1979 Issues
These are the issues of NME that came out in 1979.
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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Credits:
Price - 20p
Published - Friday
Editor - Neil Spencer
Deputy Editor - Phil McNeil
News Editor - Derek Johnson
Production Editor - Jack Scott
Associate Editors:
Charles Shaar Murray /
Monty Smith
Special Projects Editor - Roy Carr
Volume: 28 - Number: 01
Price - 20p Pages - 44
Cover illustration by
Loulou and Kiki Picasso
Issue donated by John Harrison
6th January 1979
Cover: The Royal Family
Articles and Interviews:
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Richard Hell (2pg)
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1978 T-Zers Awards
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Aliens
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Roky Erickson
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The Rude Kids
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Protex
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The Dogs
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Did Punk affect your religion
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The French Connection
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Silverest Screens of '78
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DTT Dial: Cassette decks
News:
Earth Wind & Fire, Cheap Trick, Frank Zappa, Kinks, Elvis Costello, Damned, Rockpile, Gloria Mundi, Brian James, Bill Nelson, Rick Nelson, Alan Price, Chic, Gary Brooker, Hope & Anchor
Albums:
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Marvin Gaye, Billy Joel, Steve Miller Band, Lindisfarne, Patrick Moraz, Be-Bop Deluxe, Culture, Sonny Tomm's Combo, Eric Donaldson, Louisa Mark and the In Crowd, Mark & Trinity, Grey Storm, Paulette Walker, Merlene, Revolutionaries, Cimarons, Marie Pierre, Trinity, Tapper Zukie, Twinkle Brothers, Reinforcement Band, Tito Simon, Militant Barry, The Mighty Sparrow, Al Campbell & Trinity, Royal Rasses, Horace Faith, Alton Ellis, Family Choice
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Curtis Mayfield, Generation X, Dan Hartman, Village People, Frankie Miller, Judas Priest, Moon Martin, The Users, Clout, The Rude Kids, Ronnie Jones, Joe Cocker, Jutta, Sandford and Saker, Sheikettes, Razer, The Vice Creems
Reggae singles by Penny Reel
Culture, Cimarons, Louisa Mark & the In Crowd, Grey Storm, Paulette Walker, Merlene, Revolutionaries, Marie Pierre, Militant Barry, Trinity, Tapper Zukie, Mighty Sparrow, Twinkle Brothers, and many more...
Live:
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Richard Hell & Voidoids / John Cooper Clarke, Public Image Ltd, The Jam, The Clash, Gab & Rob, Peter Gabriel, Oval Stage Show, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Essential Logic, David Kubinec's Excess, Marseille, Gino and the Sharks
Gig guide:
Elvis Costello, Rory Gallagher
Full page ads:
Buzzcocks, Elvis Costello, HMV Shop
Half page ads:
Barclay James Harvest
Volume: 28 - Number: 02
Price - 20p Pages - 44
Cover photos -
- Laurie Evans (Bob Last)
- Kevin Cummings (Joy Div.)
- George Bodnar (Here & N.)
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
13th January 1979
Cover: Bob Last / Joy Division
/ Here and Now
Articles and interviews:
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New stirrings from the North West Frontier
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The Hulk
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Can
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Here and Now
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Generation X (2pg)
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Bob Last (3pg)
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New transit systems
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Elvis Costello
News:
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Albums:
Burning Spear, Israel Vibration, The Jacksons, Jimmy Cliff, Throbbing Gristle, Wings, Tina Charles, Dame Edna Everage, Ivor Biggun, The Pork Dukes, The Barron Knights
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray
Ramones, Dr Feelgood, Joey Travolta, Fingerprintz, Bob Dylan, Leif Garrett, The Three Degrees, Dan Kellaher, Martin O'Cuthbert, Wire, Heavy Cochran, Tennis Shoes, The Doll, Steppin' Out, Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie, The Users, Dave Warner's from the Suburbs, Boston, London Symphony Orchestra, Eddie Rabbitt, The Cannibals, Danny Wild and the Wild Cats, Hot Water, Dead End Kids, Olympic Runners, The Defendants, Carl Green and the Scene, I Jog and the Tracksuits, Gina 'N' The Rockin' Rebels, Don Letts, Stratetime Keith, Steel Leg, Jah Wobble, Ruby
Live:
The Slits, Joe Jackson, Queen, Speedball Benefit, Rudi, Simple Minds, Sore Throat, Wayne County, The Tunes, Julie Covington, Durutti Column / Margox / Manicured Noise / Surprise Guests
Gig guide:
Rory Gallagher, UFO
Full page ads:
The Boyfriends, Generation X, Elvis Presley, Rachel Sweet
Half page ads:
Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Prism, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Ian Dury, Sally Oldfield
Silver screen:
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Dog Soldiers
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First Great Train Robbery
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Coma
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Force 10 From Navarone
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The Rain People
Volume: 28 - Number: 03
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
20th January 1979
Cover: Gang of Four
Articles and interviews:
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Readers Poll results:
D. Bowie, J. Lydon, E. Costello
D. Harry, S. Sioux, K. Bush
lp: Jam, Clash, Thin Lizzy
single: Clash, PIL, B. Rats -
Gang of Four
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Metal Mikey
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The Ramones
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Marvin Gaye
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Crass
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Peter Gabriel
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Charlie Mingus
News:
Van Morrison, Generation X, Public Image Ltd., Frank Zappa, Bette Bright, Gary Holton, Punishment of Luxury, Wreckless Eric, Kevin Coyne, Tommy, Cheap Trick, Steve Hillage, Racing Cars, Average White Band, Ian Gillan, Billy Connolly, Joan Armatrading, Rod Argent, Osibisa, Gruppo Sportivo, Roy Ayers, Slim Whitman
Albums:
The Runaways, J Geils Band, Eno / Moebius / Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Conrad Schnitzler, Wolfgang Reichmann, Dan Hartman, Larry Carlton, Chas & Dave, Earth Wind & Fire, Commodores, Cray Horse, U Roy, I Roy, Rhythm of Resistance, The Sire Machine Turns To You (VA)
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
Chris Stamey & the DBs, Bobby Womack, The Vipers, Steve Miro, The Doors, Sean Wright, The Rubinoos, The Pretenders, Grover Washington, The Romeos, Passage, The Nerve Breakers, The Pathetix, Hi-Fi, The Eyes, Water Egan, F-Word, The Scruffs, Firefall, Larry Gatlin, Jimmy Cliff, The Pointer Sisters, Rose Royce, The Secret, Lockjaw, Stella Parton, Nigel Simkins, Metal Micky, Eddie Money, John Paul Young
Live:
Rory Gallagher, The Mekons, The Drill, The Feelies, The Cure, Albert Collins, 999, Gloria Mundi, Belt & Braces, The Physicals, The Jags, Soft Boys, London Zoo, After The Fire
Gig guide:
The Kinks, Nazareth, Linda Lewis, Alan Price, The Lurkers, Jimmy Cliff
Full page ads:
Bob Dylan, Nazareth (lp, tour), Gary Moore, Blondie, Bad Company (tour), UFO (lp, tour), Harvey Goldsmith Entertainment (Average White Band, Elton John & Ray Cooper, Horslips, Joan Armatrading & George Duke, Billy Connolly, Bill Nelson's Red Noise, Frank Zappa, Renaissance)
Half page ads:
Kiki Dee, Adam & the Ants (tour), Rory Gallagher, Firefall, Wire, The Lurkers
Silver screen:
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A Wedding
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Every Which Way but Loose
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Dread Beat and Blood
Books:
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Concise History of Modern Music
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Big Red Diary
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Superstars
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Jon Travolta Scrapbook
Volume: 28 - Number: 04
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
27th January 1979
Cover: Elvis Costello
Articles and interviews:
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Elvis Costello (3pg)
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The Pointer Sisters
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Punishment of Luxury (2pg)
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Jimmy Pursey
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Chic
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Sniff 'n' The Tears
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Jean Jacques Burnel
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The Rock Mortality Rate
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Lovers Rock
News:
Graham Parker & the Rumour, Lene Lovich, Roxy Music, The Skids, Hugh Cornwell, Softies, Buzzcocks, Uriah Heep, Generation X, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Bad Company, Joe Jackson, Richard & Linda Thompson, Darts, Roger Chapman, Supercharge, White Horses, Renaissance, Ian Gillan
Albums:
Kevin Coyne, Dave Lewis, Here & Now, Airwaves, Rod Argent, Mabrak, Reggie Knighton Band, Olivia Newton-John, Clout, Chic, Outlaws, Freddie Fingers Lee, Zwol, Teri DeSario, Peter Straker, Champion, Loudspeakers, The Tymes, The Count, Allan Clarke, Steppin' Out, Vaultage 78 (VA), Nova Vaga (VA)
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
The Cure, The Members, Blondie, The Jacksons, Mick Jackson, Edwin Starr, Johnny Guitar Watson, Herbie Hancock, Marlene Dietrich, Shakin' Stevens, Ivor Biggun, Undertones, The Jerks, Controllers, Weasels, Rubinoos, The Boyfriends, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, The Baby, Karl Terry & the Cruisers, Macho, UFO, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Santana, Chas & Dave, Spherical Objects
Live:
Kinks, Talking Heads, XTC, Chic, Angelic Upstarts, The Invaders, Pressure Shocks, Danny and the Juniors, Straight 8, Buzzcocks / The Teardrops, The Raincoats, Dresden Banks, Vincent Units, Terry Reid, Ludus, Crass
Full page ads:
The Clash, Nazareth (lp, tour), Queen, Bob Seger, Neil Diamond, Rod Argent, London Symphony Orchestra, Cheap Trick (lp, tour), Generation X (lp, tour)
Half page ads:
Steve Hillage, Ramones, Steve Reich, Kevin Coyne, Bob McGilpin, Ronnie Laws, Bette Bright (tour), Van Morrison (tour), Foul Play (film), Ashanti (film)
Ad holes: "The publishers regret that some advertisements in this issue have had to be omitted."
