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1978 Issues

These are the issues of NME that came out in 1978.

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Some of the issues I have will be available on this site (click the link on the date or picture to take you to the issue which will be available via my Flickr and Google page). 

 

Some of the issues may just have pictures which will be there to showcase what the issue front cover was and will be there for reference.

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If anyone has any issues that are not available on this site and are willing to scan them and make them available (from any year) then please get in touch via the Contact page.

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Logo - NME - 31st March 1979.jpg

Price - 18p

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Editor - Nick Logan / Neil Spencer

Assistant Editor - Neil Spencer

News Editor - Derek Johnson

Associate Editors - Bob Woffinden, Charles Shaar Murrey

Production Editor - Jack Scott

Special Projects Editor -  Roy Car

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Published - Friday

Cover - NME - Volume 27 - Number 01 - 7th January 1978.jpg

Volume: 27  - Number: 01

Price - 18p    Pages - 44

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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​Issue donated by John Harrison

7th January 1978

Cover:  The Ramones

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Articles and interviews:

  • The Ramones

  • The Damned​

  • Doctor Alimantado

  • Brian Robertson

  • Adam Ant

  • Pere Ubu

  • John Otway

  • 1977 Teasers Awards

  • Quotes of the Year

  • George Clinton

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News:

Elvis Costello, Sex Pistols, Frank Zappa, Hot Tuna, Gallagher & Lyle, Buzzcocks, Supremes, Martha Reeves, Elvis Presley, ABBA, Wings, Jenny Darren, June Tabor

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Albums:

Suicide, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Harvest Heritage, The Dictators, Barefoot Jerry

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Singles reviewed by Max Bell

Dwight Twilley Band, Blue Oyster Cult, White Boy, The Ravers, The Germs, Chainsaw, The Dils, The Young Bucks, The Mirrors, The Yardbirds, The Modern Lovers, Dolly Parton, Cheech  & Chong, Ivor Bird, Geno Washington

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Live:

Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias, Elvis Costello / The Pop Group, The Kinks, 2-3, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Darts, Status Quo, Fabulous Poodles, The Lurkers / The Doll / Pork Dukes, Boys of the Laugh, Supercharge, Andy Pratt, Cado Belle, Spud, Joan Baez​​

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Volume: 27 - Number: 02

Price - 18p    Pages - 44

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Cover by Astrid Kirchherr

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Issue donated by John Harrison

14th January 1978

Cover:  John Lennon

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • Sex Pistols

  • The Dwight Twilley Band

  • The Last Poets

  • Boz Scaggs

  • Flamin' Groovies

  • John Lennon

  • Ken Hyder

  • Big Brother

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News:

Rush, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Sid Vicious, Sex Pistols, Talking Heads, Tom Robinson, Damned, Art Attacks, Adverts, Buddy Holly, Hot Chocolate, Martha Reeves, The Pirates, The Only Ones, Steve Ellis, Blood Sweat & Tears, Robert Gordon, Link Wray, Parliament, Bread, Strawbs

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Albums:

ABBA, Emmylou Harris, Peter Straker, Keith Hudson, Martha Reeves, Alessi, Collin Walcott, Edgar Froese, Popol Vuh, Neu, Cluster and Eno, Michael Rother, Ashra, Parliament, Ralph Towner, Solstice

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Singles reviewed by Max Bell

Sham 69, Cortinas, David Bowie, XTC, Rich Kids, Blitzkrieg Bop, Satan's Rats, Stars New Seeds Band, Grateful Dead, Bill Bruford, Sweet, The Commodores, John Denver, Micky Take and the Take Ones, Nazareth, Raped, Stadium Dogs, Yellow Dog, Jackson Browne, The Dillards, Kim Fowley, Landscape, Orleans

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Live:

Sham 69 / Crabs / Mirrors / Jerks, The Last Poets, Stiff Test / Chiswick / Challenge, The Boyfriends, Merger, The Cortinas, Kevin Coyne and Zoot Money, Cabaret Voltaire, Black Slate, The Searchers / The Merseybeats / Billy J Kramer, Prof & the Profettes, No Dice

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Books:

The Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles, As Serious As Your Life,

The Punk, Elton - It's A Little Bit Funny

28th January 1978

21st January 1978

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Cover - NME - 28th January 1978.jpg

Cover: The Pleasers, The Stukas,

               The Boyfriends

 

Articles and interviews:

  • ​Rich Kids​

  • Roxy Music

  • Ben Sidran

  • The Year of the Rock Movie

  • Bob Welch

  • The Sex Pistols

  • Bethnal

  • World Of Thamesbeat with:

    • The Pleasures

    • The Stukas

    • The Boyfriends

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Albums:

Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, XTC, The Royals, Bill Bruford, The Who, Bizarros, Rubber City Rebels, Johnny Guitar Watson, Rory Block, Johnny Clarke, Phoebe Snow, Small Faces, Chris Farlowe, PP Arnold, Plodding Through, Radiator, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Clover, The Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate, Dolly Parton, Fats Domino

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Singles reviewed by Paul Morley

Iggy & the Stooges, Roxy Music, Magazine, Devo, The Residents, 999, Locating The Membrane, Creative Construction Company, The Adverts, Rikki and the Last Days of Earth, Sharpshooter, Pumphouse Gang, Anti-Social, The Doll, Hot Snax, Rubinoos, Tonight, Rod Stewart, Gallagher and Lyle, Bee Gees, Strawbs, Supercharge, Smokie, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jim Capaldi, Joan Armatrading, Steve Miller, Be Bop Deluxe, Patti Austin, Viola Wills, Deniece Williams, Jenny Darren, Millie Jackson

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Live:

Rich Kids, Slaughter and the Dogs, Advertising, The Mirrors, The Stukas / The Late Show, Interview, Split Enz

Cover  Bob Geldof 

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Cooper Clarke​

  • The Sex Pistols

  • Jimmy Carter

  • Mick Fleetwood

  • Dire Straits

  • Billy Joel

  • Frank Zappa

  • The Boomtown Rats

  • Dick Heckstall-Smith

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Albums:

Be Bop Deluxe, Various Artists (Dance Paarrrty, Soul On Fire), Muddy Waters, Alan Toussaint, Eddie Henderson, Jah Woosh, Edgar Winter's White Trash, Peter Skellern, Charlie Parker, Iggy Pop and James Williamson, Joe Simon, Johnny Bristol, The Osmonds

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Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Iggy and the Stooges, Patti Smith, Flamin' Groovies, The Stranglers, Dusty Springfield, Tartan Horde, Suzanne, Darts, Barron Knights, Patsy Gallant, Rush, Greg Lake, Patrick Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt, Kevin Coyne, The Legendary Lonnie, Jerry Butler, The Pop, Shakin' Stevens, Ricky Danko, Steve Ellis, Donnie and Marie, Andrea True Connection, Intergalactic Touring Band

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Live:

Talking Heads / Dire Straits, Radio Stars, The Pleasers, Peter Sarstedt, Frankenstein, The Depressions, Osibisa, Preachers Dream, Siouxsie and the Banshees, X-Ray Specs / Black Slate, and  Fingers Talk, Clayson and the Argonauts, The Equators

Volume: 27  - Number: 03

Price - 18p  Pages - 52

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 27  - Number: 04

Price - 18p Pages - 52

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Cover by Tom Cheyenne

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover - NME - Volume 27 - Number 05 - 4th February 1978.jpg

Volume: 27  - Number: 05

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Thanks to Howard

Mansell for the scans

4th February 1978

Cover:  Debbie Harry

              Sid & Nancy (inset)

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Talking Heads​

  • The Clash

  • The Vibrators

  • Debbie Harry

  • Johnny Rotten

  • Sid and Nancy

  • Lonnie Donegan

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Albums:

Blondie, Various Artists (Guillotine, Punk Collection, Geef Voor New Wave), Jenny Darren, Meatloaf, Don Mclean, High Energy, Starz, Rex, Spud, Hank Williams, Ronnie Hawkins, Hirth Martinez, LTD

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Singles reviewed by Ian Dury

Captain Beefheart, Blondie, Tonight, Lonnie Donegan, Earth Wind and Fire, Lamont Dozier, ABBA, Billy Paul, Squeeze, Art Garfunkel James Taylor and Paul Simon, Johnny Guitar Watson, Buddy Holly, Cliff Richard, The Buzzcocks

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Reggae singles by Neil Spencer

Tapper Zukie, Culture, Twinkle Brothers, Wailing Soul, African Soul, Dr Alimantado, Greg Isaac, Dillinger, Barry Militant, Dennis Alcapone, Hortense Ellis, Freddie McGregor, Cassandra

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Live:

Millie Jackson, Frank Zappa, This Heat, Supercharge, Ultravox / Split Enz, George Benson, Steel Pulse, Tonight, Variations, Trash

Cover - NME - Volume 27 - Number 06 - 11th February 1978.jpg

11th February 1978

Cover:  Tom Robinson Band

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Articles and interviews:

  • Eddie and the Hot Rods​​

  • North American Soccer League

  • Millie Jackson

  • Generation X

  • Motorhead

  • Patrik Fitzgerald

  • Micky Dolenz

  • Tom Robinson Band

  • Art Pepper

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Albums:

Tom Waits, Ted Nugent, The Undisputed Truth, Eddie Money, Stephan Micus, Gallagher and Lyle, Gerry Rafferty, Judas Priest, Bootsy, Roberta Kelly, Munich Machine, Robby Krieger, Earth Wind and Fire, Tapper Zukie, Manfred's Mans Earth Band, Lonnie Donegan, Sweet

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Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

The Cannibals, Tom Robinson, 999, Hank B Marvin Guitar Syndicate, Four Seasons, Three Degrees, The Flys, Generation X, Judas Priest, Titanic, Peter Brown, Andre Carr, Manhattan Transfer, Linda Clifford, Gene Farrow, Tiny Huey, Mandrill, Electric Chairs, Front, Swell Maps, Steve Hooker & the Heat, Human Switchboard, China Street, Nasal Boys, Tits, Frank Xerox Copy Cats

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Live:

