1980 Issues
These are the issues of NME that came out in 1980.
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Price - 20p / 25p
Editor - Neil Spencer
Assistant Editor - Phil McNeil
Features Editor - Tony Stewart
News Editor - Derek Johnson
Associate Editors - Charles Shaar
Murray, Monty Smith
Production Editor - Stuart Johnston
Special Projects Editor - Roy Car
Published - Saturday
Volume: 29 - Number: 1
Price - 20p Pages - 44
Cover by - (Unknown)
This issue has a cover date of 5th January 1979
This is a miss Print as the correct date of 5th January 1980 is printed on the other pages in the issue
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
5th January 1980
Cover - 1980
Articles and interviews:
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Top 150 Albums
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Singles Artists Of The Year
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The T-Zers Awards 1979
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The Fall
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Francis Rossi
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Jimmy Pursey
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Sabu
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Clash
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The Silverest Screens of '79
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Blondie
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The Dickies
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Simple Minds
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The Concise NME Guide to Electronic Music & Synthesised Sound
Albums:
The Ramones, The Contortions, Janis Ian, String Trio Of New York, Showaddywaddy, Various Artists (Subterranean Modern)
Singles reviewed by Tom Robinson
23 Jewels, Madness, Teeth, The Greedies, The Piranhas, The Cannibals, The Little Roosters, ABC, Judge Dread, Roy Sundholm, Tanya Hyde, Red Letters, Psychedelic Furs, Ulterior Motives, Double Stilton & Red Leicester, Ed Sirrs, The Frocks, The Fans, Mo-Dettes, Armed Force, Pinpoint, Private Dicks, Berlin, The Dark, Monochrome Set, Rich Wilde, Dr Mix and the Remix, Wizzkids, Rudi, Outcast, Ruefrex, Mick Dorey, Tony Wright, Spizz Energi
Live:
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (Queen, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, The Who / The Specials / The Pretenders, Wings / Elvis Costello & the Attractions) Blondie
Volume: 29 - Number: 2
Price - 20p Pages - 34
Cover by Kevin Cummings
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
12th January 1980
Cover - Pink Military
Articles and interviews:
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Pink Military
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Elvis Costello
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The Berts
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Elvis Presley
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Linda McCartney
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Dexy's Midnight Runners
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The Head Boys
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Steve Cummings
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Synthesisers: Part Two
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David Bowie
Albums:
Pretenders, Durutti Column, John Cale, Frank Zappa, Cecil McBee, Millie Jackson, Jorma Kaukonen, Wilson Pickett, Wynonie Harris
Singles reviewed by Nick Kent
The Only Ones, Lena Lovich, Frank Zappa, Cheap Trick, Dexys Midnight Runners, Booker T and the MG's, Punkadelic, Phillip Rambow, Revillos, Suzie Quatro, Millie Jackson and Isaac Hayes, Nine Below Zero, Jerry Lee Lewis, Nicolette Larson, The Sports, Neil Diamond
Live:
The Clash / Ian Dury and the / Blockheads, The Selecter / The Bodysnatchers, The Slits, Simple \Minds
26th January 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 03
Price - 20p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
19th January 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 4
Price - 20p Pages - 52
Cover by Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
Cover - The Pretenders
Articles and interviews:
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The Pretenders
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Damon Edge
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Elvis Costello
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Paul McCartney
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Marvin Gaye
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David Hare
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Dope International
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The Bodysnatchers
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25 Years Of Rock Cinema
Albums:
Utopia, Crass, Various artists (Creation Rockers Vol 1-6), Sleepy Labeef, Al Roberts Jn, Alex Harvey, UFO, Arthur Blythe, Michael Chapman
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray:
Skafish, 999, The Akrylykz, The Same, Rockers Express, New Adventures, The Commuters, The Regulars, John Foxx, Matchbox, The Outline, Toots and the Maytals, The Jags, Sue Cuss, Stiff Little Fingers, Bardi Blaise, Dusty Springfield, Iggy Pop, The Rhythm Method, Martin O'Cuthbert, Inner City Unity, Silicon Teens, Brainiac 5, The Buggles, Bette Midler, Shazam, Barbara Streisand, Ian McLagan, Mick Jackson, Rickie Lee Jones, Annette Peacock
Live:
The Ramones, Angelic Upstart, Red Beans and Rice, Nine Below Zero, Holly and the Italians, Pointed Sticks, The Pain Killers
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
Volume: 29 - Number: 5
Price - 20p Pages - 52
Cover by - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
2nd February 1980
Cover - Iggy Pop
Articles and interviews:
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Iggy Pop
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Durutti Column
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Basement 5
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The NME Drive In Guide To Rock Cinema - Part 1
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The Ramones
Albums:
The Flying Lizard, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Bobby Rush, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ian McLagan, Patrick Woodroffe, Dave Greenslade, The Fabulous Poodles, Barefoot Jerry, Junior Walker, Ronnie Hawkins, Japan, Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser, Paul Motion Trio
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills:
The Chords, Martha and the Muffins, The Feelies, Whirling, Pointer Sisters, Bonnie Pointer, The Selector, The Flying Lizard, Dave Edmunds, The Psychedelic Furs, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Don Armando's Second venue Rhumba Band, Krypton Tunes, General Strike, Henry Badowski, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Mental As Anything, The Fast Set, Modern Eon, Orior, Berlin Blondes, Bard Blaise, The Directions, The Circles, Springheel Jack, The Odds, Art Failure, Private Sector, Morris and the Minors, The Sunset Boys
Live:
Public Image Limited, Lena Lovich, Secret Affair / The Beat, The Piranhas / The Au Pairs, UFO, Flys
Volume: 29 - Number: 6
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
9th February 1980
Front Cover - The Specials
Articles and Interviews:
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Wobble (Public Image Limited)
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4 be 2
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Max Splodge
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Pearl Harbour and the Explosions
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A Journey To The Heart Of The Hit Parade
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The Specials
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The NME Drive In Guide To Rock Cinema - Part 2
Albums:
The Selector, Iggy Pop, Buggles, Rush, Sparks, John Foxx, The Planets, Sex Pistols, Planxty
Singles: by Paul Morley
Magazine, Cristina, Squeeze, Swell Maps, The Tea Set, Family Fodder, Marianne Faithful, Scritti Politti, Wreckless Eric, Attic, Cockney Reject, The Flowers, Fun 4, The Sound, Lemon Kittens, Toyah, The Dolls, Holly and the Italians, Sparks, Cowboys International, Doll By Doll, The Moderators, Kid Strange, Split Enz
Live:
The Pretenders, Swell Maps / Pink Military, Iggy Pop, Killing Joke, Eddy Grant, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Aswad, Flatbackers, The Inmates / Nine Below Zero, The Gladiators, Suzi Quatro
Volume: 29 - Number: 7
Price - 20p Pages - 72
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
16th February 1980
Front Cover - Rockabilly
Articles and Interviews:
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The Buggles
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UB40
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Snips
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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The NME Drive In Guide To Rock Cinema - Part 3
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Concise History of Rockabilly
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Sam Phillips
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British Rockabilly Scene
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Japan
Albums:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Squeeze, Rachel Sweet, Pearl Harbour and the Explosions, The Temptations, Linda Clifford, Freddie James, Mike Rutherford, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Steve Lacy, John and Vengelis, Camel, Toto, Roy Ayers, Mikey Dread, Th Mikey Dread Show Dubwise, Pete Bardens, Prince, Kim Beacon
Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali:
The db's, David Bowie, Love of Live Orchestra, Blondie, Kleenex, The Beat. The Inmates, Dr Feelgood, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Lambrettas, Talking Heads, The Tiller Boys, Another Pretty Face, The Distractions, The Cars, Shoes, The Tearjerkers, Various Artists Mark Kjeldsen, Ian North, The Tourist, The Hitmen, The Dickies, Ace and the Eights, Sad Among Strangers, Immune System
Live:
The Specials, Joy Division, Gang Of Four / Mekons, Scritti Politti / The Raincoats, Madness, Wrekless Eric, The Chords / The Upset, The Electrotunes
Volume: 29 - Number: 8
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
23rd February 1980
Front Cover - Selector
Articles and Interviews:
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Selector
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Public Image Limited
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The V.I,P's
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Nine Below Zero
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Leonard Cohen
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The Blues Band
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Ian Penman
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Madness
Albums:
Holger Czukay, Various Artists (The London R&B Sessions), Toyah, Alex Chilton, Bette idler, Linda Ronstadt, The Blues Band, Mattha and the Muffins, War, Parliament, Robert Gordon, Al Green, Ian Matthews, Ornette Colman / Charlie Haden, James Blood Ulmer, Don Cherry / Dewey Redman / Charlie Haden / Ed Blackwell, Rupert Holmes, Dan Hartman
Singles reviewed by Max Bell:
Bette Bright, Jacques, Lee Perry, Parliament, Earth Wind and Fire, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Skids, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Billy Preston and Syreeta, Snips, Mataya Clifford, Punishment of Luxury, The Vapors, God's Gift, The G.T's, Famous Players, Codek, Buddy Oder Stop, Racheal Sweet, Speedballs, K.C and the Sunshine Band, The Customs, Stick Shifts, Bet Lynch's Legs, Offs, The Heat, The Eagles, Slaughter, B.A Robertson, Trussell, The Freshies
Live:
Varous Artists (Metal For Muthhas), A. More, 999, The Selector / Holly and the Italians, The Clash, XTC / The Human Switchboard, Madness / The Mo-Detta's, Toyah, Gary Glitter, Osibia Headline, Matchbox / The Polecats, Local Operator
Volume: 29 - Number: 9
Price - 20p Pages - 60
Cover by - Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
1st March 1980
Front Cover - Joe Ely
Articles and Interviews:
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John Foxx
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Malcolm McLaren
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Laurel Aitken
