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.
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.
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 By - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
6th January 1979
Front Cover - The Royal Family
Articles and Interviews:
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Richard Hell
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The 1978 T-Zers Awards
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Aliens
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The Rude Kids
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Protex
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The Dogs
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Did Punk Wave Affect Your Religion
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The French Connection
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Silverest Screens of '78
Albums:
Elvis Costello and 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 Zuke, Twinkle Brothers, Reinforcement Band, Tito Simon, Militant Barry, The Mighty Sparrow, Al Campbell & Trinity, Royal Rasses, Horace Faith, Alton Ellis, Family Choice
Singles: by Danny Baker
Curtis Mayfield, Generation X, Judas Priest, Dan Hartman, Village People, The Users, Moon Martin, The Rude Kids, Clout, Ronnie Jones, Joe Cocker, Frankie Miller, Jutta, Sandford and Saker, The Sheikettes, Razer, The Vice Creems
Live:
Public Image Ltd, Elvis Costello and the Attractions / Richard Hell and the Voidoids / John Cooper Clarke, The Jam, The Clash, Peter Gabriel, Gab & Rob, Eddie and the Hotrods, Oval Stage Show, Essential Logic, David Kubinec's Excess, Marseille, Gino and the Sharks
Volume: 28 - Number: 02
Price - 20p Pages - 44
Cover By -
Laurie Evans (Bob Last)
Kevin Cummings (Joy Division)
George Bodnar - Here and Now
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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
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Bob Last
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New transit systems
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Elvis Costello
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, Speedball Benefit, Joe Jackson, Queen, Rudi, Simple Minds, Sore Throat, Wayne County, The Tunes, Julie Covington, Durutti Column / Margox / Manicured Noise / Surprise Guests
20th January 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 03
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
Cover - Gang of Four
Articles and interviews:
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Readers Poll results
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Gang of Four
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Volume: 28 - Number: 04
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
27th January 1979
Cominig Soon
Cover - Elvis Costello
Articles and interviews:
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Elvis Costello
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The Pointer Sisters
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Punishment of Luxury
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Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Volume: 28 - Number: 05
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover By - Tom Sheehan
3rd February 1979
Front 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:
The Bee Gees, Generation X, Joe Jackson, Moon Martin, Ronnie Davis, UFO, Child, Tony Coe, Alice Cooper, The Doobie Brothers, Muddy Waters, McGuinn Clarke and Hillman, Horslips, Sniff 'n' The Tears, Robert Johnson
Singles: Julie Burchill
Blast Furnace and the Copyright Violations, Queen, Roy Hill, Evelyn Champagne, ABBA, Gruppo Sportivo, Elvis Costello, Equals, Darts, Radio Stars, Bette Bright and the Illuminations, The Kinks, Dean Friedman, Linda Fletcher, Godley and Creme
Live:
Punishment of Luxury, The Osmonds, Nazareth, Jimmy Cliff and Oneness
Volume: 28 - Number: 06
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
Do Not Have Can You Help
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10th February 1979
Cover - JJ Burnel (Stranglers)
Articles and interviews:
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The Stranglers
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Sham 69
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Sid Vicious
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Albums:
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Volume: 28 - Number: 07
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover By - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
17th February 1979
Front 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 Nelson (Cheap Trick)
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Village People
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Simple Minds
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Sly Stallone
Albums:
Cheap Trick, Various Artists (Business Unusual, 20 Of Another Kind), Seve Hillage, Gary Moore, Roger Chapman, Freda Payne, Chaka Khan, Duane Eddy, Edwin Starr, Phillip Wilson Trio, Clete Stallbaumer, Nocol and Marsh, Pointer Sisters, Jah Thomas
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
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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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The New Face Of Merseybeat
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Chicago
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dB
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Peter Bramall
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Dennis Brown
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Motorhead
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Doll By Doll
Albums:
The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Various Artists (Hottest Hits), London Symphony Orchestra, The Dickies, Lou Reed, La Dusseldorf, Nina Simona, Terry Reid, Eddy Money, Kansas, Liar, The Boyzz, Crosby-Nash, Alicia Bridges
Singles: 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 Gee's, 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 photo by Brian Griffin
Do not have this issue.
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
3rd March 1979
Cover - Graham Parker
Articles and interviews:
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Graham Parker
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The Clash
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The Inmates
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The Feelies
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Billy Joel
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Michael Jackson
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The Mekons
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News:
Jean-Jacques Burnel, Lou Reed, Buzzcocks, Ian Dury, Kate Bush, Rock Against Racism, Thin Lizzy, Undertones, , ,
Albums:
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Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
Leyton Buzzards, Crystal Gayle, John Cooper Clark, Magazine, Buzzcocks, Duffo, Dire Straits, Motorhead, Bram Tchaikovsky, Cheap Trick, and many more...
