1977 Issues

1st January 1977

Cover: Genesis

Articles and interviews:

Genesis
Scott Walker
Al Stewart
Boston
Jim Dvorak
Joy / Jim Dvorak
Best concerts of 1976
NME writers' best lps of '76
1976 Teasers Awards
Lone Groover + Los Yukos

News:

ABBA, Ralph McTell, Ace, Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Streetwalkers, War, Sly & the Family Stone, Rufus, Poco, Leo Kottke, Bad Company, Silk

Albums:

Joe Cocker, Genesis, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Tower of Power, Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitouš, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Straight Southern Rock (VA)

Singles:

None

Live:

Lindisfarne, Bandit, Dr. Feelgood, Lew Lewis Band, Clover, Hooker, Cuckoo, Burlesque, Santana, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias

Full page ad:
Virgin Record Stores

Half page ads:
None

Volume: 26 - Number: 02

Price - 15p Pages - 36

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

8th January 1977

Cover: Joe Cocker

Articles and interviews:

Joe Cocker (2pg)
Can (3pg)
Jack Kerouac (2pg)
Rory Gallagher
Sex Pistols
The Saints

News:

Sex Pistols, Fleetwood Mac, Fox, Roxy Music, Bread, Freddie King, Moody Blues, Streetwalkers, Thin Lizzy, John Miles, Steve Gibbons Band, Procol Harum, Melanie, and more...

Albums:

Average White Band, Stephen Bishop, Chris Stainton & Glen Turner, Noel Redding Band, John Abercrombie & Ralph Towner, The G-Band, Lasse Johansson & Claes Palmqvist, John Miles, Don Gibson, Phil Spector Wall of Sound Vol. 6: Rare Masters No. 2 (VA), Wizard's Convention (VA)

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Water Pistols, Nilsson, Gary Glitter, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Cado Belle, Eagles, Rose Royce, Simon & Garfunkel, and many more...

Live:

Genesis, Rod Stewart, Talking Heads, Pink Fairies, Stranglers, Little Bob Story, Gorillas, Johnny Thunder & The Heartbreakers, Tiger, Andraé Crouch

Gig guide:

Hall & Oates, Gladys Knight, Annie Haslam of Renaissance

Full page ads:

Gallagher & Lyle, Hall & Oates

Half page ads:

Gladys Night & the Pips

15th January 1977

22nd January 1977

Volume: 26 - Number: 03

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover: Ry Cooder

Articles and interviews:

Ry Cooder
James Brown
The Sex Pistols
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Keith Richards in court
Ace
Beatles reunion missed
Readers Poll ballot

News:

The Sex Pistols, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Dirty Tricks, David Bowie, Van der Graaf Generator, Bob Marley, Al Jarreau, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, Chicago, Ry Cooder, Ted Nugent, Little Feat, Climax Blues Band, The Eagles, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat

Albums:

Emmylou Harris, Elvin Bishop,

The Jacksons, Kiss, Suzi Quatro, Jermaine Jackson, Starz, Wendy Waldman, Horslips, Firesign Theatre

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

The Gorillas, Crime, The Rubettes, , Buster, Roy Allison, Graffiti, Jimmy Castor Bunch, and many more...

Live:

Status Quo, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Foster Brothers, George Hatcher, Carol Grimes, Bastille, Rudi & the Zips, Argent, Dragons, Ted Nugent, J Geils Band, Rex, The Vibrators, Racing Cars, Roogalator, The Gorillas

Full page ads:

Genesis. Leo Sayer, John Miles (lp, tour), Average White Band, David Bedford's Odyssey, Chicago, Kennedy Street Enterprises bands' tour skeds (Manhattans, Harold Melvin ABBA, John, Miles, Gene Pitney, Bonnie Tyler, Graham Parker, Stylistics, Glen Campbell)

Half page ads:

Gary Wright, Barclay James Harvest, The Manhattans & Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (lps, tour), Al Kooper, Dave Mason, Streetwalkers

Volume: 26 - Number: 04

Price - 15p Pages - 40

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover: Keith Richards

and Mick Jagger

Articles and interviews:

Keith Richards (2pg)
Hall & Oates (3pg)
Fascism in the UK '77 (2pg)
Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Freddie King
UK cannabis laws
Yoko Ono
Bay City Rollers

News:

Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones, Jack Bruce, Neil Sedaka, Peter Gabriel, Curved Air, Wakes Festival, Elton John, Ralph McTell, Chicago, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, Drifters, Kevin Coyne, Gallagher & Lyle, Chieftains, Glen Campbell, Paice Ashton Lord, Bert Jansch, Frankie Valli, Melanie

Albums:

David Bowie, Ace, Bread, Spike Milligan & London Symphony Orchestra, Krazy Kat, Seals & Crofts, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Waylon Jennings, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Kaz Lux & Jan Akkerman, Doctors of Madness, 20 Great Heartbreakers (VA)

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

James Brown, Racing Cars, Slade, Joan Armatrading, Ace, Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones, Leo Sayer, Ronnie Lane, Darlene Love, Hall & Oates, Stephen Bishop, Bob Dylan, Sailor, Dr. John, and more...

Live:

James Brown, Hall & Oates, The Damned, Eater, Darts, The Jam, Alan Clayson, Salt, Rod Stewart, Liverpool Express, Strider

Full page ads:

Ace, Slade, Ry Cooder (lp, tour), Emmylou Harris, Cowbell Agency one-year anniversary 8-page advertising supplement (AC/DC, Be-Bop Deluxe, Bryan Ferry, Can, Eno, Jethro Tull, Rod Stewart, Thin Lizzy, many more)

Half page ads:

Leo Kottke, Supercharge (tour), David Parton, Richard Newman & Dave Beal

Films:

Carrie
F For Fake
Roger Corman profile

Volume: 26 - Number: 05

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

29th January 1977

Cover: Joan Armatrading

Articles and interviews:

Joan Armatrading
The Gorillas
Pink Floyd
Anthony Braxton
Tom Robinson
Generation X
Robert Plant
DTT Dial: Home stereos

News:

Sex Pistols, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Frankie Miller, Barry White, Can, Roy Harper, Greenslade, Roy Orbison, Supercharge, Little Bob Story, JJ Cale, The Stranglers, New Seekers,The Vibrators, Alan Price, Mike Harding, Horslips, Burlesque, Doctors of Madness, Pat Travers, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Pete Brown, Eagles, Charlie

Albums:

Earth Wind & Fire, Kevin Coyne, The Ramones, The Runaways, The Blackbyrds, J.A.L.N. Band, Silver Convention, John Prine, Boney M, The Undisputed Truth, Michael Nesmith, Joachim Kühn, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Christine McVie, Paris, The Streetwalkers

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Bryan Ferry, Bert Weedon, Chicago, Lee Perry, Mallard, Mr. Big, Snakes, Sean Tyla, John Miles, Jim Croce, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, The Manhattans, Tony Christie, Dickie Lee, Archie Bell & The Drells, Roy Castle, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Real Thing, Nazareth, Jawbone

Live:

Be-Bop Deluxe, Tom Robinson, Kevin Coyne, Gallagher & Lyle, Andy Fairweather Low, James Brown, Rory Gallagher, Hinkley's Heroes, Cado Belle, Babe Ruth, Slaughter & the Dogs, Strip Jack, Looney Tunes, The Boys, JALN Band, Paul Brett, Jack the Lad

Volume: 26 - Number: 06

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Roberta Bayley

Issue donated by John Harrison

5th February 1977

Cover: Television

Articles and interviews:

Patti Smith
Roy Harper
Be Bop Deluxe
Leo Kottke
Buzzcocks
Elvis Presley
Peter Green
Leon Redbone

News:

The Stranglers, Jan Akkerman, Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, Renaissance, Aerosmith, Bad Company, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Barry White, Fats Domino, AC/DC, Tom Waits, Marc Bolan, T. Rex, The Moments, The Rimshots, The Hollies, Dory Previn, Suzi Quatro

Albums:

Television, Bobby Womack, Jerry Butler, Chet Atkins and Les Paul, Ashley Hutchings & Friends, Phil Ochs, Allan Holdsworth, Janice Ian, Doors, Leon Redbone, Gong

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons:

Patti Smith, Nanker Phelge (Rolling Stones), Stranglers, Supercharge, Hawkwind, Talking Heads, Kiki Dee, Grand Funk Railroad, Deaf School, Manhattan Transfer, Split Enz, Mud, Sister Sledge, Fleetwood Mac, Ben E. King, Shadows, Junior Campbell

Gig guide:

Ralph McTell, David Greenslade, Frank Zappa

Live:

Ry Cooder, Rory Gallagher, Lew Lewis, Stranglers, David Bedford, Chicago, Climax, Andy Desmond, Hall & Oates, Muscles, Outsiders, Genesis, Motorhead, The Pirates, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Next, 98 Degrees Inclusive, Bees Make Honey, Tom Robinson, Man In the Street

Volume: 26 - Number: 07

Price - 15p Pages - 44

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

12th February 1977

Cover: Pink Floyd

Articles and interviews:

Todd Rundgren
Little Bob Story
George Coleman
Sniffin' Glue / Mark Perry
Bee Gees
Charly Records
Burlesque
Lester Bangs/ NY punk rock
Don't Touch That Dial: Discos

News:

Fleetwood Mac, Roy Harper, Ian Hunter, Elton John, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stiff Records, The Damned, Barry White, Iggy Pop, David Soul, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Van der Graaf Generator, The Rolling Stones, Cherry Vanilla, Electric Light Orchestra, Michael Chapman, Hope & Anchor

Albums:

Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley, Leo Kottke, Jimi Hendrix, Little Richard, Stephen Stills, Sly & the Family Stone, Tomorrow, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, ZZ Top, Foghat, Crusaders, Funkadelic, Parliament, Gallagher & Lyle, Fairport Convention, Rick Wakeman

Singles reviewed by Angie Errigo

Love Unlimited Orchestra, Chimp 'N' Zee, Ray Stevens, J. J. Barrie, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Barbara Dickson, and many more...

