour), Hall & Oates, Strawbs (lp, tour), , , , , , ,

Half page ads:

Kool & the Gang (tour), Peter Tosh, , , , , , , , ,

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25th September 1976

Cover: Bob Dylan

Articles and interviews:

Bob Dylan & The Band (2pg)
Bay City Rollers (2pg)
Todd Rundgren (2pg)
Rick Derringer
Don Harrison
Motown reissues

News:

Sailor, Wishbone Ash, Stevie Wonder, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Sparks, Mud, Heavy Metal Kids, Robin Trower, Mott, Dave Greenslade, Real Thing, Queen, Pink Fairies, The Stranglers, City Boy, Fairport, Little Bob Story, Cate Bros.

Albums:

Bob Dylan, The Band, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, Moon, Max Merritt, Racing Cars, Captain Beefheart, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ovary Lodge, Deaf School, Judy Collins, Linda Lewis, Folk Festival (VA)

Singles reviewed by Angela Errigo

Sailor, Billy Swan, Dan McCafferty, Hot Tuna, Steeleye Span, Osibisa, Michael Crawford, Michelle Phillips, Marvin Gaye, T. Rex, David Essex, Eric Carmen, Average White Band, Albion Dance Band, Jack The Lad, Isley Brothers, Climax Blues Band, The Real Thing, Colin Blunstone, Jay Ferguson, Manhattans, Starry Eyed, Pete Wingfield, Deaf School, Max Merritt, Andrew Gold, Smokie

Live:

Hyde Park (Queen, Supercharge, Steve Hillage, Kiki Dee), David Crosby & Graham Nash, Elton John, Dr. Feelgood, Chieftains

Full page ads:

Vangelis, George Hatcher Band (tour), The Runaways (tour), Don McLean, Steve Hillage (lp, tour)

Half page ads:

Barclay James Harvest (tour), Racing Cars (lp, tour), Phillip Goodhand-Tait (lp, tour), Hummingbird, Marvin Gaye (lp, tour), Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Labelle

Film:

Ode to Billie Joe
Taxi Driver

Volume: 25 - Number: 37

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Cover:

- Ray Stevenson (Pistols)

- James Palmer (Feelgood)

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2nd October 1976

Cover: Sex Pistols, Dr Feelgood

Articles and interviews:

Dr. Feelgood
The Sex Pistols
Stevie Wonder
The Runaways
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Split Enz
Phil Ochs
Elton Dean

News:

, , , , , , , ,

Albums:

Steeleye Span, The Gladiators, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Vangelis, Arlo Guthrie, The Meters, G.C. Cameron, Rusty & Doug Kershaw, Kris Kristofferson, Delbert McClinton, Paul Williams, Ruby Starr, Hank Williams

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Undisputed Truth, The Runaways, Wild Cherry, Manhattan Transfer, Tyla Gang, Fleetwood Mac, Aaron Neville, James Taylor, Little River Band, Jerry Butler, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Jess Roden Band

Live:

Marvin Gaye, Joan Armatrading, Moon, Kool and the Gang, Flying Burrito Bros, Barbara Dickson, John Dowie & Big Girl's Blouse, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Andy Fairweather Low, Bowles Brothers Band, Dorothy Moore, Jimmy James & Vagabonds, Wild Honey, The Damned, Buzzcocks, Ben E. King, John Miles, Surprise Sisters

Full page ads:

Stevie Wonder, Aerosmith, Mott (lp, tour), Renaissance (lp, tour), Dr. Feelgood, Climax Blues Band (lp, tour), Neil Young & Stephen Stills, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (lp, tour), The Runaways (lp, tour), Split Enz (lp, tour), Strawbs (lp, tour), The Groundhogs (lp, tour), Jefferson Starship, The Who

Half page ads:

Brian Protheroe, Doctors of Madness, Barclay James Harvest

Volume: 25 - Number: 38

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9th October 1976

Cover: Marvin Gaye

Articles and interviews:

Marvin Gaye
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News:

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Albums:

Stevie Wonder, Waylon Jennings, Al Stewart, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Be Bop Deluxe, Vangelis, 20th Century Steel Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Steve Hillage, Giorgio, Renaissance, Robin Trower, Can, Angel, , , , , ,,

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

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Live:

The Runaways, Be Bop Deluxe, Steve Hillage, Tavares, Natalie Cole, Max Merritt, Dr. Feelgood, SFW, Catapillas, Don't Believe in Butterflies

Full page ads:

Peter Frampton & Gary Wright (tour), War, Dr. Feelgood, Santana (lp, tour), Steve Hillage (lp, tour), , , , ,

Half page ads:

Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Four Tops (lp, tour), Chris Stainton & Glen Turner, La Seine, , , , ,

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Volume: 25 - Number: 39

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16th October 1976

Cover: Bunny Wailer

Articles and interviews:

News:

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Albums:

The Who, Starland Vocal Band, Iggy & The Stooges, Wild Cherry, Flamin' Groovies, Stanley Clarke, Van der Graaf Generator, Thin Lizzy

Singles by Angus MacKinnon

Johnny Clarke, The Chants, Don Covay, Kevin Coyne, Veda Brown, Leo Sayer, , , , , ...more

Live:

Kraftwerk, National Health, Mott, City Boy, The Troggs, Hawkwind, Tiger, Ray Charles, Steve Hillage, Jack The Lad, Split Enz, Barclay James Harvest, Manfred Mann, Don Williams, Shakin' Stevens

Full page ads:

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Half page ads:

, , , , , , , ,

Remaining info coming soon...

Volume: 25 - Number: 40

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23rd October 1976

Cover: Patti Smith

Articles and interviews:

Patti Smith
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News:

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Albums:

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Singles reviewed by ...

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Live:

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Full page ads:

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Half page ads:

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Volume: 25 - Number: 41

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30th October 1976

Cover: Rod Stewart

Articles and interviews:

Rod Stewart (2pg)
Randy California & Spirit
Joe Lee Wilson
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver
Jabberwocky

News:

Led Zeppelin, Hawkwind, Uriah Heep, Steve Hillage Band, The Band, Bryan Ferry, Genesis, Joan Armatrading, Ian Gillan, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Wings, David Bowie, Greenslade, Slik, Roberta Flack, Man, Mud, Tim Hinkley, Rod Stewart, Pink Fairies, Steeleye Span, Ace Kefford, Alex Harvey

Albums:

Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Albert King, Mike Oldfield, Sam Cooke, Yardbirds, The Bothy Band, The Chieftains, Barbara Lynn, David Essex, Barclay James Harvest, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Cado Belle, The Commodores, Johnny Guitar Watson, Swamp Dog, Marvin Gaye

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Heart, Tapper Zukie, Lorna Bennett, Gladys Knight & the Pips, J.J. Cale, Dion & the Belmonts, Free, Twiggy, Kursaal Flyers, David Cassidy, Glen Campbell, 900 Inclusive, Al Green, Decameron, Carol Grimes, Johnny Wakelin, The Dealers, Cado Belle, Prelude, Dave Edmunds

Live:

Wings, Patti Smith, Rod Stewart, Wishbone Ash, Peter Frampton, George Hatcher, Gong, Phoenix, Sailor, Hot Chocolate, Chelsea, Throbbing Gristle

Full page ads:

Al Stewart (lp, tour), Linda Ronstadt (lp, tour), Thin Lizzy (lp, tour), Sparks, Phil Manzanera 801, Be Bop Deluxe, Electric Light Orchestra, Mike Oldfield, Sweet, Elton John, Kiki Dee (lp, tour), Ted Nugent

Half page ads:

AC/DC (tour), Tangerine Dream (tour), Jess Roden Band (tour), Gary Wright, Supercharge, Strawbs, John Stevens, Tundra (Chris Stainton), Mud, Sylvia

Books:

The Led Zeppelin Biography
The Dalkey Archive
Led Zeppelin
Future Rock
Rock File 4

6th November 1976

Cover: Chiswick & Stiff Records

Articles and interviews:

Independent labels including Chiswick & Stiff Records (3pg)
Thin Lizzy (2pg)
Steve Gibbons Band
Ritchie Blackmore (2pg)
Vangelis
Rolling Stones tickets
Fanzines
J.J. Cale

News:

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Albums:

Carol Grimes, Max Romeo & the Upsetters, David Bedford, Walker Brothers, Stephen Bishop, Heart, Phil Manzanera 801, Hawkwind, Glen Campbell, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Cate Brothers, Gene Chandler, Climax Blues Band, All This & World War II (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

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Live:

The Clash, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Damned, Tyla Gang, The Cate Brothers, Tapper Zukie, Muddy Waters, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Eric Burdon, Steve Gibbons, Thin Lizzy, Status Quo, Frankie Miller, Chieftains, Doctors of Madness, Climax Blues Band

Full page ads:

Led Zeppelin, AC/DC (lp, tour), Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (lp, tour), Graham Parker & the Rumour, Mike Oldfield, Santana (lp, tour), Leo Sayer, Tangerine Dream (lp, tour), Flamin' Groovies (lp, tour), Deep Purple, Rory Gallagher (lp, tour), J.J. Cale

Half page ads:

David Soul, Gary Wright, Chicago, Mud, Electric Light Orchestra

Remaining info coming soon...