XTC, Cyanide, Rich Kids / The Flys, The Radiators From Space, Bob Hall's Skiffle Group, Adam & the Ants, The Pirates, Magazine, The Tyla Gang, Robert Gordan & Link Wray, Whirlwind

Volume: 27  - Number: 06

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Cover - NME - Volume 27 - Number 07 - 18th February 1978.jpg

Volume: 27  - Number: 07

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

18th February 1978

Cover:  Bob Marley

 

Articles and interviews:

  • XTC​

  • The Pop Group​

  • Tina Turner

  • Don McLean

  • The Residents

  • Teddy Boys (Fashion)

  • Bob Marley

  • Jubilee (Film)
     

Albums:

Various Artists (Live Stiffs), Little Feat, Sham 69, Squeeze, Eric Burdon, The Tubes, Warren Zevon, Carla Bley, The Grateful Dead, Rikki and the Last Days of Earth, Steve Goodman, The Muppets, Olivia Newton-John, Billy Hart, Shakti with John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Alphonso Johnson

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Singles reviewed by Rob Edmands

Nick Lowe, The Clash, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Pezband, Little Acre, Roy & Jackie Toaduff, The Balloons, The Stukas, The Alternators, Bullet, Tubeway Army, Gobblinz, The Exile, Wreckless Eric, The Saints, Attrix, Metal Urbain, Duggie Briggs Band, Midnight Cruiser, Kiss, Deaf School, Roy Wood Wizzo Band, Earthquake Claudja Barry, British Lions, Flash, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Stormer, Planet Gong, Gerry Rafferty

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Live:

The Stranglers, Emmylou Harris & Hot Band, Adverts, Sham 69, Judas Priest, 999, A.T.V., Mary O'Hara, Motorhead, Pop Group / Social Security / Gardez Darkx, Fabulous Poodles, Tina Turner, Earthquake

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Volume: 27 - Number: 08

Price - 18p    Pages - 64

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

25th February 1978

Cover:  Howard Devoto

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Howard Devoto​

  • Emmylou Harris

  • Debbie Harry

  • Big In Japan

  • Sandy Pearlman

  • Joe Strummer

  • Chart Rigging Revelations

  • The Pirates

  • Split Enz

  • The Rezillos

  • Howard Riley

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Albums:

Nick Lowe, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, The Adverts, Jim Capaldi, The Boys, Deaf School, Captain Beefheart and  His Magic Band, Kelly Wheeler, Karla Bonoff, Kate Bush, Kansas, Starcastle, Charlie Haden, Earl Hooker / Jody Williams, Ike Turner's King Of Rhythm, Billy Boy Arnold, Tommy Tucker, Little Milton, Johnny Guitar Watson, Various (Guitar Star), Joe Walsh

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Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Carl Perkins, Whirl Wind, Veda Brown, Wet Willie, Roogalator, Wire, Devo, Gloria Mundi, Thorburn, The Vibrators, The Jam, Twink and the Fairies, .J. Cale, David Essex, Hot Chocolate, Cimarons, Queen, Michael Jackson, Raydio, The Cruisers, Leon Haywood, Tobi Legend, Te Rockabilly Raiders, Timmy Thomas, Fisher, Fat Larry's Band

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Live:

Eddie and the Hotrods, Rush, Be-Bop Deluxe, The Boys, Dillinger, Pumhouse Gang, The Smirks, Ray Morgan Quartet, Wilko Johnson / Count Bishop / Iron Fist and the Hordes From Hell / Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves, Martha Reeves and the Vendellas, Alexis Korner, Roogalator, John Otway and Wild Willy / Barrett

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Volume: 27  - Number: 09

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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This issue came with

part 1 of a 36-page
London Guide

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See bottom of page
for more details

 

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Issue donated by John Harrison

4th March 1978

Cover:  Bryan Ferry

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Articles and interviews:

  • Rush

  • Charting The Hypes

  • Blue Oyster Cult

  • Andrew Lauder

  • The Clash

  • Subway Sect

  • Sham 69

  • The Albertos

  • Bryan Ferry

  • ​London Guide (Part One)​

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Albums:

Buzzcocks, Paul Motian Trio, Various Artists (The Hope and Anchor Front Row Festival, All You Need Is Love), Dusty Springfield, Patti Smith, Bim Sheiman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hummingbird, Tuff Darts, Terje Rypdal, Richard Beirach, Dave Clarke Five, War, Matumbi

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Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Steel Pulse, Stanley Frank, Bethnal, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Banned, Flintlock, Helen Davis, Santana, Cyanide, Dee Jay, Eruption, Lonnie Donegan, Keith Barbour, Fleetwood Mac, Carl Perkins, Slade, The Jam, Suburban Subs, Ted Nugent, Eric Carmen, Donovan, Genesis, Mike Batt, Scruff, Suzi Quatro, Iggy Pop and James Williamson, The Secret

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Reggae singles by Nick Kimberley

The Jayes, Jimmy Lindsey, Ken Boothe, Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Culture, Jah Lion, Black Art, nr Delgado, The Congos, Dillinger, Dennis Matumbi, Reggae Regulars, The Abyssiniams

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Live:

Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Blondie, The Jam, Zal, British Lions, Steeleye Span, Deke Leonard's Iceberg, XTC / Wire, Charlie Dore's Black Project, Adam and the Ants, Loudon Wainwright III

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Volume: 27  - Number: 10

Price - 18p  Pages - 64

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Cover by:

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This issue came with

part 2 of a 36-page
London Guide

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See bottom of page
for more details

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Issue donated by John Harrison

11th March 1978

Cover:  Sham 69

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Articles and interviews:

  • Peter Perrett

  • Bob Dylan

  • Blondie

  • The Smirks

  • Ian Dury competition

  • The Rutles

  • Look at Seal Killings
    Peace in Western Kingston

  • Punk in Australia

  • Bill Nelson

  • Sham 69

  • Nigel Coombes and Roger Smith - The British Free Music Scene

  • ​London Guide (Part Two)​

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Albums:

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, 999, Smokey Robinson, Suicide Commandos, Natalie Cole, David Bromberg Band, Pere Ubu, Cherie Currie, Player, Wreckless Eric, The Temptations, Detroit Spinners, Four Tops, Gordon Lightfoot, Roberta Flack, Bethnal, Soft Machine, Gong

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Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

Leif Garrett, Sam and Dave, Mick Whitaker, Anthony White, George Benson, Uncle Sam, Rigby, Quebec, Van Halen, The Troggs, The Pirates, Johnny Moped, Stumblebunny, Kim Fowley, Patti Smith, Leila and the Snakes, Debbie Boone, Duesenberg, U.S.A.U.K, Splinter, Linda Cassidy, Bobby Barnett, Andrew Gold, Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, Dean Ford, John Forde, Menace, Radio Birdman, Johnny Cougar, Subs, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Desperate Bicycles, Vince Cadillac, Johnny Paycheck, Advertising, Koolskool, Bijou, The Paley Brothers, Showaddywaddy, Snatch

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Live:

Buzzcocks / The Slits, Wreckless Eric, Stiff Test / Chiswick Challenge, Roy Harper, Turbines Transmitters, Sweet, Muddy Waters, Roy Brown, Gallagher and Lyle, Rich Kids / Landscape, Alex Harvey, Budgie / Nutz, Krazy Kat

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Volume: 27  - Number: 11

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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This issue came with

part 3 of a 36-page
London Guide

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See bottom of page
for more details

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Issue donated by John Harrison

18th March 1978

Cover: Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Nick Lowe​

  • Badges (Rise in buying them)

  • Johnny Rotten

  • Operation Julie

  • Cheap Trick

  • Squeeze

  • Devo

  • John Entwistle

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Albums:

Bob Marley and the Wailers, Grupo Sportivo, Jefferson Starship, Lucio Battisti, Robert Gordon with Link Wray, The Saints, Baccara, Space, Cerrone, Chic, The Tee Cees, Art Garfunkel, Rufus Thomas

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Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

The Flamin' Groovies, Rutles, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Budgie, Spitballs, Don Everly, Child, Dan McCafferty, Mr Average, Bryn Hemsworth, Billy Murray, The Red Noses, Machines, Seawind, Bill Withers, Traffic, Frederick Knight, Heartbreakers, The Gorillas, John Otway, Eddie Money, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Eric Clapton, Maggie Bell, Helen Shapiro, No Ice, Colin Towns, Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway, Jay Ferguson, Eclipse, Richard Mayhill

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Live:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Spirit, Devo, Bethnal, The Roll-ups, The Stukas / The Look / The Monos / Ekoes, June Tabor, Warren Harry, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Tyla Gang, The Vipers, Whirlwind / Levi and the Rockets, The Soft Boys / The Brakes, Meal Ticket, Sandy McLelland and the Black Line, Voice Squad

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Volume: 27  - Number: 12

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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This issue came with

part 4 of a 36-page
London Guide

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See bottom of page
for more details

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​Issue donated by John Harrison

25th March 1978

Cover:  Elvis Costello

 

Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Damned​

  • Stiff Little Fingers

  • Ecotopia (Book)

  • Yachts

  • Kate Bush

  • The Adverts

  • Kansas

  • Elvis Costello

  • George Adams

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Albums:

Sensational Alex Harvest Band, Lou Reed, Lou Rawls, Whirlwind, The Royal Philharmonic 

Orchestra, Dave Edmonds, John Miles, Tommy McCook and Bobby Ellis, Bob Weir, I Roy, The Rutles, Johnny Burnette, Sandy Nelson, Del Shannon, British Lions, Joe Ely

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

The Mekons, Cheap Trick, 23, The Victims, Chicago, Mud, The Fast, V2, Jefferson Starship, The Cuban Heels, The Profits, Mike Berry, Son Of Pete, Rainbow, Bread, Stephanie De Sykes, Jackson Brown, The Regal Dewy, Lucy Lastik, Scotland Sons, Peter Howell and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Waylon Jennings and Willie  Nelson, Don Williams, Carl Smith, Gerry For, Helen and Harvest, Andy Gibb, The O'Jays, Players Association, The Bar-Kays, Keanya Collins, George Duke, Rupert, Byron Buns, Billy Ocean, Dee D Jackson, Wild Cherry, Billy Preston, The Fatback Band, Martin Griffiths, El Coco, The Tee Cee's, Alternative TV