Page 2 (2x2.5), page 22 (full page), p36 (2x1.5; 2x3), p38 (5 ad holes: 2x1.5; 2x2; 1x2; 1x2; 1x2.5), page 40 (half page), p41 (1x2.5), p42 (1x5; 2x1.5; 2x1.5), p43 (1x15)
Silver screen:
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Capricorn One
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Hitler: A Career
Volume: 28 - Number: 05
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Tom Sheehan
Issue donated by John Harrison
3rd February 1979
Cover: Kevin Coyne
Articles and Interviews:
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Sham 69
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Elvis Presley
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Whatever Happened To The Great British Comedy
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The Replays
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Eddie and the Hot Rods
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Essential Logic
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Kevin Coyne
Albums:
Bee Gees, Generation X, Joe Jackson, Moon Martin, Ronnie Davis, UFO, Child, Tony Coe, Alice Cooper, Doobie Brothers, Muddy Waters, McGuinn Clarke and Hillman, Horslips, Sniff 'n' The Tears, Robert Johnson
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
Blast Furnace and the Copyright Violations, Queen, Roy Hill, Evelyn Champagne, ABBA, Radio Stars, Gruppo Sportivo, Elvis Costello, Bette Bright and the Illuminations, Equals, Darts, The Kinks, Dean Friedman, Linda Fletcher, Godley and Creme
Live:
Punishment of Luxury, Nazareth, Jimmy Cliff and Oneness, The Osmonds
Volume: 28 - Number: 06
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
10th February 1979
Cover: Jean-Jacques Burnel
(The Stranglers)
Articles and interviews:
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Joe Jackson
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Jean Jacques Burnel
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Sham 69
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Sid Vicious
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Rough Trade
Albums:
Stiff Little Fingers, The Band, Bill Nelson's Red Noise, Various Artists (British R&B), Savoy Brown, John Mayall, The Tramps, The Babys, Elvis Presley, Firefall, Jah Frankie Jones, Village People, Tangerine Dream, Nazareth, Deep Purple, Cameo
Singles by John Cooper Clarke
The Only Ones, The Monochrome Set, Bobby Henry, The Flies, The Distractions, Gladys Knight, Gerald Watkiss, Lena Lovich, Bag, The Bee Gees, The Informants, V2, James Brown
Live:
Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, Patrick Fitzgerald / The Molesters / Nicky and the Dots / The Wall, Alwoodley Jets, The Tourists, Neon Hearts, The Valves / Nightshift, Bette Bright, Macintyre, Roy Hill Band, Horslips, , Modern Man, Isaac Guillory, Warm Jets
Volume: 28 - Number: 07
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by unknown
Issue donated by John Harrison
17th February 1979
Cover: Village People
Articles and interviews:
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Stiff Little Fingers
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Sham 69
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Johnny Lydon vs McLaren
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Ludus
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Who Are The Blues Brothers
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Who Really Runs Rock 'n' Roll
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Moon
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Jacob Miller and Inner Circle
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Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
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Village People
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Simple Minds
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Sly Stallone
Albums:
Cheap Trick, Phillip Wilson Trio, Steve Hillage, Roger Chapman, Gary Moore, Chaka Khan, Duane Eddy, Freda Payne, Edwin Starr, Clete Stallbaumer, Nicol & Marsh, The Pointer Sisters, Jah Thomas, Business Unusual: The Other Record Collection (VA), 20 of Another Kind (VA)
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
O Level, The Ruts, Barbara Randolph, Moskov, Booker T Jones, Blues Brothers, Osmonds, Jilted John, Julie and Gordan, Helpless Hew, Samson, Joe Lethal, Bad Company, Girl School, Keith Richards, Manfred Mann, The Cars, Bill Nelson's Red Nose, Tontrix, Kim Fowley, Nervus Rex, The Last, the Strand, White Boy, Half Japanese, Battered Wives, Pankrti
Live:
The Only Ones / The Invaders / Robert Gordon, The Pretenders, Doll By Doll, Gruppo Sportivo, Raincoats Distributors, The Blue Max, Wreckless Eric / The Softies, Battle Of Th Bands, UFO / Liar, Reggae Awards Show
Volume: 28 - Number: 08
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover pic by Dennis Morris
Issue donated by John Harrison
24th February 1979
Cover: Dennis Brown
Articles and Interviews:
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Patrik Fitzgerald
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Sex Pistols
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David Bowie
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Merseybeat
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Chicago
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dBs / Chris Stamey
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Bram Tchaikovsky
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Dennis Brown
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Motorhead
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Doll By Doll
Albums:
The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, London Symphony Orchestra, La Dusseldorf, Kansas, The Dickies, Lou Reed, Nina Simone, Eddie Money, Terry Reid, Alicia Bridges, Liar, Crosby & Nash, The Boyzz, Hottest Hits (VA)
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Dinosaurs, Giorgio Moroder, Peter Jacques Band, Roxy Music, Gary's Band, Village People, Donna Summer, The Clash, Cheryl Lynn, Gloria Gaynor, Graham Parker & Rumour, The Rumour, Thin Lizzy, Deke Leonard, The Sex Pistols, Bee Gees, Chaser, Patrick Juvet, Norma Jean, Inner Circle, David Essex, George Harrison, Patti Boulaye, Tina Charles, Betty Lavette, T-Connection, Charo, Bombers, The Lurkers, The Wasps, Neon Hearts, Doll By Doll, Noel McCalla, Joe Jackson, Gnzalez, DAryl Hall and John Oates, Isaac Hayes
Films:
Just A Gigolo, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Live:
Frank Zappa, Kevin Coyne, Human League, McGuinn / Clark and Hillman, Jabula / Immigrant / Maribuye / The Realists, Lena Lovich / Fingerprints, Dave Lewis Band, The Police / The Resistance, The Head Boys, Little Bo Bitch / Sucker, Eddie Money, The Records, Ronnie Paisley's Band
Volume: 28 - Number: 09
Price - 20p Pages - 68
Cover by Brian Griffin
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
3rd March 1979
Cover: Graham Parker
Articles and interviews:
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The Mekons
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Graham Parker
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The Clash US Tour
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Billy Joel
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The Inmates
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The Feelies
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Michael Jackson
News:
Jean-Jacques Burnel, Lou Reed, Buzzcocks, Ian Dury, Kate Bush, Rock Against Racism, Thin Lizzy, Undertones
Albums:
Velvet Underground, The Skids, Frank Zappa, Moe Bandy, Janie Fricke, Arild Andersen Quartet, Gaffa, Ron Warren Ganderton, Roy Acuff, George Harrison, The Secret, Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends, Streetband, Leif Garrett, Barry Manilow, Evelyn Thomas, Gladys Knight, MFSB, Chris De Burgh, Ronnie Paisley's Band, Don King, Stonebolt, Flintlock, Starbuck, The Blue Max, Phoebe Snow, Valerie Carter
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
Leyton Buzzards, Crystal Gayle, John Cooper Clark, Magazine, Buzzcocks, Duffo, Dire Straits, Motorhead, Bram Tchaikovsky, Cheap Trick, James White and the Blacks, Rosa Yemen, Arto Neto, Marie Et Les Garcons, Tom Robinson Band, Dillinger, Curtis Mayfield, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Fischer-Z, Metabolist, Last Men, Teddy Pendergrass, The Royal Rasses, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Tina Turner, Clint Eastwood, Silford Walker, Rico, Black Harmony, Errol Dunkley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer
Live:
Van Morrison, Public Image Ltd, Sham 69, Penetration / Victim / Six Tele, The Skids, Dead Fingers Talk, Rod Argent, The Jacksons / Real Thing, Wire / Prag Vec, Dafne and the Tenderspots, 999, Herbie Handcock
Volume: 28 - Number: 10
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
10th March 1979
Cover: Van Morrison
Articles and interviews:
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Van Morrison (3pg)
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The Skids (2pg)
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Lene Lovich
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The Rumour
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Upsetter
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Steve Hillage
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The Stranglers
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Bad Company
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Toto
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Aswad
News:
Frankie Miller, Jonathan Richman, Sea Level, Tom Robinson Band, The Skids, Smirks, Tina Turner, Advertising, Eric Burdon, Rich Kids, X-Ray Spex, Patrik Fitzgerald, Pretenders, Drifters, Bram Tchaikovsky, Mike Oldfield, Lew Lewis Reformer, Three Degrees, Max Boyce, Bill Nelson, Here and Now, Mike Patto, Dusty Springfield, Albion Band
Albums:
Roxy Music, Bad Company, The Tubes, Tom Robinson Band, The Only Ones, Culture, Alternative Television, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Dusty Springfield, Kiki Dee, The Ramblers, Al Campbell, Ishmael United
Singles reviewed by Ian Penman
