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
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Metal Mikey
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The Ramones
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Marin Gaye
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Crass
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Peter Gabriel
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Charlie Mingus
Albums:
The Runaways, J Geils Band, Eno / Moebius / Roedelius, Conrad Schnitzler, Wolfgang Reichmann, Various Artists (The Sire Machine Turns To You), Dan Hartman, Larry Carlton, Chas and Dave, Earth Wind and Fire, The Commodores, Cray Horse, U Roy, I Roy, Rhythm of Resistance
Singles: by Max Bell
Chris Stamey and the DBs, The Vipers, Steve Miro, Bobby Womack, 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, 999, Albert Collins, Belt and Braces, Gloria Mundi The Physicals, Soft Boys, The Jags, London Zoo, After The Fire
Books:
The Concise History Of Modern Music, Big Red Diary, Superstars, Jon Travolta Scrapbook
Volume: 28 - Number: 04
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
27th January 1979
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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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
Albums:
Kevin Coyne, Various artists (Vaultage 78, Nova Vega), Dave Lewis, Airwaves, Here & Now, Mabrak, The Reggie Knighton Band, Rod Argent, Olivia Newton-john, Chic, Outlaws, Clout, Peter Straker, Zwol, Teri De Sario, Freddie Fingers Lee, Champion, Loudspeakers, The Tymes, The Count, Allan Clarke, Steppin' Out
Singles: 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, The Undertones, The Jerks, Controllers, The Weasels, The Rubinoos, The Boyfriends, The Baby, Karl Terry and the Cruisers, Macho, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, UFO, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Chas and Dave, Santana, Spherical Objects
Live:
The Kinks, Talking Heads / XTC, Chic, The 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
Volume: 28 - Number: 05
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover By - Tom Sheehan
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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 - 56
Cover By - Penny Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
10th February 1979
Cover - JJ Burnel (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, Elis 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)
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
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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, Frank Zappa, The Skids, Arild Andersen Quartet, Moe Bandy, Janie Fricke, 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
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
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: 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
Volume: 28 - Number: 12
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover By - Penny Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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, The Bar Kays, Johnathan Reichman and 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: 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)
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)
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
14th April 1979
Cover - Mods
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, Th Village People, Inner Circle, Buddy Holly, Steve Solamar, Scorpions, Cafe Jaques, Joe Sample, Willie Nelson, Gorgon Payne, Original Soundtrack (Banjoman), The Scratch Band, Roger Reale, I Roy, The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Singles: by Max Bell
The Records, Average White Band, JJ Burnell. Telephone, The Bee Gees, Inner Circle, Twinkle Bros, Gary Glitter, Robert Gordon, Deadly Toys, Nick Playtas, Bar Kays, Jerry Lee Lewis, Angelic Upstarts, Third Rail, The Wimps, The Electric Prunes, The Jefferson Airplane, Zager and Evans, Roger C Reale and Rue Morque, Yankees, The Scratch Band, Mandrake Roote, Destroy All Monsters, Dwight Twilley, The Aurora Pushups, Tubeway Army, Battered Wives, Robert Sagarini
Live:
Graham Parker and the Rumour, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Siouxsie & Banshees / Human League / Rema Rema, 2TV, Dr Feelgood / Cooper Clarke, The Hollies, Dan Hicks, Duffo , Billy Connolly, Pinpoint
Volume: 28 - Number: 16
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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, Danny Kirwan, Pop Rivets, The Trokkoids, Canned Rock, Instant Funk, Cheryl Lynn, Booker T and the MG's, Terry Garthwaite, Various Artists (New Wave From The Heart), Allman Brothers, Clover, Judy Collins, Auracle, Dixies Dregs, TKO, Journey, Nucleus, Sister Sledge, Head East, Tony Wilson, Ashra
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:
Private Elvis, Trouble With The Law, The Sixties, Snowblind, Mama Coca, The Ian Dury Songbook
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
Volume: 28 - Number: 18
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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, Various Artists (The Blue Notes Reissues), Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Gordon, John Otway, Joe Ely, Bitter Blood Steet Theatre, Narada Michael Walden
Singles: 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
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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 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 Mind, 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 - Penny Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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 and the Blockheads, Gerry Rafferty, Donna Summer, Rick James, John Miles, Dr Feelgood, The Bishops, No Dice, Patrik Fitzgerald
Singles 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 Darley, 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
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
26th May 1979
Cover - Ron Wood, Keith
Richards
Articles and interviews:
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Knebworth
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The Undertones
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Bootlegging
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Rock against Racism
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The Specials
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Fee Waybill (The Tubes)
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The Who
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Roy Wood and Keith Richards
Albums:
David Bowie, Ron Wood, John McLaughan with the One Truth Band, Gary Brooker, Gladys Knight, Gloria Jones, The Twinkle Brothers
Singles by: Danny Baker
Essential Logic, Sponooch, Edwin Starr, Evie Sands, The Zones, More Small Names, Sky, Theo Vaness, The Scorpions, James Taylor, The Gibson Brothers, Machine, McFadden and Whitehead, Anita Ward, Earth Wind and Fire with Emotions, First Choice, The Rollers, Dana and Gene, The Pin, The Zips, The Allies, The Sods, The Freshies, Electric Light Orchestra, Barry White, Gordon Haskell, Ray Tissier
Live:
Loch Lomond Festival, The Scorpions, The Dickies, Rachel Sweet / Lew Lewis / Reformer, John Otway / The Headboys, The Damned, Joy Division / The Passage / The Fireplace, Black Slate, Supercharge / Sneeky Pete, The Invaders, Wilde Horses / Blazer Blazer, Joe Ely
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
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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
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Cover by Jill Furmanovsky
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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 - 68
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for 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
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John Cooper Clark
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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 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
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14th July 1979
Cover - Devo
Articles and interviews:
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The Ruts
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Neil Young
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Rock Against Racism
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Shake
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Outcast
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Judas Priest
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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 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
Volume: 28 - Number: 29
Price - 20p Pages - 60
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21st July 1979
Cover - Squeeze
Articles and interviews:
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Jimmy Pursey
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Kevin Coyne
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Barry Andrews
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Herb Stewart
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Lew Lewis
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Korgi