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Live:

Tom Robinson Band, Billy Joel, Manhattan Transfer, Nottingham Forest, Subway Sect / The Lous, The Look, Reggae Regular, Some Chicken, The Albian Band, Gordan Giltrap Band, Little Bob Story, The Pleasers

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Volume: 27  - Number: 13

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Issue donated by John Harrison

1st April 1978

Cover:  The Jam

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Patti Smith​

  • The Sex Pistols

  • Levi and the Rockats

  • The Poodles

  • Leroy Smart

  • Solid Waste

  • Devo

  • NME Consumers Guide to: American Midwest Madness

  • The Jam

  • Captain Beefheart, part 1

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Albums:

Genesis, Johnny Moped, Generation X, The Albion Band, Fats Domino, Budgie, Robert Palmer, Renaissance, Joe Sample, Various artists (Jubilee), Michelle Phillips, Johnny Cougar, Charlie, Jay Ferguson, The New Order, The Original Soundtrack (You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It)

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Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Elton John, Jools Holland, Meatloaf, Franck Pourcel, The Pleasers, John Travolta, Foghat, Ashford and Simpson, Boomtown Rats, Arthur Lee, T-Rex, The Avengers, Razz C, Cramps, The Reds, The Names, Eastwood Peak, The Zippers, Killer Kane Band, Comic Romance, Billy Karloff Band, Blunt Instrument, Demon Preacher, Skids, Asphalt Jungle

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Live:

Boomtown Rats / Blast Furnace and The Heatwaves, Country Music Festival, The Vibrators, Gloria Mundi, Generation X, Jon Otway and Wild Willy Barrett / The Pop Group, Fats Domino, Richard Digance

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Volume: 27  - Number: 14

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

Artwork by Roy Frankenstein

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Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

8th April 1978

Cover:  Generation X

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Cheap Trick​

  • US Fanzines

  • The Tubes

  • The Rise of Saturday Night Fever

  • 1978 NME Awards to Industry

  • Wreckless Eric

  • Captain Beefheart, part 2

  • Generation X

  • Woody Shaw

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Albums:

George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Television, Frank Zappa, Scorpions, Carl Perkins, Wings, Hot Tuna, Procol Harum, Tangerine Dream, Professor Longhair, The Gladiators, The Vibrators, National Lampoon

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Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali

Devo, The Motors, Graham Parker, Ian Comm, Radio Stars, KC & the Sunshine Band, Robert Gordon, Frankie Ford, Wings, Parliament, Brothers Johnson, Jonathan King, Emmylou Harris, Styx, Japan, Slime, Country Jo McDonald, The Dyaks, Garbo Celluloid Heroes, The Young Ones, The Table

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Live:

X-Ray Specs, Patti Smith Group, Greg Kihn / The Rubinoos / The Smirks, Cheap Trick, Tapper Zukie, Tom Robinson Band, The Rezillos / Chou Pahrot, Zabandis, Dire traits, The Honky Tonk Party, China Street, Dave Lewis Band, The Boyfriends, The Only Ones, The Banned, Penetration, Johnny Nash, The Zones

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15th April 1978

Cover:  Ian Dury

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 Articles and interviews:

  • Ian Dury & Blockheads (3pg)
  • Jordan (Pamela Rooke; 2pg)

  • Star Bores - look at copy approval

  • Jim Capaldi

  • Bob Dylan

  • Chris Thompson

  • Prof. Longhair

  • Tapper Zukie

  • Kevin Coyne

  • The Chalkie Davis Exhibition

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Albums:

Graham Parker & the Rumour, Steve Hackett, Frankie Miller, The Pirates, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Joe Cocker, Steve Hillage, Greg Kihn Band, Garland Jeffreys, Flamin' Grooves, Allen Toussaint, Doctors of Madness, Various (Soul Deep Vol 2), The Emotions, Con Funk Shun, Maze, 21st Creation, Kellee Patterson, Raydio, James & Bobby Purify, Carl Douglas, Tava, Enchantment, Lenny Williams, Al Stewart, MFSB, Slave, Pockets, The Pips, Sylvester, Bothy Band, Kevin Coyne, Electric Chairs

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Singles by Angus MacKinnon

The Diamonds, Patti Smith, Ian Dury, Magazine, and Aire and the Belvederes, Soft Machine, Paul ones, Television, Professor Longhair, Procol Harum, Jimmy Cliff, Joan Armatrading, Journey, Foreigner, The Jacksons, Ultravox, Subway Sect, Subway Suck, Bee Gees, Yvonne Elliman, The Only Ones, Bonnie Tyler, Maggie Ryder, Outcasts, High Energy, Last Resort, Stadium Dogs, U-Roy, The Bishops

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Reggae singles by Dougie Thomson

Bob Andy, Jah Stitch, The Gladiators, Jah Lloyd The Black Lion's, 15 16 17, Tapper Zukie and Knowledge, Gideon Jah R Rubbaal, The Lions, Leroy Smart, Culture, Santic, The Mediations

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Live:

The Damned, Fabulous Poodles / Dead Fingers Talk, Racing Cars, Kevin Coyne & Zoot Money, Cock Sparrer, Random Hold, Tavares, The Stranglers, Dandies, Welsh New Wave Night, Professor Longhair, Europe, Rumble Stripe, The Tunes

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Sideswipe: Theatre

Lark Rise, His Masters Voice

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22nd April 1978

Cover:  Bob Dylan

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Articles and interviews:

  • Graham Parker​​

  • Boomtown Rats

  • Rock behind the Iron Curtain

  • The Vipers

  • Record Imports

  • Pam Nestor

  • The Cortinas

  • Skafish

  • Radio Stars

  • Bob Dylan

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Albums:

The Band, Todd Rundgren, Tapper Zukie, The Real Kids, The Shoes, The Scruffs, Mary Travers, George Benson, Various Artists (Long Shoes Dead Certs and Odds On Favourites), The Meditations, Brian Auger and Julie Tippetts, Meri Wilson, Cherry Vanilla, Eruption

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

S-Ray Specs, Iggy Pop, Village People, Satan's Rats, The Depressions, The Totally Outa Band, Predator, Petula Clark, Flamin' Groovies, Charlie Currie, Buzzcocks, Boney M, Ounces Of Love, Judy Street, Toni Van Duyne, Hi Tension, Francine McGee, Lenny Williams, Pin Ups, Soul Iberica Band, Rare Essence, Sarr Band, Peter Brown, Capuano, Delegation, Jenny Daren, Carlene Carter, Mary Mason, Sunshine, White Gold, Jacquie Sullivan, Patti Boulaye, Millington, Mary MacGregor, Tiger Sue, Brown Sugar, Jethro Tull, Roger Whittaker, Diana Ross, Linda Ronstadt, The Jahlights, Rockspurs, Lloyd Miller, Vincent Edwards, Chris Rea, The Babettes, The Killers

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Live:

Television / The Only Ones, Gruppo Sportivo, The Solid Senders / Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Doctors, The Members, American Autumn, The Electric Chairs, Tonight, The Young Bucks, Carol Grimes, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Rory Gallagher, Gaffa

Volume: 27  - Number: 15

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 27  - Number: 16

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Sam Shepard

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Issue donated by John Harrison

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Volume: 27  - Number: 17

Price - 18p     Pages - 72

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Cover by Gunter Frohling

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29th April 1978

Cover:  Kraftwerk

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Cook, Jones and Thunders​

  • Willie Alexander

  • The Jam

  • Bob Marley

  • Kraftwerk

  • Dead Fingers Talk

  • Phil Collins

  • Black Arthur Blythe

  • Paul McCartney

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Albums:

Kraftwerk, David Bowie / Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Motors, Rainbow, Glen Hughes, David Coverdale, Steven T, Thee Outlaws, Prism, Third World War, Rokotto, Dan Hill, Leif Garrett, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Isaac Hayes, Hot Chocolate, Samantha Sang, Pearl, Wha-Koo, Tompall Glaser, Eddie Rabbitt

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Singles reviewed by Kim Davis

Tom Robinson Band, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Rubinoos, XTC, 999, Tonight, The Stranglers, The Jolt, Readymade, The Warm, Pork Dukes, Urchin, Reducers, Venus & the Razor, The Tubes, Bombers, Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom, Fruit Eating Bears, Chris Sievey and the Freshies, School Meals, Bilbo Baggins, Starship, Paul Shuttleworth, AKA, Red Balune, Riff Regan, Roy Hill, Helen Schneider, Fergus, Dolphin, Terra Cotta, Dhaima, Smokey Robinson, Deniece Williams, Marseilles, Steve Gibbons Band, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Herbie Flowers, Five Hand Reel, Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore, Cray Cavan 'n' the Rhythm Rockers, Mr Bloe, T Ford and the Boneshakers

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Live:

Squeeze, Steel Pulse, The Commodores, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Warm Jets, Papa John Creach, Suzi Quatro, Cafe Jacques, The Radiators From Space, The Saints, The Automatics, Georgie Fame, The Subs, The Young Ones, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Wreckless Eric, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Headwaiter, Patrick Fitzgerald

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Volume: 27  - Number: 18

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover photos:

  Dennis O'Regan (crowd) /

  Chris L Urca (effigies)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

6th May 1978

Cover:  Anti-Nazi League protests

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Bob Marley​

  • The Beach Boys

  • Ian Gomm

  • Sandy Denny

  • Dead Man's Curve (Film)

  • Bo Diddly

  • Tom Verlaine

  • Anti-Nazi League March, Festival and Carnival

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Albums:

David Johansen, Japan, Angel, Elvis Presley, Link Wray, Garnet Mimms, Jerry Garcia Band, Fotomaker, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, Kris Kristofferson, Elkie Brooks, Various Artists (Farewell To The Roxy, FM Soundtrack), The Seeds, Climax Blues Band, Gay and Terry Woods, Cimarons

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Singles reviewed by Steve Clarke