Live:

Utopia, Charlie, The Manhattans, The Blue Notes, Leon Redbone, Leo Kottke, Flying Aces, Jethro Tull, Bryan Ferry, Burlesque, J.J. Foote, Fabulous Poodles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jenny Haan's Lion, The Rejects

Books:

J.G. Ballard: Low-Flying Aircraft
Frank Herbert: Children of Dune
Anthony Fawcett: John Lennon One Day at a Time

Full page ads:

Pink Floyd, Streetwalkers (lp, tour), Don Williams, Bad Company, Utopia, Steve Gibbons Band (lp, tour), Peter Baumann

Half page ads:

Clover (lp, tour), Waylon Jennings, Ralph McTell (lp, tour), Leon Redbone, SAHB without Alex (lp, tour), Gene Vincent

Volume: 26 - Number: 08

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

19th February 1977

Cover: Barrie Masters

(Eddie & the Hot Rods)

Articles and interviews:

Hank B. Marvin, Bruce Welch (The Shadows) interview
Procol Harum
Racing Cars
Rod Stewart, Britt Ekland
Cannabis
1976 Readers Poll

Albums:

Jefferson Airplane, Chuck Berry, Charlie Daniels Band, Blondie, Billy Fury, Steve Gibbons Band, The Shadows, Burlesque, Rufus, The Damned, Bandit

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Ry Cooder, David Bowie, Wings, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Andrew Gold, Ernest Gold, Barbra Streisand, Mick Ronson, Tuff Darts, The Shirts, Mink DeVille, Tyla Gang, Al Jarreau, Mother's Finest, Hunter, Bill Bowden, Shirley & Johnny, Les Gray, Dead End Kids, Deodato, The Chaplin Band, Cerrone, Alfie Kahn Sound Orchestra, Barry White

Live:

Bryan Ferry, Frank Zappa, Elton Dean, Ultravox, Streetwalkers, House, John Miles, The Mumps, Johnny Thunders, Heartbreakers, Chelsea, John Cale, David Byrne

Full page ads:

The Damned, Fleetwood Mac, Ted Nugent, Supercharge, Frank Zappa, Steve Harley, Boston, Mike Oldfield, Justin Hayward, Streetwalkers

Half page ads:

Eddie & the Hot Rods, Ry Cooder, David Bowie, The Miracles, Steve Young, Guy Clark, Michael Nesmith, Doctors of Madness, Pat Travers, Tyla Gang, Bob Seger, Hawkwind, Grateful Dead, Leo Kottke

Silver screen:

Cross of Iron
Charlotte
Emily
Grizzly
Drive-In

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Volume: 26 - Number: 09

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

26th February 1977

Cover: Led Zeppelin

Articles and interviews:

Led Zeppelin (2pg)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2pg)
The Chieftains
Boston
Louis Hayes
Emmylou Harris
The Films of Mel Brooks

News
Detroit Spinners, The Commodores, The Shadows, Television, Cherry Vanilla, John Cale, Billy Connolly, Grateful Dead, Wayne County, Ace, Johnny Thunder's Heartbreakers, Chicago, Beach Boys, The Eagles, Steve Hillage, The Damned, Bebop Deluxe, Queen, Thin Lizzy, Rough Diamonds, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Iggy Pop, The Clash, The Jam, Barry White, Stranglers, AC/DC

Albums:

Bryan Ferry, Grateful Dead, Gary Wright, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Neil Diamond, Pure Prairie League, Matumbi, Jah Woosh, Jah Stitch, Revolutionaries, Peter Gabriel, Gene Vincent, Peter Baumann, Showaddywaddy, Peter Hammill, Billy Ocean, Patti Boulaye, Rush

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Gene Vincent, Commodores, Jake Thackray, Roger Whittaker, Phoebe Snow, Showaddywaddy, Bob Seger, Temptations, Kursaal Flyers, Errol Dunkley, Aerosmith, and more...

Live:

Kate & Anna McGarrigle, ABBA, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Laughing Dogs, John Martyn, Roy Harper, Al Jarreau

Gig guide:

Black Sabbath, Frank Sinatra, Jan Akkerman, Uriah Heep, Hawkwind, Iggy Pop, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kiki Dee

Full page ads:

Black Sabbath (lp, tour), Runaways, Graham Parker & the Rumour (lp, tour), Jan Akkerman Kaz Lux & Joachim Kühn (lp, tour), Sweet, Streetwalkers (lp, tour), Status Quo, Peter Gabriel, Peter Baumann

Half page ads:

Steve Gibbons Band (lp, tour), Ray Sawyer, The Albion Dance Band (lp, tour), Dirty Tricks (lp, tour), Smokie, Lew Lewis Band

Films:

The Producers (1967)
The Twelve Chairs (1970)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Silent Movie (1976)

Volume: 26 - Number: 10

Price - 15p Pages - 60

Cover by Andrew Kent

(The Idiot lp cover)

Issue donated by John Harrison

5th March 1977

Cover: Iggy Pop

Articles and interviews:

Iggy Pop
Frank Zappa
Southside Johnny
25 years of NME
Lester Bangs
Thelma Houston
Cherry Vanilla
Ted Nugent
John Entwistle (The Who)

News:

Keith Richards bust, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Roy Harper, Billie Jo Spears, J.J. Cale, Pink Floyd, Neil Diamond, Kinks, Can, Eric Clapton

Albums:

The Kinks, Johnny Clarke, Jethro Tull, City Boy, Eberhard Webber, Journey, Supercharge, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, Valerie Carter, Justin Hayward, Procol Harum, John Lodge, Boz Scaggs, Kim Carnes, Melanie, FBI, James Booker, Derringer, Dan Hartman, Deaf School, Johnny Cash

Singles reviewed by Phil McNeil

Metro, Suzi Quatro, Ultravox, Maxine Nightingale, Todd Rundgren Utopia, Russ Ballard, Billy Joel, Billy Ocean, Ted Nugent, Sparks, Sweet, Bandit, Heart, The Damned, ABBA, England, Jackson Browne, Kansas, Roy Harper, Steve Hillage, Rufus, Procol Harum, AC/DC, Paul Nicholas, Joni Mitchell, Lew Lewis, Barclay James Harvest, The G-Band, Frank Sinatra, The Black Stones, Ralph McTell, The Captain & Tennille, Elkie Brooks, Bad Company, Melba Moore, Nasty Pop, Paul Jones, Straps, The Fatback Band

Live:

Jerry Lee Lewis, Darts, Michael Chapman, Manhattan Transfer, Van der Graaf Generator, Suzi Quatro, Squeeze, The Damned, Dave Edmunds' Rockpile, Ralph McTell, The Jam, SAHB without Alex, Procol Harum, Lew Lewis, Mike Harding, Johnny Moped

Gig guide:

Graham Parker & The Rumour, Frankie Miller's Full House, Iggy Pop, Michael Chapman

Full page ads:

Can (lp, tour), Queen, Procol Harum, The Babys, Barclay James Harvest, Ultravox, Deaf School, Bad Company, Horslips (lp, tour), Status Quo, Elkie Brooks, Van McCoy, Supercharge, Nickelodeon (Peter Bogdanovich), Frankie Miller's Full House (tour), Peter Gabriel, Nils Lofgren

Half page ads:

Charlie (lp, tour), Michael Nesmith, Doctors of Madness (lp, tour), Eater, Michael Chapman (lp, tour), George Benson, U-Boat (tour), Pat Travers, Deaf School (tour), Buckingham Nicks, Racing Cars (tour), Nutz

Silver screen:

Network
Inserts
Helter Skelter
Nickelodeon
Dreams of Thirtee

Volume: 26 - Number: 11

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

12th March 1977

Cover: Iggy Pop, David Bowie

Articles and interviews:

Iggy Pop
Peter Gabriel
Graham Parker
Nils Lofgren
Bob Dylan
Rene McLean

News:

The Who, John Cale, Chuck Berry, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Roy Harper, Streetwalkers, Albion Dance Band, Stranglers, Heavy Metal Kids, The Clash, Widowmaker, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, SAHB, Sex Pistols, Hot Chocolate, Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, Brass Construction, The Four Tops, Eric Burdon, Asleep at the Wheel, Osibisa, Nils Lofgren, David Soul, Led Zeppelin, Rough Diamonds

Albums:

Muddy Waters, Albert King, Son Seals, Sonny Boy Williamson & the Animals, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed, The Newbeats, Dolly Parton, The Manhattans, Ian Whitcomb, George Benson, MC5, Stuff, Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson, Steve Tilston, The Big Wha-Koo, Oregon, Elvin Jones, David Bromberg, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Hi Rhythm, Sunny Memories, José Feliciano

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

Graham Parker & the Rumour, Hall & Oates, The Ramones, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Talking Heads, Deniece Williams, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, and more...

Live:

Ted Nugent, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Television, Frankie Miller, The Drones, Frank Sinatra, Dirty Tricks, Bert Weedon, Gary Glitter

Full page ads:

Paul McCartney, Paul Davis, Muscle Shoals Horns, Paice Ashton Lord, Pat Travers, The Damned (tour), Illusion, David Soul, Television, Roy Harper, Status Quo, The Stylistics (lp, tour), City Boy (lp, tour), Gong

Half page ads:

Steve Gibbons Band, Eater, Dillinger, Rico, Heptones, Heatwave, America, Can (lp, tour), Little River Band, David McWilliams, Albion Dance Band, Steve Miller, Climax Blues Band

Volume: 26 - Number: 12

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

19th March 1977

Cover: Dave Vanian (Damned)

Articles and interviews:

The Damned (2pg)
Marc Bolan (2pg)
Rolling Stones at El Mocambo
Peter Hammill
Sex Pistols
George Hatcher Band
The Monkees
Glen Matlock
Iggy Pop w/ Patti Smith Group
NME Industry Awards
McDonald's hamburgers

News:

Slade, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Byrds, Small Faces, Shadows, Beach Boys, Thin Lizzy, Damned, Stranglers, Liar, Led Zeppelin, Generation X, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Donovan, Supertramp, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Steve Ellis (Love Affair), Black Sabbath, Alan Stivell, Genesis, Ian Gillan, Southside Johnny & Asbury Jukes, Racing Cars, Harry Chapin, Dr. Feelgood, Rush

Albums:

Nils Lofgren, Neil Sedaka, Spirit, The Dells, Weather Report, Can, Black Oak Arkansas, Metro, Don Williams, Anthony Phillips, Heron, Albion Dance Band, Gene Clark, Nasty Pop, Gentle Giant, Alessi, Paice Ashton Lord, Johnny Nash, Melba Moore, Charlie

Singles reviewed by Tom Robinson

The Clash, David Dundas, 100 Ton & A Feather (Jonathan King), Eddie Rabbitt, Liar, Lynsey de Paul & Mike Moran, Henry Mancini, Vicki Britten, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, The Bachelors, Mighty Diamonds, Berni Flint, Manhattans, Minnie Riperton, Dragons, Stylistics, Drifters, Jimmy Helms, John Christie, Gary Wright, Average White Band, Gary Benson, Sammy Hagar, Peter Gabriel, Piero Umiliani, Ry Cooder, Elvin Bishop, Neil Sedaka, Jerry Lee Lewis

Live:

The Clash, Buzzcocks, Subway Sect, The Slits, Frankie Miler, James Booker, Downliners Sect, T. Rex, The Damned, John Taylor Octet, Lee Kosmin, Doctors of Madness, Pat Travers

Full page ads:

The Kinks, The Commodores (lp, tour), Graham Parker & the Rumour (lp, tour) David Bowie, Frankie Miller (lp, tour), Barry White (lp, tour), T. Rex (lp, tour), David Soul (lp, tour), George Benson, Fats Domino (lp, tour), Steve Hillage, Paice Ashton Lord (lp, tour), Metro

Half page ads:

Twiggy (lp, tour), Sammy Hagar, Ted Nugent, Jan Akkerman, Iggy Pop, Ike & Tina Turner, Golden Earring, Eater, Boz Scaggs, Michael Nesmith, Glenn Miller, Weather Report, Procol Harum, Monty Python

Silver screen:

C.A.S.H. (aka Whiffs)
Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Rafferty & the Gold Dust Twins

Volume: 26 - Number: 13

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Cover: Allan Tannenbaum

Issue donated by John Harrison

26th March 1977

Cover: Bruce Springsteen

Articles and interviews:

Bruce Springsteen
Television
Tapper Zukie
Chris Barber
Doctors of Madness
Fanzines
The Mafia
New Wave update: The Clash, The Jam, The Sex Pistols, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Heartbreakers, Dr. Feelgood, Television, Chelsea, Vibrators, Stiff Records, Damned, Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Lew Lewis Band, Stranglers, Cortinas, Suzi Quatro, Chris Spedding, The Boys, and many more...

News:

Sex Pistols, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Small Faces, Stranglers, The Eagles, The Beatles, Richard & Linda Thompson, Supertramp, The Jacksons, Tavares, Country Joe McDonald, Hot Chocolate, Thin Lizzy, Count Bishops, Gillan, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan

Albums:

Return to Forever, Chick Corea, The Band, John Martyn, Dillinger, I Roy, Michael Mantler, Illusion, Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer, Minnie Riperton, Steeleye Span, Pete Atkin, The Babys, Buster, Frankie Miller, Hawkwind, Ray Sawyer, Jim Reeves, Motown Special (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Kinks, Elvis Costello, Horslips, Al Stewart, Bread, and many more..