Live:
Van Morrison, Public Image Ltd, The Skids, Dead Fingers Talk, Rod Argent, Penetration, Victim, Six Tele, Sham 69, The Jacksons, Real Thing, , , , ,
Do not have this issue.
Can you help?
10th March 1979
Cover - Van Morrison
Articles and interviews:
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Lena Lovich
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The Rumours
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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
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Skids
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Van Morrison
Albums:
Roxy Music, Tom Robinson Band, The Tubes, Bad Company, The Only Ones, Culture, Alternative Television, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Dusty Springfield, Kiki Dee, The Ramblers, Al Campbell, Ishmael United
Singles: 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, Th Pop Group, The Jam, Chic, Sister Sledge, Patrik Fitzgerald, Sparks, Beach Boys, GQ, Alicia Bridges, Stargaard, Chaka Kahn, Fish Turned Human, Die Electric Eels, File Under Pop, Roger Chapman, The Teardrop Explodes, Rudy / Spider / Outcasts / Idiots, The Police, After The Fire, Prince Far, Tanya Tucker, Chuck Mangione, Rocky Sharp and the Razors, Waldorf Travers, Kofi and Kiki, Menace, Sonny Tomm Combo, Guardian Angel, Unval Thompson & Trinity
Live:
Earth Wind and Fire, Joe Jackson, Bobby Henry, Graham Parker & the Rumour, The Enid, The Ronettes, Pink Military / Stand Alone / / The Nives / Dogmen of Albuquerque, The Crooks, Generation , Darts, Panties
Volume: 28 - Number: 10
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
Volume: 28 - Number: 11
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by - Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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: 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, Do 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
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24th March 1979
Cover - Iggy Pop
Articles and interviews:
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Iggy Pop
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Tom Robinson
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Albums:
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Singles reviewed by :
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Live:
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Volume: 28 - Number: 13
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover By - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
7th April 1979
Cover - The Members
Articles and interviews:
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The Fall
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London Burning - Riot's In London
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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
Albums:
J J Burnell, Lowell George, The Members, The Beach Boys, Kim Fowley, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Soul, Various (A Taste Of Tower, One Big Happy Family), George Benson, Bobby Bare, Ralph McTell, Melanie Harrold, Catherine Howe, Chorale, Mandrill, Kenny Rogers, Peter Sarstedt, Gilberto Gil, Martin Best, Mark Almond, Blues Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite, The \Outsiders, Rufus, Dobie Gray, Meatloaf, Tanya Tucker
Singles: by Danny Baker
Bill Summers and Summers Heat, Mike Oldfield, The Floaters, Bobby Coldwell, Glaxo Babies, Eruption, The Tunes, Leif Garrett, Plastic Bertrand, Sylvester, The Gangsters, The Scars, Wavis O'Shave, Herbie Hancock, Bon Segar, Third World, Bill Nelson's Red Nose, Rats and Delicious, The Sharpes, 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 and the Hotrods / The Members, Soulyard, Journey / Pat Travers Band, Bethnal, The Shapiros
Volume: 28 - Number: 15
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover By - (Unknown)
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
14th April 1979
Cover - Mods
Articles and interviews:
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Mods
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Quads/Quods
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Culture
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Live:
Siouxsie & Banshees, Human League, Rema Rema, 2TV, The Hollies, Dr Feelgood, John Cooper Clarke, , , , ,
Do not have this issue.
Volume: 28 - Number: 16
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
Do not have this issue.
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21st April 1979
Cover - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Articles and interviews:
Do not have this issue.
Volume: 28 - Number: 17
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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, Angie Bofill, Lynsey de Paul, Dorothy Moore, Peter Green, Tony Williams, The Red Crayola, Devadip
Singles: 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, J. J. Burnel, The Resistance, The Jam, The Chords, Kate Bush, Jack Bruce, RAR Militant Entertainment
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5th May 1979
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
12th May 1979
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
19th May 1979
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
26th May 1979
Cover - Ron Wood, Keith Richards
Articles and interviews:
Do not have this issue.