Theoretical Girls, James White and the Blacks, Lee Perry, Slim Smith, Ranking Michigan & General Smile, Light Of Saba, Michael Smith and Light of Saba, Pop Group, The Jam, G.Q., Chic, Patrik Fitzgerald, Sister Sledge, Sparks, Beach Boys, Alicia Bridges, Fish Turned Human, Die Electric Eels, File Under Pop, Roger Chapman, Stargard, Chaka Kahn, Teardrop Explodes, Rudy, Spider, Outcasts, Idiots, The Police, After The Fire, Prince Far, Tanya Tucker, Chuck Mangione, Waldorf Travers, Kofi & Kiki, Menace, Rocky Sharp & the Razors, Sonny Tomm Combo, Guardian Angel, Linval Thompson & Trinity
Live:
Earth Wind & Fire, Joe Jackson, Bobby Henry, Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Enid, Ronettes, Pink Military Stand Alone, The Nives, Dogmen of Albuquerque, The Crooks, Generation X, Darts, Panties
Gig guide:
Johnny Cash, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Tina Turner, Ralph McTell, George Thorogood
Full page ads:
Pierre Moerlen's Gong (lp, tour), Skids (lp, tour), Motörhead (lp, tour), Eddie & the Hot Rods, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Roger Chapman (lp, tour), The Tubes, Sparks, The Rumour (lp, tour), The Only Ones (lp, tour), Ray Campi & His Rockabilly Rebels, Inner Circle, Roxy Music, Bad Company
Half page ads:
Patrik Fitzgerald (tour), Tom Robinson Band (tour), Pop Group, Earth Wind & Fire, Bad Company (tour), The Smirks (lp, tour), The Magnets (lp, tour), The Squares (tour), Horslips, Johnny G, Scorpions, Average White Band
Silver screen:
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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
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The Deer Hunter
Volume: 28 - Number: 11
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
17th March 1979
Cover: John Perry, Peter Perrett
(The Only Ones)
Articles and interviews:
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The Pretenders
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Rich Kids
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Sham
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Real Thing
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John Cleese
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Ruling The Airwaves
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The Jam
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Leyton Buzzards
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Joan Armatrading
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Bob Marley
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The Only Ones
Albums:
Graham Parker and the Rumour, The Rumour, Jules and the Polar Bears, Sparks, Motorhead, Chrome, Bert Jansch, Squeeze, Eddie Floyd, Falling In Love, Ashford and impson, The Gladiators, Toto
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
The Distractions, Buzzcocks, Swell Maps, Spizzoil, Chi-Pig, Kate Bush, Village People, Raspberries, Electric Eels, The Pointer Sisters, The Squares, Fingerprintz, Carl Douglas, Judge Dread, George Benson, Eddie Henderson, Lew Lewis, Racheal Sweet, The Sports, Dyan, Diamond, The Lines, Johnny Curious and the Strangers, The Resistance, Fashion, , The Wall, Disco Zombies, The Dunneau, Plasmatics, The Dazzlers, The K9s, Manikins, Earthbound, Steve Harley, John Miles
Live:
Magazine, Richard & Linda Thompson, Bo Diddley / Ray Campi and the Rockabilly Rebels / Whirlwind, Wayne Kramer, Dire Straits, UK, Layton Buzzards, Inner Circle, The Venigmas, The Androids, Annie Ros, Bad Company, Culture, Joan Armatrading
Volume: 28 - Number: 12
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
24th March 1979
Cover: Iggy Pop
Articles and interviews:
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Iggy Pop
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Big Den
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The Smirks
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Top Of The Pops
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Zenon De Fleur
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Red Noise
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Chris Spedding
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Rock Against Racism
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Tom Robinson
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The Ruts
Albums:
The Fall, Supertramp, Bar-Kays, Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band, Various Artists (No Wave), Doll By Doll, Crass, Brian Eno, Gary Peacock, Terje Rypdal, Frank Zappa, Gloria Gaynor, Bonnie Pointer, The Softies, Willie Hutch, Cliff Richard and the Shadows, The Squad, Grand Hotel
Singles reviewed by Bob Edmands
The Three Degrees, Dean Friedman, The Earls, Sham 69, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Smirks, The Rivvits, Black Lace, Johnathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Tuxedomoon, Meatloaf, Wings, Destroy All Monsters, John Otway, Matumbi, The Royal Rasses, Willie Hutch, Funkadelic, Deborah Washington, Terry Garthwaite, Cowboys International, Racey, Chris Rea, Garden Giltrap Band, Stephen Bishop
Live:
George Thorogood and the Destroyers / Albert Collins / Lew Lewis / Reformer, Bill Hayley, Tina Turner, The Pop Group, The Records, The Sports, Johnny Cash, Lena Lovich, Steve Hillage, The Fall, Martha Reeves, The stranglers, Boomtown Rats, The Teardrop Explodes, UK Subs
Volume: 28 - Number: 13
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by unknown
Issue donated by John Harrison
31st March 1979
Cover: The Human League
Articles and interviews:
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The Human League
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The Warrior Film
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LA Riot
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Joan Jett
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Reefer Madness
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Elvis Costello
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The Sorts
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The Militant
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Johnathan Richman
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Albums:
Magazine, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ken Booth, Tom Scott, Various Artists (Lethal Weapons, A Factory Sample), Duffo, Starz, Van Halen, Cindy Bullens, BD, Neil Larson, National Health, The Enid, John Glover, Peter Allen, Herbie Hancock, Ronnie Foster, Leo Sayer, Pierre Moerlen's
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
Johnny Cash, Generation X, Sex Pistols, Members, Simple Minds, Eddy Money, Cheap Trick, Shaun Cassidy, Adrian Gurvitz, Craig Pruess Sarah Brightman, The Monks, Billy Joel, Kevin Coyne, Don Ray, M
Live:
Stiff Little Fingers / Gang of Four / Human League / The Fall / Mekons, Culture, Jonathan Richman, Alternative TV / The Transmitters / Fashion, Slade, The Undertones / The Squares, Bill Nelson's Red Noise, China Street, The Smirks, The Only Ones, Warm Jets / Dog Watch / The Tickets, Gong
Volume: 28 - Number: 14
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
7th April 1979
Cover: The Members
Articles and interviews:
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The Fall
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London riots
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Elvis Costello
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Alright Now - Music TV Show
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Bruce Springsteen
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Nina Hagen
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Rock Against Sexism
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Election Fever
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The Monochrome Set
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Keith Waterhouse
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Sparks
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Squeeze
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John Landis
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The Members
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DTT Dial: Aiwa cassette deck
News:
Tom Robinson, Penetration, Iggy Pop, The Stranglers, The Rezillos, Adverts, Status Quo, The Members, Squeeze, The Police, Fairport Convention, Lew Lewis Band, Wings, Dr. Feelgood, The Bishops, Child, Chris Rea, John Miles, The Who, Steve Gibbons, Sad Cafe, Cliff Richard, Rick Wakeman
Albums:
Jean-Jacques Burnel, Lowell George, Members, Beach Boys, Kim Fowley, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Soul, Bobby Bare, George Benson, Ralph McTell, Melanie Harrold, Chorale, Mandrill, Kenny Rogers, Catherine Howe, Peter Sarstedt, Martin Best, Gilberto Gil, Charlie Musselwhite, Blues Brothers, Rufus, Mark Almond, Outsiders, Dobie Gray, Meatloaf, Tanya Tucker, A Taste Of Tower (VA) One Big Happy Family (VA)
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Bill Summers and Summers Heat, Mike Oldfield, The Floaters, Bobby Caldwell, Glaxo Babies, Eruption, The Tunes, Leif Garrett, Plastic Bertrand, Sylvester, The Gangsters, The Scars, Wavis O'Shave, Herbie Hancock, Bob Seger, Third World, Bill Nelson's Red Nose, Rats and Delicious, The Shapes, Carbaretta, Crown Heights Affair, Bohannon, Cerrone, Imperials, Mickey Dolenz
Live:
Buzzcocks, Patrik Fitzgerald, Ludus, The Misfits, Thin Lizzy, Tom Robinson Band, The Straits, The Pretenders, The Ramones, Writz, Elton John, David Essex, Scottish Monos, Eddie & the Hot Rods, The Members, Soulyard, Journey, Pat Travers Band, Bethnal, The Shapiros
Full page ads:
Frankie Miller (lp, tour), Supertramp, Jean-Jacques Burnel (lp, tour), Mike Oldfield, Allman Brothers Band, Wings, Inner Circle (lp, tour), Scorpions, Van Halen, Tom Robinson Band (lp, tour), Magazine (lp, tour)
Half page ads:
The Members, Generation X, Police, Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Members, Genesis, Peter Tosh, Beatles, The Wiz (musical), Lowell George, Nazareth, Bill Nelson's Red Noise
Silver screen:
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John Landis
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Volume: 28 - Number: 15
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover photo credit to
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
14th April 1979
Cover: Mods at Hastings with
their scooters.
