1980 Issues

5th January 1980

Cover - 1980

Articles and interviews:

Top 150 Albums
Singles Artists Of The Year
The T-Zers Awards 1979
The Fall
Francis Rossi
Jimmy Pursey
Sabu
Clash
The Silverest Screens of '79
Blondie
The Dickies
Simple Minds
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

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for donating this issue

12th January 1980

Cover - Pink Military

Articles and interviews:

Pink Military
Elvis Costello
The Berts
Elvis Presley
Linda McCartney
Dexy's Midnight Runners
The Head Boys
Steve Cummings
Synthesisers: Part Two
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 - 44

Cover by Pennie Smith

19th January 1980

Cover - The Jam

Articles and interviews:

The Jam
Fleetwood Mac
1979 Readers Poll
Mikey Dread
M (Robin Scott, 'Pop Muzik')

News:

Stiff Little Fingers, Elvis Costello, The Selecter, Squeeze, Blondie, Ramones, The Clash, Madness, 999, Stranglers, Genesis, AC/DC, The Tourists, , ,

Albums:

Lene Lovich, Aerosmith, , , , ,

Singles reviewed by Max Bell:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Boomtown Rats, Special AKA, Patti Smith Group, Ramones, Stevie Wonder, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, and many more...

Live:

Blondie, Annette Peacock, Misty, Sector 27, Wilko Johnson, Blast Furnace's Revenge, , , , ,

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:

The Pretenders
Damon Edge
Elvis Costello
Paul McCartney
Marvin Gaye
David Hare
Dope International
The Bodysnatchers
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

Volume: 29 - Number: 5

Price - 20p Pages - 52

Cover by - (Unknown)

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2nd February 1980

Cover - Iggy Pop

Articles and interviews:

Iggy Pop
Durutti Column
Basement 5
The NME Drive In Guide To Rock Cinema - Part 1
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

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Volume: 29 - Number: 6

Price - 20p Pages - 60

Cover by - (Unknown)

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9th February 1980

Front Cover - The Specials

Articles and Interviews:

Wobble (Public Image Limited)
4 be 2
Max Splodge
Pearl Harbour and the Explosions
A Journey To The Heart Of The Hit Parade
The Specials
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

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Volume: 29 - Number: 7

Price - 20p Pages - 72

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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16th February 1980

Front Cover - Rockabilly

Articles and interviews:

The Buggles
UB40
Snips
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The NME Drive In Guide To Rock Cinema - Part 3
Concise History of Rockabilly
Sam Phillips
British Rockabilly Scene
Japan

Albums:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Squeeze, Rachel Sweet, Pearl Harbour & the Explosions, The Temptations, Linda Clifford, Freddie James, Mike Rutherford, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Steve Lacy, John and Vangelis, 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, Wreckless Eric, The Chords / The Upset, The Electrotunes

Volume: 29 - Number: 8

Price - 20p Pages - 64

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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23rd February 1980

Cover: Selector

Articles and interviews:

Selector
Public Image Limited
The V.I,P's
Nine Below Zero
Leonard Cohen
The Blues Band
Ian Penman
Madness

Albums:

Holger Czukay, Toyah, Alex Chilton, Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt, The Blues Band, Martha 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, A. More, 999, The London R&B Sessions (VA), Metal For Muthas (VA)

Singles reviewed by Max Bell:

Bette Bright, Jacques, Lee Perry, Parliament, Earth Wind & Fire, Tom Petty & 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, Rachel 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:

The Clash, The Selecter, Holly & the Italians, Human Switchboard, XTC, Madness, Mo-dettes, Gary Glitter, Toyah, Osibisa, Headline, Matchbox, The Polecats, Local Operator

Volume: 29 - Number: 9

Price - 20p Pages - 60

Cover by Pennie Smith

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1st March 1980

Cover: Joe Ely

Articles and interviews:

John Foxx
Malcolm McLaren
Laurel Aitken
Magazine
BBC Radio
Joe Ely
New Wave UK Heavy Metal
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 Hancock, Wreckless Eric, Wishbone Ash, Robin Thrower, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cabaret Voltaire, Nazareth, Elton John

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

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

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8th March 1980

Cover: Rankin Roger

Articles and interviews:

The Beat
Jerry Lee Lewis
Buster Keaton
Squeeze
Good Vibrations and Small Wonder Record Labels
The Flowers
Look at Japanese Bands

Albums:

The Cramps, The Feelies, Cockney Rejects, Bob Seger & 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 Valli, Ian Hunter, Axe

Singles reviewed by Roy Carr

The Bodysnatchers, The Gangsters, The Akrylykz, The Crooks, Shooting Star, ZZ Top, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, Sheena Easton, Any Trouble, Neil Diamond, The Versatile Newts, Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon, The Delinquents, Magazine, Super Charge, The Romantics, Bob Seger, George Burns, UB40, 10cc, Purple Hearts, The Mekons, The Boys, The Shirts, Spyro Gyra, Fleetwood Mac, Harry J Allstars, The Pioneers

Live:

Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Joe Jackson Band, Joe Ely, Psychedelic Furs, Bad Manners, Delta 5 / Liggers, Ellen Foley, The Ruts, The Solos, Squeeze

Volume: 29 - Number: 11

Price - 25p Pages - 68

Cover by - Anton Corijn

This issue had a 5p Cover Price Increase

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15th March 1980

Cover: Tom Petty

Articles and interviews:

Tom Petty
PIL
USA Grammy Awards
Grange Hill
The Feelies
Joe Wambaugh
Killing Joke
Delta 5
Robert Fripp
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 Garbarek, Egberto Gismonti, Terje Rypdal, Nana Vasconcelos, Miroslav Vitous, Kevin Ayers, Wazmo Nariz, Random Hold, Nina Hagen Band, The Broughtons, Mental As Anything, Metabolist, Cuddly Toys

Singles reviewed 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 & the Heartbreakers, The Fabulous Poodles, The Pretenders / UB40, The Cramps, 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

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22nd March 1980

Cover: Paul Weller (The Jam)

Articles and interviews:

U2
Eric's (Liverpool)
Joan Baez
The Knack
Wilko Johnson
David Cronenberg
Bette Bright
The Jam
Carl Palmer

Albums:

The Pop Group, The Motors, B.A. Robertson, Billy Joel, Crystal Gayle, Various Artists (This Is Soul, Uppers On The South Downs), Booker T & the MG's, Sammy Hagar, Quartz, Black Uhuru, Samson, Bobby Vee

Singles reviewed 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, Tuxedomoon, 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 of 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)

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29th March 1980

Cover: Women in Rock

Articles and Interviews:

Stiff Little Fingers
Eric's (Liverpool)
Johnny Solo & 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, Fabulous 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, The 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 & 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

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5th April 1980

Cover: Gary Dwyer

(Teardrop Explodes)

Articles and interviews:

The Teardrop Explodes
Sister Sledge
Killing Joke
Richard Hell
Chrissie Hynde
The Q-Tips
The Members
The Vapors
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 reviewed 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

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12th April 1980

Cover: Sting (The Police)

Articles and interviews:

The Police
Rock / Fashion Interface
Black Uhuru
A Look at Northern Soul
Thomas Mensforth
(Angelic Upstarts)
Cruising (film)
Madness
The Police
Earl Hines

Albums:

BB King, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, The Scorpions, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Faust, Van Halen, Moebius & Plank, Shakin' Stevens, Phyllis Hyman, Rockin’ Louie & The Mamma Jammers, Desperate Bicycles, The Rockets, The Great Society with Grace Slick, Pressure, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Kraft & the Ivory Coast, Alexis Korner and Friends, Ian Mitchell Band, Krokus, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chou Pahrot, Johnny Cash, Straight Shooter, Poco, Classics IV feat. Dennis Yost, Johnny Nash, Festival, Flashbacks Vol. 1 (VA), The Electric Horseman (Original Soundtrack)