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Magazine
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BBC Radio
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Joe Ely
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New Wave English Heavy Metal
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The Chords
Albums:
Stiff Little Fingers, Kenny Rogers, OMD, The Psychedelic Furs, Various Artists (Aural Wax), Mike Westbrook Orchestra, Mr Partridge, Original Mirrors, Dr Mix, Butch Handcock, Wreckless Eric, Wishbone Ash, Robin Thrower, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cabaret Voltaire, Nazareth, Elton John
Singles: By
The Negatives, Manicured Noise, Bauhaus, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Smokey Robinson, Original Mirrors, The Knack, Narada Michael Walden, Tony Rallo, Sharon Paige with Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, Millie, Physicals, Orange Juice, Nana Hagen Band, Linval Thompson, Ronnie Laws, Gibson Brothers, The Opposition, Eric Stewart, The Brothers Johnson, The Broughtons, Warren Zevon, The Tee-Vees, The Searchers, Rachel Sweet, Rose Royce, Medium Medium, The First Steps, Sister Sledge, Turley Richards, Blackfoot, Herb Albert, Ring, Ten Pole Tudor, Central Line, Solos, Domestic Bliss, Mike Blatt and Colin Bluntstone, Charlie Dore, US of A, The Hitmen, Rick Wakeman, UK Decay, Mr Average, Ian Lloyd, Molly Hatchet, Josef K, Hounds, Jerry Lee Lewis, Dynasty, Toto, Mark Andrews and th Gents, Shake, UK Subs, Vibrations
Live:
UK Subs, Buster Benton, Billy Ray Arnold, The Nolan Sisters, The Beat, The Slits / This Heat, The Pop Group / The Raincoats, Peter Gabriel, Whirlwind, Rainbow, The Only Ones / Simple Minds / Martha and the Muffins, The Crooks, Sector 27
Volume: 29 - Number: 10
Price - 20p Pages - 64
Cover by - Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
8th March 1980
Front Cover - Rankin Roger
Articles and Interviews:
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The Beat
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Jerry Lee Lewis
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Buster Keaton
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Squeeze
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Good Vibrations and Small Wonder Record Labels
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The Flowers
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Look at Japanese Bands
Albums:
The Cramps, The Feelies, Cockney Rejects, Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, Various (Vaulage '79, Objectivity), Blackbeard, Narada Michael Walden, Grow Up, Slight Seconds, The Mediators, Picture Chords, Sylvian Sylvian, Rose Royce, Frankie Vallie, Ian Hunter, Axe
Singles: by Roy Carr
The Bodysnatchers, The Gangsters, The Akrylykz, The Crooks, Shooting Star, ZZ Top, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, Sheena Easton, Any Trouble, Neil Diamond, The Versatile Newts, Johnny Jonson and the Bandwagon, The Delinquents, Magazine, Super Charge, The Romantics, Bob Segar, George Burns, UB40, 10cc, Purple Hearts, The Mekons, The Boys, The Shirts, Spyro Gyra, Fleetwood Mac, Harry J Allstars, The Pioneers
Live:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Jackson Band, Joe Ely, Psychedelic Furs, Bad Manners, Delta 5 / Liggers, Ellen Foley Te Ruts, The Solos, Squeeze
Volume: 29 - Number: 11
Price - 25p Pages - 68
Cover by - Anton Corijn
This issue had a 5p Cover Price Increase
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
15th March 1980
Front Cover - Tom Petty
Articles and Interviews:
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Tom Petty
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PIL
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USA Grammy Awards
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Grange Hill
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The Feelies
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Joe Wambaugh
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Killing Joke
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Delta 5
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Robert Fripp
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Mike Stoller
Albums:
The Brothers Johnson, Robert Fripp, The Searchers, Gene Parsons, The Knack, Marti Webb, The Crooks, Various Artists (Club Ska '67), Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Jan Garberek, Egerto Gismonti, Terje Rypdal, Nana Varconcelos, Miroslav Vitous, Kevin Ayers, Wazmo Nariz, Randoom Hold, Nina Hagen Band, The Broughtons, Mental As Anything, Metabolist, Cuddly Toys
Singles: by Ian Penman
Aswad, XTC, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, The Teardrop Explodes, The Slits, The Pop Group Ludus, Faust, Killing Joke, The Prophet, WKGB, A. More, The Birthday Party, The Jam, Joe Jackson's Band, The Stranglers, Lene Lovich, Sister Sledge, The Kinks,
The Who
Live:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers / The Fabulous Poodles, The Pretenders / UB40, The Camps, Stiff Little Fingers, The Searchers, The Knack, Spyro Gyra, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Dollar Band
Volume: 29 - Number: 12
Price - 25p Pages - 68
Cover by - Joe Stevens
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
22nd March 1980
Front Cover - Paul Weller (The Jam)
Articles and Interviews:
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U2
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Erics (Liverpool)
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Joan Baez
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The Knack
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Wilko Johnson
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David Cronenberg
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Bette Bright
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The Jam
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Carl Palmer
Albums:
The Pop Group, The Motors, B.A. Robertson, Billy Joel, Crystal Gayle, Various Artists (This Is Soul, Uppers On Te South Downs), Booker and the MG's, Sammy Hagar, Quartz, Black Uhuru, Samson, Bobby Vee
Singles: by Andy Gill