Articles and interviews:
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Quads/Quods
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Culture
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BBC Ban Linton Jonson
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Rock and Roll on TV
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Johnny Winter
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Weekend Music Festivals
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Mods 1 - The Young Mods Forgotten Story
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Mods 2 - The Land of A Thousand Dances
Albums:
Ian Hunter, Village People, I-Roy, Buddy Holly, Steve Solamar, Joe Sample, Inner Circle, Scorpions, Cafe Jaques, Willie Nelson, Gorgon Payne, Scratch Band, Roger Reale, Amazing Rhythm Aces, Banjoman (Soundtrack)
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
The Records, Average White Band, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Telephone, Bee Gees, Inner Circle, Twinkle Bros, Gary Glitter, Robert Gordon, Deadly Toys, Nick Plytas, Bar-Kays, Jerry Lee Lewis, Angelic Upstarts, Third Rail, The Wimps, Jefferson Airplane, Electric Prunes, Zager & Evans, Roger C. Reale & Rue Morgue, Yankees, The Scratch Band, Mandrake Roote, Destroy All Monsters, Dwight Twilley, The Aurora Pushups, Tubeway Army, Battered Wives, Robert Segarini
Live:
Graham Parker & the Rumour, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Rema Rema, Human League, John Cooper Clarke, Dr. Feelgood, 2TV, The Hollies, Dan Hicks, Duffo, Billy Connolly, Pinpoint
Silver screen:
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The Wiz
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The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
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Spider-Man Strikes Back
Volume: 28 - Number: 16
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
21st April 1979
Cover: Linton Kwesi Johnson
Articles and interviews:
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Linton Kwesi Johnson
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The Accelerators
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Matchbox
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Mike Oldfield
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The Angelic Upstarts
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The Records
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Lou Reed
Albums:
Simple Minds, John Mayall, Pop Rivets, The Trokkoids, Canned Rock, Instant Funk, Cheryl Lynn, Booker T and the MG's, Danny Kirwan, Terry Garthwaite, Allman Brothers, Clover, Judy Collins, Auracle, Dixie Dregs, Journey, TKO, Sister Sledge, Head East, Nucleus, Tony Wilson, Ashra, New Wave From The Heart (VA)
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray
Penetration, Foxy, Garry Moore, X-Ray Spex, The Only Ones, The Undertones, Cash Pussies, Alicia Bridges, Boney M, Renaissance, Bombers, Tina Turner, Melba Moore, Zipper, The Mutants, Adrian Munsey, Steve Gibb, The Dickies, Justin Hayward, Sleepy LaBeef, Merger, The Tubes, Denzens, Sarah Brightman and The Starship Troopers, Sema 4
Live:
Lou Reed, Motorhead, The Distractions, 11th Country Music Festival, Richard Lloyd / The Necessaries, The Carpettes, Young Bucks, Japan, Psychedelic Furs, Raincoats / Swell Maps, Percy Sledge, Red Crayola / Scritti Politti, Gloria Gaynor
Books:
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Private Elvis
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Trouble With the Law
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The Sixties
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Snowblind
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Mama Coca
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The Ian Dury Songbook
Volume: 28 - Number: 17
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
28th April 1979
Cover: Pete Shelley
Articles and interviews:
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The Police
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Rock Against Racism
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Robert Jungk
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Eddie Floyd
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Bob Dylan
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Lou Reed
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Gregory Isaacs
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Look At The Sci-Fi Industry
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Max Webster
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Devoto
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The Buzzcocks
Albums:
The Pop Group, Robert Fripp, Thin Lizzy, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, The Royal Rasses, Peabo Bryson, Dana, Various Artists (Boogie Bus, Disco Inferno), Gary's Gang, The Ritchie Family, Earl Klugh, Michael Zager Band, Art Garfunkel, David Simmons, Angela Bofill, Lynsey de Paul, Dorothy Moore, Peter Green, Tony Williams, The Red Crayola, Devadip
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
The Raincoats, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Human League, The Damned, Ware, Grow-up, The Piranhas, Nicky and the Dots, Poison Girls, Fatal Microbes, Dennis Brown, Bette Midler, Jilted John, The Rezillos, Dr Feelgood, Punishment of Luxury, ABBA, Ian Hunter, Rod Stewart, Linda Lewis, Frank Zappa, George Harrison, Minny Pops, Staa Marx, The Record Players, Rebel, Not Sensibles, The Molestors, Mumps, The Stiffs, Scandal, Dried Scott
Live:
Penetration, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tom Waits, Jean-Jacques Burnel, The Resistance, The Jam, The Chords, Kate Bush, Jack Bruce, RAR Militant Entertainment
Volume: 28 - Number: 18
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
5th May 1979
Cover - Ted Nugent
Articles and interviews:
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Rush
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Steve Forbert
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The Ruefrex
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M
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Rock Photography - Pennie Smith
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Debbie Harry
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Ted Nugent
Albums:
Patti Smith Group, Popol Vuh, Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, Millie Jackson, The Soft Boys, The Undertones, Arpeggio, Steve Hillage, Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Gordon, John Otway, Joe Ely, Bitter Blood Street Theatre, Narada Michael Walden, Various Artists (Blue Notes Reissues)
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
Donna Summer, Blondie, The Who, Lena Lovich, The Rumour, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John, 4 Pennies, David Essex, Dusty Springfield, Osmonds, The Invaders, Rick Wakeman, Japan, Steve Forbert, Exile, SVT, Jesse Collin Young, Dalida, Genghis Khan, Spics, Gino Soccio, Steve Torch, Garcons, Mick Jackson, Gladys Knight, Don Williams, The Manchester United First Team Squad, The Arsenal Football Team, Manchester United Football Team, Arsenal North Bank, Peter Jacques Band, Karel Fialka, The Flys
Live:
Iggy Pop, The Members / The Mekons / The Inmates, Roger Chapman, Joe Jackson, The Extras, Little Roosters, The Flys, The Specials, XTC, Punilux, Doll by Doll, The Scars, SVT, Toyah, Solid Senders
Books:
Four Fabulous Faces
Volume: 28 - Number: 19
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
12th May 1979
Cover: Football
Articles and interviews:
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Mark Perry
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The Ramones film
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Te Clash
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Tom Waits
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The Dickies
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Quadrophenia
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The Human Face of Football
Albums:
ABBA, Dwight Twilley, The Cure, Daevid Allen, Fisher Z, Spirit, Various Artists (Pebbles Vol 1 and 2, The Blue Note Reissues)
Singles reviewed by Ian Penman
Teenage Jesus, Elvis Costello, Graham Parker, Joe Jackson, Stiff Little Fingers, Linton Kwasi Johnson, The Clash, Kleenex, Marie Et Les Garcons, Dark Day, Bobby, Berkowitz, Dinosaur, The Bishops, Fischer Z, Tubeway Army, Layton Buzzards, The Cure, Clive Langer and the Boxes, XTC, Supercharge, The Special AKA, Reptile Ranch, Agony Column, The Pack, The Tronics, Earth Wind and Fire, Ashford and Simpson, Fatback, McFadden and Whitehead, The Dooleys, J Geils Band, Roy Wood, Robert Johnson
Live:
The Who, Roxy Music, Johnny Winter / The Sinceros, Magazine / Simple Minds, J Geils Band, Dennis Brown, Dusty Springfield, Phoebe Snow, Natalie Cole, The Tourists, Patti Labelle
Volume: 28 - Number: 20
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
19th May 1979
Cover: Bryan Ferry
Articles and interviews:
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The Cure
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John Lennon
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Cannes Film Festival
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Nuclear News
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The Damned
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SVT
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Kleenex
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David Bowie
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Peter Wolf
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Roxy Music
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Penetration
Albums:
Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Rick James, Donna Summer, No Dice, John Miles, Dr Feelgood, Gerry Rafferty, The Bishops, Patrik Fitzgerald
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
Another Pretty Face, Dave Edmunds, Patrick Juvet and his Sweet Perversions, Ray Stevens, Israel Vibration, Paul Nicolas, Bryn Haworth, Al Martino, Bonnie Tyler, Lynda Hayes, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, Alan Price, Gary Brooker, Players Association, Airwaves, Ray Tissier, Skyhooks, Carte Blanche, Gerry Rafferty, Sister Sledge, Melissa Manchester, Pointer Sisters, The Skids, Raydio, Blood Donor, The Rivvits, Oliver St John, Link Wray, Max Webster
Live:
The Tubes / Squeeze, The New Barbarians, Ted Nugent, The Jam, Rush, Status Quo, Screens, The Pop Group / Dambala / The Good Missionaries
Books:
A Scanner Darkly, The Beatles Forever, Rick Wakeman: The Caped Crusader, David Oxtoby with David Sandison
Volume: 28 - Number: 21
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Joe Stevens
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
26th May 1979
Cover: Ron Wood,
Keith Richards
Articles and interviews:
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Ron Wood, Keith Richards (3p)
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Fee Waybill, Tubes (2pg)
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Undertones (2pg)
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Knebworth
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Bootlegging (2pg)
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Rock against Racism
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The Specials
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The Who
Albums:
David Bowie, Ron Wood, John McLaughlin with the One Truth Band, Gary Brooker, Gladys Knight, Gloria Jones, The Twinkle Brothers
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Essential Logic, Sponooch, Edwin Starr, Evie Sands, The Zones, More Small Names, Sky, Theo Vaness, Scorpions, James Taylor, Gibson Brothers, Machine, McFadden and Whitehead, Anita Ward, Earth Wind & Fire with Emotions, First Choice, The Rollers, Dana and Gene, The Pin, The Zips, The Allies, The Sods, Freshies, Electric Light Orchestra, Barry White, Gordon Haskell, Ray Tissier
Live:
The Scorpions, The Dickies, Lew Lewis Reformer, Rachel Sweet, John Otway, The Headboys, Joy Division, The Passage, The Fireplace, The Damned, Sneeky Pete, Supercharge, Black Slate, The Invaders, Wild Horses, Blazer Blazer, Joe Ely
Gig guide:
Loch Lomond Festival, (Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks, Hugh Cornwell, Stranglers, Lee Brilleaux, Dr. Feelgood, Bob Geldof, Boomtown Rats)
Full page ads:
Dr. Feelgood (lp, tour), The Tourists, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Joe Egan, Ian Hunter, Bob Dylan, The Records, Ron Wood, Judie Tzuke, Alan Hull, Gary Brooker, Gerry Rafferty, That Summer! (film soundtrack)
Half page ads:
The Members, The Records (tour), Steele Pulse, Cherry Vanilla, Damned, Fischer-Z (lp, tour), The Jags (lp, tour), Hawklords, Max Webster, Shape of Things to Come (film), Big Wednesday (film), Escape to Athena (film)
Silver screen:
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The Hardcore Life
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The Lady Vanishes
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Agatha
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The Manitou
Volume: 28 - Number: 22
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Dennis Morris
Issue donated by John Harrison
2nd June 1979
Cover: Ian Dury
Articles and Interviews:
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Ian Dury (4pg)
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Wayne County
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Richard & Linda Thompson
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Pursey, Cook, Jones, Kermit
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XTC
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Scorpions