Singles reviewed 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, The Records, Average White Band, Billy Connolly, Steel Pulse, John McLaughlin, Hazel O'Connor, The Stranglers, Gary Numan, BB King, Mistakes

Volume: 29 - Number: 16

Price - 25p Pages - 64

Cover by Pennie Smith

19th April 1980

Cover: Pete Townshend

Articles and interviews:

Albums:

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Books:

Silver screen:

Information Coming Soon

Volume: 29 - Number: 17

Price - 25p Pages - 64

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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26th April 1980

Cover: Fergal Sharkey

(Undertones)

Articles and interviews:

The Monochrome Set
Sugar Minott
Bruce Springsteen
The Marquee Club
Bad Manners
J.J. Cale
The Motors
Ian McEwan
The Undertones

Albums:

Pete Townshend, 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 Heep

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills

Girls at Our Best, The Beat, The Little Roosters, Gang of Four, The Teenage Filmstars, The Phones Sportsman, The Disco Zombies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Guns For Hire, Reluctant Stereotypes, The Doll, X-O-Dus, I Ganda, Boots For Dancing, Vips, Holly & the Italians, The Tracksuits, SPG, The Tubbies, Running Dogs, Discharge, Salford Jets

Live:

Monochrome Set / The 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

Industrial dispute

Due to industrial action, NME was
not published on these six dates:

3rd May 1980

10th May 1980

17th May 1980

24th May 1980

31st May 1980

7th June 1980

The issue dated 14th June was the next

available issue and labelled number 18

14th June 1980 - page 3 info

Volume: 29 - Number: 18

Price - 25p Pages - 76

Cover by Anton Corbijn

14th June 1980

Cover: Joy Division
(Ian Curtis (R.I.P.)

Articles and interviews:

Ian Curtis suicide
John Cooper Clarke
The Ruts / Malcolm Owen
Young Marble Giants
Dexys Midnight Runners
Iggy Pop
Grace Slick
Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle
Bob Dylan, Little Richard, and religion

News:

NME returns after six weeks,
Ian Curtis, UB40, Police, Queen, Dexys Midnight Runners, Specials, Elvis Costello, The Beat, Buggles, Motorhead, The Jam

Albums:

The Beat, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Devo, Peter Gabriel, Judie Tzuke, Joe Ely, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Graham Parker, The Human League, Fischer-Z, Diana Ross, Jermaine Jackson, The Slits, Leiber & Stoller, Amanda Lear, The Fools, Jah Wobble, Judie Tzuke, The Vapors, The Jags, Suzi Quatro, Pat Travers Band

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Elvis Costello, Robert Wyatt, Sex Pistols, Bob Marley, Frank Zappa, Magazine, Members, Stranglers, Human League, U2, Basement 5, Alex Chilton, John Cooper Clarke, The Flowers, Teena Marie, Eddy Grant, Mark Perry, many more...

Live:

The Police, Public Image Limited, James Blood Ulmer, Thin Lizzy, Undertones, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Beach Boys, Devo, Crystal Palace Garden Party (Bob Marley & the Wailers, Joe Jackson Band, Average White Band, Q-Tips), Buzzcocks, Undertones, Thin Lizzy, , , ,

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Volume: 29 - Number: 19

Price - 25p Pages - 56

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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21st June 1980

Cover: Gang of Four

Articles and interviews:

Gang of Four
The Cramps
Zandra Rhodes
Wah! Heat
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Ian Penman vs The Slits
and the Pop Group
A Day in Radio One

Albums:

Bob Dylan, Joan Armatrading, Suicide, Roxy Music, Magazine, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Paul McCartney

Singles reviewed by Max Bell

Elvis Costello, The Clash, Mafia, Clive Langer & the Boxes, BIM, Section 25, Joy Division, Crawling Chaos, Bob Dylan, The Slits, Bok Bok, Killing Joke, 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, Dexys Midnight Runners / The Black Arabs