Darts, Sham 69, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Gordon Giltrap, Del Richardson, Nazareth, Maddy Prior, Robert Palmer, Leo Sayer, The Modern Lovers, Lindisfarne, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Amanda Lear, Carly Simon, The Isley Brothers, British Lions, Downliners Sect, Steve Hillage, Wilko Johnson Solid Senders, Jim Capaldi, Joe Tex, Judy Mowatt, Rare Gems Odyssey, Nick Lowe, Randy Newman, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Thin Lizzy

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Live:

Blue Oyster Cult, Foreigner, The Adverts / Nico / Killjoys, Lee Kosmin's Loose Shoes, Meat Loaf, The Smirks / Late Show Pekoe Orange, Rich Kids, Radio Birdman

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Books:

Dispatches, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Country Music, Bob Dylan: An Illustrated Discography

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Volume: 27  - Number: 19

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

13th May 1978

Cover:  X-Ray Spex

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Peru Ubu​

  • The Ramones

  • Paul Shuttleworth

  • The Records

  • Ollie Wisdom

  • Cheap Trick

  • Horslips

  • The Stranglers

  • X-Ray Spex

  • David Murray

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Albums:

The Stranglers, Sad Cafe, The Only Ones, Black Sounds Uhro / Tony / Ducky / Errol, Matchbox, Carley Simon, The Gorillas, Stargard, Village People, The Diamonds

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Singles reviewed by Andy Gill

The Residents, Peru Ubu, Good Rats, The Normal, The Radiators, MFSB, The Nite-Lighters, The Visitors, The Love Machine, Johnnie Taylor, Stanley Clarke, Arsenal1978 Squad, Ipswich Town FC, Slainte Milath, Eddie Kidd, Rudi, Television Personalities, Pretty Boy Floyd, Art Attacks, Sunset Bombers, John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, Mason Williams, T Rex, James Cotton Band, Stomu Yamashta, Auto Drifters, Hoodoo Rhythm, Heart, The No Entry Band, Blue Oyster Cult, Althia and Donna, Chris Rainbow, Telephone Bill and the Smooth Operators

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Live:

The Tubes, The Pirates, The Motors, Magazine, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Suzi Quatro, Wire, Split Rivet, Manhattan Transfer, Aswad, The Vibrators / The Depressions, The Gladiators, Cissy Houston, The Favourites, The Enid, Sad Cafe, Buzzcocks / Penetration, Stadium Dogs, Disguise

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Volume: 27  - Number: 20

Price - 18p    Pages - 64

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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20th May 1978

Cover:  Johnathan Richman

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​David Bowie​

  • David Rorvik

  • U.K.

  • Darts

  • Tangerine Dream

  • Meat Loaf

  • Steen Spielberg

  • Steve Hillage

  • Johnathan Richman

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Albums:

Tom Robinson Band, Pharoah Andrews, Big Youth, Ry Cooder, Iggy Pop, UK, National Health, Oregon, Chick Core, Lenny Wite, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny Group, Carla Bley Band, Michael Mantler, Auracle, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Althea and Donna

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Singles reviewed by Cliff White

Culture, Joyella Blade, Prince Hammer, Sheila Hylton, Chris Spedding, Frankie Miller, Clayson and the Argonauts, Rock-A-Teens, Dansette Damage, Nipple Erectors, Penetration, Love and Kisses, Johnny Wakelin, Jay Black, The Brainiac Five, Bethnal, The Jive Bureaux, Rod Stewart and the Scottish World Cup Squad, Mixture

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Live:

Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Darts Sham 69, Solid Senders, X Ray Spex, Cimarons, The Records, David Coverdale's Whitesnake, Steve Hillage Band / National Health, Pere Ubu / Nico, Maddy Prior, The Monos, Charlie Dore's Back Pocket, Elkie Brooks

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Books:

100 Nights at The Roxy, Hands Across the Water: Wings Tour USA

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Volume: 27  - Number: 21

Price - 18p     Pages - 72

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Cover by Joe Stevens

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Issue donated by John Harrison

27th May 1978

Cover: Johnny Rotten and his

              Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Articles and interviews:

  • Johnny Rotten​ (2pg)​

  • Ja Connection, Part 1 (5pg)

  • Gruppo Sportivo

  • Event Horizon Records

  • Plastic Bertrand

  • Bernie Tormé

  • Johnny Moped

  • Tapper Zukie

  • Dexter Gordon

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Albums:

Thin Lizzy, John Hall, Paul Brett, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Van Halen, Darts, Cheap Trick, Black Beard, Gavin Bryars, John Cage, Christopher Hobbs / John Adams / Gavin Bryars, Brian Eno, David Troop / Max Eastley, Jan Steele / Michael Nyman, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Harold Budd, The Bowles Brothers, The Kinks, The Martin Drew Band, Camel, The Isley Brothers, The James Cotton Band, The Bishops

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Jilted John, Youth Man, Ken Kaiser, Blast Furnace and the Heatwave, Criminals, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Destroy All Monsters, Rich Kids, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Helen Reddy, David Soul, Engelbert Humperdinck, Todd Rundgren, Cilla Black, Be Bop Deluxe, The Motors, Squeeze

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Reggae singles by Dave Hendley

Brother Trevor and U Brown, Dambala, Sly Dunbar, Trinity, Gregory Isaacs, Freddie McKay, Desi Roots, Black Slate

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Live:

The Kinks, Climax Blues Band, The Strangler, Flamin' Groovies, Cherry Vanilla, Fairport Convention, The Fruit Eating Bears, Don McLean, UK, John Cooper Clark / The Fall / The Passage, Misty In Roots, Ivor Cutler

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Films:

Coming Home, Heroes, Slaves, Clint Eastwood: All-American Anti-Hero

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Volume: 27  - Number: 22

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Dennis Morris

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​Issue donated by John Harrison

3rd June 1978

Cover:  Wilko Johnson

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Wilko Johnson​

  • Gloria Mundi

  • Spirit

  • Pink Floyd

  • Ja Connection, Part 2 (3pg)

  • The Motors

  • Glen Matlock

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Albums:

Magazine, Joe Walsh, BB King, Lake, Mink DeVille, The Twinkle Brothers, Peter Gabriel, The Alan Parsons Project, Pezband

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Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Throbbing Gristle, Jimmy Cross, Black Sabbath, Bob Seger, AC/DC, Johnny Thunders, The Flys, The Bears, Victim, 'O' Level, Heinz, The Box Tops, Ennio Morricone, George Benson, The Movies

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Live:

Styx, Sore Throat, AC/DC, Black Sabbath / Van Halen, Brass Construction / Rokotto, Randy Newman, Lizard, Steve Gibbons Band, Gregory Isaacs, Racing Cars, Wilko Johnson, Lindisfarne, Cado Belle, Nosebleeds / Snyde / Joy Division / V.2., New Hearts

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Books:

  • Rolling Thunder Logbook

  • Kerouac

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Volume: 27  - Number: 23

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by David Kirk

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Issue donated by John Harrison

10th June 1978

Cover:  Peter Gabriel

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Articles and interviews:

  • Peter Gabriel (2pg)​

  • Penetration (2pg)​

  • Randy Newman (2pg)​

  • Mel Brooks (2pg)​

  • Jesse Hector

  • Dennis De Young (Styx)

  • The Cramps

  • Steel Pulse

  • Legalise Cannabis Conference

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Albums:

Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Chris Rea, Jim Rafferty, Dorian, Rinder & Lewis, Ijahman, Roy Harper, Earl Klugh, Johnny Burnette and Rock 'n' Roll Trio, Crazy Cavan N Rhythm Rockers, Alvin Lee, Warren Smith / Buddy Knox / Charlie Feathers / Jack Scott, Helen Schneider, Maggie Ryder, Mary Mason, The Diodes, Julius Hemphill, Rosebud, Blue Collar soundtrack (VA), Rare Rockabilly Vol 3 (VA)

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Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

Kraftwerk, Bruce Springsteen, Mink DeVille, Ramones, Peter Holsapple, Marbles, Vibrators, Billy Joel, Talking Heads, The Ramblers, Automatics, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Members, The Boomtown Rats, Essential Logic, The Rutles, Bono Dog Band, Robert Gordon, Eddie Fontaine, Kate Bush, Patchwork, Harvey Andrews, Big A, London Symphony Orchestra, Warren Zevon, Walter Egan, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, Yellow Dog, Bryn Haworth, Gallagher and Lyle

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Live:

Bob Dylan, Jab Jab, Darts, XTC, Johnny Cougar, The Pirates, The Automatics / Baby Grand, Nick Lowe's Rockpile, The Only Ones, Garden Darkx, Otway and Barrett Mayfly Festival

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Volume: 27  - Number: 24

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Andre Csillag

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Issue donated by John Harrison

17th June 1978

Cover:  Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)

 

Articles and interviews:

  • Buzzcocks (2pg)

  • ​Blue Oyster Cult​ (2pg)

  • Robbie Robertson (2pg)

  • Manfred Man

  • The Cimarons

  • Moody Blues

  • Frankie Miller

  • The Lurkers

  • Jefferson Starship

  • Buzzcocks

  • Suicide

  • Howard Johnson

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Albums:

Boomtown Rats, David Gilmour, Culture, Dead Fingers Talk, Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Mickey Jupp, John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, Dire Straits, Wild Cherry, Turning Point, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Harvey Mason, Icebreakers with The Diamonds, Go Lie From Paris (VA)

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Singles reviewed by Monty Smith

The Smirks, Jack Nitzsche, Ian Dury, Drug Addix, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Patrick Fitzgerald, Gardez, Darex, Can, The Trade Winds, Gerry Rafferty, The Lines, The Boys, Too Much, Trash, Renaissance, Johnnie Mackell, The Late Show, Althea and Donna, Eumir Deodato, Chuck Mangione, The Tights, New Hearts, Jonny Rubbish, The Phantom, The Molesters

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Reggae singles by Penny Reel

Gene Rondo, Militant Barry, Tapper Zukie, Errol Dunkley and Jah Stitch, The Revolutionaries, Gregory Isaacs, Pat Kelly, Junior Brown with Ranking Reuben, Delroy Wilson, Louisa Mark, Velvet Shadows, Jah Lites, Joy Mack