13th November 1976

Cover: Graham Parker

Articles and interviews:

Graham Parker & the Rumour
Steeleye Span
Boz Scaggs
The Damned
Jess Roden Band
McCoy Tyner
Blondie
Mick Farren in Nashville (3pg)
Enrico Cadillac, Deaf School
Fanzines (ZigZag, Dark Star, Sniffin Glue, Trouser Press)

News:

Sex Pistols, Ramones, Genesis, Peter Frampton, Hall & Oates, The Damned, Split Enz, Rory Gallagher, Bill Haley & the Comets, Man, Hawkwind, Drifters, Jack Lancaster & Robin Lumley, Can, The Manhattans, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, John Miles, Steve Hillage, Tammy Wynette, Linda Ronstadt

Albums:

Jackson Browne, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Sailor, Lou Reed, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Automatic Fine Tuning, Montrose, Electric Light Orchestra, Gordon Giltrap, Ringo Starr, Henry Gross, Tata Vega, The Doors, Wishbone Ash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bee Gees, Geno Washington, William Lyall, Sue Thompson, American Flyer, Tangerine Dream, George Melly & John Chilton's Feetwarmers

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Graham Parker & the Rumour, Mud, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Bergen White, Monty Python, Peters & Lee, Sally James, Thelma Jones, Bonnie Bramlett, Stevenson's Rocket, Vera Lynn, Andy Stewart, Jack The Lad, Marshall Tucker Band, Tom Paxton, Mouse Factory, Roderick Falconer, Johnny Guitar Watson, 5000 Volts, Temptations, Stray, Commodores, Randy Edelman, Quantum Jump, Scaffold, Gnome Band, Hank Mizell, Windsor Davis & Don Estelle

Live:

Led Zeppelin, Santana, Journey, Eric Burdon, Jess Roden Band, Wes McGee, Jonathan Richman, Wishbone Ash, Tangerine Dream, U-Boat, Stranglers, George Melly, The Derelicts, Henry Cow, David Essex, Racing Cars

Full page ads:

Graham Parker, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Thin Lizzy (lp, tour), Ralph McTell, The Babys, Andy Fairweather Low (lp tour), Hall & Oates, Climax Blues Band, Mike Oldfield, Jon Lord, Monty Python, Mud (lp, tour), George Hatcher Band, Keith Christmas, Black Sabbath, Straight Southern Rock (tour: Marshall Tucker Band, Bonnie Bramlett, Grinderswitch), Robert Palmer (ad designed as news)

Half page ads:

Scorpions (lp, tour), Bob Seger, Patti Smith, Dave Greenslade, Lou Reed, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

Silver screen:

Movies of the 50s

Volume: 25 - Number: 43

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Volume: 25 - Number: 42

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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20th November 1976

Cover: Jimmy Page

Articles and interviews:

Jimmy Page (2pg)
Linda Ronstadt (2pg)
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Volume: 25 - Number: 45

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27th November 1976

Cover: Brian Eno

Articles and interviews:

Brian Eno (2pg)
Robert Palmer (2pg)
Malcolm McLaren (2pg)
10cc
NY bands (Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads, Ramones, Shirts, Richard Hell & Voidoids, Dictators, Heartbreakers, Television, Wayne County, New York Dolls, The Fast, Mink DeVille, Tuff Darts)
Southern Rock tour
Little Bob Story
Procol Harum
Flamin' Groovies
Stiff Records
Texas Chain Saw Massacre

News:

Eric Clapton, ABBA, Godley & Creme, 10cc, Rory Gallagher, Little Bob Story, Barry White, Gallagher & Lyle, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dr. Feelgood, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren, Widowmaker, Bread, David Essex, Streetwalkers, Genesis. Clover, Dana Gillespie, Jack The Lad

Albums:

George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, Sons of Champlin, Phoebe Snow, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Jim Croce, Lewis Furey, Kenneth Williams & Hugh Paddock, Kenneth Horne, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Dobson, Joan Baez, The Goons, Michael Dinner, Alan Price, Bobby Rydell, Al Stewart, John Mayall, Steve Young, Max's Kansas City 1976 (VA), Live at CBGBs (VA), This Is Reggae Music Vol. III (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