Live:

Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Pete Brown, Roger McGuinn's Thunderbyrd, Kevin Coyne, The Commodores, The Chieftains, Jack Bruce Band, Peter Gabriel, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Horslips, Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux, Kayak, Café Jacques, Window, Nasty Pop

Gig guide:

Kinks, Steve Hillage, Be Bob Deluxe, Paice Ashton Lord, Fats Domino, Osibisa

TV/Radio:

Graham Parker & The Rumour, Leo Sayer, Roy Harper, Dave Lee Travis

Full page ads:

Jack Bruce Band, Michael Nesmith, Electric Light Orchestra, Clover, Slade (lp, tour), Nasty Pop, A Star Is Born (film), Mr Big, The Stylistics (lp, tour), Fats Domino (lp, tour), Mallard

Half page ads:

Ultravox, Paice Ashton Lord, Minnie Riperton, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Television, Jessie Green (lp, tour), Muddy Waters, MC5, Twiggy (lp, tour), Dolly Parton, Ninth International Festival of Country Music

Silver screen:

A Star Is Born
The Last Tycoon

Volume: 26 - Number: 14

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

2nd April 1977

Cover: The Clash

Articles and interviews:

The Clash (2pg)
Fleetwood Mac (2pg)
Jack Bruce
Steve Hillage
Norman Whitfield
Golden Earring
Pat Travers

News:

Beach Boys, Gong, Ramones, Roy Harper, Talking Heads, Eagles, The Shadows, Lou Reed, Dory Previn, John McLaughlin's Shakti, Cherry Vanilla, Television, The Band, Yes, Bad Company, Damned Yankees, Cat Stevens, Fairport Convention, Faces, 10cc, The Commodores

Albums:

Emerson Lake & Palmer, Roger McGuinn, Milton Nascimento, Pat Travers, Cliff Richard, Billy Swan, Gary Glitter, Kinky Friedman, The Orlons, Colin Blunstone, Caldera, Fat Larry's Band, Pablo Cruise, Millie Jackson, Mass Production, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, The Miracles, Double Exposure, Dynamic Superiors, Muscles, The Tamlins, Olympic Runners, Leon Ware, Syreeta, Walter Jackson, Johnny Bristol, Norman Connors, Jesse Green, Thelma Houston, Biddu & Orchestra, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Leo Kottke, T. Rex

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Paulette Walker, Rose Royce, Max Romeo, Crystal Gayle, The Three Degrees, Shakin' Stevens, Boston, Johnny Mathis, Wendy Waldman, Warm, 10cc, and many more...

Live:

Eagles, Smokie, Steve Hillage, Fats Domino, Emmylou Harris, Asleep at the Wheel, The Kinks, Alex Chilton, Talking Heads, City Boy, Eberhard Weber, Heron, Flying Hearts, Gentle Giant

Full page ads:

Leo Sayer, Klaus Schulze, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Eddie & the Hot Rods, City Boy, A Bunch of Stiffs (Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, Elvis Costello, Dave Edmunds, Motorhead, Tyla Gang, Jill Read, more), Horslips (lp, tour), Peter Hammill, Widowmaker (lp, tour), Can

Half page ads:

Natalie Cole, Television, The Saints, Paice Ashton Lord, The Ramones, Duncan Mackay, SAHB & Krazy Kat, Eater, Stephen Bishop, John Cale

Silver screen:

Jackson County Jail
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Carquake (aka Cannonball)
Jabberwocky
Illuminatus!

Volume: 26 - Number: 15

Price - 15p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

9th April 1977

Cover: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

Articles and interviews:

Thin Lizzy (2pg)
Debbie Harry (2pg)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle (2p)
Ronny Spector
Lalo Schifrin
Dr. Feelgood
Bridget St John
Alice Cooper
Andrew Loog Oldham
Jim Diamond
Asleep at the Wheel
DTT Dial: Ovation guitars

News:

Nils Lofgren, Small Faces, Ace, Dr. Feelgood, Split Enz, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Shakti, Alice Cooper, Kursaal Flyers, The Chi-Lites, Peter Frampton, Count Bishops, The Supremes, Blondie, Ralph McTell, Widowmaker

Albums:

Beach Boys, Diane Ross, Marvin Gaye, A Bunch of Stiff Records, Twiggy, Mallard, Dave Edmunds, Bad Company, Aphrodite's Child, Scorpions, Mama's Pride, Slade, Keith Manifold, Gene Watson, Cerrone, Brian Bennett Band, Jayson Lindh, Kenny Rankin

Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

The Table, Stevie Wonder, Slade, Radio Stars, Lavender Hill Mob, The Big Wha-Koo, Johnny Nash, Gallagher & Lyle, and many more...

Live:

Fleetwood Mac, The Sex Pistols, The Slits, Paice Ashton Lord, The Motors, Racing Cars, Eater, Paris Punk Festival (The Jam, Wayne County, Stinky Toys, The Police, Lenny Kaye, Generation X), The Cortinas, The Stranglers, Clover, Frankie Vaughn, Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators, The Mumps, Roy Harper

Full page ads:

Fleetwood Mac, Dave Edmunds, Supertramp

Half page ads:

Roy Harper (tour), Gene Clark, Quantum Jump (lp, tour), Iggy Pop, Pat Travers, Small Faces (tour), John Cale (tour), Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Ramones, Natalie Cole

Volume: 26 - Number: 16

Price - 15p Pages - 52

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

16th April 1977

Cover: Ray Davies (The Kinks)

Articles and interviews:

Ray Davies / Kinks (4pg)
Genesis (2pg)
Manfred Mann (2pg)
The Beach Boys (2pg)
Patty Smith
Roy Harper
Michael Nesmith
Sylvester Stallone
Bruce Springsteen
Jordan (Pamela Rooke)
Comics (2000 A.D., Dan Dare)

Albums:

Jackson Five, The Clash, Grover Washington Jr., Curtis Mayfield, Jack Bruce, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Steve Young, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Television, The Ritchie Family, Quantum Jump, Glenn Phillips, Kaleidoscope

Singles:

No singles reviewed

Live:

Bruce Springsteen, The Tubes, The Jam, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, John Hartford, Blondie, Ronnie Spector, Daevid Allen, Bicycle Thieves, Ultravox, Adverts, Brody, Detective, John Miles, Manfred Mann Earth Band, Camden Jazz Festival (Clark Terry Big Band, Adam Makowicz, Keith Tippett's Ark, Jimmy Raney, Chris McGregor's Blue Notes)

Full page ads:

Ultravox (lp, tour), Mighty Diamonds, Ian Gillan Band (lp, tour), Stranglers, Detroit Spinners (lp, tour), Horslips, Clover, David McWilliams

Half page ads:

Chip Hawkes (lp, tour), Marvin Gaye, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Hammill, Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald, The Boys (lp, tour), The Clash, Gene Clark, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Adrian Wagner, Strapps (lp, tour), Melanie, Lou Reed,

Silver screen:

Rocky
Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers
Supervixens

Volume: 26 - Number: 17

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Dennis Morris

Issue donated by John Harrison

23rd April 1977

Cover: Bob Marley

Articles and interviews:

Bob Marley (3pg)
Ray Davies / Kinks (3pg)
Ninth Annual Country Music Festival (3pg)
Roots (miniseries; 2pg)
Frankie Miller
Talking Heads
Joe Pass
Richard Thompson
Penetration
Jim Reeves
Lone Groover family tree
DTT Dial: Tape decks

News:

Queen, The Clash, The Vibrators, The Pirates, Dr. Feelgood, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bob Marley, George Benson, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Mr. Big, The Gorillas, Johnny Thunder, Jenny Haan's Lion, Peter Gabriel, Lindisfarne, The Jam, Tim Renwick, Dan Fogelberg, Ralph McTell, The Damned, The Rolling Stones

Albums:

Van Morrison, Mary MacGregor, Ultravox, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 1976 (Allen Toussaint, Ernie K-Doe, Robert Parker, Irma Thomas, Earl King, Lee Dorsey, Lightnin' Hopkins, Professor Longhair), Kew Rhone (John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman), Bellamy Brothers, Hummingbirds, Sammy Hagar, Don Harrison Band, Deep Purple, Adrian Wagner, Rory Gallagher, Nutz, Lake, Shabby Tiger, Nektar

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

The Jam, Television, Rod Stewart, George Benson, The Kinks, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Georgie Fame, Dave Edmunds, Yvonne Elliman, Billy Paul, The Saints, and many more...

Live:

Status Quo, John Mayall, Harry Chapin, Dr. Feelgood, John Cale, Generation X, The Boys, Jack the Lad, The Damned, Asleep at the Wheel, Electric Light Orchestra, Jack Bruce Band, Cherry Vanilla, Stranglers, The Jam, Atlanta Rhythm Section

Gig guide:

Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Eagles, Joe Walsh, Roy Harper

Full page ads

The Stranglers, Beach Boys, Smokie, Lou Reed (lp, tour), Roger Daltrey, Sweet, The Mighty Diamonds

Half page ads
Roy Harper (lp, tour), Richard & Linda Thompson, Dave Edmunds, Ian Gillan Band (lp, tour), Kraftwerk, The Clash, Pousette-Dart Band, The Jam, Electric Light Orchestra, Scorpions (lp, tour), The Ramones, Kevin Ayers, Gryphon (lp, tour), Jess Roden Band (lp, tour)

Volume: 26 - Number: 18

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Joe Stevens

Issue donated by John Harrison

30th April 1977

Cover: Muddy Waters

Articles and interviews:

Muddy Waters
Small Faces
Fats Domino
Jimmy Webb
Atlanta Rhythm Section

News:

Blondie, Television, Count Bishops, Ace, John Cale, Heavy Metal Kids, Caravan, Bob Seger, 10cc, Queen, Beatles, Elvis Presley, Mud, Darts, Frankie Miller's Full House, Rough Diamond, Nils Lofgren, Stranglers, Wayne County, Barbra Dickson

Albums:

The Stranglers, Brand X, Essra Mohawk, Supertramp, Garland Jeffreys, Jess Roden Band, Five Hand Reel, The Harder They Come (soundtrack)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Trammps, The Hollywood Stars, Count Bishops, Uriah Heep, MC5, Johnny Cash, Marvin Gaye, The Captain & Tennille, Jimmy Webb, Quincy Jone, and many more...

Live:

Peter Gabriel, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Klaus Schulze, Billy Paul, Harry Chapin, Last Call, Wayne County, Bethnal, John McLaughlin & Shakti, The Dead Boys, Eric Clapton, Patti Smith

Gig guide:

Chuck Berry, Kursaal Flyers, Roger McGuinn, Richard Thompson, Ian Gillan, The Shadows, Tom Waits, Slade, Elton John, Cado Belle

Full page ads:

Van Morrison, The Clash (lp, tour), Denny Laine, Billy Connolly (lp, tour), Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton (lp, tour), Nils Lofgren (lp, tour), Judas Priest (lp, tour), Faces

Half page ads:

Strapps (lp, tour), Hunter, Jeff Beck, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Gilbert O'Sullivan (tour), Pousette-Dart Band, The Ramones (lp, tour), Shakti with John McLaughlin, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Roger McGuinn Chris Hillman Gene Clark (tour), Bill Quateman, Foreigner, Split Enz (lp, tour), Brand X

Silver screen:

The Harder They Come
Airport '77
The Eagle Has Landed

Volume: 26 - Number: 19

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

7th May 1977

Cover: The Jam

Articles and interviews:

The Jam
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Deniece Williams
Horslips
The Stranglers
The Clash
Slade
Elvis Presley
Eric Clapton
Valerie Wilmer
Clint Eastwood

Albums:

The Beatles, 10cc, The Mighty Diamonds, John Stevens Away, Brian Poole & The Tremeloes, Linda Ronstadt, Chip Hawkes, Irma Thomas, Johnny Taylor, Amazing Rhythm Aces, John Cale, Al Di Meola, Rita Coolidge, Jerry Lee Lewis

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Hello, Alice Cooper, Adverts, Isley Brothers, Ronnie Spector & the E Street Band, Clover, and many more...