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Lee Brilleaux
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Rock Dreams
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Public Image Ltd
Albums:
Nick Lowe, Beatles, Link Wray, Steve Forbert, Michael Chapman, Cherry Vanilla, Charlie Feathers, The Tourists, Charlie McCoy, Burl Ives, Absolute Elsewhere, David Essex, Belle & James, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Waldorf Travers, Ironhorse, Violinski, Badfinger, Mister Men, Les Go-Go Pigalles, First Choice, Barry White, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, Mick Jackson, Blue, Brownsville, Money, A Movement To British Rock Vol.1 (VA)
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray:
Noel, Steep Pulse, Joe Jackson, Pam Nestor, Spions, Lester Bangs, Platters, Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, Amii Stewart, The Stickers, The Mo Frames, Tim Hart, Kevin Keegan, Chas and Dave, Three Party Split, Dafne and the Tenderspots, Philadelphia Boys, Janet May, Ruth Hatchett, Van Halen, Robert Palmer, Peaches and Herb, The Lurkers, Rickie Lee Jones, Wild Willy Barrett, Devo, Hawklords, The Records, Fried Banana Combo
Live:
Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Patti Smith Group, Gang of Four, The Mekons, Specials, Delta Five, Elvis Costello, Wayne County, The Undertones, The Chords, Stiff Little Fingers, Mother's Finest, Angletrax, Essential Logic, Protex, Little Acre
Gig guide:
The Damned, Iggy Pop, John Cooper Clarke, 999, John Miles
Full page ads:
The Ramones, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Knebworth Festival / Led Zeppelin, The Damned (tour), The Regulars, Devo, Zones
Half page ads:
The Records (tour), Steve Hackett (tour), Wire, John Cooper Clarke, Kiss, Skids (tour), Dafne & The Tenderspots, Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, Studio Sweethearts, Barry Andrews, Status Quo (tour), Essential Logic, Voyager, Eddy Grant, Steve Forbert, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
Silver screen:
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Nosferatu the Vampyre
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Anthony Page
Print:
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Fred Astaire
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The John Franklin Bardin omnibus
Volume: 28 - Number: 23
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover photos:
Mark Knopfler: Pennie Smith
The B-52s: Joe Stevens
Raincoats: Kevin Cummins
Honey Bane: Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
9th June 1979
Cover: Mark Knopfler
(Dire Straits)
Articles and interviews:
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The B-52s
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Elvis Costello
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Angelic Upstarts
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The Undertones
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Gary Numan
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Mother's Finest
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Patti Smith
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John and Yoko
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Raincoats
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Prince Buster
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Honey Bane (Fatal Microbes)
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Dire Straits
Albums:
Devo, Ramones, Dire Straits, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The \Lurkers, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Wings, Various Artists (That Summer, The Rare Stuff), The Ramones, T-Rex, Graham Parsons, Graham Parsons and the Shilohs, Patti La Belle, Bobby Womack, Dave Edmonds
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills:
Gang of Four, The Ruts, Model Citizens, A Certain Ratio, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Herbie Hancock, Kirsty McColl, Alternative TV, UK Subs, Yachts, Barry Andres, Punishment Of Luxury, Angletrax, Fashion The Tea Set, KK Black, Reg Laws, Hollywood Brats, Straight Eight, Ripchords, Gangsters, Visitors, Studio Sweethearts
Live:
Loch Lomond Rock Festival, Penetration / Judy Nylon, The Police, Steel Pulse / Eclipse, Link Wray, Capital Letters, Judas Priest / |Marseilles, Kleenex, Dobbie Grey Interview, Edwin Starr
Volume: 28 - Number: 24
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
16th June 1979
Cover: Public Image Ltd
Articles and interviews:
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Prag Vec
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Jimmy Pursey
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Truth About Heavy Metal
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Poison Girls
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Bobby Bare
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Public Image Ltd
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Peter Tosh
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Peter Green
Albums:
Nina Hagan Band, Telex, The Lizzards, John Cooper Clarke, The Records, The Flamin' Grooves, Nils Lofgren, The Regulars, Israel Vibration, Electric Light Orchestra, Bill Hayley and his Comets, Tubeway Army, Rickie Lee Jones, Charlie \Parker, Various Artists (Imperial Rockabillies Vol.2), Andy Brown, Gonzalez, Sylvester
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley:
Echo & the Bunnymen, Wire, Walter Steding, Missing Presumed Dead, The Smirks, Pink Military Stand, Frantic Elevators, Adverts, The Edge, Brian James, Menace, Interview, The Pop, The Zones, The Sinceros, The Knack, Dry Rib, Alternomen Unlimited, The Cravats, Com-Sat Angels, Doctormix, Murdered The Disturbed, XS Energy, Second Layer, Th Martyrs, Accelerators, Duffo, Monte Cazazza, Wings, Art Garfunkel, Peter Frampton, Manfred Mann Earth Band, Neil Diamond, The Beach Boys
Live:
Peter Tosh, Iggy Pop, The Cure, Dr Feelgood, Inmates, Kleenex, Raincoats / Spizz Energi, Tom Robinson Band, The Cramps, Heartbreakers, The Knack, Sucker, Lonesome NoMore, Belt & Braces / Carol Grimes and Sweet FA / Tour De Force
Volume: 28 - Number: 25
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Jill Furmanovsky
Issue donated by John Harrison
23rd June 1979
Cover: The Cramps
Articles and interviews:
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Nina Hagen
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Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Anita Ward
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James Chance
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Robert Fripp
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The Tourists
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The Interview
-
The Cramps
Albums:
Joni Mitchell, Peter Tosh, Dion & the Belmonts, Alan Hull, Tycoon, Aviator, Can, UK, James White & the Blacks, Ted Nugent, Metro, Steve Cropper and Albert King and Pops Staples, Bette Midler, Jan Akkerman, Bruford, Yachts, Robert Wyatt, Greg Kihn Band, Persephony, Janne Schaffer, Sustain, The Zones
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker:
Chic, Mavis Staples, Sex Pistols, Patrik Fitzgerald, Cabaret Voltaire, Cowboys International, Symarip, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Harvey Mason, Gladys Knight, Docent Dod, Psykik Volts, Clive Culbertson, Hot Water, Martti LeThargie, Reducers, Dexter Wansel, Television, Toys, The Jolt, The Enid, Carrie Lucas, Lew Lewis Reformer, John Mayall, Evelyn Champaign King, Inmates, Candi Staton, Village People, Ritz, Alton McClain & Destiny, Protex, The Jones Girls, Soccer
Live:
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Rockpile / Lew Lewis Reformer, The Police / The Cramps / Bobby Henry, Art Pepper, Dire Straits, Small Hours, The Romantics, The Straits, The Dark / The Tea Set, The Damned / The Ruts, John Cooper Clarke / Fashion, Clint Eastwood, Purple Hearts, Distributors / Oxy and the Morons, Human League, Max Webster, Patrik Fitzgerald
Volume: 28 - Number: 26
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Adrian Boot
30th June 1979
Cover: Steel Pulse
Articles and interviews:
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Steel Pulse
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The Scars
-
Rock Against Racism
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George Lucas, Robert Stigwood
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Glastonbury Fayre
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Brian Eno
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Eddy Grant
-
The Pop Group
-
Nick Lowe
-
Brian Jones
Albums:
Neil Young, B-52s, Steel Pulse, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen, Kiss, Peter Frampton, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Scaggs, New England, Noel, Amanda Lear, Sky, Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea, Carla Bley Band, Cooper Brothers, Bonnie Ville, Dillinger, Sly Dunbar, Serge Gainsbourg, Clint Eastwood, Prince Fari, Vivien Jackson, Wayne Wade, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll 1957-64, Pops We Love You (VA)
Singles reviewed by Roy Carr:
Public Image Ltd, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cramps, The Pretenders, Millie Jackson, Motorhead, Generation X, T,V. Toy, Pink Lady, Taste Of Honey, Billy Hancock with the Tennessee Rockets, The Flamin' Groovies, The Idols, The Sex Pistols, Barry De Vorzon, El Coco, Gino Soccio, Martin Circus, Roses Are Red, Hot Gossip, Freda Gothenburg, Kiss, Rudolf Dietrich, Mother's Ruin, Lox
Live:
The Adverts, Generation X, Nervus Rex, The Records, Fischer Z, Sylvester, Punilux, The Lurkers, Starjets, Earthbound, Merton Parkas, John Cale, Greg Kihn, Brian James' Brains
Volume: 28 - Number: 27
Price - 20p Pages - 68
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
7th July 1979
Cover: John Cooper Clarke
Articles and interviews:
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UK Subs
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Beatles film
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Fleetwood Mac
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The Invaders
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1st Gay Pride
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Lowell George
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Wire
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Van Halen
-
John Cooper Clark
-
Do You Like Soul Music
Albums:
Blue Oyster Cult, Lew Lewis Reformer, Third World, Earth Wind and Fire, Mother's Finest, Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause, Albert Lee, Candi Staton, The Cars, Interview
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
Joni Mitchell, The Cure, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Simple Minds, Glass Torpedoes, Cult Figures, Wreckless Eric, Boomtown Rats, Foreign Press, The Monochrome Set, The Human Switchboard, Pearl Harbour and the Explosion, Prag Vec, Metal Boys, AK Process, They Must Be Russians, The Cars, Robert Gordon, The Rubinoos, Showaddywaddy, ABBA, Queen, Telex, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Chris Sievey, Gordon the Moron, Martin Rushent, Oil City Sheiks, The Dickies, The Vice Creems, The Dials, The Fans, The Favourites
Live:
Sham 69 / The Valves, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson, Lowell George, Tom Waits, Status Quo, Echo and the Bunnymen, Tom Robinson, Madness, Van Halen
Volume: 28 - Number: 28
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
14th July 1979
Cover: Devo
Articles and interviews:
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The Ruts
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Neil Young
-
Rock Against Racism
-
Shake
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Outcast
-
Judas Priest
-
Devo
Albums:
Joy Division, Swell Maps, Various Artists (A Manchester Collection, Earcom, The Greatest Disco Album In The World, Pink Grease), Gene Vincent, James Taylor, Kansas, Rick Wakeman, Status Quo, Liner, Orleans, Gino Soccio, Theo Vanes, Diana Ross, Peter Jacques Band, High Inergy, Deniece Williams, Runner, Fayette Pinkney, Flicks, Lani Hall, Anthony James Quintet, Dexter Gordon, Keith Jarrett, George Lewis and Douglas Ewart, Don Pullen, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Climax Blues Band, The Rubinoos
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
Shake, , The Teardrop Explodes, Black Slate, Buzzcocks, Junior Delgado, James Brown, The Radiators, The Donkeys, The Monitors, The Trend, Me and You, 15-6-17, Cool Notes, Smokey Robinson, Bonnie Pointer, Attic, The Frames, Adam and the Ants, The Killermeters, The Planets, The Warriors, Tribesman, Regulars, Xavier, The Morwells, Lou and the Hollywood Banana, PT and the Plimsols, AAD 1984, Mainland
Live:
B-52's, Weather Report, Protex / The Zips, Simple Minds, GP&R / Rachel Sweet, The Cure / The Ruts, Wire, The Members / Sussex, Bram Tchaikovsky, Berlin Blondes, The Extras, Psychedelic Furs / Cuddly Toys, The Alleged, Manfred Man's Earth Band
21st July 1979
28th July 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 29
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Jill Furmanovsky
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
Cover: Glenn Tilbrook &
Chris Difford (Squeeze)
Articles and interviews:
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Jimmy Pursey
-
Kevin Coyne
-
Barry Andrews
-
Herb Stewart
-
Lew Lewis
-
Korgi
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Bob Geldof
-
Sunsplash Festival
-
Nervous Rex
-
Cable TV Music Shows
-
Mayo Thompson
-
Squeeze
Albums:
Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, The Residents, Stella Parton, Joe Egan, Carly Simon, Otis Redding, The Sinceros, The Isley Brothers, Johnny Guitar Watson, Jimmy James, Gregory Isaacs, Wigwam, Danny Adler, Lee Ritenour, Neu!