George Harrison, Chris Spedding & the Vibrators, Janice Ian, Lou Reed, Flamin' Groovies, Ray Sawyer, Ted Nugent, Steeleye Span, Jethro Tull, The Drifters, Robin Trower, Queen, David Essex, Man, Wishbone Ash, Roberta Flack, Janice Ian, Canned Heat, Elvis Presley, Willie Mitchell, Tina Charles, Greg Lake, and more

Live:

Showaddywaddy, Count Bishops, Sham 69, Sha Na Na, Redbrass, Loudon Wainwright, Buzzcocks, Thin Lizzy, Babe Ruth, Caravan, The Exciters, John Otway, Edgar Broughton, Slaughter & the Dogs, Eater, Trapeze, AFT

Full page ads:

Sex Pistols (lp, tour), George Harrison, Eddie & the Hot Rods (lp, tour), Bobby Beausoleil, Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Joan Armatrading (lp, tour), The G Band aka The Glitter Band

Half page ads:

Graham Parker, Allman Brothers, Can, Chi-Lites (lp, tour), Caravan (lp, tour), Moon (lp, tour), Nova (lp, tour), Steve Goodman, Spriguns, Quantum Jump, Wurzels, Clifford T. Ward, Boz Scaggs, Illustrated NME Encyclopedia of Rock

Film:

Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Volume: 25 - Number: 44

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4th December 1976

Cover: Paul Shuttleworth

(Kursaal Flyers)

Articles and interviews:

Kursaal Flyers
The Stranglers (2pg)
Frank Zappa
New York Dolls
Sonny Rollins
...
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Albums:

The Allman Brothers Band, Alpha Band, The Beatles, Nicky James, Hot Chocolate, Nazareth, Jackie Lomax, Leo Sayer, Tony Wilson, Salsoul Orchestra, The Miracles, The Temptations, The Originals, Grinderswitch, The Manhattans, The Impressions, Dave & Sugar, Easy Street, Dave Mason, Tiger, The Coasters, Keith Christmas, Andy Fairweather Low, Osibisa, Mother's Finest, Al Kooper

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

The Sex Pistols, Flamin' Groovies, Rupert, Ringo Starr, Nickey Barclay, The Bothy Band, George Benson, Gene Chandler, Bellamy Brothers, Joanna Carlin, Dolly Parton ...more

Live:

Rod Stewart, Lou Reed, , , , , ,

Full page ads:

Kenneth Anger, Medicine Head (lp, tour), Phonogram (Rush, Runaways), , , , , , , ,

Half page ads:

Beach Boys, Silver Convention, David Soul, Dr. Feelgood Christmas Party (Clover, Lew Lewis Band), , , , , , , ,

Remaining info coming soon...

11th December 1976

Cover: Sex Pistols on TV

Articles and interviews:

Sex Pistols, Bill Grundy, TV
Sex Pistols vs. Derby gig
George Harrison (2pg)
The Clash
Brumrock
Eddie & the Hot Rods
Pink Floyd
Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson

News:

Bob Marley, Sex Pistols, Frank Zappa, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Albion Dance Band, Rick Wakeman, Santana, Vibrators, Genesis, Outlaws, Tommy Bolin, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver

Albums:

Caravan, Andrew Gold, Roderick Falconer, Beach Boys, Santana, Frank Zappa, Jess Roden Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Jet Harris & Tony Meehan, Milk 'N' Cookies, Clifford T. Ward, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Guy Clark, Ralph McTell, Leonard Nimoy, Hits of the Mersey Era (VA)

Singles reviewed by Phil McNeill

Memphis Sounds Orchestra, Inner Circle, Uncle Tone & His Magic Sax, Stokesley County Primary School Children's Choir, 10cc, The Sylvers, John Valenti, Kenny Nolan, Giggles, Plummet Airlines, Donna Summer, Bread, The English Chorale, Silver, Ned Doheny, D.J. Rogers, Ginger, Status Quo, The Saints, Bob Seger, Doris Troy, La Seine, Paul Nicholas, Robin Sarstedt, Spriguns, Dana, Cousin Joe, Gene Cotton

Live:

Sex Pistols, The Clash, Damned, The Heartbreakers, Neil Young, Maybe The Floor, Ignatz, Heart, Eddie & The Hot Rods, City Boy, Little Bob Story, Patti Smith, Mud, Tangerine Dream, Ballroom Blitz, Jackson Browne, Nazareth, Hinkley's Heroes, Moon

Full page ads:

Wings, Status Quo, Santana, Eagles, 10cc, Mercury Records (Runaways, Rush, Spirit), Island Records (Leon Russell, Free, Incredible String Band), Capitol Records (Jackie Lomax, Paris, Starz, Bob Seger, Asleep at the Wheel

Half page ads:

Linda McCartney, 90° Inclusive, David Soul, Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock

Books:

Jayne Mansfield: A Biography
Illustrated New Musical Express Encyclopedia of Rock
Devil's Music, History of the Blues
Electric Children
Growing (Up) at 37

Volume: 25 - Number: 46

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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Volume: 25 - Number: 47

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover blurb:

WARNING: This issue

may be incomplete at

time of going to press.

