1976 Issues

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

Volume: 25 - Number: 02

Price - 15p Pages - 36

Cover by Joe Stevens

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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: 03

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Fin Costello

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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

Coming soon...

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

Coming soon...

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

Coming soon...

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

Coming soon...

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

Coming soon...

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

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

Coming soon...

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

Films:

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

Volume: 25 - Number: 11

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Mark S. Wexler

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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)

Industrial dispute

Due to an Industrial action there was

no issue published on 13 March 1976.

Therefore 20 March 1976 is numbered 11.

Coming soon...

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

Coming soon...

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 (Pete Frame family tree)
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

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3rd April 1976

Cover: Neil Young

Articles and interviews:

Neil Young
Bonnie Raitt
Kevin Ayers
Eddie and the Hot Rods
Paul Kossoff
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News:

Duster Bennett, Nils Lofgren, Roxy Music, Gloria Gaynor, Rolling Stones, Canned Heat, Ian Gillan, Van der Graaf Generator, Wings, Jimmy McCulloch, Gentle Giant, Kiss, The Crusaders

Albums:

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Earthquake, Leslie West, Sweet, John Miles, Guy Clark, Gary Glitter, Rod Stewart

Singles reviewed by Pennie Reel

Paul Simon, Cher, Tammy Wynette, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Roy Wood's Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra, and many more...

Live:

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Full page ads:

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

Half page ads:

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Volume: 25 - Number: 14

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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10th April 1976

Cover: Rock Follies

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Volume: 25 - Number: 15

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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

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Volume: 25 - Number: 16

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover photographer unknown

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

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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:

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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
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12th June 1976

Cover: Roger Daltrey (The Who)

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Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull (3pg)
Doobie Brothers (2pg)
Jesse Winchester (2pg)
The Meters / Art Neville
Tom Waits
Gene Vincent
John Miles
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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

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Dick and the Firemen
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Jimmy Carter

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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...

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2nd October 1976

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Dr. Feelgood
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Stevie Wonder
The Runaways
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Split Enz
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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

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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

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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

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Cover: Jackson Browne

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Jackson Browne
The Band farewell concert
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Carlos Santana
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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

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Cover: Best albums of 1966

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