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
The Whispers, Nils Lofgren, Jackie Moore, The Flying Lizards, Cool Notes, Gardez Darkx, The Men, Sparks, Cheap Trick, Diana Ross, Teena Marie, Bitch, Dire Straits, The Valves, Mud, Laura Lee, Bobby Ruch, Anita Ward, The Heartbreakers, The Real Thing, Jayne Aire and the Belvederes, Nick Gilder, Roger Chapman, Spectacular Commodity, The Gibson Brothers
Live:
Pete Townsend / Misty / The Ruts / The Pop Group, Clash / Aswad / The Members / Bongo Danny, The Pretenders, The Specials, Zones, UK Subs / Pure Hell / Vermillion and the Aces, Secret Affair, Rio Grande / Famous Players, Medium Medium
Volume: 28 - Number: 30
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
Cover: David Byrne
(Talking Heads)
Articles and interviews:
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Pretenders
-
Thin Lizzy
-
Echo and the Bunnymen
-
Milos Forman
-
Mods
-
BB King
-
Swell Maps
-
Talking Heads
Albums:
Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers, AC/DC, The Mighty Diamonds, Sutherland Brothers, Saxon, The Yankees, Freeway, Renaissance, Steve Hackett, Eppu Normaali, Tone Deaf and the Idiots, Foxy, Linda Crawford, Eruption, Adrian Gurvitz, John , Dionne Warwick, Jane Olivor, Dolly Parton, KC and the Sunshine Band. Rocking Dopsie and His Cajun Twisters, Martin Carthy, Geraint Watkins & the Dominators, The Main Event, Rebel Music (VA)
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
Gay Brooker, Foreigner, Gene Chandler, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Tanya Tucker, Patti Smith Group, Anne Murray, Adrian Munsey, Rex Barker and the Ricochets, Andy Forray, Angelic Upstarts, Writz, Destroy All Monsters, The Tourists, Toyah, Grover Washington, Clem Curtis, Regine, Darts, Sammy Hagar, Gilla
Live:
Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter, BB King, Leon Redbone, Jazz and Blues Festival, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, Mingus Dynasty, Taj Mahal, Squeeze, Prag VEC, Monochrome Set, Mo-Dettes, Writz, Burnt Out Stars, Destroy All Monsters
Volume: 28 - Number: 31
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
4th August 1979
Cover: Jimmy Page
Articles and interviews:
-
Dennis Bovell
-
Sham 69
-
The Rolling Stones
-
Dalek I
-
Joni Mitchell
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Metro
-
Lowell George
-
Secret Affair
-
Led Zeppelin
Albums:
Chic, The Crusaders, Randy Crawford, Starjets, BB King, Secret Affair, The Mods, Beggar, Squire, Small Hours, Various Artists (Waves)
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
American Echoes, KC and the Sunshine Band, Real Thing, The B-52's, The Tubes, Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band, Earth Wind & Fire, Jimmy James, Peaches and Herb, Barry White, Average White Band, Philly Cream, Cindy Bullens, Dwight Twilley, Dollar, Speedometer
Live:
Cambridge Folk Festival, Led Zeppelin, Spoilsports / Gang Of Four / Delta 5, The B-52's, Teenbeats / Lambrettas, Adam and the Ants, Swell Maps, Glass Torpedoes, John Harpur, James Ulmer / The Offs, Visitors / Barbed Choir, The Realists, John Dowie Band
Volume: 28 - Number: 32
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
11th August 1979
Cover: Joy Division
Articles and interviews:
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Spizz
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Midge Ure
-
Michael Riley
-
Southside
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The Gibson Brothers
-
Joe Jackson
-
Joy Division
-
Taj Mahal
-
Ry Cooder
Albums:
Led Zeppelin, Angelic Upstarts, JJ Cale, Johnny Nash, James Brown, Eddie Cochran, Marc Benno, Mike Oldfield, Rainbow
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray
Devo, Gerry Rafferty, Davey Payne, The Stranglers, Rockin' Dopsie Twisters, Philip Rambow, Family Fodder, Jerry Lewis, 48 Chairs, Local Operation, Marie Pierre, Black Harmony, Peter Green, Jah Wobble, The Crusaders, Peter Tosh, The Continentals, Madness, Ian Hunter, New Math, Metrophase, Lowell George, Regulars, Vitesse, Bony M, Cheryl Barnes, The Door and the Window
Live:
Knebworth, Essential Logic / Joy Division / Teardrop Explodes / Echo and the Bunnymen, Throbbing Gristle / Cabaret Voltaire, The Tiller Boys / Prag Vec / Ludus / Clock DVA, The Cadets
Volume: 28 - Number: 33
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
18th August 1979
Cover: John Peel
Articles and interviews:
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LA Punk
-
Chrissie Hynde
-
Teardrop Explodes
-
Jim Carroll
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Madness
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The Blockheads
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Mo-dettes
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John Peel
Albums:
Talking Heads, Chuck Mangione, Albert King, Mick Taylor, Burning Spear, Foodband, Carol Grimes, Esther Phillips, XTC, Giorgio Moroder, The Commodors, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Singles reviewed by John Hamblett
Aquarius, The Fall, The Buzzcocks, The Jam, Esther Phillips, Thin Lizzy, Penetration, The Scientists, Secret Affair, Viole Wills, The Scorpions, Rezillos, Billy Connolly, Lori and the Chameleons, Gene Chandler, Mira Waters, Speedometers, Lindisfarne, John Potter's Clay, Toyah, Twist, Sally Oldfield, After The Fire, Kim Davies, Alicia Bridges, Cut Outs, Digby Richards, Teenbeats, Sunset Boys, Broadway
Live:
Patti Smith, Stiff Little Fingers, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, New Barbarians, Kevin Coyne, The Undertones, Cheap Perfume
25th August 1979
Cover: The Specials
Articles and interviews:
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Lizard
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Telex
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Classix Nouveaux
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Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band
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Motorhead
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Al Green
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The Specials
-
Purple Hearts
Albums:
Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Van Morrison, Various Artists (Intensified Original Ska, Music For Unicef), Nik Gilder, Roy Orbison, Bachenkel, Zed, Airwaves, Greg Adams, Eddie Rabbitt, Robin Williamson and his Merry Band, Tim Curry, Lee Oskar
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
Randy Newman, Nick Lowe, Wings Ron Wood, Nina Hagar, Angie, Chuck Berry, Rickie Lee Jones, Gary Numan, The Barracudas, The Inmates, Blue Oyster Cult, Matumbi, Export, The Continentals, Yachts, Pumphouse Gang, Cheap Trick, BB King, Geraint Watkins and the Dominators, Karen Lyn Gorney, Orleans, Detroit Spinners, The Easter Gang, / Sadao Watanabe, The Psycho Killers, 222, The Girls, Pagans, Fleshtones
Live:
The Who, The Stranglers, Nils Lofgren, AC/DC, Squeeze, The Yachts, Al Green, Robert Fripp
Volume: 28 - Number: 34
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
Volume: 28 - Number: 35
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
1st September 1979
Cover: Sting (The Police)
Articles and interviews:
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Sting
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David Cunningham
-
John Fahey
-
Independent record labels
Albums:
The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, David Johansen, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, Tom Verlaine, Curtis Mayfield, Manfred Mann, Dr Alimantado, Chuck Berry, Bootsy's Rubber Band, George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
and Charles Shaar Murray
The Ruts, Eddie Grant, Jeremy Spencer Band, The Charlie Daniels Band, Herbie Mann, Wishbone Ash, Grace Jones, Paul Brett, Quantum Jump, The Isley Brothers, Secret Affair, Miroslav Vitous, Ry Cooder, The Beach Boys, The Invaders, Noel, UK Decay / Pneumania, Duck and Dave, Johnny Storm, Herman Brood, Rainbow, Bob Dylan, Squeeze, Bobby Rush
Live:
Reading Festival, , The Specials / Linton Kwasi Johnson / The Selector / The Mo-Dettes, Th Angelic Upstarts, The Piranhas, Stan's Blues Band
Volume: 28 - Number: 36
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
8th September 1979
Cover: Ari Up (The Slits)
Articles and interviews:
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A look at Sheffield bands
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Toyah
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Cheap Trick
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Meat Loaf
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Selecter
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The Slits
Albums:
Buzzcocks, Straight Eight, Gary Numan, The Kinks, Punishment Of Luxury, Aswad, This Heat, Rose Royce, Teddy Pendergrass, Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band with the Rootettes, Max Middleton and Robert Ahwai, Dick Morrissey and Jim Mullen, Roy A Loney and the Phantom Movers, Lamont Dozier, Billy Paul, Aviary, Jim Capaldi, The Oak Ridge Boys, Marshall Tucker Band, Bo Hansson, Jennifer Warnes, Paul Williams, The Neville Brothers, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Tribesman, The Liverpool Album
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
Swell Maps, The Distractions, Silicon Teens, The Transmitters, Poison Girls, Steve Miro and the Eyes, IQ Zero, The Revillos, The Quads, The Disturbed, The Dickies, Tommy Morrison, Gallagher and Lyle, Nona Hendryx, Jack-Knife, Sweet, The Radiators, The Buzzards, Fingerprintz, Cockney Rejects, UK Subs, Pete Zear, Vermillion and the Aces, Purple Hearts
Live:
Van Morrison / Talking heads / Chieftains / Squeeze / The Undertones / teel Pulse / Valves / Cheetahs, Babble, Secret Affair / Purple Hearts / Madness / Back To Zero, Rickie Lee Jones, Siouxsie and the Banshees / The Cure, Joni Mitchell, Commodors / The Emotions, The Chords / The Donkeys
Volume: 28 - Number: 37
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Alain de la Mata
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
15th September 1979
Cover: Feargal Sharkey