Adam and the Ants, The Selecter, John Foxx, The Members, Landscape, Some Of My Best Friends Are Canadians, Styx, Jona Lewie, Wreckless Eric, Gerry Rafferty, Bruce Woolley, Tuxeomoon, Japan, Snakefinger, New York Gong, Phil Davis, Stevie Wonder, Little Eva, Surplus Stock, Judie Tzuke, Dorothy Moore, Viola Wills, Eddie and the Hot Rods, David Essex, Graduate, Eargasm, Bobby Thurston, The Dance Band, Mofungo, Player, Heartbeats, Real To Real, The Androids, Itch, Justin Hines and the Dominoes, Mr Moderation, Fender Benders, Steve Forbert, The Bad Actors, Simon Anholt, The Textones, Carolyne Mas, Portraits, The Tunes, MX-80 Sound, Krokus, The Good, Dansette Damage
Live:
Peter Gabriel, The Cramps, The Nips, Doll By Doll, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Weapon A Peace / UB40, Wilko Johnson, Any Trouble, Judas Priest / Iron Maiden, Nazareth / Saxon, April / Wine, The Scars
Volume: 29 - Number: 13
Price - 25p Pages - 56
Cover by - (Unknown)
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
29th March 1980
Front Cover - Women In Rock
Articles and Interviews:
Stiff Little Fingers
Eric's (Liverpool)
Johnny Solo and the Snapshots
Jacob Miller
Willie Nile
The Flying Lizards
TV Advertising
The Cramps
Women In Rock
Albums:
Kevin Coyne, Warren Zevon, Urban Verbs, Status Quo, Chas and Dave, Buddy Guy, Giorgio Moroder / Blondie, , Purple Hearts, Mi-Sex, The Whispers, The Manhattans, 10cc, Whirlwind, ZZ Top
Singles: by Charles Shaar
Murray
Pete Townsend, Fad Gadget, The Pretenders, Barbara Streisand, Angelic Upstarts, Steel Pulse, Fabolous Poodles, The Undertones, Rexy, Long Port Buzz, Madness, Apartment, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Judas Priest 38 Special, Doug Sheppard / Terry Hopkinson, Ethel The Frog, Wild Horses, Suzi Quatro, Amy Bolton, Don Covay, May-Keys, Bar-Kays, Otis Redding, Percy Sledge, Doris Troy, Joe Tex, Carla Thomas, Drifters, Capitol, Soul Brothers Six, Wilson Picket, Solomon Burke, Rufus Thomas, Booker and the MG's, King Curtis, Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers, Anorexia, Bari Watts, Starjets, Paul Collins Beat, Cretones, Electric Eels, T and the Unknown, Joe Ely, The Echo Valley Boys, Cherie and Marie Currie, Laurel Aitken and the Unitone
Live:
Tearjerkers / Rudi / Ruefrex, The Atrix / DC Nien, Psychedelic Furs / A Certain Ratio / Echo and the Bunnymen / Teardrop Explodes / Manicured Noise, Rory Gallagher, U2 / Berlin / Virgin Prunes, Basement 5, Ludus / Eric Random / Last Dance, Spandau Ballet
Volume: 29 - Number: 14
Price - 25p Pages - 60
Cover by - Pennie Smith
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
5th April 1980
Front Cover - Gary Dwyer
(Teardrop Explodes)
Articles and Interviews:
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The Teardrop Explodes
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Sister Sledge
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Killing Joke
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Richard Hell
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Chrissie Hynde
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The Q-Tips
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The Members
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The Vapors
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Look at Turntables
Albums:
Various (Northern Artists), Angelic Upstarts, Young Marble Giants, Genesis, Lonnie Liston Smith, Tom Scott, Spyro Gyra, Jan Akkerman, Chrome, KC and the Sunshine Band, Bruford, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, Ian Hunter, Inner City Unit
Singles: by Tony Parsons
Blondie, Ramones, Richard Hell, The Charlie Daniels Band, Carlene Carter, Elvis Costello, Crispian St Peters, Patrick D Martin, Cheap Trick, The Beach Boys, Ian Matthews, The Radiators, Ray Goodman and Brown, Slinky and the Ephs, Desmond Dekker, The Worms, The Galactic Symposium, The Toy Dolls, Maggie Britton, John Hardman, The Impossible Dreamers, General Accident, Ziggy Heroe, The Decorators, The Funboy Five, Ski Patrol, Curtiss A, Janis and the Bumblebees, Marilyn
Live:
John Cooper Clarke / Essential Logic, Battle Of The Sound Systems, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Akrylykz, Q-Tips, The Adventures, Brumbeat Package, Richard Strange, Purple Hearts, McCoy Tyner
Volume: 29 - Number: 15
Price - 25p Pages - 60
Cover by - Brian Aris
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
12th April 1980
Front Cover - Sting (The Police)
Articles and Interviews:
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The Rock / Fashion Interface
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Black Uhuru
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Look at Northern Soul
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Thomas Mansforth (The Angelic Upstarts)
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Cruising (Film)
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Madness
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The Police
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Earl Hines
Albums:
BB King, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, Scorpions, Van Halen, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Faust, Moebius and Plank, Shakin Stevens, Rockin' Louie and the Mama Jammers, Desperate Bicycles, Phyllis Hyman, The Rockets, Original Soundtrack: The Electric Horseman, The Great Society with Grace Slick, Pressure, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Craft and The Ivory Coast, Alexis Korner and Friends, Ian Michael Band, Kronus, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chou Pahrot, Johnny Cash, Straight Shooter, Poco, Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost, Janny Nash, Festival, Various Artists (Flashbacks Vol 1)
Singles: by Julie Burchill
Julian Murvin, Shoes For Industry, Cissy Houston, The Cure, Mari Wilson, The Blitz Brothers, Dionne Warwick, Crisp Ambulance, Mickey Jupp, Rocky Burnette, Bette Midler, Gheorghe Zamfir, Rufus and Chaka, Billy Ocean, Mick Jackson, Hot Gossip, Heart, New Musik The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Live
The Jam / Records, John McLaughlin / steel Pulse, The Stranglers, Average White Band / Billy Connally, BB King, Hazel O'Connor, Gary Numan, Mistakes
Volume: 29 - Number: 16
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover By - (Unknown)
Do not have this issue.