2nd June 1979
Cover - Ian Dury
Articles and Interviews:
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Wayne County
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PCJ&K
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Lee Brilleaux
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Rock Dreams
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Public Image Ltd
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XTC
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Richard and Linda Thompson
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Scorpions
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Ian Dury
Albums:
Nick Lowe, The Beatles, Link Wray, Steve Forbert, Michael Chapman, Various Artists (A Movement To British Rock Vol.1), Cherry Vanilla, The Tourists, Charlie Feathers, Charlie McCoy, David Essex, , Burl Ives, Absolute Elsewhere, Waldorf Travers, Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Ironhorse, Belle & James, Violinski, The Mister Men, Badfinger, Les Go-Go Pigalles, First Choice, Barry White, Kenny Rogers and Dottie West, Mick Jackson, Blue, Brownsville, Money
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, Janet May, Philadelphia Boys, 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 and the Blockheads, Patti Smith Group, Gang Of Four / The Mekons, The Specials, The Delta Five, Wayne County, Elvis Costello, The Undertones / The Chords, Stiff Little Fingers, Mother's Finest, Angletrax, Essential Logic, Protex, Little Acre
Volume: 28 - Number: 22
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Dennis Morris
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
Volume: 28 - Number: 23
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover photos by -
Pennie Smith (Dire Straits)
Joe Stevens, Kevin Cummins and Pennie Smith (Insets)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
9th June 1979
Cover - Mark Knopfler
Articles and interviews:
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B 52's
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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
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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
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
16th June 1979
Front 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 and 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 / The Inmates, Kleene / The Raincoats / Spizz Energi, TRB, The Cramp, 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
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
23rd June 1979
Front 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
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The Cramps
Albums:
Joni Mitchell, Peter Tosh, Alan Hull, Can, Dion and the Belmonts, Tycoon, Aviator, UK James White and the Blacks, Ted Nugent, Metro, Steve Cropper and Albert King and Pop Staplees, Jan Akkerman, Bruford, Bette Midler, Yachts, Robert Wyatt
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker:
Chic, Mavis Staples, Sex Pistols, Patrik Fitzgerald, Cowboys International, Cabaret Voltaire, Symarip, Harvey Mason, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Gladys Knight, Decent Dod, Toys, Psykik Volts, Clive Culbertson, Reducers, Hot Water, Martti Letharge, Dexter Wansell, Television, The Jolt, The Enid, John Mayall, Candi Staton, Carrie Lucas, Evelyn Champaign King, The Inmates, Lew Lewis Reformer, Village \People, The Jones Girls, Ritz, Alton MacLain and Destiny, Protex, Soccer
Live:
The Greg Kihn Band, The Zones, Janne Schaffer, Persephony, Sustain, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Dire Straits, The Police / The Cramps / Bobby Henry, Art Pepper, Small Hours, The Romantics, The Straits, The Dark / The Tea Set, The Damned / The Ruts, Rockpile / Lew Leis / Reformer, 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
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Rock Against Racism
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George Lucas and Robert Stingwood
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The Glastonbury Fayre
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Brian Eno
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Eddy Grant
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The Pop Group
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Nick Lowe
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Brian Jones
Albums:
Neil Young, The B52's, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Steel Pulse, Queen, Kiss, Peter Frampton, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Scaggs, Various Artists (It's Only Rock 'N' Roll 1957-64, Pops We Love You), New England, Noel, Amanda Lear, Sky, Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea, The Carla Bley Band, Cooper Brothers, Bonnie Ville, Dillinger, Sly Dunbar, Serge Gainsbourg, Clint Eastwood, Prince Fari, Vivien Jackson, Wayne Wade
Singles: by Roy Carr
Public Inage Ltd, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cramps, The Pretenders, Millie Jackson, Motorhead, Generation X, T,V. Toy, Pink Lady, Tate 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 - 00
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
7th July 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 28
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
14th July 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 29
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
21st July 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 30
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Do Not Have Can You Help
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28th July 1979
4th August 1979
Do Not Have Can You Help
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11th August 1979
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18th August 1979
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1st September 1979
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8th September 1979
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15th September 1979
22nd September 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 39
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Cover By - Roberta Baylay
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29th September 1979
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6th October 1979
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13th October 1979
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20th October 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 43
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Cover by Pennie Smith
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27th October 1979
Cover - Jimmy Pursey
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Articles and interviews:
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Jimmy Pursey (Sham 69)
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Billy Brown
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Johnny G
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The Nips
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Distraction
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Tom Scholz (Boston)
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The Tourists
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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
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3rd November 1979
Front Cover - Paul Weller
Articles and Interviews:
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Hugh Cornwell
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Busking in Peril
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Telephone
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Superpop
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The Chords
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Herman Brood
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Paul Weller
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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: 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, The Mo-Dettes / Angletrax / The Au Pairs, Cuban Heels / Dream Boys, Darts
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17th November 1979
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24th November 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 47
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1st December 1979
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8th December 1979
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15th December 1979
Volume: 28
Number: 51 and 52
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29th December 1979
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