Silver screen:

The Tempest
Starting Over
Saturn 3
Sweet William
The Tin Drum
Tom Horn
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hurricane

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Volume: 29 - Number: 20

Price - 25p Pages - 64

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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28th June 1980

Cover: Mick Jagger

Articles and Interviews:

Echo and the Bunnymen
Elizabeth Welch
Babe Buell
Angelic Upstarts
D.A.F.
What Are Torch Songs?
Joan Armatrading
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 reviewed 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

Cover: Keith Levene (PIL)

Articles and interviews:

Peter Gabriel
Debbie Harry
Mataya Clifford
Phil Lynott
Shakin' Street
Public Image Ltd

Albums:

Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Marley & the Wailers, X, Brian Eno and Harold Budd, Brian Eno and Jon Hassell, Herb Albert, Lipps Inc, The Distractions, Love, Toyah, Jimi Hendrix, Steel Pulse, Tradition, Peter Gabriel

Singles reviewed by Ian Penman

Grace Jones, Detroit Spinners, The Mo-Dettes, The Monochrome Set, Dexys Midnight Runners, Sham 69, ZZ Top, Telex, Cockney Rejects, Monte Cazazza, The Chords, The Prefects, Andy 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

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Volume: 29 - Number: 21

Price - 25p Pages - 56

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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12th July 1980

Cover: Philip Oakey

(Human League)

Articles and interviews:

Human League
Graham Parker
The Cure
Home taping
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Albums:

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Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer

Bow Wow Wow, The Spectres, The Professionals, 4" Be 2", Elizabeth Welch, The Bodysnatchers, Carlene Carter, Talking Heads, The Rumour, Smokey Robinson, and many more

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Volume: 29 - Number: 22

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

Volume: 29 - Number: 23

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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19th July 1980

Cover: Wilko Johnson

Articles and interviews:

Martin Hannett
The Plasmatics
Helen of Troy
UB40
Wire
Jeff Beck
Ian Dury & the Blockheads

Albums:

Joy Division, Queen, Girlschool, Kiss, John Cooper Clarke, Black Uhuru, The Records, Klark Kent, Small Faces, Sly & Robbie, The Teardrops, The Crusaders, The Lambrettas, Dalek I, Various Artists: The Crap Stops Here, We Do Em Our Way

Singles reviewed by Graham Lock

Diana Ross, Smack, Georgie Fame, The Fall, Magazine, 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 Photos

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

Volume: 29 - Number: 24

Price - 25p Pages - 48

Cover by Pennie Smith

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for donating this issue

26th July 1980

Cover: Jam fans in Tokyo

Articles and interviews:

Yellow Magic Orchestra
Christina Monet
Smack
Vic Goddard
Brian Eno
A Look at Japan (country)
The Swinging Cats

Albums:

Dexys Midnight Runners, Carlene Carter, G Lewis and B C Gilbert, Clive Langer & The Boxes, Kinks, Athletico Spizz, Misty In Roots, The Pop Group, Any Trouble

Singles reviewed 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

Cover: Charley Anderson

(The Selecter)

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Volume: 29 - Number: 25

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Volume: 29 - Number: 26

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Cover by - Anton Corbijn

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9th August 1980

Cover: Malcolm McLaren / Johnny Rotten / Annabella Lu / Bernard Rhodes / The Clash

Articles and interviews:

Trident
Much Ado about Doom
The I Three
The Sound
Malcolm McLaren
Bernard Rhodes

Albums:

Yellow Magic Orchestra, Elvis Presley, Pyrolator, Der Plan, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Die Kleinen und die Bösen, Hazel O'Connor, Village People, Peter Hammill, The Brains, Various Artists (Sharp Cuts, Can You ear Me), Arthur Blythe, Willie Nile

Singles reviewed 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'Connor, 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: 27

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Cover by Peter Anderson

16th August 1980

Cover: Ranking Roger, Saxa
(The Beat)