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19th April 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 17
Price - 25p Pages - 64
Cover by - Anton Corbijn
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
Front Cover - Fergal Sharkey
(The Undertones)
Articles and Interviews:
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The Monochrome Set
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Sugar Minott
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Bruce Springsteen
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The Marquee Club
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Bad Manners
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J.J. Cale
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The Motors
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Ian McEwan
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Te Undertones
Albums:
Pete Townsend, The Cure, Mink Deville, The Monochrome Set, Cristina, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Boney M, Toots and the Maytals, The Joe Perry Project, The Only Ones, Inga Rumpf, Chris Rea, Grace Slick, Uriah Deep
Singles: by Adrien Thrills
Girls At Our Best, The Beat, The Little Roosters, Gang Of Four, The Teenage Filmstars, The Phones Sportsman, Echo and the Bunnymen, Guns For Hire, The Disco Zombies, Reluctant Stereotypes, The Doll, X-O-Dus, I Ganda, Boots For Dancing, Vips, Holly and the Italians, The Tracksuits, SPG, The Tubbies, Running Dogs, Discharge, Salford Jets
Live:
Monochrome Set / he Feelies, Sham 69, Secret Affair, The Members, The Photos, Gary Glitter / Classix Nouveaux / Bauhaus / Cuddly Toys, 4 be 2, Dennis Brown, Fatal Microbes / Drug Squad
3rd May 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 18
Price - 25p Pages - 64
Cover By -
Do Not Have Can You Help
Do Not Have Can You Help
Volume: 29 - Number: 19
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover by -
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Do Not Have Can You Help
10th May 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 20
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover by -
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17th May 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 21
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover by -
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24th May 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 22
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover by -
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Do Not Have Can You Help
31st May 1980
7th June 1980
14th June 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 23
Price - 25p Pages - 00
Cover By -
Volume: 29 - Number: 24
Price - 25p Pages - 00
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Volume: 29 - Number: 25
Price - 25p Pages - 56
Cover by - Anton Corbijn
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
21st June 1980
Front Cover - Gang Of Four
Articles and Interviews:
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Gang Of Four
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The Cramps
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Zandra Rhodes
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Wah! Heat
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Linton Kwasi Johnson
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Ian Penman
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A Day In Radio One
Albums:
Bob Dylan, Joan Armatrading, Suicide, Roxy Music, Magazine, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Paul McCartney
Singles: by Max Bell
Elvis Costello, Joy Division, Mafia, Clive Langer and the Boxes, BIM, he Clash, Section 25, Crawling Chaos, Bob Dylan, Killing Joke, he Slits, Bok Bok, The Freshies, Plastic Idols, Ultravox, The Jump, Pere Ubu, Hank Wangford, Paul McCartney, Dead Cert, Athletico Spizz, Wite Soxx, Silicon Teens Gina X Performance, The Citizens, Leszek Alexander, Van Halen, Saxon, Samson
Live:
Beat The Blues Festival, Marvin Gaye / Edwin Starr, Original Mirrors / Metro, The Cheaters, Dexy's Midnight Runners / The Black Arabs
Volume: 29 - Number: 26
Price - 25p Pages - 64
Cover by - Anton Corbijn
Thanks to John Harrison
for donating this issue
28th June 1980
Front Cover - Mick Jagger
Articles and Interviews:
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Echo and the Bunnymen
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Elizabeth Welch
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Babe Buell
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Angelic Upstarts
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D.A.F.
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What Are Torch Songs?
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Joan Armatrading
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Mick Jagger
Albums:
Vic Goddard and Subway Sect, The Rolling Stones, Sham 69, Shakin' Street, The Passions, Creation Rebel, Pink Military, Tangerine Dream, Ethel The Frog, The Orchids, Peter Green, The Photos, Randy Crawford, The Gladiators
Singles: by Paul Rambali
Cheap Trick, The Plasmatics, Dead Kennedy's, The Undertones, The Q-Tips, The Step, Noel McCalla, Laura Warman, The Birthday Party, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Cristina, Nick Plytas, Johnny G, Joe Walsh, Joy Division, Otis Watkins, Thompson Twins, Shakin' Street, Dion, Sheila B Devotion, Clive Langer and the Boxes, Sniff and the Teas, The Pop Rivets, The Barracudas
Reggae Roundup:
Dennis Brown, The Tamlins, Freddie McGregor, Jennifer Laura, Little on McMorris, Barry Brown, Dhaima
Live:
Wah! Heat / Modern Eon, The Fall / Ludus, Glaxo Babies / The Diagram Brothers, Clock DVA / They Must Be Russians / Medium Medium, A Certain Ratio / Durutti Column / Section 25 / Blurt, Airkraft / The Distributors / Music For Pleasure, The Clash / Holly and the Italians, Fleetwood Mac, UB40
5th July 1980
12th July 1980
Front Cover - Keith Levene
(PIL)
Articles and Interviews:
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Peter Gabriel
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Debbie Harry
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Mataya Clifford
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Phil Lynott