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Live:

Meat Loaf / Fabulous Poodles, Flamin' Groovies, Raw Records First Anniversary, Heatwave, Gruppo Sportivo, Doll By Doll, Sonja Kristina's Escape, 999, Johnny Moped, Landscape, The VIP's, The Steve Gibbons Band, Van Der Graaf, The Brakes

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Volume: 27  - Number: 25

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

24th June 1978

Cover:  Bob Dylan

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Phil Lynott​

  • The Radiators

  • Tanz Der Youth

  • Japan

  • The Roll-ups

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • Ray Davies

  • Paul Rambali

  • Bob Dylan

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Albums:

Bob Dylan, Rush, Alternative TV, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, The Lurkers, The Commodores, Platinum Hook, The Good Rats, War of the Worlds (VA)

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Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

Joe Walsh, The Pirates, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Jook, Nick Lowe, Wings, John Kay, Van Halen, Jefferson Starship, The Clash, Arthur Louis, Matumbi, City Boy, Dolly Parton, The Dickies, Lynx, Eater, Riff Raff, The Cybermen, Chris Rea, Mike Read, The Band, Peter Green, Elvis Presley, Annette Peacock

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Live:

David Bowie, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, The Bishops, The Photons, The Rezillos, Good Rats, The Movies / The Pleasers, Robert Gordon / Link Way, Iggy Pop, Gerry Rafferty, Happy Traum, Nick Turner's Bohemian Love In

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Volume: 27  - Number: 26

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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1st July 1978

Cover:  Stonehenge

 

Articles and interviews:

  • ​Mark Perry​

  • International Whale Week

  • Starship

  • Cherry Vanilla

  • UFO

  • Van Halen

  • Willy DeVille

  • George Thorogood

  • Hippies

  • Bobby Watson

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Albums:

Roberta Kelly, Morris Jefferson, Slaughter & the Dogs, Ubiquity, Average White Band, Lindisfarne, Barclay James Harvest, Bonnie Tyler, The Coasters, The Movies, Rita Coolidge, Advertising, Hall & Oates, Moody Blues, Thank God It's Friday (VA), American Hot Wax (VA), White Mansions) (VA)

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Singles reviewed by [coming soon]

Johnny Rivers, The Hollies, Steve Haynes Band, Rosetta Stone, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, Gilla, Chicory Tip, Mud, Spirit, Etta James, Patti Boulaye, Spencer Davis Group, Family, The Ventures, Tim Weisberg, and many more...

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Live:

Knebworth, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats, Mink DeVille, Warren Harry, Johnathan Richman, Bootsy's Rubber Band

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Volume: 27  - Number: 27

Price - 18p     Pages - 44

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

8th July 1978

Cover:  Devo

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Boney M​

  • Nell Jung

  • Paul Sponge

  • Tom Petty

  • Matumbi

  • Devo

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Albums:

Big Star, Laura Nyro, The Jolt, Ben Sidran, Ringo Starr, Prince Hammer, Ranking Trevor, Prince Far I and the Arabs, Colin Towns, Spirit, Aretha Franklin

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Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Randy Newman, Andy Lloyd, Fleetwood Mac, Diana Ross, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Buzzcocks, Neil Innes, Foreigner, Wire, The Reaction, Landscape, Genesis, Moe Randy, Albion Band, Andy Arthur, Marseilles, Michael Chapman, Tommy Rock, The Real Kids, The Rubinoos, Gimik, The Leighton Buzzards, Lucy, Krypton Tune, Revolve, Simply Saucer, Cyanide, Neon Heats, Brinsley Schwarz

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Reggae singles by Steve Barrow

Carlton Coffie, Bunny Maloney, The Essentials, The Immortals, Dandy Livingstone, Linval Thomson, Tappa Zukie, Jah Joe, Bob Andy, Doreen Schaffer, Maytones and L Roy

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Live:

The Clash, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, UFO, The Rubinoos, Wire, Rockpile, The Enid, Roy Hill Band, Toby Beau, Tom Robinson Band, The Undertones

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Volume: 27  - Number: 28

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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15th July 1978

Cover:  Mick Jones (The Clash)

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Tom Waits​

  • The Sex Pistols

  • The Soft Boys

  • Blue Oyster Cult

  • Big Star

  • Annie Golden

  • The Clash

  • Helen  Humes

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Albums:

Talking Heads, The Shirts, Can, Quartz, Radio Birdman, Visitor 2035, Gloria Mundi, Amanda Lear, Colin Blunstone, Russ Ballard, Dan Hill, Roy Hill, The Cars, Tristram Shandy, The Upsetters, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Huey 'Piano' Smith and the Clowns, Ron Geesin, The Buddy Holly Story (VA)

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Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Who, The Jolt, The Skunks, Lou Reed, Johnny Moped, Suicide, Interview, Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Mike Moran, Sleepy La Beef, The Intelligents, Carl Perkins, The Beach Boys, Maddy Prior, Suzi Quatro, Gerry Rafferty, Jona Lewie, Carol Douglas, 2 Timers

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Live:

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Magazine, Penetration, Phillip Rambow, The Pop Group / This Heat, Rebel, Boomtown Rats, Black Slate / Junior Brown, Mike Westbrook Brass Band, Subway Sect / Prefects, Young Bucks, David Johansen, Free Concert, Irish Music Festival, The Skids

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Books:

The Illustration Encyclopaedia of Jazz, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Honky Tonkin'​

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Volume: 27  - Number: 29

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Chester Gould

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Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

22nd July 1978

Cover:  Record piracy

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​NF firebomb London Venue​

  • The Anti Nazis League

  • Bob Dylan

  • Fanzines

  • Tommy Ramone

  • Lindisfarne

  • Frank Zappa

  • Piracy and the Music Industry

  • Jilted John

  • Genesis P -Orridge

  • Talking Heads​
     

Albums:

Jimi Hendrix, The Rezillos, Randy Meisner, Steve Harley, Van Der Graaf, Annette Peacock, The Crusaders, Brinsley Schwarz, Ducks Deluxe, Big Youth, Tapper Zukie, Dennis Brown, The Mediations, Various Artists (Short Circuit), Vangelis, Yellow Dog

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Singles reviewed by Johnny Rotten

Captain Sensible and the Softies, Suicide, Nasty Media, The Human League, Desperate Bicycles, Steely Dan, Child, Steve Harley, Small Faces, Sham 69, The Boyfriends, Quincy Jones, Simon Park, Fatbacks, The Isley Brothers, Sheila B Devotion, The Kinks, David Townsend, Ivor Biggin and the Red Nose  Burglars, The Rubettes, Martin O'Cuthbert

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Live:

Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, White Cats, Rolling Stones, Etta James, Maggie Bell, The Runaways, The Shirts​

29th July 1978

Cover:  Culture

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Runaways​

  • Doll y Doll

  • This Heat

  • TV Violence

  • Mark Knopfler

  • Culture

  • Howard Devoto

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Albums:

Steel Pulse, Various Artists (Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack, Grease), Buddy Guy, Fenton Robinson, Otis Spann, Otis Rush, Plastic Bertrand, Patrick Juvet, Big Star

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Bryan Ferry, Bob Dylan, Just Water, Lene Lovich, Ringo Starr, Samona Cooke, Twinkle, David McWilliams, Johnathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Danny and the Juniors, X Ray Specs, 10cc, Rezillos, The Runaways, Plastic Bertrand, Troggs, Mr Bloe, Chicory Tip, Python Lee Jackson, Lindisfarne, Shocking Blue, Clifford T Ward, Daniel Boone, Gary Shearston, Flowerpot Men

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Reggae singles by John Gray

Tyrone David, Carol Kalphat and Clint Eastwood, Delroy Washington, rimstone, V. Jones and Dr Birds, Santic, Prince Far I, TE Track, Roots, Misty, Winston Jarrett, Jeduthum, Errol Scorcher, Dennis Reid, Horace Faith

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Books:

Critics Choice Top 200 Albums, Genesis: The Evolution Of A Rock Band, Mersey Beat: The Beginnings Of The Beatles

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Live:

Junior Wells / Buddy Guy, Radio Stars, Aswad, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Culture, Stiff Little Fingers, Tourists, The Human League, Fame / Winwood, Rich Kids, Tom Robinson​

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Volume: 27  - Number: 30

Price - 18p     Pages - 48

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Cover by Dennis Morris

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Issue donated by John Harrison

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5th August 1978

Cover:  Keith Richard

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Mekons​

  • Gang Of Four

  • Suicide

  • China street

  • Independent Record Labels

  • Ray Parker Jr

  • Buddy Guy and Junior Wells

  • Jimmy Pursey

  • Keith Richards

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Albums:

Johnny Winter, Steve Gibbons Band, Herbie Hancock, George Duke, Boney M, Millie Jackson, Wigwam, Jim Pembroke, Marshall Hain, Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, The Hollies, Johnny Cash, Johnny Paycheck, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, Giorgio and Chris, Dave Holland, Smiley Lewis

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Badlands, David G and Friends, Snakefinger, Poet and the Roots, Donna Summer, Paul Jabara, Andy Gibb, Jimmy Cliff, The Rude Boys, Santana, Devo, Barclay James Harvest, Patti Smith, Deed Jackson, Colin Blunstone, Little Nell, Andy Williams, Mick Farren, Cliff Richard, Gruppo Sportivo, Gary Valentine

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Live:

The Clash, The Adverts, Cabaret Voltaire, Advertising, The Jam, The Greedies, Kangaroo Court, Cambridge Folk Festival, Culture, Magazine, Patrick Fitzgerald, 999, Sea Level / Dixie Dregs

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12th August 1978

Cover:  Pete Townshend

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Rezillos​

  • Suzi Quatro

  • Tourists

  • Koko Taylor

  • Peter Meaden

  • John Maxwell

  • Pete Townshend

  • George Lewis

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Albums:

Poet and the Roots, DMZ, Dead Boys, John Abercrombie, Eberhard Weber, John Abercrombie / Dave Holland / Jack DeJohnette, Asleep At The Wheel, Quincy Jones, Shirley Brown, Anthony Phillips, Gregory Isaac, Little River Band