Articles and interviews:

The Beat
Roxy Music
Robert Wyatt
Pauline Murray
E.P. Thompson interview

Albums:

James Brown, James Chance & Contortions, Q-Tips, Split Enz, Leo Kottke, Skafish, The Edge, Twinkle Brothers, Taj Mahal, AC/DC, Yes , , ,

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

The Beat, The Jam, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, U2, Gary Numan, The Selecter, U2, Athletico Spizz ‘80, Morgan Fisher, The Temptations, Mission Of Burma, Cabaret Voltaire

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Volume: 29 - Number: 28

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Cover illustration
by Ralph Steadman

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for donating this issue

23rd August 1980

Cover: 1984 Consumers Guide

Articles and interviews:

The Jam
Ralph Steadman
Blurt
Breaking Glass (Movie)
Adam Ant
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 reviewed 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

Cover: The Stray Cats

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Volume: 29 - Number: 29

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6th September 1980

Cover: Simon Topping

(A Certain Ratio)

Articles and interviews:

A Week In New York
Olivia Newton-John
The Plastic People
Dallas
Jo Jo Zap and the Falcons
A Certain Ratio
Fleshtones
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 reviewed 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:

Heatwave Festival (Elvis Costello Talking Heads, Rockpile, B-52's, The Pretenders, The Rumour, Teenage Head), Holly and the Italians, Splodgenessabounds, Auntie Pus, Notsensibles, Peter Hammill, Skids, Simple Minds, Pink Military

Volume: 29 - Number: 30

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Cover by Peter Anderson

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Volume: 29 - Number: 31

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Cover by - Anton Corbijn

13th September 1980

Cover: David Bowie

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Volume: 29 - Number: 32

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Cover by Pennie Smith

20th September 1980

Cover: Andy Partridge (XTC)

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Volume: 29 - Number: 33

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Cover by - Pennie Smith

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27th September 1980

Front Cover - The Specials

Articles and Interviews:

Billy Mackenzie
Hazel O'Connor
Barney Miller
Ronnie Spector
Jimmy Cliff
Those Helicopters
The NME Consumers Guide To Marc Bolan (Part Two)
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

4th October 1980

Volume: 29 - Number: 34

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Cover by - Anton Corbijn

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Cover: Chas & Suggs (Madness)

Articles and interviews:

Simple Minds
Led Zeppelin
Virgin Records
Black Uhuru
Orange Juice
Josef K
The Dead Kennedys
Madness

Albums:

The Police, The Teardrop Explodes, Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls, The Revillos, Janis Joplin, Original Soundtrack (Times Square), Devadip Carlos Santana, Jack 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, Athletico 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:

The Commodores, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Kurtis Blow, Poetry Olympics, Comsat Angels, Elvis Costello, Stray Cats, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Psychedelic Furs, The Polecats, Jane Kennaway and Strange Behaviour

Volume: 29 - Number: 35

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Cover by Pennie Smith

11th October 1980

Cover: Lesley Woods (Au Pairs)

Articles and interviews:

Au Pairs
Northern Ireland
Comsat Angels
Jack Nicholson
Kurtis Blow
Richard Neville

Albums:

Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, The Ruts, Joe Jackson Band, Monty Python, Elvis Costello , , ,

Singles reviewed by Paul Rambali

Chic, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Flying Lizards, Japan, XTC, Joe Jackson Band, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Monochrome Set, Jackson Browne, Killing Joke, and many more, , , , ,

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Ramones, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Associates, The Nice Men, The Shout, , , , ,

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Volume: 29 - Number: 36

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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for donating this issue

Thanks to Howard Mansell
for providing the scans

18th October 1980

Cover: James Honeyman-Scott, Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)

Articles and interviews:

Fela Anikulapo-Kouti
Black Slate
4 be 2
The Mo-Dettes
The Distractions
Sam Fuller
Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)

Albums:

The Monochrome Set, Ry Cooder, Colin Newman, Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns, Jimmy Pursey, T Bone Burnett, The Passage, Anthony Braxton, Pat Benatar, Barbara Streisand

Singles reviewed 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 & The Ripchords, 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 & the Rumour, The Specials / Swinging Cats, John Cooper Clarke / Durutti Column / Pauline Murrey / The Invisible Girls, XTC / Classix Nouveaux / 3 Minutes, Royal Rasses, Josef K / Endgames, Bongos, Defiant Pose, Levi Dexter & The Ripchords / The Meteors, The Crusaders / Randy Crawford

Volume: 29 - Number: 37

Price - 25p Pages - 68

Cover by Pennie Smith

25th October 1980

Cover: Toyah Willcox

Articles and interviews:

Toyah
James Blood Ulmer
Loudon Wainwright
Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel
Poly Styrene
Girls At Our Best

News:

Talking Heads, Bodysnatchers, Selecter, John McLaughlin, Pat Travers, Al Stewart, Monochrome Set, Tom Robinson, Damned

Albums:

Talking Heads, Earth, Wind & Fire, U2, Dire Straits, Utopia

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Buzzcocks, Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls, The Boys, Rockpile, Knox, Boggles, Joan Armatrading, Sector 27, The Mo-Dettes, Chaz Jankel, John Lennon, Elkie Brooks

Live:

The Beat, UB40, The Skids, The Books, The Slits, Aswad, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Taj Mahal, Richard Strange, Cliff Richard, Son of Stiff Tour (Tenpole Tudor, Joe King Carrasco, Equators, Dirty Looks, Any Trouble)

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Volume: 29 - Number: 38

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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1st November 1980

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

News:

Ian Dury, Public Image Ltd, The Cure, B-52s, Madness, Ruts DC, Robert Fripp, Mo-Dettes, Charlie Daniels, Stray Cats, Black Slate, Steel Pulse, Steeleye Span, Roy Harper, Lindisfarne

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 reviewed by Roy Carr

A Certain Ratio, Wah! Heat, James Brown, The Method Actors, UB40, Toots & the Maytals, David Bowie, Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, Dead Kennedys, Dixo, The Pretty Things, Hiroshi Fukumura, Joni Mitchell, 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, Teardrop Explodes, The Pretenders, Stray Cats, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Joe Jackson Band, Burning Spear, Full Hand

Volume: 29 - Number: 39

Price - 25p Pages - 56

Cover photos:

- Anton Corbijn

- Peter Anderson

(Siouxsie Sioux)

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for donating this issue

8th November 1980

Cover: Talking Heads, Siouxsie

Sioux, Robert Palmer

Articles and interviews:

Talking Heads
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Robert Palmer
Malcolm McLaren
The Bush Tetras
Robert Palmer
The Diagram Brothers
Babylon (Film)
Bruce Beresford

Albums:

Adam and the Ants, Japan, Chas Jankel, Bauhaus, Mike Oldfield, Israel Vibration, Minnie Riperton, John Hiatt, Thin Lizzy, Basement 5, The Residents, Various Artists (Street Level, Babylon, Miniatures),

Single reviews 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

Volume: 29 - Number: 40

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15th November 1980

Cover: Brit Funk

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22nd November 1980

Cover: Echo & the Bunnymen

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Volume: 29 - Number: 42

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29th November 1980

Cover: Richard Kirk

(Cabaret Voltaire)

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6th December 1980

Volume: 29 - Number: 43

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Cover: UB40

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13th December 1980

Volume: 29 - Number: 44

Price - 25p Pages - 60

Cover by - (Unknown)

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Cover: John Lennon

Articles and interviews:

John Lennon
The Roches
Steve Strange
Metal Hurlant (Publication)
Ian Dury
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 reviewed 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 Behaviour, 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

Volume: 29

Number: 45 and 46

(Double Issue)

Price - 50p Pages - 80

Cover by -

Anton Corbijn (Slits)

Peter Anderson

(Adam Ant)