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Bob Geldof
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Sunsplash Festival
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Nervous Rex
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Cable TV Music Shows
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Mayo Thompson
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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 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
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28th July 1979
Cover - Talking Heads
Articles and interviews:
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Pretenders
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Thin Lizzy
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Echo and the Bunnymen
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Milos Forman
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Mods
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BB King
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Swell Maps
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Talking Heads
Albums:
Sex Pistols, The Heartbreakers, AC/DC, Saxon, The Mighty Diamonds, The Sutherland Brothers, The Yankees, Freeway, Renaissance, Steve Hackett, Eppu Normaali, Tone Deaf and the Idiots, Foxy, Linda Crawford, Eruption, Adrian Gurvitz, John , Dionne Warwick, Jane Olivor, Various Artists (The Main Event, Rebel Music), Dolly Parton, KC and the Sunshine Band. Rocking Dopsie and His Cajun Twisters, Martin Carthy, Geraint Watkins and the Dominators
Singles: by Julie Burchill
Gay Brooker, Foreigner, Gene Chandler, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Tanya Tucker, Patti Smith Group, Anne Murrey, 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 / Th Mo-Dettes, Writz / Burnt Out Stars, Destroy All Monsters
Volume: 28 - Number: 31
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Cover By - Pennie Smith
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4th August 1979
Cover - Dennis Bovell
Articles and interviews:
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Dennis Bovell
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Sham 69
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The rolling Stones
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Dalek I
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Joni Mitchell
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Metro
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Lowell George
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Secret Affair
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Led Zeppelin
Albums:
Chic, The Crusaders, Randy Crawford, Starjets, BB King, Secret Affair, The Mods, Beggar, Squire, Small Hours, Various Artists (Waves)
Singles 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 and 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, Th B-52's, Teenbeats / Lambrettas, Adam and the Ants, Sell Maps, Glass Torpedoes, John Harpur, James Ulmer / The Offs, Visitors / Barbed Choir, The Realists, John Dowie Band
Volume: 28 - Number: 32
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Cover By - Pennie Smith
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11th August 1979
Front Cover - Joy Division
Articles and Interviews:
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Spizz
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Midge Ure
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Michael Riley
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Southside
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The Gibson Brothers
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Joe Jackson
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oy Division
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Taj Mahal
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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
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Cover By - Pennie Smith
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18th August 1979
Front Cover - John Peel
Articles and Interviews:
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LA Punk
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Chrissie Hynde
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Teardrop Explodes
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Jim Carroll
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Madness
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The Blockheads
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The Modettes
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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 by: John Hamblett
Aquarius, The Fall, The Buzzcocks, The Jam, Esther Phillips, Penetration, The Scientists, Thin Lizzy, Secret Affair, Viole Wills, 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, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, New Barbarians, Cheap Perfume, The Undertones, tiff Little Fingers, Kevin Coyne
25th August 1979
Front 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
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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: 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 / AC/ DC, Nils Lofgren, Squeeze / The Yachts, Al Green, Robert Fripp
Volume: 28 - Number: 34
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover By - Pennie Smith
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Volume: 28 - Number: 35
Price - 20p Pages - 48
Cover By - Pennie Smith
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1st September 1979
Front Cover - Sting (Police)
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Volume: 28 - Number: 36
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8th September 1979
Front Cover - Ari
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Volume: 28 - Number: 37
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15th September 1979
Front Cover - The Undertones
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Volume: 28 - Number: 38
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22nd September 1979
Front Cover - Jake Burns
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Volume: 28 - Number: 39
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Cover By - Roberta Baylay
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29th September 1979
Front Cover - Blondie
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Volume: 28 - Number: 40
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Cover By - Joe Stevens
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6th October 1979
Front Cover - Ray Davies
Articles and Interviews:
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Volume: 28 - Number: 41
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Cover By - Pennie Smith
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13th October 1979
Front Cover - Clash
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Volume: 28 - Number: 42
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Cover By - Adrian Boot
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20th October 1979
Front Cover - Bob Geldof
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Volume: 28 - Number: 43
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Cover by Pennie Smith
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27th October 1979
Cover - Jimmy Pursey
and mom
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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Cover by Pennie Smith
Pages 75-76 damaged
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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
Volume: 28 - Number: 45
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10th November 1979
Front Cover - Bob Marley
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Volume: 28 - Number: 46
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17th November 1979
Front Cover - Ian Page and
Dave Cairn
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24th November 1979
Volume: 28 - Number: 47
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Kevin Cummings
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Cover - John Lydon
(Public Image Ltd)
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Volume: 28 - Number: 48
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
1st December 1979
Cover - Richard Jobson
(The Skids)
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Volume: 28 - Number: 49
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - Pennie Smith
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
7th December 1979
Cover - Nick Lowe
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Volume: 28 - Number: 50
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
15th December 1979
Front Cover - Marlon Brando
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Volume: 28
Number: 51 and 52
Price - 20p Pages - 00
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Double Issue
Thank you to Howard Mansell for the Scans
22nd December -
29th December 1979
Front Cover - Contents
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At times NME would either give something away Free or make it possible to send off for a Free Gift. Below are the items available in this year.
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