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Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali

Ed Banger, Billy Hamon, The Jam, The Motors, Punishment of Luxury, Darts, Te Zones, The Walker Brothers, Johnny G, Shoes, The Snifters, The No Entry Band, David Byron, The Lurkers, The Jets, Cheap Trick

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Live:

Kevin Coyne's 'Babble', Michael Chapman, Annette Peacock, The Slits / Rich Kids, Menace, Raped, Rotten Klitz, Starshooter / Metal Urban, Stinky Toys, The Lous, Joanne Mackell, Big Chief, The Valves, The Only Ones, Gloria Mundi, Whirlwind, Sore Throat / The Members, Pete Atkin's 'A&R', The Boyfriends

Volume: 27  - Number: 32

Price - 18p     Pages - 52

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 27  - Number: 31

Price - 18p     Pages - 48

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

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Volume: 27  - Number: 33

Price - 18p     Pages - 52

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

19th August 1978

Cover:  The Sex Pistols

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Fall​

  • Public Image Limited

  • Scott Walker

  • Etta James

  • Snakefinger

  • Joe Walsh

  • Sex Pistols

  • The Only Ones

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Albums:

The Who, The Brothers Johnson, Elizabeth Barraclough, Carlene Carter, Harry Chapin, Dave Mason, Miles Davis, Fairport Convention, Robin Trower, Leo Kottke, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, La Dusseldorf, Front Line Vol. 2 (Various Artists),

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Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali

Gyro, The Fall, Tom Robinson Band, Lee Fardon and the Legionnaires, The Diodes, Strangeways, Ultravox, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nightshift, 999, Blue Oyster Cult, Jeff Wayne, Joanne Mackell The Saints, Demon Preacher, Let Hand Drive, Wayne County and the Eclectic Chairs, The Commodores, Walter Egan, Pablo Cruise, Alessi

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Reggae singles by Neil Spencer

Aswad, Santic, Cygnus, The Cimarons, Tradition, The Bold One and Clint Eastwood, 15 16 17,, Clint Eastwood, Trinity, Jah Stitch, The Gladiators, Ijahman Levi, The Teen Queens, Burning Spear, Bob Marley

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Live:

B-52's, Steve Hillage, Generation X, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders, Carnival Against Nazis, Adam and the Ants, Roy Brown, Angletrax

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Volume: 27  - Number: 34

Price - 18p     Pages - 56

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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​Issue donated by John Harrison

26th August 1978

Cover:  Siouxsie Sioux

 

Articles and interviews:

  • ​ABBA​

  • Charting The Hypes

  • Johnny Cougar

  • Gene Simmons

  • Linton Johnson

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • Freddie Hubbard

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Albums:

Devo, Various (Star Party, Rockabilly Rules OK, Chess Rockabillies, Cotton Pickin' Rock), Rich Kid, The Werewolves, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, Natalie Cole, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, The Dictators, Dixie Dregs, The Temptations, Beaver Brothers, Foreigner, Spherical Objects, Pacific Eardrum

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Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Atlantic Starr, AT, Andy Gibb, John Cooper Clarke, Franki Valli, Only Ones, Devo, Wings, Steeleye Span, Yes, Rich Kids, Dave Edmunds, Lenny Gamble, Detroit Spinners, Crown Heights, Sylvester, Norma Jean, Karren Young, Motorhead, Strangways, True Britt, Hunter, Japan, Bilbo, Anniversary, Coleen, Aerosmith, The Fatback Band, Steve Treatment, David Gilmore, Count Giovanni Di Regina

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Live:

David Johansen Group, The Rezillos, Penetration / The Fall / Ed Bangor, The Autographs, The Passage / The Elite / Spherical Objects, Sore Throat, The Vicars, The Records, Gang Of Four / Tiller Boys, China Street, The Reaction

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Volume: 27  - Number: 35

Price - 18p     Pages - 52

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Cover by Joe Stevens

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Issue donated by John Harrison

2nd September 1978

Cover:  David Bowie

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Debbie Harry (Blondie)​

  • The Motors

  • City Boy

  • The Commodores

  • Ultravox

  • NME Consumers Guide to David Bowie (Part 1)

  • Soul of the North

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Albums:

Dave Edmunds, Joanne Mackell, The Pop, Leo Sayer, Boston, John Prine, Gato Barbieri, Koko Taylor, Roosevelt Charles, The Chieftains, City Boy, Bud Powell, Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman Trio, Don Cherry, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Art Blackey's azz Messengers, Lee Morgan, Culture

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Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

White SS, The Pleasers, Status Quo, Lindisfarne, Boston, Heart, Leo Sayer, Millie Jackson, Nina Simone, Bill Haley and the Comets, Yvonne Elliman, Kevin Lamb, The Brothers Johnson, Sherry, L.T.D, The Suburbs, Fingerprints, Spooks, Little Buddy and the Kids, Johnny Key and the Kool Katz, Keith Armstrong, The Bratz, The Gents, Y Trwynau Coch

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Live:

Reading Festival, Peter Gabriel, The Young Ones, Tennis Shoes, Joan Baez, Marianne Faithful, Ignatz, Jab Jab, The Misfits / Gordon The Moron / Ed Banger / Giro, Fischer Z, John Cooper Clark / Gordon The Moron / Ed Bangor / Giro, New Hearts, Doll By Doll

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Volume: 27 - Number: 36

Price - 18p    Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

9th September 1978

Cover:  Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers)

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Sheffield Music Scene​

  • Animal Lib 

  • Bozos

  • Advertising

  • Grateful Dead

  • The Clash

  • The Showbiz Kids

  • The Stranglers

  • NME Consumers Guide to David Bowie (Part 2)

  • Mary Lou Williams

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Albums:

Blondie, Wire, Solid Senders, Commander Cody, The Walker Brothers, Ashley Hutchings, Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, Danny Wild and the Wildcats, John Fahey, Peter Hammill, Mick Farren, Ultravox, Crystal Gale

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Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Dr Feelgood, The Bishops, ABBA, Buzzcocks, Ian Gomm, Ray Campi and the Rockabilly Rebels, Mink DeVille, Flamin' Groovies, Big Star, Dirk and Stig, Rudi, Skids, The Dole, Th Police, Radio, Chocolate Milk, Junior Walker, The Three Degrees, Rose Royce, Carly Simon, Voyage, Althea and Donna, Don Williams, Cheryl Ladd, Bette Midler

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Live:

The Albany Benefit, Keith Hudson and Militant Barry, Joy Division, Hollywood Killers, Punishment of Luxury, Ultravox, Sheffield Bandfest, Skrewdriver, Teresa d'Abreu, The Heat, New Wave Festival, The Inmates

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Volume: 27  - Number: 37

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

16th September 1978

Cover:  Patti Smith

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Patti Smith​

  • Mick Jones (Foreigner)

  • Focus on Deptford

  • Debbie Harry

  • The Know

  • NME Consumers Guide to David Bowie (Part 3)

  • Wire

  • The Tubes

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Albums:

Ramones, Leon Redbone, Bryan Ferry, Ian Carr's Nucleus, 10cc, Gerry Rafferty & Joe Egan, Yes, Phil Upchurch, James Brown, Dr. Feelgood, Brand X, Grace Jones, Ian Matthews, Nina Simone, Larry Coryell & the Eleventh House, Larry Coryell and Philip Catherine, Return To Forever

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Singles reviewed by Paul Morley

Guys and Dolls, Peters and Lee, Rags, Donny and Marie, Melissa Manchester, Carol Bayer Sager, Helen Reddy, The Wurzels, The Shadows, Bionic Boogie, Goldie, Domino, Bette Bright, Ramones, Wazmo Nariz, John Otway, Ricki Sylvan and the Last Days, Yellow Dogs, The D, Rainbow, Charlie, Renaissance, Smokie, John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, Chris Blake  and Honey Brown, Tanz Der Youth, The Boyfriends

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Reggae singles by Mick Kimberley

Dennis Brown, The Congoes, Max Asher, Pat Kelly, The Heptones, Freddy McKay, Norrie Reid, The Chosen Ones, Willie Lindo, The Tamlins, Augustus Pablo, Hugh Mundell, Burning Spear

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Live:

Knebworth Festival, Blondie, The Fall, The Lurkers, Mac Curtis / Matchbox, City Boy, Radio Stars, Chas and Dave, Barry Ford

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Volume: 27  - Number: 38

Price - 18p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Issue donated by John Harrison

23rd September 1978

Cover:  Dave Edmunds

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Ramones​

  • Grease Fever

  • Stiff Records

  • Rachel Sweet

  • Supermarket Chic

  • 999

  • Annette Peacock

  • Dave Edmunds

  • Chas and Dave

  • David Toop

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Albums:

Derringer, Gap Mangione, Roy Ayers, Larry Carlton, Tony Bird, Various artists (Rare Gems Vol1), Janis Ian, Third World, Cimarons, Four Years, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Williams, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, McCoy Tyler, Charles Mingus, Jean-Luc Ponty, Michael Rother, Madleen Kane, Radio Stars, Dolly Parton, Pablo Cruise, Force Of Music, Tower Of Power, The Hollies, The Royals​

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Singles reviewed by Paul Morley

The Yachts, The Pirates, David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, Alberto Y Los Trio Paranoias, Rolling Stones, Sore Throat, Trevor Rabin, Razar, Bram Tchaikovsky, Kilburn and the High Roads, Carlene Carter, Gordon and Julie, Jenny Darren, Marshall Hain, Elaine Page, Captain and Tenille, The King Singers, Alan Parsons Project, Johnny Mathis and Deneise Williams, Frankie Miller, Noel Coward, Sailor, Boz Scaggs, Stephen Stills, Seals and Coft, Robert Palmer, Roy Orbison, Curtis Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Warren Smith, Hank Mizzell, KC and the Sunshine Band, Earth Wind and Fire, Junior Campbell

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Live:

The Stranglers, Robert Palmer, Rhesus Negative Emergency, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Boys, Frank Sinatra, The Straits, The Members, The Temptations, Tanz Der Youth, The Late Show, The Police