Live:

Eagles, Lou Reed, Chi-Lites, Eric Clapton, Bad Company, Joe Tex, Tavares, Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Jacksons, Wild Cherry, Glen Campbell, Small Faces, Four Seasons

Full page ads:

Queen (tour), Electric Light Orchestra, J.J. Cale, John Stevens' Away, Rough Diamond, Dr. Feelgood (tour), Frankie Miller (lp, tour), Dory Previn (lp, tour), Andrew Gold, Steeleye Span

Half page ads:

The Jam, Horslips, Strapps (lp, tour), New Riders of the Purple Sage, Philip Glass, Widowmaker, Isley Brothers, Liar (lp, tour), Trinidad Oil Company, Brand X, Quantum Jump (tour)

Volume: 26 - Number: 20

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover by Joe Stevens

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

14th May 1977

Cover: Ian Hunter

Articles and interviews:

Ian Hunter (2pg)
Steve Miller (2pg)
Joe Tex (2pg)
Kiki Dee
Dr, Feelgood
Split Enz
Rock Against Racism
Elton John
Valerie Carter
Eurovision Song Contest
Loch Ness

Albums:

Dr. Feelgood, The Jam, Dan Hill, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Mr. Big, Heavy Metal Kids, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Four Seasons, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Tyler, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Cat Stevens, Klaatu, Linda Lewis, Bert Jansch, David Coverdale, Asleep at the Wheel

Singles reviewed by Tony Stewart

Heart, P.P. Arnold, Steve Winwood, Nils Lofgren, Frankie Miller, Starz, Racing Cars, Stranglers, Weather Report, Valerie Carter, Steve Miller Band, Electric Light Orchestra, Van Morrison, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Freda Payne, Blondie, The Users, Roger McGuinn, Bachman Turner Overdrive

Live:

Elton John, Tom Waits, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Cado Belle, Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark, Slade, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Ian Gillan Band, Little Bob Story, Chuck Berry, The Sun Records Show (Jack Scott, Buddy Knox, Warren Smith, Roger James, Crazy Cavan & Rhythm Rockers, Charlie Feathers)

Full page ads:

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (tour), Mr. Big (lp, tour), Alice Cooper, Dolly Parton (lp, tour), Ramones (lp, tour), Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Sandy Denny, The Damned & Adverts (tour), Judas Priest (lp, tour), The Jam (lp, tour), Illusion (lp, tour)

Half page ads:

Return To Forever, Delaney Bramlett, Wishbone Ash, Fats Domino, Brand X, Iggy Pop, J.J. Cale, Deniece Williams, Contempt, Yellow Dog, Little Feat, Lou Reed, Ian Gillan Band (lp, tour)

Books:

Backstage Passes
Mystery Train
The Illustrated Rock Almanac
The History of Rock 'N' Roll
The Country Music Encyclopaedia

Silver screen:

The Sentinel
Burnt Offerings

Volume: 26 - Number: 21

Price - 15p Pages - 64

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

21st May 1977

Cover: The Ramones

Articles and interviews:

The Ramones (2pg)
The Clash (2pg)
Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman, Gene Clark (2pg)
David Bowie, Iggy Pop on TV
Bobby Hutcherson
Smokie
Michael Chapman
Bert Jansch
The Table
DTT Dial: Fender guitars

News:

Tom Petty, The Jam, The Damned, Television, Stranglers, Sex Pistols, Caravan, The Clash, Moody Blues, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Crawler, Ramones, 10cc, Junior Walker, Ted Nugent, Burlesque, Neil Young, Rough Diamond

Albums:

Little Feat, The Tubes, Lou Reed, Steve Miller Band, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Guitar Watson, Faces, Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Ian Gillan Band, Rough Diamond, Philip Glass, Mink DeVille, Mac & Katie Kissoon, Lynsey de Paul, Alice Cooper, Captain & Tennille, Royston & Heather Wood, Denny Laine, Elliot Murphy, Don Cherry, Pousette-Dart Band, Freddy Fender, Percy Thrillington

Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

Dr. Feelgood, Slaughter & the Dogs, Pastiche, Vikivaki, Roky Erickson, Judas Priest, Urchin, Jimmy Cliff, Lou Rawls, Earl Klugh, Neil Innes, Peter Noone, and many more...

Live:

Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Queen, Dr Feelgood, Ace, Talking Heads, Hawkwind, Little Acre, Split Enz, Widowmaker, Quintessence II, PG Trips, Neil Innes & Fatso, Dead End Kids, John Mayall

Full page ads:

Steve Miller Band, Heavy Metal Kids, Roger Daltrey, Ramones (lp, tour), Eddie & the Hot Rods (tour), Queen, Mr. Big (tour), Television (lp, tour), Dory Previn (tour), The Jacksons, Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Half page ads:

Blondie (tour), The Stranglers (tour), Parliament, Elvis Costello, The Clash, Kris Kristofferson, Pekka, The Saints, Racing Cars, 5 Hand Reel, Janice Ian, Kiss, Dave Swarbrick, Ian Matthews, Contempt, The Tubes, Peter Tosh, War Music, Pye Records (Status Quo, Melanie, The Kinks, Stax)

Volume: 26 - Number: 22

Price - 15p Pages - 60

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

28th May 1977

Cover: Johnny Rotten,

Steve Jones (Sex Pistols)

Articles and interviews:

Sex Pistols (2pg)
Grateful Dead (3pg)
George Benson (2pg)
Johnny Thunders (2pg)
Darts / Roogalator

News:

Bad Company, Thin Lizzy, The Jam, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Vibrators, Bob Marley & the Wailers, George Hatcher, Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, The Sex Pistols, The Rumour, Mary Wilson, Supremes, The Stranglers, The Saints, Gallagher & Lyle, Elvis Presley, Rough Diamonds

Albums:

Bob Marley & the Wailers, Peter Tosh, Kraftwerk, Steve Hunter, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Roger Daltrey, The Aggrovators & The Revolutionaries, Sandy Denny, Bill Quateman, Dory Previn, Dave Swarbrick, Herbie Hancock, Ian Matthews

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Sex Pistols, Ramones, Chuck Berry, Nick Lowe, Jerry Byrne, Elton John, Bob Seger, Parliament, The Clash, Kiss, Heartbreakers, The Police, Vibrators, Twiggy, and many more...

Live:

Television, Blondie, Ramones, J.J. Cale, Mr. Big, Lesser Known Tunisians, Rings, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Heartbreakers, Richard & Linda Thompson, UFO, The Shadows, Horslips, Quantum Jump, Visitor 2035

Silver screen:

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Tentacles
Mr. Billion
Fire

4th June 1977

11th June 1977

Cover: Dr. Feelgood, Kiss,

Dolly Parton

Articles and interviews:

New York, New York
Lee Brilleaux (Dr. Feelgood)
Minnie Riperton, Millie Jackson
Dolly Parton
Kenny Young
Carole Bayer Sager
Alan Stivell
Stafford James
The Heavy Metal Conspiracy

Albums:

MC5, Shakti, Pekka, Ian Hunter, Duncan Mackay, Steeleye Span, Brothers Johnson, George Duke

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Bob Marley & the Wailers, Chelsea, Ian Hunter's Overnight Angels, The Cortinas, Genesis, Queen, Eater, Kraftwerk, T.Rex, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and many more...

Live:

The Jacksons, Dolly Parton, Television, Blondie, 10cc, Tony Joe White, Barbara Dickson, Andy Desmond, The Strutters, Osibisa, Fabulous Poodles, Dennis Waterman, Elliot Murphy, Kevin Ayers, Future Shock

Books:

Silver screen:

Coming Soon

Cover: Nuclear Age

Articles and interviews:

Led Zeppelin (2pg)
Little Feat, Paul Barrere (2pg)
Dickey Betts & Great Southern
Nuclear Age 1945-1977 (4pg)
Mary Wilson / Supremes
Silver Jubilee
DTT Dial: Akai 4000DS MK-II

News:

Beach Boys, Sex Pistols, Dr. Hook, Blondie, Outlaws, The O Band, City Boy, Kursaal Flyers, Crawler, Moon, Boxer, Caravan, Michael Chapman, Rainbow, Steve Gibbons, Johnny Thunder & the Heartbreakers, Yes, The Tubes, Procol Harum

Albums:

Neil Young, Booker T & the MG's, Peter Frampton, Tony Joe White, Egberto Gismonti, The Vibrators, The Moody Blues, Graeme Edge, UFO, Yellow Dog, Judas Priest, Deniece Williams, Jimmy Buffett

Singles reviewed by Phil McNeill

Cat Stevens, Bette Midler, Tapper Zukie, Neil Sedaka, Dave Edmunds, UFO, Detroit Emeralds, Supertramp Ultravox, O'Jays, and many more...

Live:

Bob Marley, Rush, The Ramones, Talking Heads, The Saints, Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine, Jean-Luc Ponty, Shakin' Stevens, The Damned, The Adverts, Bellamy Brothers, Skrewdriver, The Boys, George Benson, Junior Walker, Four Tops

Full page ads:

Boxer, Crawler & Moon (lps, tour), Ian Hunter (lp, tour), Ramones, Omaha Sheriff, T. Rex, Elvis Presley, Genesis (tour)

Half page ads:

London, Saints (tour), Boz Scaggs, Stranglers (tour), Iggy Pop, Waylon Jennings, Chelsea, Cortinas, July Wakes Festival,

Books:

Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe.

Volume: 26 - Number: 23

Price - 15p Pages - 56

Cover:
- Chalkie Davies (New York skyline, Dolly Parton)

- Pennie Smith (Feelgoods)

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 24

Price - 18p Pages - 52

Cover by -

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 25

Price - 18p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

18th June 1977

Cover: The Stranglers

Articles and interviews:

The Stranglers (3pg)
Queen (2pg)
Malcolm McLaren arrest (2p)
Steeleye Span
David Murray, Don Pullen and Phillip Wilson
Judas Priest
The Ramones
Windscale nuclear incident
Canvey Island: Dr. Feelgood, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Gypsy Rock Squad, Lew Lewis, Savage

News:

Stinky Toys, Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Clash, Wayne County, Johnny Thunders, Queen, Deep Purple, Simon & Garfunkel, Average White Band, Jess Roden Band, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Marc Bolan, Country Joe McDonald, David Bromberg Band, Peter Frampton, Sailor, Bob Seger, Beach Boys, Gladys Knight, Bruce Springsteen, Meal Ticket, Jim Hall, Frank Zappa, Frankie Miller's Full House

Albums:

Greg Kihn, The Rubinoos, David Dundas, Graham Central Station, Spartacus, Wishbone Ash, Dave Mason, Klaus Schulze, Ashra, Taj Mahal, Ted Nugent, Elkie Brooks, Ray Dorset & Mungo Jerry, Silver Convention, Al Jarreau, Gryphon, Gene Clark, Outlaws, Neil Innes, Dexter Gordon, Widowmaker

Singles reviewed by Cliff White

The Commodores, Elvis Costello, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Jimmy Jewell & Ears, Johnny Nash, Elton John, London, David Bowie, Skrewdriver, Kris Kristofferson, Tavares, Boney M, Acker Bilk, and many more...