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Shakin' Street
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Public Image Ltd
Albums:
Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Brian Eno and Harold Budd, Brian Eno and on Hassell, Herb Albert, The Distractions, X, Love, Toyah, Lipps Inc, Jimi Hendrix, Steel Pulse, Tradition, Peter Gabriel
Singles: by Ian Penman
Grace Jones Detroit Spinners, Telex, ZZ Top, The Mo-Dettes, The Monochrome Set, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Sham 69, The Chords, The Cockney Rejects, Monte Cazazza, The Prefects, Andde Leek, Glaxo Babies, The Gap Band, Skafish
Live:
Loch Lomond Festival, X, The Lookalikes, The Beat, Echo and the Bunnymen / Frantic Elevators, Mink DeVille, Meadows Festival, Joan Armatrading
Volume: 29 - Number: 27
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19th July 1980
Front Cover - Wilko Johnson
Articles and Interviews:
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Martin Hannette
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The Plasmatics
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Helen of Troy
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UB40
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Wire
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Jeff Beck
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Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Albums:
Joy Division, Queen, Kiss, Girlschool, John Cooper Clarke, Various Artists (The Crap Stops Here, We Do Em Our Way), Black Uhuru, The Records, Sly and Robbie, The Teardrops, Klark Kent, Small Faces, The Crusaders, Dalek I, The Lambrettas
Singles: by Graham Lock
Diana Ross, Smack, Georgie Fame, The Fall, Magazine, The Rolling Stones, The Damned, Young Marble Giants, Drinking Electricity, Reptile Ranch, Wah! Heat, Sector 27, Spoilsports, Stiff Little Fingers, Television Personalities, Phones Sportsman Band, Frank Sinatra, Girlschool, The Crusaders, Hermine, Any Trouble, Dirty Looks, Der Plan, PP Arnold, The Mexicano, Average White Band, Beach Boys, Blue Oyster Cult, The Dixies, Roy Harper, Isaac Hayes, Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris, Slade, Village People, The Photo's
Live:
Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Stranglers / Headline, Pink Military / The Modernaires / Pre-De, Mo-Dettes, Athletico Spizz / 80, Jimmy Cliff, The Algin / Marbles
26th July 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 30
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Front Cover - Jam Fans In
Tokyo
Articles and Interviews:
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Yellow Magic Orchestra
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Christina Monet
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Smack
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Vic Goddard
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Brian Eno
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A Look at Japan (Country)
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The Swinging Cats
Albums:
Dexy's Midnight Runners, Athlectico Spizz, The Kinks, Carlene Carter, G Lewis and B C Gilbert, The Pop Group, Any Trouble, Misty In Roots, Clive Langer and The Boxes
Singles: by Danny Baker
The Stroke, Peter Jaques, Teena Marie, Lipps Inc, Praying Mantis, Jermaine Jackson, Praying Mantis, Split Enz, The Four Kings, The B-52's, Roxy Music, Dynasty, The Whispers, Hot Chocolate, Mark Perry and Dennis Burns, Sky High, Adam and the Ants, Wilko Johnson, Headline, Russia, Fingerprintz, Layton Buzzard, Atomic Rooster, The Kinks, Angelic Upstarts, Movement, Junior Delgardo, Archie and Lynn, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Tony Tuff, Freddie McGregor, Wayne Jarrett, Barrington Levy, Prince Lincoln Thomas, Dennis Brown
Live:
The Slits, The Monochrome Set, Any Trouble, Pere Udu, Wasted Youth, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, The Gas
2nd August 1980
9th August 1980
Front Cover - Malcolm McLaren / Johnny Rotten / Annabella Lu / Bernard Rhodes / The Clash
Articles and Interviews:
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Trident
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Much Ado about Doom
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The I Three
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The Sound
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Malcolm McLaren
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Bernard Rhodes
Albums:
Yellow Magic Orchestra, Elvis Presley, Pyrolator, Der Plan, Deutsch-Amerikanische Fruendschaft, Die Kleinen Und Die Bosen, Hazel O'Connor, Village People, Peter Hammill, The Brains, Various Artists (Sharp Cuts, Can You ear Me), Arthur Blyth, Willie Nile
Singles: by Paul Morley
A Certain Ratio, The Native Hipsters, Patrick Fitzgerald, Grow Up, The Bongos, Snatch, Grace Jones, U2, Skids, The Jam, The Clash, The Stranglers, Bauhaus, The Attractions, The Red Crayola, Peter Gabriel, Hazel O'Conner, The Prats, The Books, IQ Zero, The Lines, Second Layer, The Cigarettes, Rhythm Clocks, Henry's Final Dream, Defectors, Magic Michael, Exploding Seagulls, Various Artists, The ridges EP, White Torch, The Cowboys, Mr Burns, The Stereotypes, Black Sabbath, ETC
Live:
Ted Nugent, Roxy Music, The Way Of The West / The Warriors, The Royal Family, The Books, Queen Ida, Misty / Jah Shaka / Coxsone, Young Marble Giants
Volume: 29 - Number: 32
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16th August 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 34
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Illustration by - Ralf
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23rd August 1980
Front Cover - 1984 The NME
Consumers Guide
Articles and Interviews:
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The Jam
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Ralph Steadman
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Blurt
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Breaking Glass (Movie)
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Adam Ant
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The NME Consumers Guide To 1984
Albums:
Swell Maps, Rocky Erickson and the Aliens, The B-52's, Elvis Presley, Fingerprintz, Various Artists (All Nighters, Sweet Sound Of Summer, The Moonlight Tapes), Paul Simon, The Stoogers featuring Iggy Pop, George Benson, Tom Browne, Dirty Looks, Art Ensemble of Chicago
Singles: by Paul Rambali
Moderne, James Blood Ulmer, Nervus Rex, Escalators, The Dance, The Fans, Roky Erickson and the Aliens, Nightdoctor, Josef-K, Glaxo Babies, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Japan, Invisible Man's Band, Sky, Millie Jackson, The Tea Set, Mataya Clifford, Judas Priest, Hee Bee Gee Bees, John Hiatt, Robert Palmer, The Lambrettas
Live:
Stray Cats, The Swinging Cats, Squeeze / Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Magazine / Individuals, Brain Brain, The Stiffs, Hazel O'Connor, The Associates
30th August 1980
6th September 1980
Front Cover - Simon Topping
(A Certain Ratio)
Articles and Interviews:
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A Week In New York
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Olivia Newton-John
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The Plastic People
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Dallas
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Jo Jo Zap and the Falcons
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A Certain Ratio
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Fleshtones
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The NME Consumers Guide To 1984
Albums:
Gary Numan, UB40, Robert Palmer, The Comsat Angels, Kate Bush, Various Artists (R&R's Greatest Hits, 2x5, Immediate Blues), Nine Below Zero
Singles: by Danny Baker
A Teardrop Explodes, Madness, The Gibson Brother, Robert Palmer Stevie Wonder, Tot Taylor and his Orchestra, The Chefs, The Revillos, Andy Blade, Dr Feelgood, 9 Below Zero, The Inmates, Genesis, The Fall, Gang Of Four, Human League, Martha and the Muffins, AC/DC, Queen, The Obtainers, Gregory Isaacs, Aswad featuring Trommie and Bam, Jean and Trevor, Claire McLean and Norman 'Star' Collins, Dee Sharp and the Investigators, Lion Youth, Enos McCloud, Rankin Jessie, Ras L Roy Bailey
Live:
Teenage Head / The Rumour / Rockpile / Holly and the Italians / The Pretenders / The B-52's / Talking Heads / Elvis Costello, Splodgenessabounds / Auntie Pus / Notsensibles, Peter Hammill, Skids / Simple Minds / Pink Military
Volume: 29 - Number: 36
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Cover by - Peter Anderson
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20th September 1980
27th September 1980
4th October 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 39
Price - 25p Pages - 60
Cover by - Pennie Smith
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Volume: 29 - Number: 40
Price - 25p Pages - 64
Cover by - Anton Corbijn
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Front Cover - The Specials
Articles and Interviews:
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Billy Mackenzie
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Hazel O'Connor
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Barney Miller
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Ronnie Spector
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Jimmy Cliff
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Those Helicopters
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The NME Consumers Guide To Marc Bolan (Part Two)
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The Specials
Albums:
Madness, The Plastic People of the Universe, Joni Mitchell, Suicide Romeo, Davitt Sigerson, Dead Kennedy's, UK Subs, Dr Feelgood, The Gibson Brothers
Singles: by Tony Parsons
The Rolling Stones, Johnny Logan, Roger Daltrey, The Stroke, Davitt Sigerson, The Motors, Ultravox, Reluctant Stereotypes, Grace Jones, The Damned, Matchbox, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays featuring The Top Liners, The Blues Band, the Dolly Mixtures, Lynda Carter, Teena Marie, Rick James, Jermaine Jackson, Motorhead
Live:
Gary Numan, Gang Of Four / John Cooper Clarke / Steel Pulse / Mekons / Au Pairs, The League Of Gentlemen, Company, Echo and the Bunnymen / U2 / Delta 5, Gregory Isaacs, Restricted Code / Radio Ghosts
Front Cover - Chas and Suggs
(Madness)
Articles and Interviews:
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Simple Minds
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Led Zeppelin
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Virgin Records
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Black Uhuru
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Orange Juice
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Josef K
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The Dead Kennedys
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Madness
Albums:
The Police, The Teardrop Explodes, Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls, The Revillos, Janis Joplin, Original Soundtrack (Times Square), Devadip Carlos Santana, ack Sheldon Quintet, Pete Jolly Quartet, Milcho Leviev Quartet, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Stiff Little Fingers, Various Artists (Back Stage Pass)
Singles: by Adrian Thrills
Joy Division, Gen X, Skids, Music For Pleasure, Athlectico Spizz 80, Manufactured Romance, Family Fodder, TV21, Hot Snax, Polystyrene, Kate Bush, DC-10s, Distributors, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Missing Scientists, Adam and the Ants, Headline, The Barracudas, It's Immaterial, Pak, Those Intrinsic Intellectuals, UK Decay, Zounds, Tiger Tails, Menace , The Professionals
Live:
Commodors / Bob Marley and the Wailers / Kurtis Blow, Poetry Olympics, Comsat Angels, Elvis Costello / Stray Cats, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Psychedelic Furs, Polecats, Jane Kennaway and Strange Behaviour
Volume: 29 - Number: 41
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11th October 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 42
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18th October 1980
Front Cover - Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott
(The Pretenders)
Articles and Interviews:
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Fela Anikulapo-Kouti
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Black Slate
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4 be 2