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Volume: 27  - Number: 39

Price - 20p     Pages - 64

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Cover by Brian Griffin

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Issue donated by John Harrison

30th September 1978

Cover:  Mark Stewart (Pop Group)

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Pop Group​

  • Anti-Nazi League

  • Elvis Costello

  • Wazmo Nariz

  • Anne Nightingale

  • Women on Telly

  • 10cc

  • Inside Dope

  • Members

  • The Grateful Dead

  • Mick Farren

  • David Johansen

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Albums:

David Bowie, Buzzcocks, Joan Armatrading, Frank Zappa, Linda Ronstadt, Jethro Tull, The Scratch Band, Roger C Reale and Rue Morgue, Frankie Valli, Gary Burton, Robin Williamson and His Merry Band, Camel, Downliners Sect, The Saints

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Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Sylvester, Boney M, The Other Side of Things, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, David Gates, Sweet Thunder, Munch Machine, Musique, Mick Jackson, Evolution, I Jah Man, Real Thing, Carrie Lucas, Joe Thomas, The Boyfriends,  Brinsley Schwarz, Fischer Z, The Edge, Chelsea, M, Four Tops, John Travolta, Pussycat, The Brides of Frankenstein

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Live:

The Ramones, Tom Robinson Band, Bette Midler, 10cc, Renaissance / Ian Matthews, Strangways, Simon Townsend Band, Cuban Heels, Reggae Festival

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Volume: 27  - Number: 40

Price - 18p     Pages - 60

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Cover by unknown

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This issue sees colour introduced on the

cover for the first time

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Includes part 1 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

7th October 1978

Cover:  The Slits

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Lee Brilleaux​

  • Peter Tosh

  • Paul Weller

  • A Look At TV Programming

  • Thin Lizzy

  • Wayne County

  • The Slits

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Albums:

Rachel Sweet, Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Mickey Jupp, Jona Lewie, XTC, Tim Curry, Vince Cadillac, Dr Alimantado, The Parasites of the Western World, Richard and Linda Thompson, Vivian Stanshall, Blue Oyster Cult, The Cortinas, Gentle Giant

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Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

The Jam, Up, Talking Heads, Olympic Runners, Carol Douglas, Roy Ayers, The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra, The Nips, Europe, GYPP, Fan Club, The Boomtown Rats, Radio Stars, Poodles, Transmitters, Donna Summer, Joe Cocker, John Prine, Warren Zevon, Eddie Rabbitt, Mick Jackson, Dead Boys, Metal Urban

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Reggae singles by Nick Kimberley

Dennis Brown, Errol Dunkley, Dreadful Julio, Jackie Mittoo, Freddie MacGregor, Soul Syndicate, The Abyssinians, The Heptones, Barrington Llewellyn

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Live:

Rose Royce / Stargard, XTC, Rachel Sweet, Wreckless Eric / Lene Lovich, Brand X / Peter Hammill, Chelsea / The Fall / Snivelling Shits, Kokomo Matumbi, The Yachts, Only Ones / Bram Tchaikovsky's Battleaxe Business, The Kinks, The Crusaders, Dead Fingers Talk / Out of Nowhere, The Showbiz Kids

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Volume: 27  - Number: 41

Price - 18p      Pages - 76

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Cover by Joe Stevens

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Includes part 2 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

14th October 1978

Cover:  Bruce Springsteen

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Buzzcocks​

  • Mods

  • Rolling Stones

  • Television

  • The Late Show

  • Ian Matthews

  • The Desperate Bicycle

  • Patti Palladin

  • Bill Nelson

  • Keith Hudson

  • Bruce Springsteen

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Albums:

Neil Young, Beach Boys, Skip James, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Penetration, 999, Al Stewart, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Bristol, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson,  Brian Eno, RD Laing, Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Andy Mackay, Various Artists (California Jam 2, The Big Wheels Of Motown, Lie: A Week At The Bridge E16), The Abyssinians, Roger McGough

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Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

The Jersey Devil, Neville Wanker and the  Punters, Sham 69, Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Chris Bell, Penetration, Public Image Ltd, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Melanie Harrold, Heart, Sherbet, Yvonne Kelly and Steve Flanagan, Leon Russell, Marsha Hunt, Chris Spedding, Robin Thrower, Dan Hill, Stephen Bishop, Gene Cotton, Mark Middler, Elton John

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Live:

Sid Vicious, Steel Pulse, Simple Minds, John McLaughlin and the One Truth Band, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Cheap Trick / The Cars, Weather Report, Wire, Phil May and the Fallen Angels, Barclay James Harvest, The Hawklords, The Young Bucks, The Jerks

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Books:

The Sex Pistols Files, Walk Away Rene: The Work of Hipgnoisis, Feel Like Going Home

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Volume: 27  - Number: 42

Price - 18p     Pages - 72

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Includes part 3 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

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21st October 1978

Cover:  Andy Partridge (XTC)

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Sid Vicious​

  • Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex)

  • RD Laing

  • The Clash

  • Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)

  • Rose Royce

  • Status Quo

  • XTC

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Albums:

John Cooper Clark, Elton John, Weather Report, Black Sabbath, Styx, Van Morrison, Wishbone Ash,Rory Gallagher, Michael Henderson, Bobby Lyle, Rodney Crowell, Stax Blues Masters

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Thomas Leer. Father Abraham and the Smurfs, Sara Brightman and Hot Gossip, Elvis Costello, Davie Jones and the King Bees, Paul Ren, Queen, Japan, Whirlwind, The Flying Lizards, Autographs, The Kings, Tom Paxton, China Street, Foreigner, Peter Tosh, Gang of Four, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones, The Goodies, The Barron Knights, The Beatles

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Live:

The Pop Group / Nico / Linton Kwesi Johnson / Cabaret Voltaire, The Clash, Johnny Thunder's Allstars, Buzzcocks, Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich, Straight 8, Dr Feelgood, Wilko Johnson's Solid Senders Potters Clay, Gruppo Sportivo, BB King, The Red Crayola, The Movies, The Jolt, Folk Festival

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Volume: 27  - Number: 43

Price - 20p     Pages - 72

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Cover by Chalkie Davies

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Includes part 4 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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This Issue had a

2p price Increase 

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Issue donated by John Harrison

28th October 1978

Cover:  Elton John

 

Articles and interviews:

  • ​The Lurkers​

  • Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

  • The Most Powerful Men in the Music Business

  • Kiss

  • The Straits

  • Dave Robinson

  • Weather Report

  • Elton John

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Albums:

The Jam, Joe Cocker, Genya Ravan, Jenny Darren, Barclay James Harvest, Blackwell, Crawler, Hawklords, Racing Cars, Ian Gomm, Dudley Moore, Richard Wright, Steve Kuhn. Gordon Giltrap, Caldera

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Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Alicia Bridges, The Velvelettes, Rick James, MJ Williams, Timmy Thomas, Carol Douglas, Grace Kennedy, Madleen Kane, Colorado, High Inergy, Lyndsey De Paul, Lulu, Elkie Brooks, Julie Covington, Bette Midler, Olivia Newton John, Judie Tzuke, Adam and the Ants

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Live:

Boomtown Rats, Blast Furnace / And, The Bishops, The Pirates, Merger / Doll by Doll / Pressure Shocks, Barry Ford, Tribesman, The Smirks, The Crack / The Softies / The Members / The Doomed, The Fabulous Poodles, Al DiMeola, Supercharge, Van Halen / Bram Tchaikovsky, Wishbone Ash, Cheap Flights, The Invaders, Leo Sayer

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Volume: 27  - Number: 44

Price - 20p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Includes part 5 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

 

4th November 1978

Cover:  The Jam

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Bob Seger​

  • Bernard Rhodes

  • Hot Gossip

  • Robert Rental and Thomas Leer

  • Bucko

  • Undertones

  • China Street

  • The Jam

  • Ted Daniel

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Albums:

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Steeleye Span, Status Quo, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, Sham 69, Can, Eric Carmen, Slim Harpo, The Emotions, Bay City Rollers, Fabulous Poodles, Various (The Savoy Reissues)

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Roy Hill, X Ry Specs, Blondie, Gruppo Sportivo, The Shirts, 13th Floor Elevators, The Flys, Chas and Dave, Bryan and Michael, UK Subs, Joe Jackson, Meatloaf, Al Stewart, The Paley Brothers and The Ramones, Bryan Ferry, Willie Nelson, Frankie Valli, Cabaret Voltaire, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Protex, Wreckless Eric, The Go-Betweens, Red Crayola, The Tweeds, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Moody Blues, Chicago, Slade, Mickey Jupp

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Live:

Penetration, Matumbi / Quartz / The Vipers / Holding Strong, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Clash, Steel Pulse, Third World, Matchbox, Doctors Of Madness, 999, Yes, Dr Feelgood​

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Volume: 27  - Number: 45

Price - 20p     Pages - 76

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Includes part 6 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

11th November 1978

Cover:  Penetration

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​John Cooper Clark​

  • Anti Social

  • Jim Morrison and the Doors

  • The Residents

  • Sex Pistols Movie

  • Jerry Rubin

  • The Bishops

  • Dan Hartman

  • Millie Jackson

  • Bethnal

  • Jon Anderson

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Albums:

The Clash, Pere Ubu, The Red Crayola with the Familiar Ugly, The 13th Floor Elevators, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Kilburn and the Highroads, Steve Reich, Heart, Booker T Jones, Japan, The Residents, Judas Priest, Roy Brown, Santana

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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Sniff 'n' the Tears, The Cars, 999, Ike and Tina Turner, Candlewick Green, Oak Ridge Boys, Kate Bush, Dolly Parton, Joan Armatrading, Barbara Dickson, Roberta Flack, Kiki Dee, Chaka Khan Nirvana, Alice Cooper, Squeeze, The Dickies, Coco, Gloria Mundi, To Ford and the Boneshakers, Linda Ronstadt, Rezillos, Slim Whitman, Jah Wobble, The Ed Davis Band, John Mayall, The Adverts, Johnathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Child, Steel Pulse

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Live:

Buzzcocks / Subway Sect, The Jam, Sham 69, Graham Parker & the Rumour, Fischer Z, Trans AM, The Human League / The Mekons / Gang Of Four, Isaac Hayes / Edwin Starr, Santana, Suzi Quatro, Motivators, The Monos, Motorhead / Johnny Moped / The Business, Pinpoint

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Books

Babel

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Volume: 27  - Number: 46

Price - 20p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Chris Gabrin

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Includes part 7 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Pages 57 & 58 damaged.