An industrial dispute interrupted our production schedule, and may result

in some white spaces.

We also apologise for

lateness of delivery in

some areas, but again this

is due to circumstances beyond our control.

"Taste and try before

you buy, but

BUY ALREADY!!"

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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Volume: 25 Number: 48

Price - 15p Pages - 40

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

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18th December 1976

Cover: Jackson Browne

Articles and interviews:

Jackson Browne
The Band farewell concert
Dexter Gordon
Thin Lizzy
Brian Wilson
The Beatles
Loudon Wainwright III
Carlos Santana
Jamaica-CIA investigation
NME Gonzo Gift Guide
Brum Rock Part Two

News:

Sex Pistols, Neil Diamond, Jethro Tull, Beach Boys, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Slik, Genesis, The Stylistics, Eric Clapton, John Dawson Read, Duncan MacKay, Roy Harper, Nils Lofgren

Albums:

Wings, Queen, Doobie Brothers, Fatback Band, George McCrae, Millie Jackson, Joan Armatrading, KC and the Sunshine Band, War, The Four Tops, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Dave Swarbrick, John Renbourn, The Chi-Lites, The Eagles, Free, Billy Connolly, Max Boyce, Boston

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Little Bob Story, Stevie Wonder, Shirley Bassey, Diane Solomon, Flying Saucers, Franklyn Ajaye, David Soul, The Dodgers, Rookie, Laurie Johnson Orchestra, Stella Parton, The Moments, Sparrow, Stanley Black & His Orchestra

Live:

Steve Harley, Joan Armatrading, Van der Graaf Generator, Nova, Andy Fairweather Low, Alkatraz, The Drifters, Flamin' Groovies, Can, Split Enz

Full page ads:

Linda Ronstadt, Andrew Gold

Half page ads:

Rod Stewart, Ashley Hutchings, Lou Reed, Mike Oldfield, MCA Records, Patti Smith Group, EMI Records

Silver screen:

The Enforcer
Cooley High,
The Ritz
Murder by Death

Volume: 25 Number: 49

Price - 15p Pages - 36

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for providing the scans

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25th December 1976

Cover: Best albums of 1966

Articles and interviews:

Leo Sayer (2pg)
Roxy Music (2pg)
NME Christmas quiz (2pg)
Reggae's roots in Kingston
Rock 'n' roll posters
Hawkwind
Brian Wilson
Johnny Thunders

News:

Elvis Presley, Ry Cooder, Manhattan Transfer, James Brown, Hall & Oates, Pat Travers, Sex Pistols, Sam & Dave, Jenny Haan's Lion, Lone Star, Climax Blues Band, Chicago, Del Shannon, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Uriah Heep, Gladys Knight, Jack The Lad, John Martyn, Outlaws, The Vibrators

Albums: The best of 1966:

The Beatles, Otis Redding, John Mayall w/ Eric Clapton, The Who, James Brown, Ike & Tina Turner, The Mamas & The Papas, Dusty Springfield, Love, The Yardbirds, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Rolling Stones, Billy Preston, The Small Faces, The Beach Boys, Cream, Butterfield Blues Band, Spencer Davis Group, Rick Nelson, Nicky Hopkins, What's Shakin' (VA)

Singles

None reviewed this week

Live:

Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Robert Palmer, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers, Generation X, The Drones, Man, Steve Goodman, Streetwalkers, Suburban Studs, Rock Against Racism (Matumbi, Carol Grimes, Limousine), Christmas Supersonic Drury lane (T. Rex, Tina Charles, Gary Glitter, Twiggy, Glitter Band, Marc Bolan, John Miles)

Full page ads:

Harvey Goldsmith Entertainment (ABBA, Be Bop Deluxe, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Manhattan Transfer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, SAHB w/o Alex)

Half page ads:

Phil Spector, Randy Edelman

Film:

King Kong

Free stuff

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