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The Mo-Dettes
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The Distractions
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Sam Fuller
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Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
Albums:
The Monochrome Set, Ry Cooder, Colin Newman, Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns, Jimmy Pursey, The Passage, T-Bone Burnett, Anthony Braxton, Pat Benatar, Barbara Streisand
Singles: by Chris Bohn
Eric Random, Simple Minds, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Residents, Snakefinger, Modern Romance, M, Invaders, Planets, Books, Lincoln Thompson and the Rasses, Material, Cold Warrior and the Mercenary Band, Rainy Day Women, Maia D, Vorgruppe, Spelling Mistake, The Features, Nitwitz, Polyphonic Size, Rick Wakeman, Yes, on Anderson, Various, Any Trouble, The Equators, The Ramones, Cockney Rejects, The Cravats, The Chords, Rico, Suzi Quatro, Levi Dexter and the Rip Chords, Shakin' Stevens, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Blood Donor, The Bollock Brothers, Tiger Lily, Roky Erickson and the Aliens, Take It, Dislocation Dance, Methodishca Tune, The Balloons, The Urge, Wirtschaftwunder
Live:
Graham Parker and the Rumour, The Specials / Swinging Cats, John Cooper Clarke / Durutti Column / Pauline Murrey / Te Invisible Girls, XTC / Classix Nouveaux / 3 Minutes, Royal Rasses, Josef K / Endgames, Bongos, Defiant Pose, Levi Dexter and the Ripchords / The Meteors, The Crusaders / Randy Crawford
25th October 1980
1st November 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 44
Price - 25p Pages - 68
Cover by - Anton Corbijn
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Front Cover - Don Van Vliet
Articles and Interviews:
- Death Rattle and Roll
- Skids
- Herman Brood
- Bob Ughetti and Frances Basham
- Al McDowell
- Laurie Chamberlain
- The Trash Aesthetic
- Paul Rambali
Albums:
Stevie Wonder, Status Quo, Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, James 'Blood' Ulmer, Cheap Trick, Various Artists (Machines), Brumbeat), Oi!, Donna Summer, Local Heroes SW9, Fad Gadget, Androids of Mu, Missing Presumed Dead, Eddy Clearwater, Zoot Money
Singles: by Roy Carr
A Certain Ratio, Wah! Heat, The Method Actors, James Brown, Toots and the Maytals, David Bowie, Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, UB40, Dead Kennedys, Dixo, The Pretty Things, Hiroshi Fukumura, Joni Mitchel, The Rat and the Whale, Tom Browne, The Hitmen, Woodhead Monroe, Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, John Foxx, The Terrorists, New Math, The Nails, Johnny Britton
Live:
Ry Cooder, The Teardrop Explodes, The Pretenders / Stray Cats, Burning Spear / Full Hand, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joe Jackson Band
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Volume: 29 - Number: 45
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8th November 1980
Front Cover - Talking Heads, Siouxsie Sioux, Robert Palmer
Articles and Interviews:
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Talking Heads
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Malcolm McLaren
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The Bush Tetras
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Robert Palmer
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The Diagram Brothers
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Babylon (Film)
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Bruce Beresford
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Albums:
Various Artists (Street Level, Babylon, Miniatures), Adam and the Ants, Japan, Chas Jankel, Bauhaus, Mike Oldfield, Israel Vibration, Minnie Riperton, John Hiatt, Thin Lizzy, Basement 5, The Residents
Singles: by Vivien Goldman
Lora Logic, Tamlins, Robert Wyatt, Motion, Lipps Inc, Blank Students, Au Pairs, Tuxedo Moon, Robert Palmer, Mikey Dread, Ludus, The Dancing Did, Devo, The Psychedelic Furs, Section 25, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Girls At Our Best, The Diagram Brothers, Normil Hawaiians, Aretha Franklin, The Viceroys, Diana Ross, Augustus Pablo, Rick James, Horace Andy, Puritans, The Mountbattens, Modern English, Rod Stewart, Fab Food, Roky Erickson, Iron Maiden, Methodishca Tune
Live:
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Buzzcocks / Au Pairs / Orange Juice, The am / Piranhas, World Saxophone Quartet, Oregon, Rockpile, Killing Joke, Positive Noise / Those French Girls
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29th November 1980
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6th December 1980
13th December 1980
Volume: 29 - Number: 50
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Front Cover - John Lennon
Articles and Interviews:
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John Lennon
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The Roches
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Steve Strange
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Metal Hurlant (Publication)
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Ian Dury
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Grace Jones
Albums:
The Clash, Fleetwood Mac, Sham 69, Slade, Queen, Showaddywaddy, James Brown, Rita Marley, Judy Mowatt, Various Artists (The League of Jesse James), Prince Far I, Patrice Rushen
Singles: by Lynn Hanna
Dennis Brown, Big Youth, Tony Tuff, Ras Imruh Asher, Sister Love, Jah Thomas, Jimmy Lindsay, The Pirates, Connections, Prince Jazzbo, Mistic Eyes, Derland Byfield, Grace Jones, Buzzcocks, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Sex Pistols, The Spectres, Jane Kennaway and Strange Behaviours, I.O.U, The IP's, Au Pairs, Gary Numan, Billy Preston and Syreeta, Basement 5, Max Splodge, Red Beat, The Shapes, The Slide, The Filmcast, Noise Annoys, The Liggers, The Spurtz, Bathroom Renovations, The Korgis
Live:
Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Talking Heads, The Human League, German New Wave Festival, The Damned, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart
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Number: 51 and 52
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