Live:

Ian Hunter, Dory Previn, Chelsea, Roogalator, Music for Socialism (Henry Cow), Heavy Metal Kids, Steps, Buzzcocks, Penetration, Mike Harding, Gryphon, Fairport Convention

Gig guide:

Country Joe McDonald, Archie Bell, The Stranglers, Hawkwind

Full page ads

Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, George Hatcher Band, Ramones, David Bowie, Roxy London WC2

Half page ads
Five Hand Reel, Eater, Wishbone Ash, Kinks, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat, Status Quo, Vibrators, John Miles, Boz Scaggs, Dan Fogelberg, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, City Boy, Meal Ticket, Jet Records (Roy Wood, ELO, Kingfish, Quartz), Record Hits: The British Top 50 Charts 1954 to 1976 (book)

Volume: 26 - Number: 26

Price - 18p Pages - 52

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

25th June 1977

Cover: Van Morrison

Articles and interviews:

Van Morrison (3pg)
Talking Heads (2pg)
The Pirates (2pg)
Alex Harvey
Tony Joe White
Boomtown Rats
The Cortinas
Mick Farren

News:

Reading Festival (Thin Lizzy, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Aerosmith, Lone Star, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Five Hand Reel, Golden Earring, Doobie Brothers, Gregg Allman Band, Uriah Heep, Racing Cars, Ultravox, No Dice, U-Boat), Stranglers, Average White Band, Sex Pistols, Jack the Lad, Country Joe McDonald, Bad Company, Vibrators, Isaac Hayes, Tom Petty, Terje Rypdal, Brand X, Beach Boys, Boz Scaggs, Little Bob Story, Darts, and many more...

Albums:

Crosby Stills & Nash, Country Joe McDonald, Bee Gees, The Commodores, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Delaney Bramlett, The Muppet Show, The Best of Car Wash (VA)

Singles by Patrick Humphries

Mink DeVille, The Wurzels, Smokie, Mike Batt, Motorhead, The Kinks, Dave Mason, and many more...

Live:

The Jam, 10cc, Devo, Tom Petty, Kursaal Flyers, Jorge Spiteri, The Table, The Police, Carole Bayer Sager, Barbara Dickson, The Jolt, Claire Hamill, Plummet Airlines, The Extras

Gig guide:

Genesis, Neil Diamond

Full page ads

Bee Gees, Neil Young, Sex Pistols, Little River Band, Patrick Moraz, Rod Stewart, Neil Diamond, Ted Nugent

Half page ads
London (band), Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Rumour, Brothers Johnson, Vibrators, Peter Gabriel, Rod Argent, July Wakes Festival, Hudson Ford

Silver screen:

Car Wash
A Bridge Too Far
Echoes of a Summer
Private Vices & Public Virtues

2nd July 1977

9th July 1977

Cover: Punk festival

Articles and interviews:

Murder at punk festival - UCD Belfield stabbing
Demis Roussos (2pg)
Steve Winwood (2pg)
Mick Ronson
Sunny Murray
The Saints
Don't Touch That Dial: Drums

News:

Little Feat, Beach Boys, The Clash, Stranglers, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Sassafras, Parliament, Bob Dylan, Be-Bop Deluxe, Michael Chapman, Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers, Vibrators, Neil Diamond, 999, Eater, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias

Albums:

Dictators, Steve Winwood, Heart, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Bob Johnson & Pete Knight, Five Hand Reel, James Brown, Helen Reddy, Pete Brown & Piblokto, Leroy Smart, New York Loft Jazz Sessions, Live at The Roxy (VA), Deep Voices (2nd Whale Record)

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Sex Pistols, Flamin' Groovies, New York Dolls, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers

Live:

Genesis, Stranglers, Supertramp, 90 Degrees Inclusive, Archie Bell & The Drells, Billy Connolly, Chris Barber, Burlesque, Squeeze, The Saints, 999, Metropolis, Aswad, Soft Machine, Shakin' Stevens & the Sunsets

Full page ads:
Roger Daltrey, Colosseum II, Mr. Big, Boxer Crawler & Moon (lps, tour), The Saints (lp, tour), Crosby Stills & Nash, Hawkwind, Roxy London WC2

Half page ads:
Sex Pistols, The O Band (tour), Van Morrison, The Rumour, London (band), Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers, Neil Diamond, Mink DeVille, Steve Gibbons, Meal Ticket

Books:

The Condition of Muzak
The Fan Man
Rock Fix
Record Hits
Star File

Cover: Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, The Stranglers, Damned

Articles and interviews:

Sex Pistols (3pg)
Steve Van Zandt (2pg)
The Prisoner (TV series)
Lemmy / Motorhead
Michael Jackson

News:

Sex Pistols, Average White Band, Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers, Little Feat, Stranglers, Runaways, UFO, Yes Ted Nugent, Beach Boys, Dr. Feelgood, Phil May, Alan Hull, Gallagher & Lyle, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

Albums:

Yes, Isley Brothers, Laura Nyro, The Chieftains, Hawkwind, Elliott Randall, George Benson, Rhead Brothers, James & Bobby Purify, .38 Special, Kingfish, Crusaders, Iggy & the Stooges, Small Faces, American Flyer, Sonny Worthing, Waylon Jennings, Gary Stewart, Stephen Dees, Eric Gale, Arthur Greenslade, Alex Haley, Quincy Jones, Dr. Hook, Joan Baez, Masters of Ragtime Guitar

Singles reviewed by Max Bell

The Only Ones, Heart, The Jam, Damned, Mighty Diamonds, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Ted Nugent, Celia & The Mutations, Foreign Intrigue, and many more...

Live:

Bad Company, Stonehenge Free Festival (Richie Havens, Bombay Bus Company, Hawkwind, Tim Blake), George Hatcher, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV, Ivor Cutler, Only Ones, Window, Generation X, Pete Brown's Back to Front

Full page ads:

Donna Summer, The Clash, Stephen Dees, The Chieftains, The Sex Pistols, Patrick Moraz, Frankie Miller, Beach Boys, Boxer (lp, tour)

Half page ads:

Reading Rock '77, The Rumour, MC5, Celia & The Mutations, Clover, Heart, Graham Bonnet, Detective, The Jam, Fairport Convention, Top of the Pops, Steve Gibbons Band, Be-bop Deluxe, Ted Nugent, Weather Report, Roger Daltrey, Fat Domino

Silver screen:

The Streetwalker
Three Women
Would You Kill a Child?
Le Gang

Volume: 26 - Number: 27

Price - 18p Pages - 52

Cover pics by Nigel Averill

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 28

Price - 18p Pages - 56

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 29

Price - 18p Pages - 56

Cover by unknown

Issue donated by John Harrison

16th July 1977

Cover: Frankie Miller

Articles and interviews:

Frankie Miller (2pg)
Tangerine Dream
Julius Hemphill
Rolling Stones
Thin Lizzy
Eddie & the Hot Rods
Rainbow
Lindsay Kemp
Kiss
DTT Dial: Cassettes

News:

The Clash, Sex Pistols, Damned, Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers Stranglers, Harry Chapin, Average White Band, Hot Chocolate, Richie Havens, Motorhead, Peter Gabriel, Count Bishops, Steve Miller, Cherry Vanilla, Hawkwind, Steve Harley, Roxy Music, 10cc, Chris Spedding

Albums:

New York Dolls, Rainbow, Moon, The McCalmans, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Donna Summer, Fatback Band, Linda Ronstadt, Detective, Burton Cummings

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

The Rumour, Carly Simon, Jackson Browne, Michael Nesmith, Andrew Gold, Yvonne Elliman, Alice Cooper, Blonde on Blonde, Page Three, Bay City Rollers, Little Bob Story, Isley Brothers, 10cc, and many more...

Live:

The Only Ones, Muddy Waters, Albion Dance Band, The Heat, Crawler, Moon, Vibrators, XTC, Rocky Ricketts, Slit Enz, Gaffa, Warren Harry, Johnny Nash

Full page ads:

The Real Thing, Steve Harley, Yes, The O Band (lp, tour), Beach Boys (tour), Strawbs, Rainbow, Crawler (lp, tour), Kiss, Tangerine Dream, Alan Parsons, Be-Bop Deluxe

Half page ads:

The Jam, David Bromberg, Graham Bonnet, Deaf School (tour), Steve Gibbons Band, Little Bob Story

Print / Books:

Dashiell Hammett: Glass Key, Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, Dain Curse, Continental Op, Thin Man, The Big Knock-Over
Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll
Visions Before Midnight
The Official Fonzie Scrapbook
Other Side of Henry Winkler

Volume: 26 - Number: 30

Price - 18p Pages - 52

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Issue donated by John Harrison

23rd July 1977

Cover: Steve Harley

Articles and interviews:

Steve Harley (2pg)
Rick Wakeman (2pg)
Todd Rundgren
The Clash
Johnny Rotten
Woody Guthrie
Blonde on Blonde (Nina Carter, Jilly Johnson)
Page Three (Claire Russell, Felicity Burski Stephanie Mariann)
Nuclear power

News:

Beach Boys, Harry Chapin, Status Quo, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Peter Gabriel, Sex Pistols, Heavy Metal Kids, Don Williams, Doctors of Madness, Linda Lewis, Chelsea, Cortinas, Thin Lizzy, Noel Redding Band, Barclay James Harvest, The Pirates, Animals, Be-Bop Deluxe, Adverts, Droitwich punk festival

Albums:

Elvis Costello, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, Be-Bop Deluxe, The Rumour, Young & Moody, Colosseum II, Blondie Chaplin, Bruce Johnston, Jan Garbarek, Red Clay Ramblers, The Dillards, Orleans, Tangerine Dream, Paul Horn, Flame, Mamas & Papas, Smokie, Ralph MacDonald, New Wave (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

The Saints, Eagles, Yellow Dog, Chris White, Gallagher & Lyle, Andy Fairweather Low, Linda Ronstadt, Starz, Barbra Streisand, Clover, Natalie Cole, and many more...

Live:

Pink Floyd, Little Bob Story, Mink DeVille, Jimmy Campbell, Ronnie Lane, Eric Clapton, Fabulous Poodles, Montreux Jazz Festival (Etta James, Ben E. King, Luther Vandross, Average White Band), Glastonbury Festival (Nik Turner), Tom McGuinness, Silly Wizard

Full page ads:

Elvis Costello, The Real Thing, The Rumour, Reading Rock Fest, Be-Bop Deluxe, Little Feat (lp, tour), Phonogram Records, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Stranglers

Half page ads:

Starz, Barclay James Harvest, Mike Batt, Ramones, Mandré, Barry Blue, James Taylor, Country Joe McDonald, Stink Toys

Silver screen:

The People That Time Forgot
Orca
The Devil's Playground
Fun with Dick and Jane
The Spy Who Loved Me

30th July 1977

6th August 1977

Cover: Nick Lowe

(with Dave Edmunds)

Articles and interviews:

Rockpile (3pg)
The Jam (2pg)
Manchester punk rock (2pg)
Jazz: Impulse re-releases / Art Themen
Little Richard
Mick Ralphs (Bad Company)
Rock and soul fanzines
Lester Bangs: back in the US
Help us hype Elvis Costello
Bianca Jagger
Clash, Sex Pistols bootlegs
Mike Batt

News:

Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Iggy Pop, Gregg Allman, Elvis Costello, Beach Boys, Vibrators, Tom Petty, Jonathan Richman, Peter Gabriel, Ted Nugent, John Miles, Trapeze, P.J. Proby, Focus, Runaways, Mud, Rolling Stones, Generation X, The Damned, Small Faces

Albums:

Grateful Dead, Soft Machine, Joe Tex, Kiss, Earth Quake, Fairport Convention, Johnny Winter, Woody Woodmansey's U-Boat

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Eddie & the Hot Rods, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Beach Boys, The Ramones, Van Morrison, Sex Pistols, Squeeze, and many more...