(The Undertones)
Articles and interviews:
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Nils Lofgren
-
Revillos
-
James Brown
-
Ernie Isley
-
Roosters
-
The Undertones
-
Alien
Albums:
Pere Ubu, The Yardbirds, Sham 69, Willie Nelson and Leon Russell, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Light Of The World, The Pointer Sisters, Shirley Brown, Loudon Wainwright, The Reds, Joan Baez, Sam Cooke, Leo Kottke, Prince Jammy vs Crucial Bunny, Prince Jammy, Prince Hammer
Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali
The Police, Larry Graham, XTC, The Members, Spizzenergi, The Chords, The A's, Peter Hammill, The Trainspotters, The Cheetahs, The Quick, Colour Tapes, Metro, Ellen Foley, Michael Jackson, Rocky Burnette, Shrink, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Steve Harley, Telephone, Expose, Kate Bush
Live:
Patti Smith, James Brown, Futurama '79, Nils Lofgren / Live Wire, The Buzzards
Volume: 28 - Number: 38
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Chris Horler
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
22nd September 1979
Cover: Jake Burns
(Stiff Little Fingers)
Articles and interviews:
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Woody Allen
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The Rasses
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
-
The Crusaders
-
Piranhas
-
The Barracudas
-
Peter Baumann
-
Stiff Little Fingers
-
Psychedelic Furs
Albums:
Blondie, Frank Zappa, Richard & Linda Thompson, Judas Priest, Wire, Cheap Trick, Penetration, The Stranglers, UK Subs, Dollar Band Quartet, Joan Armatrading, Boney M, Ritz, Quadrophenia Soundtrack (The Who, VA)
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
The B Girls, Blondie, Patti Smith Group, The Sabrejets, Mike Slot + Bumper, The Reds, Deniece Williams, Debbie Jacobs, Janice Hoyte, Barbara Streisand, Tata Vega, Carole King, Barry White, Tina Charles, The Cars, Dana, The Dooleys, Elton John, The Drifters, Archie Bell and the Drells, The O Jays
Live:
Buzzcocks, Gang of Four, XTC, The Yachts, Shake, The Revillos, Boney M, The Rasses, Nina Hagen Band, The Crusaders, Randy Crawford, Original Mirrors, Zorro
Volume: 28 - Number: 39
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Roberta Bayley
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for providing the scans
29th September 1979
Cover: Debbie Harry (Blondie)
Articles and interviews:
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Phil Collins
-
Squire
-
Def Leppard
-
Disco
-
Lakeside
-
Carrie Lucas
-
Shalamar
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Dynasty
-
The Whispers
-
Dick Griffey
-
-
Darts
-
Blondie
Albums:
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Whitesnake, Foreigner, The Eagles, The Police, Wild Willy Barrett, Weather Report, Philip Rambow, Live Wire, Various Artists (The Honky Tonk Demos), Delbert McClinton, Brand X, Ellen Foley, Herman Brood and His Wild Romance, Sammy Hagar, Th Alan Parsons Project, Chris Rainbow
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
Nick Wellings, David Bowie, Small Faces, The Birds, Dobie Grey, Fleetwood Mac, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lene Lovich, David Johansen, Jane Aire and the Belvederes, Van Morrison, Stiff Little Fingers, 10cc, Merton Parkas, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, East Side Band, Gl*xo Babies, Judie Tzuke, Eddie Cochran, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Burnette, Fats Domino, Bobby Vee, The Rude Kids, The Quick, Skids
Live:
Joy Division / The Distractions, The Police, The Slits / Don Cherry and Happy House / Prince Hammer and Creation Rebel, The Ruts, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Vapours, Gary Numan, Sammy Hagar, Def Leppard, The Members, Tribal Stomp II
Volume: 28 - Number: 40
Price - 20p Pages - 80
Cover by Joe Stevens
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
6th October 1979
Cover: Ray Davies (The Kinks)
Articles and interviews:
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Buzzcocks
-
Iggy Pop and James Williamson
-
Trinity
-
The Cure
-
Steve Harley
-
Ray Davies
Albums:
Gang of Four, 10cc, The Radiators, Joe Jackson, The Ruts, The Pirates, The Human League, Chas and Dave, Trevor Rabin, The Residents, Jane Aire & The Belvederes, The Rasses
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Public Image Ltd, Buzzcocks, New Musik, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Squire, Selecter, Roland Alphonso, Kraftwerk, Gloria Gaynor, Hi-Tension, Karen Silver, Chris Greer, Invaders, Felt, Dregs, DNV, The Slits, The B Girls, The Flirts, The Eagles, Darts, B-52's, The Undertones, The Monochrome Set, Sex Pistols, The Mekons, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Joe Jackson
Live:
Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Boomtown Rats, The Shadows, Rory Gallagher, Ruefrex, Destroy All Monsters, The Bee Gees, West Side Strut, Rush
Volume: 28 - Number: 41
Price - 20p Pages - 76
Cover by Pennie Smith
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13th October 1979
Cover: Paul Simonon (Clash)
Articles and interviews:
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Gang of Four
-
Lene Lovich
-
The Jags
-
Tom Verlaine
-
Sammy Hagar
-
Ricky Cool
-
The Clash
Albums:
The Skids, The Inmates, Status Quo, Sad Cafe, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Various Artists (Propaganda, A Night At Studio 54), Tony Banks, The Shirts, Rory Gallagher, Tom Johnston, Vapour Trails, Searchers, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Jethro Tull, Angletrax, Eddie Henderson, Bobby Lyle, Edgar Winter, Leo Smith, Michael Jackson, Eddy Grant, Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets, Johnny G, After The Fire
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
The Freshmen, The Specials, Pere Ubu, Chic, Earth Wind and Fire, BA Robertson, Giorgio Moroder, The Stranglers, Talking Heads, Henry, Manhattan Transfer, Stiv Bators, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Greg Vandike, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Feelies, Supertramp, Louise Goffin, The Pop, Disco Zombies, Janet Kay, Minnie Riperton, Toy Love, Superlux, Gillan
Live:
Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, The Books, Southside / Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Modern Eon / Activity Minimal, 999, Roy Harper, Sylvian Sylvian, The Inmates, UK Subs / Urge, Sister Sledge, The Quads
Volume: 28 - Number: 42
Price - 20p Pages - 80
Cover by Adrian Boot
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20th October 1979
Cover: Bob Geldof
Articles and interviews:
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XTC
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Penetration
-
The Clash
-
Kate Bush
-
The Motels
-
Boomtown Rats
Albums:
The Specials, Fleetwood Mac, Boomtown Rats, The O'Jays, Steve Hillage, Cabaret Voltaire, Portsmouth Sinfonia, Chicago, Crystal Gayle, Steve Haley, The Adverts, Cowboys International, The Merton Parkas, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Lindisfarne, Leo Clayton, Garland Jeffreys, Rita Coolidge
Singles reviewed by Roy Carr
Nils Lofgren, The Out, The Heat, The Searchers, Queen, Cliff Richard, The Clap, The Human League, The Offs, Skwado, Derislandz, The Reactors, Sham 69, Zero Pass Seven, Th Dots, The Runaways, Screen Dolls, The Shadows, Moon Martin, Plasmatics, Durocs, Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club, The New York Dolls, Freda Payne, Cheetah Chrome, Los Nuns, Fad Gadget, The Mothmen, Twilight Zoners, Dalek I, Churchfield's Dark Day
Live:
The Undertones / Ten Pole Tudor, Chic, Boston, Stiff Little Fingers, Penetration, Dolly Mixtures, The Jags, The Pirates, Herman Brood and his Wild Romance
Volume: 28 - Number: 43
Price - 20p Pages - 76
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
27th October 1979
Cover: Jimmy Pursey and mom
Articles and interviews:
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Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69)
-
Billy Brown
-
Johnny G
-
The Nips
-
Distraction
-
Tom Scholz (Boston)
-
The Tourists
-
Malcolm McLaren
Albums:
The Shoes, The Beatles, UK, Matumbi, 20/20, Mike Batt and Friends, Elkie Brooks, Leo Sayer, Bonnie Raitt, Motorhead, Madness, Elton John, City Boy, The Carpettes, The A's, Stanley Clarke, Lenny Williams, Screams
Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali:
The Jam, Kevin Dunn, Lori and the Chameleons, Madness, Secret Affair, Bellamy Brothers, Dead Kennedy's, Angelic Upstarts, Local Operator, The Damned, The Kinks, The Adverts, Village People, Thin Lizzy, Earcom, The Carpettes, Mickey Jupp, Jimmy Buffett, Cowboys International, The Marc Tor Band, UK Subs, Sly Stone, Rickie Lee Jones, Funkadelic
Live:
The Motels, The Contortions, Lene Lovich / Jane Aire and the Belvederes / The Meteors, The Specials / Madness / The Selector, Lou Reed, The Mekons
Volume: 28 - Number: 44
Price - 20p Pages - 76
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
3rd November 1979
Cover: Paul Weller
Articles and interviews:
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Hugh Cornwell
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Busking in Peril
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Telephone
-
Superpop
-
The Chords
-
Herman Brood
-
Paul Weller
-
Eldridge Cleaver
Albums:
Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Culture, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dr Feelgood, Annette Peacock, Capital Letters, Rod Stewart, Pat Benatar, Henry Threadgill, Gallagher and Lyle, Quantum Jump, Little River Band, Isaac Hayes, The Tree Degrees, Jack Knife, Billy Cobham, David Essex, Gillan, Styx, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
John Cooper Clarke, Linton Kwesi, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, The Red Crayola, Sly and the Family Stone, Marianne Faithfull, Dr Feelgood, Hugh Cornwell and Robert Williams, New Math, Expelaires, Swell Maps, Martha and the Muffins, Psychotic Pineapple,, The New York Blonds featuring Madam X, SVT, Destroy All Monsters, Protex, Henry Badowski, The Moondogs, Sparks, Dan Hartman, Leopards, The Nips, Isley Brothers, Twist, The Phates, Vivabeat