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Issue donated by John Harrison

18th November 1978

Cover:  David Thomas (Pere Ubu)

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​George Clinton​

  • The Buzzcocks

  • The Edge

  • The Cars

  • Malcolm Young

  • The West Country Invasion Starts Here

  • Pere Ubu

  • Third World

  • Barbara Thompson

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Albums:

Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, X Ray Specs, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Ray Charles, Steely Dan, Oregon, Julie Covington

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Singles reviewed by Ian Penman

Subway Sec, Alternative TV, Scritti Politti, PragVec, Funkadelic, The Fall, Emotions, Phil Manzanera, Rachel Sweet, Marie Et Les Garcons, BB King, The Motors, The Commodores, Yachts, The Skids, Buzzcocks

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Reggae singles

Trammie and Marquis, Alton Ellis, The Mystic, Hugh Mundell, Dennis Brown, The Mediations, Delroy Wilson, Cornwell Campbell, Leroy Smart and Ranking Joe, Fil Callender and Jah Stitch, Benji Levi and I and I, John Holt

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Live:

The Rezillos, Devo, Throbbing Gristle / Cabaret Voltaire / Metabolist / Robert Rental and the Normal, Jerry Lee Lewis / Duane Eddy, John Martyn, The Idols, Graph, Alex Harvey, Smokey Robinson, Dire Straits, Slade, Local Operator, The Venigmas​

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25th November 1978

Cover:  Roxy Music

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Mike Oldfield​

  • Phillip Rainbow

  • The Police

  • Militant Barrington

  • The Police

  • Readers Poll Voting Form

  • David Cunningham

  • Scritti Politti

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

  • Pure Hell

  • Brian De Palma

  • Robert Johnson

  • Roxy Music

  • Vivian Stanshall

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Albums:

Emerson Lake & Palmer, Queen, Ted Nugent, Tom Waits, Lonnie Donegan, Lou Reed, The O'Jays, Louis Armstrong, Chicago, Mud, The Police, Gregory Isaacs, Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby's, Peter Skellern, Vivian Weathers, Manhattan Transfer, Kate Bush, David Byron, Vangelis

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Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Village People, Melba Moore, Bee Gees, John Travolta, Andy Gibb, Fashion, Big In Japan, Nick Lowe, Dave Edmunds, AC/DC, Lakeside, The Records, The Pleasures, Rahni Harris, Broadway, Macho, Platinum Hook, Blue Oyster Cult, The Clash, Steve Haynes Band, Child, Victim, Reducers, Outcast, Frankie Avalon, Sylvester, Village People, Smirks, Status Quo, M, Cortinas, Boney M, Chorale, Southside Johnny and Asbury Jukes, Todd Rundgren

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Live:

Pere Ubu, Neil Young, Be Stiff, XTC, Third World, Angelo Paladino, Wire, Whitesnake, Albert King, John Cooper Clarke, The Flys, The Edge, The Streets, Richard and Linda Thompson, Frankie Miller, Millie Jackson, Squeeze, The Dickies / The Skids, The Chieftains, Hi-Fi​

2nd December 1978

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Cover:  The Clash

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​David Johansen​

  • Pete Shelley

  • Death of Biko

  • Mike Oldfield

  • The Factory

  • Ziggy Junior

  • The Byrds

  • Nazareth

  • Clash

  • Roy Hill

  • Howard Devoto

  • Mick Box

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Albums:

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Ted Nugent, The Grateful Dead, Rod Stewart, Various Artists (Downtown Disco Party, Boogie Fever, It's Disco Fever), Matumbi, Nick Gilder, David Kubinec, Swinging Blue Jeans, Eric Clapton, Trevor Rabin, Van Duren, Phil Manzanera, Elvis Presley, Eddie Henderson, Bethnal

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Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Ian Dury, Earth Wind and Fire, 999, The Four Kings, The Pagans, The Mutants, Fred Banana Combo, Mike Oldfield, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Billy Joel, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, Nicky Beat and the Beatniks, Slip Hazard and the Blizzards, David Bowie, Bog Ugly, Sesame Street, Robert Johnson, The Wild Giraffes, Straight Eight, The Shadows, Lucky Pierre, Quazar, Olivia Newton John, Driver 67, Liverpool FC, Roy Wood

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Live:

James Brown, ,X Ray Specs, Merger, The Red Crayola / Cabaret Voltaire / Prag VEC / Scritti Politti, The Cars, Magazine, The David Johansen Band, Bethnal, Dillinger / Clint Eastwood, Dolly Parton, The VIP's, The Boyfriends

Volume: 27  - Number: 47

Price - 20p     Pages - 76

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Includes part 8 of

the NME Book

of Modern Music

(see below)

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Issue donated by John Harrison

Volume: 27  - Number: 48

Price - 20p     Pages - 68

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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​Issue donated by John Harrison

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Volume:  27 - Number: 49

Price - 20p     Pages - 60

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Cover by Jill Furmanovsky

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Issue donated by John Harrison

9th December 1978

Cover:  Giorgio Moroder

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Subway Sect​

  • David Bowie new Film

  • The Killing of Henry Bowles

  • The Rezillos

  • Kiss

  • Debbie Harry

  • The Battle against Piracy

  • Darts

  • Jemi Hendrix

  • Deo

  • The Shirts

  • Giorgio Moroder

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Albums:

Public Image Ltd, Chieftains, Todd Rundgren, Jim Morrison, Mike Westbrook Brass Band, Rush, Art Bears, Funkadelic, Tyla Gang, Aerosmith

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Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands

Eagles, The M & O Band, Father Abraham & Der Smurfs, Johnny Mathis, The Kinks, Santy Clause, Ronnie Dukes and the Family, Chris Hill, Johnny Rubbish, Ford Workers on Strike, Elton John, Kiki Dee, Elvis Presley, Leo Sayer, Wreckless Eric, The Police, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Ace Frehley, Gary Moore, Ian Matthews, Gentle Giant, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Curtis Mayfield, Joe Farrell, Goody Goody, Status Quo​

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Live:

Devo, Olivia Newton-John, Chas & Dave, Rod Stewart, Boney M, Adam & the Ants, Agony Column, Charlie Ainley, Swift, Advertising, Cafe Jacques​, No Dice, Japan, Wild Horses, Stadium Dogs, Great British Music Festival

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Volume: 27  - Number: 50

Price - 20p     Pages - 48

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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Issue donated by John Harrison

16th December 1978

Cover:  Bob Geldof

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 Articles and interviews:

  • ​Boomtown Rats (3pg)

  • Robert Calvert​ (Hawkwind)

  • Tom Robinson Band

  • Charlie Gillett, Oval Records

  • Christmas singles

  • Stranglers

  • Boney M

  • The Cure

  • Judas Priest

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Albums:

Bob Dylan, Parliament, Brides of Funkenstein, Thelma Houston, No New York (VA)

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Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

The Mekons, Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends, Ed Banger, Culture, Xdreamysts, The Cramps, The Residents, Binky Baker and the Pit Orchestra, Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Faron's Flamingos, Blue Screaming, Subway, Mecano Ltd, The Reasons, Richard Ashworth, Suburban Reptiles, The Bozos, The Dickies, The Yobs

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Live:

Peter Tosh, David Bowie, Boomtown Rats, Eric Clapton / Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, The Dogs / Staa Marx, Dean Friedman, The Rezillos / The Undertones / Ralph and the Ponytails, The Streetband, Robin Williamson's Merry Band, Sylvester

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Films:

Interiors, The Serpents Egg, Waiting for the Wiz

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Volume: 27 -  No. 51 & 52

         (double issue)

Price - 40p     Pages - 80

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Cover by Dennis Morris

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Thanks to Howard Mansell

for providing the scans

23rd and 30th December 1978
(double issue)

Cover:  John Lydon

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Articles and interviews:

  • ​Ian Dury and the Blockheads​

  • NME Best Rock Photography 1978

  • John Lydon (PIL)

  • The Ones (Singles) That Got Away

  • The Vipers

  • Jack Lee

  • Genya Ravan

  • Lew Lewis

  • Jim Morrison Legacy

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

  • The Bozo's Songbook

  • 45 from 78...

  • NME Vinyl Finals of '78

  • Quotes of the Year

  • NME Christmas Quiz

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Albums:

Jilted John, Guy Clark, Tapper Zukie, Jack Tempchin, Grover Washington Jr, The Residents, Gruppo Sportivo Artists (20 Original Rock 'n' Roll Classics, 20 Original Rock Hits, 20 Soul Sizzlers), Keith Jarrett, The Arabs

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Parody singles (by parody writers)

Wollen / Stringer / Bedfellow and Lydonanon, Mink Debilitate, Oscar La Thug and the Wild Boys, Insect Queens, Sid Frog, Julian Juice-Fruit and the Funkadelicious Flits, The White Supremacist Traditional Chrome Band, Sore Eyes Jameson, Gee String and D Cups, Slow Mice

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Live:

Parliament, Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Thin Lizzy / Greedy Bastards, Tapper Zukie, Ian Dury and the Blockheads / Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Taj Mahal, Ultravox / The Skids / Snips / Angletrax, Boogie-Woogie, This Heat / Metabolist / Action Space, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Muddy Waters / Blues Band​

Free stuff

At times NME would give something away free or make it possible to send off for a free gift.

Below are the items available this year.​

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The NME Book of Modern Music

This 64-page A to Z booklet of insights, opinions and comprehensive look at the bands and artists who have made their mark in the world of music.

 

Eight pages included in every issue during October and November 1978. 

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To read it in full click the link below

London Guide

This 32 Page London Guide provided the tourist (and Londoners) with a guide to all things London.  From the best places to go for music to the best nightclubs this guide gave you all the information you needed to make your visit a great one.

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To read it in full click the link below

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