Live:

Ben E. King, Average White Band, Generation X, Lurkers, Stinky Toys, Arctic Sun, Osibisa, Rezillos, Ignatz, Elvis Costello, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Alan Clayson & the Argonauts, Wakes Festival (Wally Whyton, Tom Yates, Ross MacFarlane, Spriguns, Biggles Wartime Band, Gay & Terry Woods, Gordon Giltrap, Five Hand Reel, Plexus, Barbara Dickson, Fairport Convention, Gallagher & Lyle, Bothy Band, Noel Murphy, Hedgehog Pye, Mary Asquith, Sullivan's Private Stock, Tim Rose, Tannahill Weavers, Tony Cap Stick, Keith Christmas, Paul King, Michael Chapman, June Tabor, Rab Noakes, Alan Hull Radiator, Leo Kottke, Country Joe McDonald)

Cover: The Sex Pistols

Articles and interviews:

The Sex Pistols (4pg)
The Beach Boys (2pg)
The Ramones
Kursaal Flyers
Bonnie Raitt
The Runaways
Roman Polanski
Traveling US by Greyhound

Albums:

Burning Spear, Max Romeo, The Count Bishops, Foreigner, PFM, Patrick Moraz, Barbara Dickson, Barbra Streisand, James Taylor, Quartz, The Byrds, Enchantment, Albert Hammond, Attitudes, Liar, Tanya Tucker, Lavender Hill Mob, Brecker Brothers, Fresh, Bay City Rollers, Andy Brown, Eric Sirkel, Dan Fogelberg, Paul Bogush Jr., Submarine Tracks & Fool's Gold: Chiswick Chartbusters Volume One (VA), Live at the Rat (VA)

Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

The Snivelling Shits, Elkie Brooks, Cilla Black, Johnny DuCann, Robert Gordon, Manuel, Tiger Sue, London Symphony Orchestra, The Rezillos, Bryan Blackburn, Thin Lizzy, Connie Francis, Jeff Lynne, Dahling, Gilbert O'Sullivan, and many more...

Live:

Boz Scaggs, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Radiator, Wayne County, Blast Furnace & the Heat Waves, Real Thing, Little Feat, Squeeze, The "O" Band, Little River Band, Vibrators

Silver screen:

Salon Kitty
The Late Show
Islands in the Stream
The Greatest

Volume: 26 - Number: 31

Price - 18p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 32

Price - 25p Pages - 48

Cover by Dennis Morris

Pages 11 & 12 damaged.

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Volume: 26 - Number: 33

Price - 18p Pages - 44

Cover:

- Joe Stevens (DeVille)

- Chalkie Davies (New York)

Issue donated by John Harrison

13th August 1977

Cover: Willy DeVille

Articles and interviews:

Mink DeVille (2pg)
Steely Dan (3pg)

Mont de Marsan Punk Festival
Benny Golson
Ultravox
Peter Frampton
DTT Dial: Bass guitars

News:

Damned, Frankie Miller, Thin Lizzy, Rod Stewart, Boomtown Rats, Iggy Pop, Adverts, Pirate radio, Jonathan Richman, Modern Lovers, Rainbow, Supertramp, Peter Gabriel, Eater, Nosebleeds, Elkie Brooks, Bethnal, Mink DeVille, Rezillos

Albums:

Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Revue, Roy Buchanan, Average White Band, Ben E. King, Jimmy Webb, J Geils Band, Latimore, KC & The Sunshine Band, Facts of Life, T-Connection, The Billion Dollar Band, Jonathan Richman & Modern Lovers, Billion Dollar Babies, Ornette Coleman, Betty Wright, George McCrae, George Hatcher Band, Boney M

Singles reviewed by Angie Errigo

Elvis Costello, Jean-Michel Jarre, London Symphony Orchestra, Bee Gees, Roy Wood, Errol Campbell, Sanford-Townsend Band, Animals, Pilot, Carole King, José Feliciano, Patrick Moraz, Highway 101, City Boy, Small Faces, Jennifer Warnes, Billy Connolly, Gentle Giant, Moon, Johnny Taylor, Tom Petty, Spartacus, Graham Bonnet,

Live:

Dave Edmunds, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Bonnie Raitt, Adverts, Little Feat, John Holt, Funkadelic, Bootsy's Rubber Band, The Boys, John Stevens, John Martyn, Radio Stars, Darts

Full page ads:

Beserkley Records

Half page ads:

George Hatcher Band, Rod Stewart, Ry Cooder (tour), Aerosmith, Crystal Palace Bowl

Volume: 26 - Number: 34

Price - 18p Pages - 40

Cover:
- Leni Sinclair (left pic)

- Pennie Smith (right pic)

Issue donated by John Harrison

20th August 1977

Cover: Wayne Kramer

Articles and interviews:

Wayne Kramer (2pg)
Supertramp (2pg)
Roxy London WC2 live lp
Joe Strummer, The Clash
Battle of Lewisham, National Front riots
Jimmy Page
Muhammad Ali
Exorcist II: The Heretic

Albums:

Original Animals, Motorhead, Les Dudek, Real Thing, Elvis Presley, Black Sabbath, Helen Schneider, Carole King, Weather Report, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Miroslav Vitouš, Philip Catherine, Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Don't You Step on My Blue Suede Shoes (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Adverts, Jerry Lee Lewis, Crystals, Manfred Mann, Radio Stars, T. Rex, Roogalator, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Fabulous Poodles, Boomtown Rats, Matumbi, Strife, and many more...

Live:

Doctors of Madness, Penetration, Eric Clapton, Sham 69, Steeleye Span, B.T. Express, Tyla Gang, Stanley Clarke, Brand X

Silver screen:

Lucky Luciano
Fire Sale
Alice in Wonderland
Emanuelle in America

27th August 1977

3rd September 1977

Cover: Record collecting

Articles and interviews:

The Clash (2pg)
Record collecting (4pg)
Little Feat
Notting Hill Carnival
Beserkley Records, Matthew Kaufman, Jonathan Richman
Motorcycling

Albums:

Van der Graaf, Utopia, Fabulous Poodles, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Novaks Kapelle, Strawbs, Small Faces, Cheap Trick, Delroy Washington, Lone Star, Caravan, Chris Hillman, The Movies, Chris de Burgh, The Sons of Champlin

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Ian Dury, Jenny Nicholas, Dictators, Greg Lake, Rainbow, Generation X, Cherry Vanilla, Kenny Rogers, Kiss, Doobie Brothers, Garland Jeffreys, Hodges James & Smith, George Benson, 999

Live:

Reading Festival (Kingfish, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Uriah Heep, Gloria Mundi, Five Hand Reel, John Miles, George Hatcher Band, Aerosmith, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Thin Lizzy, Ultravox, Racing Cars, Tiger, Hawkwind, Blue, The Enid, Wayne County & Electric Chairs, Doobie Brothers, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, The Motors, Frankie Miller), Cimarons, Generation X, Ash Ra, The Rods, Spiteri, Trickster

Cover: Elvis Presley

Articles and interviews:

Elvis Presley (3pg)
Elvis Costello (2pg)
Be-Bop Deluxe / Bill Nelson
The Only Ones
Generation X
Arnett Cobb
The Rezillos
Kevin Coyne
DTT Dial: Cassette Tape Decks

Albums:

Iggy Pop, Little River Band, Just Water, Bernie Leadon & Michael Georgiades, Gong, John Tropea, Dennis Wilson, Albert King, Eddie Taylor, The Meters, Blue, Scarlet Rivera, Mandre, John Renbourn, The O Band, Roderick Falconer, Alan Parsons Project, Andy Gibb, David LaFlamme, Kwaku Baah & Ganoua, Jean-Michel Jarre, Paco de Lucía, Don Cherry, Paul Brett, Gary Boyle, The Great Blues Men (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Bob Marley & the Wailers, Mandy Miller, Slim Whitman, The Roadies (Lewis 'n Luce), Generation X, The Lurkers, T.Rex, Billy Lee Riley, Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Vibrators, Wreckless Eric, and many more...

Reggae singles by Neil Spencer

Marcia Aitken, Trinity, Queen Niney & The Aggrovators, Dennis Brown & Trinity, Bagga Matumbi, Danny Ray, Vivian Jackson and many more...

Live:

Nils Lofgren, Johnny Winter, The Table, XTC, The Sex Pistols, Ted Nugent, The Damned, Adverts, Fruit Eating Bears, Boomtown Rats, Slits, Steel Pulse

Volume: 26 - Number: 35

Price - 18p Pages - 48

Cover photo of Elvis Presley by Charles Trainor

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 36

Price - 18p Pages - 48

Cover by unknown

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 37

Price - 18p Pages - 52

Thanks to Howard Mansell

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10th September 1977

Cover: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)

Articles and interviews:

Thin Lizzy / Phil Lynott (3pg)
Right to Work March
Progressive Cultural Assoc.
Betty Carter
Don Letts
Wayne County
The Osmonds
John Cale
The Animals
Runaways

Albums:

Joan Armatrading, Thin Lizzy, Kursaal Flyers, Moxy, Piper, The Boys, George Benson, Mandrill, Michael Masser, Boomtown Rats, Doobie Brothers, Racing Cars, Omaha Sheriff, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Gregg Allman Band, Culture, Yabby You, Fred Locks, Abyssinians, Sweet Feelings (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Wayne Kramer, The Motors, Meal Ticket, The Rubinoos, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, John Cale, Patti Smith, Creation, The Exile, Love & Kisses, Lee Kristofferson, London, Chris Spedding, and many more...

Live:

Doobie Brothers, Harry Chapin, Barbarella's Punk Festival (Rudi & the Rationals, Accelerators, Victims, The Drones, Verdicts, Model Mania, Bethnal, Eater, Rejects, Unwanted, The Worst, D.Features, Killjoys), Lesser Known Tunisians, Gags, The Movies, Babylon, The Stukas

Stage:

Dean: A Musical on the Life of James Dean

Silver Screen:

Fellini's Casanova
Viva Knievel!
Black Sunday

Volume: 26 - Number: 38

Price - 18p Pages - 60

Issue donated by John Harrison

17th September 1977

Cover: Iggy Pop

Articles and interviews:

Iggy Pop (3pg)
Aerosmith (2pg)
Tom Robinson
The Vibrators in Berlin
Fabulous Poodles
Robert Gordon
Virgin Records, R. Branson
Elvis Costello
Sex Pistols
Chris Spedding
Ry Cooder

News:

Elton John, The Clash, The Jam, Little River Band, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Renaissance, Godley & Creme, Steve Hillage, Ultravox, Nazareth, Deniece Williams, Phil Manzanera 801, Kursaal Flyers, Smokie, Climax Blues Band, Brothers Johnson, Donna Summer, Steve Gibbons, Supertramp, Rainbow, Mink DeVille, The Motors, Stranglers

Albums:

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, Dr. Feelgood, Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt, George Faith, City Boy, Robert Gordon & Link Wray, The Floaters, The Motors, Andy Pratt, Mass Production, Renaissance, Bo Hansson, Nova, David Essex, Space, Eric Carmen, Camel, Bionic Gold (VA), The Deep (VA)

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Stranglers, Slaughter & the Dogs, Yes, Steve Miller Band, Jess Roden Band, Joey & the Hot Shots, Ringo Starr, Billy J Kramer, Rita Coolidge, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Skip Jackson, Nona Hendryx, Mike Batt, Peter Frampton, Rickard Brothers, Donna Summer, Danny Mirror, New Wine, The Brats, Marseilles, The Poppees, Amnesia, The Cyclones, Asphalt Jungle, Factory, Foreigner, Ramblers, Glooscap, John Lincoln Wright & the Sour Mash Boys, Novak's Kapelle, Jim Rooney