Live:
Sham 69 / The Drones, The Pretenders / Roy Sundholm, The Inmates, Climax, Cimarons, The Adverts, The Skids / Fingerprintz, Landscape, The Boomtown Rats / Protex, Sore Throat, Mo-Dettes, Angletrax, Au Pairs, Cuban Heels / Dream Boys, Darts
Volume: 28 - Number: 45
Price - 20p Pages - 68
Cover by Joe Stevens
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
10th November 1979
Cover: Bob Marley
Articles and interviews:
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Blue Oyster Cult
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Another Pretty Face
-
The Au Pairs
-
Wilson Pickett
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The Dolly Mixtures
-
Bob Marley
Albums:
The Jam, Hugh Cornwall and Robert Williams, The Prisonaires, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Michael Rother, The Fall, Cluster, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Gunther, Schickert, Earthstar, Adelbert Von Deyen, Wolfgang Riechmann and Streetmark, Edgar Froese, Roy Sundholm, The Damned, Andrew Cyrille / Jeanne Lee and Jimmy Lyons, Marianne Faithful
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray
The Pretenders, Snakefinger, Errol Dunkley, James Brown, Peter Tosh, Boomtown Rats, Alex Harvey / The New Band, The Lurkers, Barbara Streisand / Donna Summer, The Pointed Stick, The Ruts, Bernie Torme, Sheila and B. Devotion, Slade, The Lines, The Tours, Slaughter and the Dogs, Phil Daniels + The Cross, The Purple Hearts, Suzi Hendrix, Little Walter / Billy Boy Arnold
Live:
The Moody Blues, Supertramp, Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC, John's Boys / The Nips, Wilko Johnson, The VIPs, The Teenbeats, Bob Marley and the Wailers
Volume: 28 - Number: 46
Price - 20p Pages - 80
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
17th November 1979
Cover: Ian Page & Dave Cairn
Articles and interviews:
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Ian Page and Dave Cairn (Secret Affair)
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The Pie Man (Arron Kay)
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Willie DeVille
-
Manhattan Transfer
-
The Donkeys
-
Local Operator
-
Punishment of Luxury
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The Bands from San Francisco
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Pete Meaden
Albums:
Lee Perry, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Pop, The Tourists, The Manhattan Transfer, Art Pepper, The Bogey Boys, Flys, John Prine, John Hiatt, Doll by Doll, The Meteors, Santana, The Motels, Tina Turner, Various Artists (Avon Calling The Bristol Compilation), Richard Lloyd, Ian Matthews, Terry Allen, Village People, ABBA, Mickey Jupp, Leonard Cohen
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
Joy Division, The Passions, Vivian Weathers, The Pop Group, Blondie, The Photos, The Skids, Michael Jackson, Rico, Frank Wilson, Ian Hunter, The Cure, Cult Hero, Low Numbers, The Teenbeats, Spelling Missteaks, Trax, un Four, Alton Ellis, True Confessions, Pointer Sisters, Sonia Jones
Live:
Bob Dylan, ABBA, Buzzcocks / Joy Division, Psychedelic Furs, The Revillos / The Crooks, Charlie Daniels Band, Horslips, Monochrome Set / Fad Gadget, Philip Rambow, Iggy Pop / Cramps / Student Teachers
Volume: 28 - Number: 47
Price - 20p Pages - 80
Cover by Kevin Cummins
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
24th November 1979
Cover: John Lydon
(Public Image Ltd)
Articles and interviews:
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Madness (2pg)
-
Gold
-
Henry Badowski
-
Working Class Neros
-
Poison
-
The Searchers
-
The Damned
Albums:
Public Image Limited, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Little Feat, Secret Affair, Speedometers, Simple Minds, Fast Product, Various Artists (20 of Another Kind Volume 2), Cozy Powell, Genya Ravan
Singles reviewed by Nick Kent
Wire, The Inmates, Jona Lewis, Rachel Sweet, The Duplicates, Dave Edmunds, Paul McCartney, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, Robert Palmer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Visage, Gary Numan, Electric Chairs, Graham Fellow, Cockney Rejects, UK Subs, The Stranglers
Live:
Pop Group / Scritti Politti, The B-52's / The Troggs, Wire, Randy Newman, Human League / Teardrop Explodes / The Beat, John McLaughlin, Leo Kottke, Ian Gomm, Tour De Force, Charlie Ainley and the Misdemeanours
Volume: 28 - Number: 48
Price - 20p Pages - 68
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
1st December 1979
Cover: Richard Jobson
(The Skids)
Articles and Interviews:
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Annette Peacock
-
Original Mirrors
-
Keith Richards
-
George Clinton
-
Dr Feelgood
-
The Passions
-
Richard Jobson
Albums:
Pink Floyd, Spherical Objects, The Mekons, Emerson Lake & Palmer, The Raincoats, Dr Hook, Essential Logic, Noel McCalla, Mike Oldfield, Grace Kennedy, Eberhard Schoener, The Monks, Steve Forbert, Ike & Tina Turner, Fingerprintz, Steve Howe, Slade, Nils Lofgren & Grin, John Mayall, Here & Now, Yvonne Elliman, Moon Martin, Classics and Rarities (VA)
Singles reviewed by Ian Penman
The Police, Holger Czukay, Suicide, Hortense Ellis, 4 Be 2, The Distractions, The Beat, Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong, Doll by Doll, The Damned, Squeeze, Chic, Fad Gadget, Plastics, AK Process, Essential Logic, Eddy Grant, Bill Lovelady, Mike Oldfield, Manhatten Transfer, Ivor Biggun
Live:
The Jam, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Hayley and the Comets, Hunter and Ronson, Gang of Four / Red Crayola / Au Pairs, Tom Waits, Screams, The Photos / Barracudas
Volume: 28 - Number: 49
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
7th December 1979
Cover: Nick Lowe
Articles and interviews:
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Randy Newman
-
Danny Baker Checks Out The Singles Charts
-
NME Readers Poll 1979 Voting Form
-
The Inmates
-
Nick Lowe
-
The Beat
-
Bernard Shakey
Albums:
Sid Vicious, Motorhead, Wreckless Eric, Charles Mingus, Godley and Creme, Various Artists (Tooth and Neil, Blue Monday, 499 2139), Germs, Throbbing Gristle, The Gladiators, Adam and the Ants, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jackson 5, Elvis Presley, The Headboys, Snakefinger
Singles reviewed by Andy Gill
The Clash, Second Layer, Delta 5, Art Bears, The Units, 90 Degrees, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Steve Hillage, The Paranoids, Those Helicopters, Interior, Leather Nun, Fragments, Metrophase, Ada Wilson, Modern English, La Salle's, Take It, The Dancing Did, Random Hold, The Piranhas, Europeans, New Musik Stranger Than Fiction, The Blitz Brothers, Barry Ford New Breed, The Cimarons, The Secret, Any Trouble, Motorhead, Jack and the Rippers, The Brains, Lip Moves, The Addicts, The Spitfire Boys, Sex Beatles, Terri Hooley
Live:
Randy Newman, Talking Heads, Wings, John Cooper Clarke, Robert Palmer, Matumbi / Janet Kay / I Roy, The Lurkers, Metro, Joe Jackson, Richard and Linda Thompson, Maria Muldaur
Volume: 28 - Number: 50
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by -
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15th December 1979
Cover: Marlon Brando
Articles and interviews:
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Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson
-
Apocalypse Now (film)
-
The Dead Kennedys
-
Writz
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Doll By Doll
-
Joe Jackson
Albums:
The Clash, Chic, Apocalypse Now, Hot Chocolate, Stylistics, The Boys, The Sports, Alvin Lee Ten Years Later, The Outcasts, Alda Reserve, Minny Pops, Landscape, Charlie Dore
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Harold Melvin and the Blue Note, The Tigers, Kurtis Blow, Al Hudson, Freddie James, Carolyn Mas, Country Joe McDonald, Sylvester, Genocide, Time Twins, Alvin Lee's Ten Years Later, Squire, Private Eyes, Arthur Kay, The Boys, The Yobs, Village People, Greg Vandike, The Kinks, Mr Q
Live:
The Specials / The Selecter, Secret Affair, Bruce Woolley, Queen, Steel Pulse, XTC, Hawkwind / Doll By Doll, Alvin Lee's Ten Years Later, Trax, The Dickies, Neil Innes
Volume: 28
Number: 51 and 52
Price - 40p Pages - 80
Double issue
Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans
22nd-29th December 1979 (double issue)
Cover: Table of contents
Centre spread: Glam Rock Revival
Articles and interviews:
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Guy Stevens
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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Ellen Foley
-
Lord Clancarty the Eighth
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David Byrne (Talking Heads)
-
NME Staff Top 40 singles and albums
-
Thrills - The Singles You Missed
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The Faces of '79
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2 Tone
-
Rock in Australia
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The Raincoats
-
Tim Buckley
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NME rock photography 1979 -- Pennie Smith, Jill Furmanovsky, Dennis Morris, Joe Stevens, Adrian Boot, Mike Laye, Ray Stevenson, Tom Sheehan, Anton Corbijn
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NME Christmas Quiz
-
Quotes of the Year
Albums:
Jefferson Starship, Ashford & Simpson, Neil Innes, Mike Westbrook Brass Band, Thomas Leer and Robert Rental, Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club, No Nukes
(Doobie Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, John Hall, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Nicolette Larson, Ry Cooder, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Gil Scott-Heron, Jesse Colin Young, Raydio, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Chaka Khan, Poco, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Rosemary Butler, Crosby, Stills & Nash)
Live:
Dire Straits, The Police, Madness, The Boys / The Drill, Leonard Cohen
Free stuff
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