Reggae singles by Pennie Reel

I Roy, Johnny Clark, Bob Andy, Jah Stitch, Dennis Brown & I Roy, The Itals, Dennis Alcapone, Culture, The Revolutionaries & Ranking Trevor, Johnnie Mahoney, The Jewells, Leroy Smart

Live:

Crystal Palace Garden Party (Santana, Elvis Costello, Brand X, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Crawler), Tom Robinson Band, The Jam, Fleetwood Mac, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Heavy Metal Kids, Bristol New Wave report (The Android Pups, The Primates, The Pigs, The Media, The Pop Group), Covent Garden festival report (Chanter, Flowers & Frolics, Shazam, Fabulous Poodles), After the Fire, Solid Waste, Fruit-Eating Bears

Full page ads:

Fabulous Poodles (lp, tour), Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Todd Rundgren & Utopia, Wishbone Ash (tour), Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, Thin Lizzy, City Boy (lp, tour), Lone Star (lp, tour), Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers (lp, tour), Stranglers

Half page ads:

Kraftwerk, The Motors (lp, tour), Chicago, Basing Street Studios, Slaughter & the Dogs, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Golden Earring, Small Faces, Steve Miller Band, Kiss, Gentle Giant, Patsy Gallant, London (tour), The Reds, Jess Roden

Volume: 26 - Number: 39

Price - 18p Pages - 64

Cover by unknown

Issue donated by John Harrison

24th September 1977

Cover: Various

Articles and interviews:

Randy Newman (3pg)
The Adverts (2pg)
Mark Bolan
Chico Freeman
Southside Johnny
The Crickets
Nick Lowe
DTT Dial: Keyboards

News:

Blondie, Stevie Wonder The Clash, Marc Bolan, AC/DC, Hall & Oates, Stranglers, , , , , ,

Albums:

The Stranglers, Rolling Stones, Phil Manzanera 801, Steely Dan, Joe Ely, Barclay James Harvest, Harry Chapin, The Pirates, Mark Charig, Hudson-Ford, Sad Cafe, Brenda & the Tabulations, Elvis Presley, Gentle Giant, Echos of the 60s (VA), Soda Pop Volume Two (VA)

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

The Clash, Kraftwerk, Bunny Wailer, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Dr. Hook, Golden Earring, Rose Royce, Everly Brothers, and many more...

Live:

Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, City Rock Festival (Chelmsford: Slaughter & the Dogs, Solid Waste, Aswad, Lew Lewis Band, Doctors of Madness, Fruit Eating Bears, Eddie & the Hot Rods w. Rob Tyner), Natty Dread Meet Punk (Cimarons, Black Slate, Fruit Eating Bears, Slaughter & the Dogs, Johnny Curious & the Strangers), Big Youth, Dennis Brown, The Crickets, Peter Gabriel, Nona Hendryx, Pete Atkin, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Small Faces, Gags

Gig guide:

Dr. Feelgood, Mink DeVille, Iggy Pop, Camel, Stranglers, Steve Gibbons

Full page ads:

Sad Cafe, Marc Bolan, The Clash, Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Mink DeVille (tour), David Bedford, Steve Hillage (lp, tour), The Brothers Johnson (lp, tour), David Bowie, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (lp tour), Thin Lizzy, Beserkley Records (Tyla Gang, Mink DeVille), Rolling Stones

Half page ads:

The Motors (lp, tour), Focus, Baccara, City Boy (lp, tour), Stranglers (lp, tour), The Brothers Johnson, Motorhead, Van der Graaf Generator, Split Enz

Silver screen:

Exorcist II: The Heretic
New York, New York
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Head

Volume: 26 - Number: 40

Price - 18p Pages - 60

Cover by Chalkie Davies

Thanks to Howard Mansell

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1st October 1977

Cover: Rob Tyner (MC5)

Articles and interviews:

Rob Tyner's 2-week UK
punk concert crawl (3pg)
Boomtown Rats (2pg)
Peter Gabriel (2pg)
Jonathan Richman
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Roogalator
Sham 69
Stranglers
Jean Michael Jarre
Rod Stewart

Albums:

Ian Dury, Steve Hillage, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Shirley Brown, Rush, Dead Boys, Elvin Bishop, Maze, Rose Royce, James Brown, Robin Trower, The Outsiders,Van Morrison, Chicago, Hits Greatest Stiffs (VA)

Singles reviewed by Charlie Gillett

Rod Stewart, Mickey Jupp, Yachts, Jona Lewie w. Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs, Shakin Stevens, Mink DeVille, David Bowie, The Banned, Frank Lucas, Snivelling Shits, Regal Dewy, Jeff Hill, The Valves, Crystal Gayle, Denny St. George, Chicago, Lenny Williams, Commodores, Billy Vera, Johnny Lee, Lamont Dozier, Chain Reaction, Smokey Robinson

Live:

Iggy Pop, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Mink DeVille, Tyla Gang, Cado Belle, Hawkwind, Bethnal, Stranglers, Only Ones, Yachts

Gig guide:

Leo Sayer, Kursaal Flyers, Barclay James Harvest, Johnny Thunders

Full page ads:

Bob Seger (lp, tour), Chris Spedding (lp, tour), Ian Dury, Peter Gabriel (lp, tour), Hawkwind (lp, tour), Chieftains, Harvey Goldsmith Ents. tours (Lone Star, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Wishbone Ash, Racing Cars, Ian Gillan), Chicago, Rolling Stones, Yes, Hall & Oates, Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), Roy Wood, Gerry Rafferty, Fabulous Poodles (lp, tour), Steve Hillage (lp, tour)

Half page ads:

Wishbone Ash, The Motors (lp, tour), Doctors of Madness, The Boys, XTC, Ultravox (tour), The O Band, Nova, Lone Star (tour), Third World

Silver screen:

The Blank Generation

Volume: 26 - Number: 41

Price - 18p Pages - 64

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

8th October 1977

Cover: Jean-Jacques Burnel

(The Stranglers)

Articles and interviews:

The Stranglers (3pg)
Dr. Feelgood
Howard Devoto
Terri Quaye
Iggy Pop
Consumers Guide to 70s Part 1
- Glam Rock
- Heavy Metal
Stiff Records
DTT Dial: High-end discs, tapes

News:

Genesis, Stiff Records, Damned, Heartbreakers, Rough Diamond, The Clash, Runaways, Eagles, Poco, Linda Lewis, Ray Stevens, Joan Armatrading, Elvis Presley, Wishbone Ash, Mahogany Rush, Horslips, Jim Capaldi, Pat Travers, Rainbow, The Saints, Leo Sayer, China

Albums:

David Bowie, The Heartbreakers, Talking heads, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Split Enz, Keith Jarrett, Sparks, Chris Spedding, Sailor, Harry Nilsson, Twinkle Brothers, Judy Collins, Fleetwood Mac & Christine Perfect, Dwight Twilley

Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

John Dowie, Radiators from Space, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Art Garfunkel, Status Quo, Dennis Wilson, Sparks, Caravan, Average White Band, Isaac Hayes, George Benson, Steppenwolf, XTC, Clifford T. Ward, Charlie Bop Trio, Split Enz, Matthew Moore, The Jolt, Ace, Third World War

Live:

Yes, Heartbreakers, X-Ray Spex, Elkie Brooks, Subway Sect, Slits, Cock Sparrer, Dire Straights, Carole Bayer Sager

Full page ads:

Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, Leo Sayer, Ian Dury, Dr Hook (lp, tour), Stiffs Greatest Stiffs Live, The Drones, Steve Gibbons (lp, tour), Otger Dice, Tom Robinson (lp, tour), Nils Lofgren, Pirates (lp, tour), Gordon Giltrap, Golden Earring

Half page ads:

David Bedford, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Scoundrel, Darts (tour), Kursaal Flyers (lp, tour), Eric Carmen, The Motors, Glenn Philips, Ian Gillan Band, Weather Report (lp, tour), Rubinoos

Silver screen:

Valentino
Outlaw Blues
Suspiria
Pumping Iron

Volume: 26 - Number: 42

Price - 18p Pages - 64

Cover by Adrian Boot

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15th October 1977

Cover: Ian Dury (and Fred)

Articles and interviews:

Ian Dury
Mick Jagger (3pg)
Consumers Guide to 70s Part 2
- Techno Flash
The Stukas
Lee Brilleaux

News:

Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson, The Clash, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Cher & Gregg Allman, Elvis Presley, Split Enz,Thin Lizzy, Heartbreakers, Dirty Tricks, Elkie Brooks, Burning Spear, Lindisfarne, Alan Stivell, Caravan, Barbara Dickson

Albums:

Genesis, Nils Lofgren, Ian Gillan Wishbone Ash, Elton John, Patti Labelle, Phillip Goodhand-Tait, Radiators From Space, Ultravox, Nona Hendryx, Ringo Starr, Third World, Max's Kansas City (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Country Joe McDonald, Sex Pistols, Damned, Tom Robinson, Smokie, The Secret, Steve Gibbons, Slade, Skrewdriver, and many more...

Reggae singles by Nick Kimberley

Johnny Clarke, Jah Woosh, Trinity, Dillinger, Danny Ray, Wailing Souls, Delroy Washington, Al Campbell, Little Roy, and many more...

Live:

B.B. King, Son Seals, Matumbi, Weather Report, Dead Fingers Talk, New Hearts, The Motors, Racing Cars, Rumblestrips, Jah Woosh, Tequila Brown Blues Band, Deniece Williams, Lenny Williams, Marion Montgomery & Richard Rodney Bennett, Climax Blues Band, Brothers Johnson

Theatre:

A&R - by Pete Atkin
Bubbling Brown Sugar - starring Billy Daniels

Full page ads:

Genesis, Phil Manzanera (lp, tour), The Saints (tour), David Bowie, The Damned, Noosha Fox, Steve Hillage (lp, tour), Donna Summer (lp, tour), Heartbreakers, Hall & Oates, Van der Graaf Generator (lp, tour), Electric Light Orchestra, ,

Half page ads:

Sex Pistols, Krazy Kat, Ram Jam, 999, XTC, The Boys, , , ,

Books:

Elvis - What Happened?
Album Cover Album
Junky
The National Front
Paperback Writer

22nd October 1977

29th October 1977

Volume: 26 - Number: 43

Price - 18p Pages - 68

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 26 - Number: 44

Price - 18p Pages - 48

Cover by unknown

Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover: Tom Robinson

Articles and interviews:

Tom Robinson (2pgs)
Graham Parker (2pgs)
Reggae (2pgs)
Jeff Clyne
Consumers Guide to 70s Part 3
- Country Rock
- Soul
Johnny Rotten
Patti Smith

News:

The Tubes, Wilko Johnson, Adverts, The Clash, Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Frankie Miller, Sex Pistols, David Essex, Bing Crosby, , , , , ,

Albums:

Graham Parker & The Rumour, Rod Stewart, Stomu Yamashta, Leo Sayer, Manfred Mann, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Peter & Gordon, The Searchers, Graham Bonnet, Status Quo, Nick Gilder, Mungo Jerry, Slave, Terry Smith, Thelma Houston & Jerry Butler, Glenn Philips, Ralph McTell, Jess Roden, Flavor, Everly Brothers

Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

X-Ray Spex, The Jam, Dead Boys, Electric Light Orchestra, The Zeros, Gerry Rafferty, Small Faces, Queen, Mick Farren & the New Wave, Alan Price, Alternative TV, Hall & Oates, The Banned, Jeffrey Dahl, Animals, Ultravox, James Taylor, Boney M, Sham 69, and many more...

Live:

Live Stiffs (Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Wreckless Eric, Nick Lowe, Larry Wallis), Bob Seger, The Pleasers, Little River Band, Tom Robinson, Fabulous Poodles, Phil Rambow, Dr. Feelgood, Leo Sayer, AC/DC, Boomtown Rats, Mink DeVille, Last Days of the Electric Circus (Big in Japan, Steel Pulse, Warsaw, Magazine, Buzzcocks, The Swords, The Prefects, The Drones, The Fall, Manicured Noise, The Worst)

Silver screen:

Annie Hall
The Story of Adele H
Demon Seed
Heart of Glass
Operation Thunderbolt

Cover: The Tubes

Articles and interviews:

The Tubes (2pg)
Richard Hell (2pg)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Consumers Guide to 70s Part 4
- Punk
- Sleaze
- Pub Rock
Elvis Costello
The Clash

Albums:

Godley & Creme, Santana, Diana Ross, The Emotions, Roy Wood, Randy Newman, Jean Luc Ponty, Dead End Kids, Pacific Eardrum, Turning Point, Liza Minnelli, War, Cameo, Paul Kossoff

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Randy Newman, Nick Lowe, Inner City Express, The Adverts, Mandre, The Righteous Brothers, Roy Ayers, High Inergy, Grace Jones, Kursaal Flyers, Suzanne, and many more...

Live:

Bob Seger, Kursaal Flyers, Chris Spedding, Phil Manzanera & 801, Johnny Thunder, Johnny Moped, Heron

Volume: 26 - Number: 45

Price - 18p Pages - 44

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Thanks to Howard Mansell

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5th November 1977

Cover: Pete Townshend

Articles and interviews:

Pete Townshend (4pgs)
Poly Styrene, X-Ray Spex
Stiff Records tour package report - Costello, Lowe, Dury
Fox and stag hunting
Led Zeppelin
Peter Gabriel

News:

The Jam, The Damned, Boomtown Rats, Alex Harvey, Elvis Costello, Sex Pistols, Stranglers, Third World, The Tubes, Elton John, Burlesque, Cortinas, Buzzcocks, Rich Kids, Fleetwood Mac, Mahogany Rush, Monkees, The Captain & Tennille

Albums:

Sex Pistols, Leonard Cohen, Roxy Music, Blue Oyster Cult, Electric Light Orchestra, The Jam, Queen, Eric Clapton

Singles

None reviewed this week.

Live:

Yes, Donovan, The Clash, Richard Hell, Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Van der Graaf Generator, Rod Stewart

Full page ads:

Frankie Miller, Sex Pistols, Donna Summer, Michael Chapman, John Martyn (lp, tour), Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Status Quo, Alan Price, Little Bob Story (lp, tour), The Tubes (lp, tour), Queen

Half page ads:

The Runaways (tour), Colosseum II, MX-80 Sound, The Jam, Uriah Heep

Volume: 26 - Number: 46

Price - 18p Pages - 80

Cover by Masayoshi Sukita

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

12th November 1977

Cover: David Bowie

Articles and interviews:

David Bowie (3pg)
Jimmy Pursey, Sham 69 (2p)
B.B. King (2pg)
Bob Seger
Evan Parker
Instruments: Harmonica

News:

NME has moved, Tom Robinson, Stranglers, Sex Pistols, Elton John, The Damned, Joan Baez, Blondie, Alessi, Third World, Generation X, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Ian Dury, Wings, Elvis Presley, Status Quo, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Nina Simone, The Tubes, Doctors of Madness, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Cher & Gregg Allman

Albums:

Neil Young, Rick Wakeman, The Girls, Runaways, Little Bob Story, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Tangerine Dream, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eddie Money, Boz Scaggs, Alan Ross, Gong, Pat Travers, Sha Na Na, Dr. Hook, AC/DC, Wire

Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali

Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Larry Wallis, The Runaways, Blondie, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Joe Ely, Paul Simon, Clover, Buzzcocks, Tony Visconti, and many more...

Live:

Elton John, Joan Armatrading, The Stranglers, Dave Edmunds, The Motors, X-Ray Spex, Steve Hillage, Smokey Robinson, Roy Harper, The Runaways, Burning Spear, Supertramp

Full page ads:

Status Quo, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Uriah Heep, The Jam (lp, tour), Five Hand Reel (lp, tour), Trickster, Paul Kossoff, John Martyn (lp,tour), Eric Clapton, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Graham Parker & the Rumour (tour), The Runaways (lp, tour), Bob Seger, Yes, China, Foster Brothers

Half page ads:

Horslips (lp, tour), XTC (lp, tour), Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane, Kingfish, Mick Farren & The Deviants, Maniacs, Boomtown Rats, Hummingbird, Little Bob Story, Heartbreakers, Advertising, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, Wire, Cock Sparrer, Darts, Plummet Airlines, Alan Ross, Real Thing, Bunny Wailer, Gong (lp, tour), Split Enz

Volume: 26 - Number: 47

Price - 18p Pages - 80

Cover by Pennie Smith

Issue donated by John Harrison

19th November 1977

Cover: Wilko Johnson

(Dr. Feelgood)

Articles and interviews:

Rod Stewart
Joan Jett / Runaways
Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)
The Motors
The Kursaal Flyers
Johnny Thunders
Joe Zawinul (Weather Report)
Mick Farren & The Deviants
Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle
Blondie
Los Angeles punk scene
(Nuns, Crime, Weirdos, Dils, Zeros, Backstage Pass, Vom, Germs, Screamers)

News:

Ian Dury, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Stevie Wonder, The Lurkers, Stiffs Greatest Stiffs, Boomtown Rats, Johnny Thunders & Heartbreakers, Tubes, Ramones, Talking Heads, Captain Beefheart, Buzzcocks, Yes, Rush, Racing Cars, Radio Stars, The Band, Kursaal Flyers, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Kinks, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, John Miles, The Damned, Bonnie Tyler

Albums:

The Ramones, Bob Welch, Little Richard, Status Quo, Darts, 10cc, Cliff Richard, Man, Gregg Allman, Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars, David Bedford, Gordon Giltrap, Steeleye Span, Burlesque, John Martyn, Alvin Stardust, Klaatu, Bunny Wailer, Sweet, Ben Sidran, Donna Summer, Dennis Brown, Billy Connolly, The Jacksons, Streets (VA)

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Jimmy Dean, Boomtown Rats, Bob Seger, Wings, Mink DeVille, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Greg Kihn, Penetration, Robin Tyner & The Hot Rods, Leo Sayer, Don McLean, Amanda Lear, Mick Farren & The Deviants, John Cooper Clarke, Yes, Advertising, Wayne County & Electric Chairs, Kilburn & the High Roads, Julie Covington, Celia & the Mutations, Lockjaw, Dr. Feelgood, The Now, Generation X, Some Chicken

Live:

Graham Parker & The Rumour, Blast Furnace & the Heatwaves, The Tubes, Albion Dance Band, Rainbow, Pacific Eardrum, Cleo Laine, Simon Townshend, Demis Roussos, Steve Gibbons, Pirates, Five Hand Reel, Chris Spedding, George Duke, Four Tops, Grand Hotel, Keith Jarrett, Sham 69, Louisiana Red

Gig guide:

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, The Damned, The Jam, David Essex, Uriah Heep

Full page ads:

Dead Boys (tour), The Clash, Talking Heads; Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Burlesque, Paul McCartney & Wings, Generation X, Colosseum II (lp, tour), Emerson Lake & Palmer, Thin Lizzy (lp, tour), Nazareth (lp, tour), Gregg Allman & Cher (lp, tour), Meal Ticket (lp, tour), Rick Wakeman, Sex Pistols, Santana, Frankie Miller, Status Quo

Half page ads:

Blondie, Boomtown Rats, Osibisa, The Radiators from Space (lp, tour), Clover (tour), Kilburn & the High Roads, Greg Kihn, Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush (lp, tour), Graham Parker & The Rumour, Colosseum II (lp, tour), J.A.L.N. Band, Steeleye Span, Dr. Feelgood, Pirates, Alan Price (lp, tour), Buzzcocks (lp, tour), Third World, Hurriganes (tour), Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (lp, tour), Alan Hull & Radiator (lp tour), Little Bob Story (lp, tour), Man, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Wishbone Ash, Cock Sparrer, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, John Martyn, Mick Farren & The Deviants, Streets (Various artists)

Silver screen:

Communion
Equus
Draws
Black Joy
March or Die

26th November 1977

Volume: 26 - Number: 48

Price - 18p Pages - 64

Cover by Ritva Saarikko

Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover: Brian Eno

Articles and interviews:

Brian Eno (4pg)
Philip Rambow (2pg)
Steve Hillage
Darts
Stan Getz
Sex Pistols

Albums:

Beatles, Rolling Stones, Brand X, Yardbirds, The Damned, Gregory Isaacs, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Michael Chapman, Horslips, The Babys, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Bland, Freddie King, The Blues Came Down From Memphis (VA), Union Avenue Breakdown (VA)

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Sailor, The Motors, Boz Scaggs, Maniacs, Carole King, Joan Baez, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Wire, Rufus Thomas, and many more...

Live:

Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Rich Kids, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Generation X, Daevid Allen, The Pleasers, Bethnal, Karla Bonoff, China, Dwight Twilley Band, Frankie Miller, Gordon Beck, Henry Lowther's Quarternity, Camden Jazz Week

Volume: 26 - Number: 49

Price - 18p Pages - 72

Cover by Kevin Cummins

Scans by Michael Kane

and Howard Mansell

3rd December 1977

Cover: The Buzzcocks

Articles and interviews:

Buzzcocks (2pg)
Brian Eno (3pg)
Jimmy Page (2pg)
Sex Pistols (3pg)
Steel Pulse
The Prefects
Ozzy Osbourne
The Hope and Anchor
Warsaw Pakt
Southside Johnny & Jukes
The Clash

Albums:

Brian Eno, Radio Stars, Dillinger Verses Trinity, Pretty Things, The Afrika Corp, China, U-Roy, Black Sabbath, Deniece Williams, Kiss, Commander Cody Band, Klaus Schulze, Warsaw Pakt, Derek & Clive, The Drones, Skrewdriver, Commodores

Singles reviewed by Bob Geldof

Talking Heads, The Pleasers, Blast Furnace & the Heat Waves, Kinks, Slade, Wounded John Scott Cree, Robert Gordon, Lloyd Price, Steely Dan, Don Williams, Hot Chocolate, Menace, Slaughter & The Dogs, Satan's Rats, and many more...

Live:

Wilko Johnson Band, Black Slate, John Martyn, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Hurriganes, Magazine, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Blondie, Gregg Allman & Cher, Steeleye Span

Gig guide:

Boomtown Rats, Ian Dury, Joan Baez, Mahogany Rush, Nina Simone

Full page ads:

Beserkley Records (Tyla Gang, Earth Quake, Greg Kihn, Rubinoos), Wire, Nazareth (lp, tour), Boz Scaggs, Island Records (Ian Gillan, Eddie & Hot Rods, MX-80 Sound, Ultravox, Third World, Grace Jones, many more...), The Ramones (lp, tour), Leonard Cohen, Mahogany Rush (lp, tour), Intergalactic Touring Band (VA), Status Quo (lp, tour), 10cc, Radio Stars, The Drones, Alessi Brothers, Kiss, Derek & Clive (Peter Cook, Dudley Moore)

Half page ads:

Steeleye Span, Steve Gibbons Band, Santa Esmeralda, Mike Oldfield, Neil Young, The Enid (lp, tour), Buzzcocks, Meal Ticket (lp, tour), Black Sabbath, Warsaw Pakt

Silver screen:

The Amsterdam Kill
Welcome To L.A.
Voyage of the Damned
Slapshot
The Invaders

Volume: 26 - Number: 50

Price - 25p Pages - 64

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans