1981 Issues
These are the issues of NME that came out in 1981.
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.
Price - 25p / 30p
Editor - Neil Spencer
Assistant Editor - Phil McNeill
Features Editor - Tony Stewart
News Editor - Derek Johnson
Associate Editors - Charles Shaar
Murray / Monty Smith / Paul Du Noyer
Production Editor - Stuart Johnston / Tim Greenhalgh
Special Projects Editor - Roy Car
Contributing Editor - Charles Shaar Murray
Published - Friday
Volume: 30 - Number: 01
Price - 25p Pages - 40
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
3rd January 1981
Cover: Joe Strummer (Clash)
Articles and interviews:
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Boyd Rice
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The Moondogs
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Bob Dylan
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Dusseldorf and Berlin
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1980 T-Zers Awards
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Fire Engines
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Quotes of The Year
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The B-52's
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The Clash
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The 1980 Points Charts
Albums:
Pecker, Kylyn, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Sex Pistols, Berlin Blondes, Yello, The Wall, John Wetton, Steve Winwood, The Sweat, Bunk Dogger
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
The Gap Band, Heatwave, The Joe Jackson Band, AK Band, West End, Ray Charles, Holly, Strugglers, High Inergy, BT Express, Ray Parker Jr and Raydio, A Sudden Sway, Nazareth, Family Fodder, The Plugs, Donna Summer, The 4 Skins, Lenny Kaye, Another Pretty Face, The Reddings
Live:
Elvis Costello and friends (Madness, Squeeze, Rockpile, Selecter, UB40), Undertones, The Police, Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Volume: 30 - Number: 2
Price - 25p Pages - 40
Illustration by Jill Mumford
Issue donated by John Harrison
10th January 1981
Cover: Trans Europe Express
Articles and interviews:
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Was Lennon shot to order
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Stray Cats
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Thompson Twins
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The Fall
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Nick Kent Story
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Steve Winwood
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Trans Europe Express - Part One - Prague
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The Marcels
Albums:
Ray Charles, Various Artists (Warts 'N' all: Live at the 101 club, A Factory Quartet, The Guinness Album, History of Ska), Rick Straker Band, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, Jimi Hendrix, The Faces, Randy Crawford, The Lurkers, Rocking Dopsie and the Cajun Twisters, Earth Wind and Fire, The Kinks, Fatback Band, Fred Frith, The Shaggs, Smokey Robbins
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
The Shakin Pyramids, Spandau Ballet, David Bowie, Positive Noise, Idol Death, The Immortal Invisibles, Strangers In The Night, The Dogma Cats, Ersatz, Orange Disaster, The First Steps, Wamm, Pzazz, LAX
Live:
Burning Spear, The Sweet, ICA Rock Week
24th January 1981
Volume: 30 - Number: 03
Price - 25p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
17th January 1981
Cover - Wah! Heat
Articles and interviews:
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The Specials
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Dungeons and Dragons
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Blondie
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Adam and the Ants
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Repetition
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Buster Bloodvessel
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Trans Europe Express
- Part 2: Hungary -
Mikey Dread Campbell
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Maurice White
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Wah! Heat
Albums:
Defunkt, Bunny Wailers, The Boomtown Rats, Basement 5. Gen X, The Fire Engines, David Bowie, Sam Rivers, Sonny Rollins, Julius Hemphill Quartet, Arthur Blythe, Pharaoh Sanders, Jermaine Jackson, The Mekons
Singles: by Ian Penman
Blondie, Fantasy, Sheila Hylton, The Tamlins, Was (Not Was), James Brown, Bette Midler, Grover Washington Jr, John Lennon, The Clash, Ultravox, Steve Winwood, XTC, A Popular History of Signs, Honey Bane, Lenny White, Ned Doheny
Live:
Human Switchboard, Stray Cats, Durutti Column / The Renegades / The Thunderboys, Boomtown Rats / The Arix, Fire Engines, The Rockats, XTC
Volume: 30 - Number: 04
Price - 25p Pages - 48
Cover by Anton Corbijn / Associated Press
Issue donated by John Harrison
Cover: The Jam / Adam Ant /
Margaret Thatcher
Articles and interviews:
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Yoko Ono
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Trans Europe Express
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Colin Newman
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Barbiturates - NME Investigates
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Richard Strange
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The Cheaters
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The Damned
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NME Readers Poll '80
Albums:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The db's, Sir Douglas Quintet, Split Enz, Yes, D C Gilbert / G Lewis, Millie Jackson, Sheena Easton, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, Splodgenessabounds
Singles reviewed by Paul De Noyer
The Teardrop Explodes, The Passions, Pear Harbour, Diana Ross, The Temptations, George Benson, Lenny Williams, Big Table, The 101 ers, Cliff Richard, Styx, Madness, Department S, Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect, TV Smith's Explorers, Gen X, The Donkeys, Nautyculture, Mackt Och, The Stranglers, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Split Enz, Regents, The Virgin Prunes, Desmond Decker, Boney M, The Vincent Units, Jimmy Riley, Rockers All Stars, Sector 27, Sic, Family Fodder, People In Control, Systems, The Sneakers, Knox, John Ellis, B Movie, Side Effects, Rainbow, Dedringer, Slade, Wesley Magoogan
Live:
The Specials / The Beat, Echo and the Bunnymen, Roxy Music, Dennis Bovell's Dub Band, Jethro Tull, Restaurant For Dogs
Volume: 30 - Number: 05
Price - 30p Pages - 48
Cover by Bush Hollyhead
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NME / Rough Trade C81 Cassette Offer
Issue donated by John Harrison
31st January 1981
Cover: NME / Rough Trade
Cassette Offer
Articles and interviews:
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John Peel
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The Explorers
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CP Lee
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Duran Duran
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The Stranglers
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The Teardrop Explodes
Albums:
Richard Strange, The Jim Carroll Band, Dolly Parton, S.Y.P.H, Donny Hathaway, McFadden and Whitehead, Michael Henderson, The Gap Band, Rose Royce, UFO, April Wine, Half Japanese, STYX
Singles reviewed by Chris Bohn
Ralph Dorper, Radio Free Europe, Devo, I'm So Hollow, Gods Toys, Cuddly Toys, The Teenage Filmstars, The Expressions, Angelic Upstarts, Vice Squad, Thompson Twins, The Freshies, Sad Among Strangers, The Radio Actors, Going Red, Restricted Code, Dave Stewart, Calling Hearts, Wild Willy Barrett, Gang Of Four, Nina Hagen Band, Inertia, Cheap Trick, Gil Scott-Heron / Brian Jackson, Johnny Britton, Johnny Holliday, John Cougar, Bruce Walley, Jets, Volkstanz, Aam and the Ants, Flak, Stray Cats, Harry Thumann, 92
Reggae singles by Vivian Goldman
Tristan Palma, Johnny Osbourne, Jimmy Riley, The Tamlins, Sheila Hylton, Home T4, Freddie McGregor, The Wailing Souls, General Saint and Clint Eastwood, Victor Romero Evans, Sister Love, Ernest Wilson, Bunny Wailers, Burning Spear, Jean Adebambo, Melina Carone, Leroy Sibbles, Pauline and Dambala, Judy Mowatt, Misty in Roots, Session Men / AKU / BAKA / Michael Smith
Live:
Classix Nouveaux / Nash The Slash / Theatre Of Hate / Shock / Naked Lunch / Blancmange, The Cuban Heels, Toyah, The Who, Aswad / Linton Kwesi / Johnson / New Regulars, The Belle Stars
Volume: 30 - Number: 06
Price - 30p Pages - 52
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
7th February 1981
Cover: The Police
Articles and interviews:
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Eric Random
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American Alternative Print - NME Takes A Closer Look
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The Plastics
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The Cuban Heels
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Tenpole Tudor
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Bette Midler
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The Police
Albums:
Various Artists (Dance Craze, The Recorder Vol 2, Some Bizzare Album), Marvin Gaye, J Cale, Phil Collins, Peru Ubu, Charge, The Stranglers
Singles: by Paul Morley
A Certain Ratio, The Names, Minny Pops, Crispy Ambulance, The Bongos, The Selector, Positive Noise, Sheena Easton, Dollar, New Musik, Regents, Landscape, Kit Hain, Claire Hammill, Noosha Fox, Robert Wyatt, Peter Blackman, Michael Ativar, John Ellis, Religious Overdose, Danceshift, Paul Simon, Sniff 'n' the Tears, Robin Thrower, Brian Copsey and the Commotions, Tango Brigade, Gillan
Live:
The Spizzles / The Mo-dettes, Slade, U2 / Delta 5 / Thompson Twins, Angelic Upstarts, Pearl Harbour, The Reluctant Stereotypes / Erogenous Zones, Arthur 2 Stroke and the Chart Commodors
Volume: 30 - Number: 07
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by David Corio
Issue donated by John Harrison
14th February 1981
Cover: Bono (U2)
Articles and interviews:
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Elvis Costello
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The Clash
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Wasted Youth
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Bill Hayley
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The Raybeats
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ABBA - The Industry
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U2
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Lyn Seymour
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Crass
Albums:
Brian Eno and David Byrne, Various Artists (Bullshit Detector, The Sounds of the 80's), New Age Steppers, Nash The Slash, Iron Maiden, The Congos, Scientist and the Roots Radics Band, Freeez, The Whispers, Wilko Johnson, Clock DVA
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
Grace ones, The Pretenders, Sly Dunbar, Fleshtones, Roxy Music, Pylon, Shock Treatment, Bill Nelson, Toyah, Ruts DC, Night Doctor, Team 23, The Slickee Boys, The Insect Surfers, Billy Hancock, Evan Johns and the H Bomb, Holly and the Italians, Club of Rome, Twisted Nerve, Fun City, Flexible Response, Human Sexual Response, Ronnie Spector Religious Overdose, , Peru Ubu, Jam Today, Urge
Live:
Elvis Costello, New Order / Heaven, Temporary Title, Throbbing Gristle / Clock DVA / Cabaret Voltaire
Volume: 30 - Number: 08
Price - 20p Pages - 56
Cover by Jean Bernard
Sohiez
Issue donated by John Harrison
21st February 1981
Cover: Box Boys
Articles and interviews:
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Andy Warhol
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Nelly Kaplan
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Department S
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Bauhaus
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Billy Idol
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Glue - NME Investigates
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Bongos
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Reggae Sound Systems
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The Passions
Albums:
The Selecter, Sister Sledge, James White and the Contortions, UK Subs, Eyeless in Gaza, Landscape, The Barracudas, The Boys, Heatwave, Todd Rundgren, Rainbow, Trevor Rabin, Krokus, Bette Midler
Singles by
The Rah Band, The Whispers, Linx, Tierra, The Moondogs, Tom Browne, The Human League, Bruce Springsteen, Earth Wind and Fire, The Barracudas, Praying Mantis, Beatpump, The Raybeats, The Tygers of Pan Tang, UK Decay, Ned Doheny, Essential Logic, BIM, Chas and Dave, Spizzles, Essential Logic, Status Quo, Last Stand, Lilliput, Inversion, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Billy Ocean, Millie Jackson, Sharron Redd, Chrome Inworlds, Stee Joseph, Modern Jazz, Foetus Under Glass, Tot Taylor, Vogel, Television Personalities, The Photos, Beggar and Co, The Norbiton Surfers, Aerial Fox, The Vapors, The Stiffs
Live:
Ray Charles, Peru Ubu, Oi Division, Au Pairs, Nitecaps, Martian Dance, The stray Cats, Smack / New Model Army
Volume: 30 - Number: 09
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
28th February 1981
Cover - Marvin Gaye
Articles and interviews:
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The South Bank Show
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Freddy Waite and Cultural Music Workshop Youth
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Burning Spear
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The Millionaires
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Clock DVA
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Delta 5
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Theatre Of Hate
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Pauline Black
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Bruce Springsteen
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Marvin Gaye
Albums:
Gang Of Four, Blurt, Rush, Stray Cats, Pinpoint, Polyrock, Johnny Cash, Frank Frost, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Mann, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Various Artists (Sun Gold Hits Vol 1), Dome, Spandau Ballet, Delbert McClinton, Jets, The Beatles, BB King
Singles reviewed by Chris Bohn
New Order, Heaven 17, Yoko Ono, 23 Skidoo, Celebrate, Depeche Mode, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Les Vampyrettes, Crass, Korpus Kristi, Nikki Sudden, Sternhagel, ZK, Vorsprung, Furious Pig, Dalek I Love You, The Who, Phil Collins, Love of Life Orchestra, Lene Lovich, The db's, Real to Real, Pinpoint, 9 Below Zero, Lee Kosmin, The Lines, Classix Nouveaux, Modern Mann, Music For Pleasure, Methodishca Tune, Albania
Live:
The New York Invasion (The Bongos, The Raybeats, The dB's), Siouxsie & the Banshees, Rowan Atkinson, The Fleshtones, Polyrock, Bush Tetras, Pigbag, Treatment, Fay Ray
Volume: 30 - Number: 10
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
7th March 1981
Cover - Richard Jobson
Articles and interviews:
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Neville Staples
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Alvin Stardust
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Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Regan
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TV21
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Gary Glitter
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Anti Nazi League
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Basement 5
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The Armadillo World Headquarters
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The Eurythmics
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Richard Jobson
Albums:
Television Personalities, Midnight Flyer, The Mothmen, Tangerine Dream, Chet Baker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eric Clapton, Robin Thrower, The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Firesign Theatre, Joe Sample
Singles reviewed by
Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Gang of Four, Altered Images, The Passage, Modern Romance, Junior Tucker, Dexys Midnight Runners, Shakin Pyramids, Jermaine Jackson, Kleer, Kosmonautentraum, Stevie Wonder, James King, TV21, Dave Edmunds, Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone, Modern Eon, The Polecats, Nash The Slash. Shakatak
Live:
Bow Wow Wow, Aztec Camera, Ruts DC, UK Subs / Chelsea / Stiffs, The Fall
Volume: 30 - Number: 11
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
14th March 1981
Cover: John Lydon
Articles and interviews:
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Talking Heads
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Blondie
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Mondo Zines-o - New Fanzine's
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The Cramps
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Stray Cats
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Dead Or Alive
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Heaven 17
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Sam Rivers
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The Passage
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John Lydon (PIL)
Albums:
Various Artists (Heat From The Streets), Linx, Family Fodder, Judas Priest, The Spizzles, The Lunge Lizards, Rico, Sugar Minott
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Marvin Gaye, Prince, Original Mirrors, Gina X Performance, Classix Nouveaux, The Meteors, Firefly, Gillan, The Planets, The Bureau, The Teen Idles, Bino, Riley, XTC, Donna Summer, Quincy Jones, The Royal Showband, Heatwave, Champaign, REO Speedwagon, Nick Straker Band, One on One, Hot Chocolate, Phillip Lynott, Small Ads, Trevor Rabin, The Past Seven Days, White Europeans, Cecil Parker, The Cuddly Toys, Cabaret Voltaire
USA singles by Richard Grabel
Mission Of Burma, Funky Four Plus One, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Young Canadians, Olympia Washington, Original Symptoms, Dils, X, Bandy Gun
Live:
UB40 / Matumbi / Merger, Simple Minds / Positive Noise, Black Echoes Reggae Awards, The Bureau, Duran Duran / B Movie, The Only Ones / Original Mirrors, The People, Chandra and The Dance
Volume: 30 - Number: 12
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover by Kaoru Ijima
Issue donated by John Harrison
21st March 1981
Cover: Tokyo at Midnight /
Chica Sato
Articles and interviews:
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Bow Wow Wow
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Depeche Mode
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A Song For Europe
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The Bureau
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Phil Collins
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Simple Minds
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Look at the music scene and bands in Japan
Albums:
Theatre of Hate, The Who, Robert Fripp, BEF, Second Layer, Garland Jeffreys, Curtis Mayfield, Diana Ross, Tuxedomoon
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
The Associates, Bernard Wright, Light Of The World, New York Sky, Josef K, Spandau Ballet, The Delmontes, John Martyn, Bow Wow Wow, Fad Gadget, Young Marble Giants, Orange Juice, Aztec Camera, Blue Orchids, Laughing Apple, The Comsat Angels, Mark Beer, The Yachts, Bad Manners, Liquid Gold, Racey, Jane Kennaway, Joe Jackson, BA Robertson, Human Sexual Response, Nigel Dixon
Live:
Millie Jackson / Dynasty, The Wanderes / Martian Dance / The Straps, Iron Maiden, The Who, Status Quo, The Feelies, Alan Vega, Love of Life Orchestra / Delmontes
Volume: 30 - Number: 13
Price - 30p Pages - 52
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
28th March 1981
Cover: Madness
Articles and interviews:
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Girls At Our Best
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Human Sexual Response
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Trust
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Shakin Stevens
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The Grateful Dead
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Japanese Rock with:
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The Plastics
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Sheena and the Rokkets
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Tom Waits
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Madness
Albums:
Aswad, Phantomband, Irmin Schmidt, Toy Planet, Smokey Robinson, The Vapors, Slade, Various Artists (Lie Letters), Al Green, Ellen Foley, The 101'ers, Grace Slick, The Shakin Pyramids, King Tubby / Prince Jammy and Scientist
Singles by
Public Image Ltd, David Bowie, Honey Bane, Scars, Bauhaus, Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, Slade, The Jags, Stiff Little Fingers, Tenpole Tudor, Little Willy Littlefield, Rosco Gordon, Teen Queens, Etta James, Sam Butera and the Witnesses, The stranglers, Burundi Black, The Lambrettas, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John Band featuring John Lennon, Dire Straits, Aretha Franklin, Bill Haley, Reality, Five or Six, Electric Guitars, Hazel O'Connor, Michael Des Barres, The Cure, Matchbox
Live:
Freeze, The Teardrop Explodes, Spandau Ballet, The 4 be 2s / The Bollock Brothers / The Sex Bristols, Crispy Ambulance, The Grateful Dead, Fela Anikulapo Kuti and Arica 70, Tom Waits
Volume: 30 - Number: 14
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover By - Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
4th April 1981
Cover: Michael Jackson
Articles and interviews:
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The 2002 Review
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Pete Shelley
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Material
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Gang Of Four
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Landscape
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Michael Jackson
Albums:
Public Image Limited, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Various Artists (Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, Rhythm and Reggae), The Grateful Dead, Peru Ubu, John Cale, Nine Below Zero, The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Flakes Marine, Material, My Captains, Normil Hawaiians, Freeez, The Mood Elevators, Ronnie Spector, Glen Campbell & Tanya Tucker, Ken Lockie, Flying Lizards, Half Japanese, Patrice Rushen, Berlin Blondes, Funkadelic, Parliament, Linval Thompson, Rufus, Rose Royce, Regents, Girlschool, Mannschreck, Level 42, Faction, Gap Band
Live:
Adam & the Ants, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, A Certain Ratio / The Bush Tetras / 23 Skidoo, Some Bizzare / Groups Avec i-D, The Stray Cats / The Pirates, George Adams / Don Pullen Quartet, Chet Baker Quintet
Books:
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Born To Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story
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Shout: True Story of the Beatles
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John Lennon: 1940-1980
11th April 1981
Cover: Popeye (film)
Articles and interviews:
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The Million Dollar Quartet
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Colours Out Of Time
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The Animated Face Of Rock
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Linx
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John Entwistle
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The Belle Stars
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James Brown
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23 Skidoo
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California Punks and Skins
Albums:
Status Quo, The Rolling Stones, The Scars, The Birthday Party, Modern English, Dave Edmunds, Girlschool, Cockney Rejects, B.A. Robertson, Joe Ely, Little Roy, Various Artists (Declaration of Independence)
Singles reviewed by Rockin' Sidney
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ivory Coasters, Come On, Parliament, Gene Dunlap, Mitt and the Modules, Chairman Youth, The Dolphins, The Nightingales, Restricted Code, Fire Engines, The Inmates, Out On Blue Six, Theatre Of Hate, The Look, Dee Sharpe and One Blood, Cool Notes, Culture, Gene Vincent, Johnny Storm, Joe Ely, Sir Douglas Quintet, James Goss and the Geeks, David Bowie, The Royals, Eric Hysteric and the Esoterics, Eugene and the Syncopaters, The Clash, Ellen Foley, The Squares, Kevin Dunn and the Regiment of Women
Live:
Human Sexual Response, Culture / Far Image, Gang Of Four / Pere Ubu / Bush Tetras, Bauhaus / Clock DVA, The Meteors, Prince, Colin Newman / Department S / The Birthday Party, Richard Hell / The Bloods, The Selector
18th April 1981
Cover: Robert King (Scars)
Articles and interviews:
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The Scars
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Howard Devoto
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Robert Altman (Popeye)
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John Cale
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Haircut 100
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The People
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Heatwave
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Chris Burden
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Barrie Keeffe
News:
Brixton riots, Pink Floyd, Black Uhuru, Richard Jobson, Robyn Hitchcock, Human League, Joe Walsh, Madness, Charlie, The Skids, The Clash contest, ,
Albums:
The Cramps, Stiff Little Fingers, Robert Wyatt, The Cure, Robert Fripp, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Parliament, Isley Brothers, Ted Nugent, Tenpole Tudor, Shakin’ Stevens, Fischer Z
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
The Beat, Madness, Carol Jiani, Girls At Our Best!, Elvis Costello, Alphonse Mouzon, Fire Engines, The Waitresses, The Stray Cats, Echo & The Bunnymen, B-Movie, The Disco Four, ESG, and more.
Live:
Bruce Springsteen, Vic Godard & Subway Sect, Bow Wow Wow, UB40, Belle Stars, Prince Far I, Musical Youth, The Delmontes, Comsat Angels, The Spectres, Minny Pops, The Arabs, Amlak & Chanel, Snakefinger, Michael Des Barres, Chequered Past
Volume: 30 - Number: 17
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover by David Corio
Issue donated by John Harrison
25th April 1981
Cover: Tim Polecat
Articles and interviews:
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Ted Milton
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Despatch - Playhouse Publication
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The Polecats
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Styx
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Lounge Lizards
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Sterling Morrison - The Velvet Underground story
Albums:
Gary Numan, Change, Detroit Spinners, Quincy ones, Rexy, The Beach Bullies, The 49 Americans, Barry White and Love Unlimited, Robert Ashley, Various Artists (The King Kong Compilation, City Walls, Influx One, Vaultage 80, Cry Havoc), The Melodians, Bernard Wright, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Graham Bond, Driscoll and Auger, Soft Machine, Romeo Void, Lee Perry, Stanley Clarke / George Duke
Single reviews by Barney Hoskyns
Taana Gardner, Imagination, Rick James, Deniece Williams, Teddy Pendergrass, Flying Padovani's, The Human League, 999, Chaka Khan, Rah Band, Bruce Springsteen, Marc Bolan, Psychedelic Furs, Gary Glitter, Amii Stewart, Soft Cell, Sheena Easton, Pauline Murray and Invisible Girls, Chelsea, The Exploited, The Outcasts, Bill Nelson, Jona Lewie
Live:
Adam and the Ants, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Polecats, The Room, Defunkt / Jah Malla / Babylon Dance Band / Nervous Rex, Fire Engines
2nd May 1981
Cover: Kelly Johnson
Articles and interviews:
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Foreign Press
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Rob Lamb's Romantic Records Label
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Mary Halon - The Velvet Underground Story
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B Movie
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Dolly Mixture
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Black Leather
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The Blue Cats
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The Human League
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Daniel Miller
Albums:
A Certain Ratio, The Fall, The Jags, Plastics, The Searchers, Blue Angel, Jerry Lee Leis, The Tubes, Discharge, Grace Jones, Ethiopian, Various Mothers, David Bowie
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Adam and the Ants, Japan, Teardrop Explodes, Magazine, Sister Sledge, Two Man Sound, The Truth Club, Michael Jackson, Gino Vannelli, Talking Heads, John Cale, Lambrettas, Revelation, Rocky Sharpe, Oinge Boingo, Squeeze, EMF, Talking Reds, Sparks, The Undertones
Live:
Fad Gadget / Depeche Mode / Palais / Schaumberg / Furious Pig, Jerry Lee Lewis, Stiff Little Fingers, Gary Numan, Echo and the Bunnymen / Blue Orchids
Volume: 30 - Number: 18
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
Volume: 30 - Number: 19
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Robert Sharp
9th May 1981
Cover: Clare Grogan and Edwyn Collins (Altered Images, Orange Juice)
Articles and interviews:
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Killing Joke
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Misty In Roots
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David Cronenberg interview
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Julie Burchill: political books
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NME history of Funk part 2
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Pink Champagne
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Eddie and Sunshine
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News:
Bob Dylan, The Clash, Ian Dury, The Members, Yoko Ono, Ginger Baker, The Cramps, Belle Stars, Glastonbury (Taj Mahal, Au Pairs, Aswad)
Albums:
The Beat, Chaka Khan, Split Enz, Swell Maps, John Cooper Clarke, Johnny Storm & Memphis, Spirit, Undertones, Holly & The Italians, Santana, Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio, T.S. Monk, The Reddings, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, Wilson Picket, La Düsseldorf
Singles reviewed by Vivien Goldman
Pigbag, Fela Kuti, The Members, Kraftwerk, Current Obsessions, The Passage, Josef K, Zru Vogue, The Tarzans, Musical Youth, Maria Muldaur, The Mistakes, The Who, Tan Tan, John Dowie, and more...
Live:
The Plastics, The Specials, Dexys Midnight Runners, Lene Lovich, Adam & the Ants, Rick Wakeman, Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget, Jah Wobble, The People, Furious Pig, The Decorators, Michael Thelwell, Jan Garbarek, The Lines, Pigbag, The Colours, Egbert Gismonti, OK Jive, The Lemons, Charlie Haden
Volume: 30 - Number: 20
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Adrian Boot
Issue donated by John Harrison
16th May 1981
Cover: Bob Marley
Articles and interviews:
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Bob Marley
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Spandau Ballet
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New York No Wave
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The Cure
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Discharge
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Teddy Pendergrass
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The Undertones
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James Dean
Albums:
Squeeze, Au Pairs, The Lambrettas, Kraftwerk, Positive Noise, The Exploited, Matumbi, Billy Boy Arnold, Lowell Fulson, John Lee Hooker, Elmore Ames, Deadlock, Kryzys, Holly Stanton, Lonnie Liston Smith, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, Charles Earland, Sky, Grover Washington Jr, Dennis Brown, Cal Wilson
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
UB40, Snuky Tat, Simple Minds, Polecats, Heaven 17, Toyah, The Distractions, 39 Lyon Street, Essential Bop, Delmontes, TC Matic, Pseudocode, Vina Lindt, Positive Noise, Richard Strange, Sharon Redd, Cuban Heels, Diagram Brothers, The Chords
Live:
The Bureau / Subway Sect, New Oder / Television / Safehouse, Discipline / Lounge Lizards, ABC, Theatre Of Hate / Modern English / The Birthday Party, The Remipeds, Bill Nelson / Vini Reilly, 23 Skidoo / The Event Group
Volume: 30 - Number: 21
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
23rd May 1981
Cover: The Beat
Articles and interviews:
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David Henderson - Portrait of an Artist
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Sheena Easton vs The Nolans
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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
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Furious Pig
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Pigbag
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Snips
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Football Records
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Squeeze
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Soft Cell
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ESG
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Peoples March For Jobs
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The Beat
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Nico
Albums:
Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Black Uhuru, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Toyah, Betty Wright, Love, Be Bop Deluxe, Bill Nelson, The Deluxe Blues Band, Vangelis, Faction
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Aswad, The Jam, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Bureau, Doll by Doll, Killing Joke, Can, Iggy Pop, Dead Kennedys, Hazel O'Connor, Mundi, The Whispers, The Walking Souls, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire, Aurra, Eighties Ladies, The Evasions, Voggue, Odyssey
Live: Live at the ICA with
Belle Stars / Talisman / Kan Kan, Altered Images / Manufactured Romance / Case, Fad Gadget / Sunshine and Eddie / Self Control / Matt Fretton, Scars / Bim, , Blurt / The Birthday Party / Ivory Coasters, Girls at Out Best / Bumble and the Bees / Animal Answer
Live:
Sir Douglas Quintet, The Bluebells / Aubrey Reilly, Way Of The West, The Cure
Volume: 30 - Number: 22
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
30th May 1981
Cover: The Treacherous Three
Articles and interviews:
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Wilko Johnson
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Eric Mitchell
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Siouxsie Sioux - Portrait of an Artist
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Time Out Magazine
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Hermine
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Mode-Us Avant-Garde
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Our Daughter's Wedding
-
Bill Wyman
-
DAF
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Bob Marley
-
Funkapolitan
-
Johnathan Demme
-
Japan
-
A Look at Rap
Albums:
Echo and the Bunnymen, Various Artists (Mutant Disco, Sehr Gut Kommt Sehr Gut, , Schallmauer Sampler), Der Plan, Doll by Doll, Barry Melton, Classix Nouveaux, Original Mirrors, Video Adventures, Red Crayola, Bill Hayley and his Comets, Deniece Williams, Roger Taylor, Cuddly Toys
Singles reviewed by Max Bell
The Champs, Steve Winwood, Altered Images, Self Control, Udo Lindenberg, Bucks Fizz, Vivian Stanshall, Bunny Wailer, Ultravox, Wire, Gary U.S. Bonds, The Action, George Harrison, Modern Eon, Delbert McClinton, FKs, Dead Or Alive, A Flock Of Seagulls, Emmylou Harris, Hortense Ellis, Linx, Angelic Upstarts
Live:
Japan, The Beat, Parliament / Funkadelic, The Undertones, Siam, Out On Blue Six / The Chefs, Ruts DC / Cuban Heels, The Gas, Thompson Twins / Electric Guitars, Victims of Pleasure, Tuxedomoon, Pauline Murray / The Scars
Volume: 30 - Number: 23
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
6th June 1981
Cover: Prince
Articles and interviews:
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The Jobs March - London
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Public Image Limited
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Prick Up Your Ears
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Prince
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Quintin Crisp
-
The Works and Words of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Part One)
-
Mick Farren and Lemmy
-
Vaughan Toulouse (portrait)
-
A look at Western (Cowboy) Films
Albums:
UB40, The Raincoats, Ben E King, Art Objects, Quinin Crips, Local Heroes, Joe Walsh, Elton John
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
The Yardbirds, Bill Nelson, Classix Nouveau, Sniff and the Tears, Flying Lizards, The Korgis, Depeche Mode, Ingrid, Voice Farm, Grace Jones, Cannon and Ball, The Professionals, Jim Carroll, Joe Walsh, The Psychedelic Furs, Sector 27, Essential Logic, Dennis Waterman, Bram Tchaikovsky
Live:
Bruce Springsteen, John Cooper Clarke, Joe Ely, Defunkt, DAF, Cabaret Future, The Whispers / Shalamar / Lakeside / Carrie Lucas, Spontaneous Music Orchestra Ensemble, The Cramps / The Meteors
Volume: 30 - Number: 24
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Jill Furmanovsky
Issue donated by John Harrison
13th June 1981
Cover: Julian Cope
Articles and interviews:
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Bono Vox - Portrait of an Artists
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The Birthday Party
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Motivation
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Hambi and the Dance
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Teardrop Explodes
-
Howard Devoto
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The Works and Words of Bob Marley and The Wailers (Part Two)
-
Kraftwerk
Albums:
Yoko Ono, Motorhead, Manu Dibango, Crass, James Chance and the Contortions, Dillinger, Alan Vega, Boyd Rice, Non, Ruts DC, Gino Soccio, Ohio Players
Singles reviewed by Paul Tickell
Prince, The Beat, The Specials, ESG, Zounds, TV21, Tymon Dogg, The Maines Brothers, Fun O Funk, Material, Cheryl Lynn, Dave Edmunds with The Stay Cats Eurythmics, The Belle Stars, The People, Kraftwerk, Eddie Peters, Tom To Club, The Meteors, The Shakin' Pyramids, Carson Robison, Honey Bane, The Pictures, Rainbow, Graham Bonnet, Gillan, The Moody Blues
Live:
Josef K / Bill Nelson / A Flock of Seagulls, Fundamental Frolics, Ornette Coleman, Gang Of Four, Squeeze, Prince
Volume: 30 - Number: 25
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
20th June 1981
Cover: James Chance / Wardell
Grey and Dexter Gordon
Articles and interviews:
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Bruce Springsteen
-
Pete Wylie - Portrait of an Artist
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Blue Orchids
-
Randy Crawford
-
The Clash
-
Was (Not Was)
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Bill Nelson
-
James Chance
-
The Hip Hiker's Guide To Jazz
Albums:
Magazine, Killing Joke, Eddy Grant, Iggy Pop, Various Artists (Strength Through Oil), Jack Nitzsche, Snowy Red, The Nocturnal Emissions, Art Et Technique, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Tim Buckley, Bill Shankly, Sadane, Gladys Night and the Pips, Empire, Trek W / Quintronic, Grace, Sparks, A.D.C. Band
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Quincy Jones, Bit's and Pieces, Robert Palmer, Peter Tosh, Bobby Thurston, Third World, The Gifted Children, Lovely Previn, Hambi and the Dance, Chubby Checker, Eyeless in Gaza, Wah!, Department S, Bad Manners, Tantra, Klymaxx, Holly and the Italians, Thompson Twins, The Kinks, Tom Gribben, Nautyculture
Live:
Summer In The City, Crass / Poison Girls, Light of the World / Innervisions, Toyah, The Flying Club, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Geddes Axe / Vardis / Angel Witch, Van Halen, The Flying Lizards / Fourth Wall, Thompson Twins
Volume: 30 - Number: 26
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
27th June 1980
Cover: Joe and Byron Bowie
Articles and interviews:
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Tom Snyder
-
Ross Middleton - Portrait of an Artist
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The John Lennon Murder
-
Fundamentalist Christian Revival in America
-
Doll By Doll
-
Echo and the Bunnymen
-
Titanic Resunk
-
The New York Guardian Angels
-
Joe Bowie
-
Hip Hikers Guide to Jazz (Part 2)
Albums:
Was (Not Was), James Brown, TV's Smith's Explorers, Schleimer K, Siouxsie and the Banshees, X, The Method Actors, Modern Eon, The passage, Peter Hammill, Lee Ritenour, Harvey Mason, David Sanborn, Earl Sixteen
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
Throbbing Gristle, Vice Versa, Clock DVA, Was (Not Was), Tom Tom Club, Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patteson, Bush Tetras, AC Marias AC, Showaddywaddy, The Jacksons, Wasted Youth, Nash The Slash, TV Smiths Explorers, Home Service, The Drowning Craze, Play Dead, Cuddly Toys, The Toys, Red Beat, Samson, The Martian Schoolgirls, The Times, Positive Noise
Live:
The Fall, Toots and the Maytals / The Cool Notes, Kraftwerk, The Jam, Doll by Doll, The UK Subs / The Wanderes / Brain Brain
Volume: 30 - Number: 27
Price - 30p Pages - 56
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
4th July 1981
Cover: August Darnell
(Kid Creole & the Coconuts)
Articles and interviews:
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August Darnell
-
John Lennon murder - FBI Files
-
Angie Bowie
-
Peter Tosh
-
Bruce Springsteen
-
Chas Smash (portrait)
Albums:
Duran Duran, Wah!, The Fatback Band, Cameo, General Caine II, Prince Charles and the City Beat Band, Cabaret Voltaire, Chrome, Bram Tchaikovsky, Snips, Nico, Rick James, Sparks, Deke Leonard, Sadane, Carpenters, Equator, Shakatak
Singles reviewed by Adrien Thrills
Black Uhuru, Crispy Ambulance, Durutti Column, Section 25, Eric Random, Spandau Ballet, Dexys Midnight Runners, Raybeats, The Passions, The Tea Set, Visage, Kraftwerk, Mo-dettes, Bauhaus, Gang of Four
US indies by Richard Grabel
Cyclones, Strikers, Liquid Liquid, Love Bug Star-Ski and the Harlem World Crew, Dizzy and the Romilars, Hi Sheriffs of Blue, Crackers, DA, Angry Samoans, Vivian Goldman
Live:
Women's Rock Festival, Bob Dylan, Glastonbury, The Kinks, Classix Nouveau / Wasted Youth, A Bigger Splash, Soft Cell / Ronny
Volume: 30 - Number: 28
Price - 30p Pages - 48
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
11th July 1981
Cover: London race riots
Articles and interviews:
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Southall - Interracial Riots
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The 4 Skins
-
David Bowie
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Au Pairs
-
Richard Butler
-
Scott Walker
-
John Lennon murder (part 3)
-
Black Uhuru
-
Dave Gahan (portrait)
Albums:
The Ramones, Polecats, Kim Carnes, Arthur Lee, Motion, Frank Zappa, Ken Lockie, Alternative TV, A.D.C Band, Trek W / Ouintronic, Albania, Models, The Twinkle Brothers, Bill Wyman, Joe Jackson
Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer
Echo and the Bunnymen, The Undertones, Motorhead, Bette Bright and the Illuminators, ABBA, Squeeze, Split Enz, Richard Strange, The Associates, Jimmy Pursey, Girlschool, Eddy Grant, The Equators, Barry Andrews, Ramones, Kate Bush, Jah Wobble / Jaki Liebexeit / Holger Czukay, Eric Random, Dif Juz, Darts, Village People, Rock Tattoo, 999, Virgin Prunes, The Room, Soul, The Laughing Apple, 57th Parallel, Bill Wyman, Elton John, Rick Wakeman Band, The Peecess, Michaelson, JC Mainmen, The Freshers
Live:
Northern Carnival Against Racism, Aswad, Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Circus, Andy Allen's Future, Pigbag, The Angelic Upstarts, Peter Tosh, Marvin Gaye
Books:
Song and Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan, The Learning Tower of Reason
Volume: 30 - Number: 29
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Kevin Cummins
Issue donated by John Harrison
18th July 1981
Cover: ABC
Articles and interviews:
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Britain's Riots
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Mensi
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Black Uhuru
-
Fanzines
-
Pre-De
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ABC
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Roy Carr and Fred Dellar
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Iggy Pop
-
Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare
-
The Apocalypse Tour
Albums:
Miles Davis, Kim Wilde, The Motors, Carla Bley, Nick Mason, Devo, The Pirates, Sly and Robbie, Various Artists (Modern Rockabilly), Gloria Gaynor, Viv Stanshall, Colin Newman, The Doctor of Madness, Dr Feelgood, Angelic Upstarts, Art Bears
Singles reviewed by Ian Penman
Thomas Leer, Aswad, Delta 5, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Donnie Elbert, Janic Prevost, Pointer Sisters, Modern Romance, Henry Badowski, The Monochrome Set, Tunnel Vision, The Photos, Metro, Huang Chung, Any Trouble, Duran Duran
Live:
Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive, Duran Duran, Mark Springer / Rip Rig and Panic, Black Uhuru, Modern Romance, Talk Like That / Alexei Sayle / Disband, Outer Art, Iggy Pop / Telephone, Johnny Osbourne, Airstrip 1, Restricted Code
25th July 1981
Volume: 30 - Number: 30
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Joe Stevens
Issue donated by John Harrison
Cover - Grace Jones
Articles and interviews:
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Grace Jones
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Oi
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The Thompson Twins
-
Tom Petty
-
Duran Duran
-
Lee Perry
-
Positive Noise
-
The Cramps Guide to Teenage Monster Movies
-
Kim Wilde (portrait)
Albums:
Debbie Harry, Josef K, Dennis Boell, The Brothers Johnson, Johnny Guitar Watson, Champaign, Let The Thunder Cry, Plantation Harbour, Pointer Sisters, Trimmer and Jenkins, The Action, Third World, Twitch, Max Romeo, Rick Wakeman, Urban Verbs, Mick Fleetwood, Pure Prairie League, Bobby Charles, Billy Fury, Tommy Steele, New Age Steppers
Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons
Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry, The Bob Buttons Band, Benny Mardones, Hazel O'Connor, Alternative TV, Tenpole Tudor, Grace ones, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Gary Glitter, Stevie Nick, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sprout Head Uprising, The Belle Stas, True Life Confessions, Shakin' Stevens, Noele Gordan, Bill Buckley, Startrax, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dionne Warwick
Live:
Monochrome Set / DAF, Spandau Ballet, Robyn Hitchcock, TV Smith's Explorers, This Heat / 23 Skidoo, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Miles Davis, Crepuscule Night, ABC, Rainbow / Rose Tattoo
Volume: 30 - Number: 31
Price - 30p Pages - 52
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
1st August 1981
Cover: Gary and Martin Kemp
(Spandau Ballet)
Articles and interviews:
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Spandau Ballet
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The Pinkies
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Telephone
-
Gang Of Four
-
Jim Morrison
-
Jim Carroll
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Aswad
-
Randy California (portrait)
Albums:
Wire, Delta 5, Dislocation Dance, ZZ Top, Teena Marie, The New Christs, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Icehouse, Plummet Airlines, Kiki Dee, The Nuns, Lee Fardon, Various Compilation (Club Sandwich), Def Leppard
Singles reviewed by Chris Bohn
Bow Wow Wow, Soft Cell, The Human League, UB40, Misty In Roots, Hanna Schyulla, Der KFC, B Movie, Palais Schaumburg, Prince Buster, Prince Miller, Dramatis, The Moody Blues, Roger Taylor, Charlie Harper, Classix Nouveaux, Down To Earth, Hawkwind, Jona Lewie, Rosanne Cash, Mo-Dettes, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath, The Smashchords, Reifenstahl, Front, Rex Dildo, Der Favorit, Pseudo Code, Nausea, U2, Gary US Bonds, Funkapolitan, Ana Hausen, The Loved Ones, Beasts In Cages, Repetition, Johnny Warman, Teena Marie, Dollar, The Nolans, Felt, Michael Jackson, Ben Watt, Albania, Icehouse, The Gas, The Out, The Chefs
Live:
Capital Jazz Festival, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Stimulin', Depeche Mode
Volume: 30 - Number: 32
Price - 30p Pages - 48
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
8th August 1981
Cover: The Specials
Articles and interviews:
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Elvis Costello
-
Toyah - Portrait of an Artist
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Toxteth - Life In The War Zone
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Diana and Charles Wedding
-
Ian Dury
-
Thomas Mensforth
-
The Specials
-
Arthur Lee
Albums:
Pretenders, The Go-Go's, Richie Cole, Paquito D'Rivera, Kirsty MacColl, Ostro 430, Little Feat, Half Japanese, De Press, City, Elektricni Orgazam, Threshold, Reifenstahl, Jon and Vangelis, Oingo Boingo, Blackfoot, PH.D, The Keys, The Commercials, David Hynes, The AK Band, Various Artists (Bowling Balls II, New Wave Hits For The 80's, B9)
Singles reviewed by Graham Lock
Au Pairs, B-52's, The Birthday Party, The Dance, The Higsons, Scritti Politti, Theatre Of Hate, Bunny Wailer, BB&Q Band, Everly King, Rafael Cameron, Frankie Smith, Carl Carlton, Stone City Band, Level 42, Lee Kosmin, Simple Minds, Randy Crawford, The Outskirts, Pete Fender, Moira and the Mice, Shrinking Men, Ideal Husbands, Tired Of Living, Talisman, Jackie Mitto, The Gorillas, The Jets, The Flat Tops, Thin Lizzy, Patti Austin, Aztec Camera, Cuban Heels, John Miles, The Records, Red Crayola, The Tubes
Live:
Heavy Metal Holocaust, OK Jive / 21 Guns, Randy Crawford, Arthur Blythe, The Belle Stars, The Colours Out Of Time, The Pretenders / Bureau, Fire Engines, Havana Let's Go
Volume: 30 - Number: 33
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by unknown
Issue donated by John Harrison
15th August 1981
Cover: Bob Dylan
Articles and interviews:
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Bob Dylan
-
Psychedelic revival
-
Funkapolitan
-
The Stars on 45
-
Higsons
-
Lydia Lunch
-
Dennis Bovell
-
Mark E Smith (portrait)
-
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Albums:
Bob Dylan, Blue Oyster Cult, Anti-Pasti, Bunny Wailer, A Wicked Good Time, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Issac Hayes, Shirley Brown, Various Artists (The Girls With Soul), Ludus, C.P Lee Mystery Guild, Frank Hannaway, Morrissey Mullen, Bucks Fizz, Shakefinger, Rickie Lee Jones, Pat Benatar, Peter Frampton, King Sounds and the Israelites, Steve Young, Foreigner, Tirez Tirez
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Bunny Brown, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rip Rig and Panic, Shake Shake, Big Self, Blurt, Stacy Lattisaw, Ritz, Brother To Brother, Scandal, Ry Cooder, Ultravox, The Rhythm Kings, The Lemons, The Pack, Thompson Twins, Bucks Fizz, The Look, Coast To Coast, Skids, Blue Oyster Cult, Cliff Richard
Live:
Northern Carnival Against Missiles, Jane Aire and the Belvederes, Aluminium Nights, Blue Rondo Al La Turk, Zounds, Gunter Hampel, Orange Juice, Josef K / Aztec Camera
Volume: 30 - Number: 34
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
22nd August 1981
Cover: Depeche Mode
Articles and interviews:
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Jah Wobble
-
Depeche Mode
-
Greater London Council Concert
-
Rick Wakeman
-
John's Children
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Bananarama
-
Kurtis Blow
-
Chic
-
The Desperadoes
-
Raincoats
-
The Decorators
-
Terry Gillan (portrait)
-
Terry Hall (portrait)
Albums:
Cabaret Voltaire, The Electric Spanking of War Babies, Doctor Alimantado, Kurtis Blow, Upsetters, Keith Hudson & Family Man Barrett, The Mud Hutters, The Dance, Tony Mathews, Michael Bloomfield, Brakin' Away, Any Trouble, The Equators, Ian Hunter, Eddie Kendricks, Naughty Sweeties, The Delinquents, Larry Graham, ZNR, Buddy Holly, Frank Marino, Johnny Warman
Singles reviewed by Lynn Hanna
The Associates, The Teardrop Explodes, Altered Images, The Slits, Ian Dury, Black Uhuru, Polecats, John Foxx, OMD, Gary Numan, The Go-Go's, Havana Let's Go, Modern Eon, Modern English, The Rolling Stones, Kim Carnes, Pat Benatar, Ian Hunter, Peter Frampton, The Beach Boys, Joe Jackson, ed Crayola with Art and Language, Red Beat, Verna Lindt, Hermine, Billy London, Jo Callis, The Lucky Saddles, Vivian Goldman
Live:
Grace Jones, James Chance, Teardrop Explodes / Dexy's Midnight Runners / Torque / Peter Richardson, Icehouse, Vic Godard, Alternative TV, The Higsons, Martian Dance
Books:
City Of Spades
Volume: 30 - Number: 35
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
29th August 1981
Cover: Chris Sullivan
(Blue Rondo)
Articles and interviews:
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The Chameleons
-
Brindley Forde - Portrait of an Artist
-
Bunny Brown
-
Ventures
-
Thomas Leer
-
Latin Music
-
Peter Hammill
-
Blue Rondo Al La Turk
Albums:
Devo, The Comsat Angels, Accelerate the Mercurian, Hazel O'Connor, Level 42, Meredith Monk, Gaskin, Carl Carton, Richard Earl, Riot, Lonnie Youngblood, Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls, Toyan, Mass, Birds with Ears, Evelyn King, Keni Burke
Singles by Charles Shaar Murray
Pete Shelley, Robert Wyatt, Heaven 17, Our Daughter's Wedding, Linx, The Hollies, Tulsa McLean, The Friendly Hopefuls, Portsmouth, Bruce Springsteen, The Pretenders, Michael Schenker Group, Girlschool, Chelsea, Airport & Dean, Mari Wilson and the Imaginations, Shake Shake, Arte Noir, Circle Line, Charlie Dore, The Body, Ronny, DNA, Del-Byzanteens, The Terrorists, Ludus, Volkswagens
Live:
Reggae Sunsplash Festival, HM Monsters Of Rock, The Scars / Cuban Heels, Animal Magnet, Ian Hunter, Nico
Volume: 30 - Number: 36
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
5th September 1981
Cover: Madness
Articles and interviews:
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Notting Hill Carnival
-
Paul Weller
-
Lee Brilleaux - Portrait of an Artist
-
Delta 5
-
DBC - London Reggae Pirate Radio Station
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Ludus
-
Nathan Chaser
-
The Meteors
-
Cabaret Voltaire
-
Rip Rig and Panic
-
Madness
Albums:
Gary Numan, The Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, Orquestra La Solucion, Altered Images, Various Artists (Urgh A Music War, Terpsichore, Street to Street Vol II), David Johansen, Robyn Hitchcock, The Rockats, Stargard, Hilly Michaels, Charlie Dore, Nazareth, Johnny Warman
Singles reviewed by Danny Baker
Was (Not Was), Imagination, Budgie, MSO, Multivizion, Lionel Richie and Diana Ross, Franklin and George Benson, Teardrop Explodes, The Passions, Rudy Grant, Odyssey, Adam and the Ants, Sheena Easton, Tangerine Dream, Peter Baumann, Beggars & Co, The Jacksons, Rhythm Method, Bananarama, Donald Byrd
Reggae singles by Penny Reel
Johnny Osbourne, Jimmy Riley and the Strugglers, Mighty Diamonds, Larry and Alvin, Otis Gayle, All Star, Lord Tanamo, Delton Schreechie, Pablo Gad, I Jahman Levi, Peter Tosh,, Edi Fitzroy
Live:
Rock on the Tyne Festival, Pigbag / Icarus, Depeche Mode / The Chefs / Tarzan 5, Dead Or Alive / The Decorators, Nightdoctor / Kaballa / Blackheart, War Of The West / Birds with Ears / Academy One, Stimulin / The People / Black Roots, The Exploited / Anti Pasti, Vice Squad, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Soft Cell
Volume: 30 - Number: 37
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Steve Dixon
Issue donated by John Harrison
12th September 1981
Cover: Soft Cell
Articles and interviews:
-
Guy Stevens
-
Michael Riley
-
Tom Verlaine
-
Mood Six
-
The Pretenders
-
Level 42
-
Soft Cell
-
Mark Perry (portrait)
-
Subway Graffiti - The Wild Style Of Visual Rap
Albums:
Rip Rig and Panic, Various (Hot You're Hot), Scott Walker, Gregory Isaacs, Richard Thompson, The Fall, Cayenne, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, The Commodores, The Isley Brothers
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Madness, Thelma Houston, Devo, Billy Ocean, Billy Fury, Bob Dylan, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Blam Blam Blam Matchbox, Godley and Creme, Iron Maiden, Depeche Mode, Rudi, Captain Kurk's Disco Trek, Carlene Carter with Paul Carrack
Live:
Futurama Festival, Funkapolitan / Cabaret Futura, Huang Chung / Everest The Hard Way / Afraid Of Mice, The Jacksons, Altered Images / Modern English / The Event Group, Soft White Underbelly, Birthday Party, Emotional Spies / Strict Baptists
Volume: 30 - Number: 38
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
19th September 1981
Cover: Kim Wilde
Articles and interviews:
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Bob Marley
-
Kim Wilde
-
Altered Images
-
Multivizion
-
Eyeless
-
Martin Rushent
-
Beggar and Co
-
Tuxedomoon
-
Arthur Blythe
-
John Hiatt
-
Lesley Woods (portrait)
Albums:
Heaven 17, Ultravox, The Raybeats, Tom Verlaine, Black Uhuru, Gladiators, Culture, The Mighty Diamonds, Al Green, Bamboo Zoo, Midnight Star, Klymaxx, Dionne Warwick, Eyeless In Gaza, Sadao Watanabe, Renaldo and the Loa, Radio Free Europe
Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills
ABC, Haircut 100, Tom Tom Club, Going Places, The Boystowngang, Amii Stewart, Stevie Wonder, Junior
Live:
A Certain Ratio, Rip Rig and Panic, 23 Skidoo / Family Fodder / The Work, The Human Condition, Crusaders / BB King / RPO
Volume: 30 - Number: 39
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
26th September 1981
Cover: Sting
Articles and interviews:
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Tony Hicks and Alan Clarke
-
Chalkie Davies
-
Roger Dunford Smith - Portrait of an Artist
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Junior Giscombe
-
John Foxx
-
Grandmaster Flash
-
Stimulin
-
A look at female comedy
-
Orange Juice
-
Sting
Albums:
Ian Dury, The Human Condition, Marianne Faithfull, Betty Bright, The Passions, Sheena Easton, Joan Armatrading, Japan, Arthur Blythe, Various Artists (Recorder Three), T Rex, Rikki Sylvian, The Delinquents, Danny Adler, Tronics, NRBQ, Rose Tattoo
Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer
New Order, Doll By Doll, Tom Verlaine, Squeeze, Bob Marley, Devo, Toyah, Landscape, Bad Manners, The Creatures, Shakin' Stevens, Hazel O'Connor, Hambi and the Dance, APB, Motown Mix, The Headbangers, Flash, Wilko Johnson's Slid Senders, Vic Maile, Gary Glitter, The Flamin' Groovies, Billy Idol, Secret Affair, Alexie's Midnight Runners, Helen April and John Dummer, Kirsty McColl, Sudden Sway, Peridots, The Ellery Bop, Bill Nelson, A Flock Of Seagulls, John Martyn, Sugar Minott
Live:
Flux of Pink Indians / The Subhumans / Rudimentary-Peni, Miles Over Matter, Comic Strip Package, The at Objects / The Transmitters, The Flying Padovanis / Bananarama / Restless, Haircut 100, The Onlookers, Prince Far I, Simple Minds, Really, Desperadoes / Taj Mahal, The Lines / The Aces
Volume: 30 - Number: 40
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Joe Stevens
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Issue donated by John Harrison
3rd October 1981
Cover: Annabella Lwin
(Bow Wow Wow)
Articles and interviews:
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Cabaret Voltaire - Portrait of an Artist
-
Positive Noise
-
Police
-
Vivien Goldman
-
Patti Austin
-
Bow Wow Wow
-
Simple Minds
-
The Human League
-
Mel Brooks
Albums:
Madness, Bo Wow Wow, Tom Tom Club, The Police, Genesis, The Blues Band, Various Artists (Rock Baby Rock It, I Need A Man, Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll, All Night Rock, Rockabilly Jamboree), Meat Loaf
Singles reviewed by Viv Goldman
Gasper Lawal, The Desperadoes, Pablo, Arthur Adams, The Commercials, Central Line, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Laurie Anderson, Lura Logic, Rita Marley, Maximum Joy, Judy Mowatt, Debbie Harry, Marianne Faithfull, Olivia Newton John, Martha and the Muffins, Black Flag, The Children of Tansley School, Throbbing Gristle, The Human League, Religious Overdose, The Ideal Husbands, The Bee Gees, The Thompson Twins, The Army, Landscape, Captain Sky, Mel Brooks, Lena Zavaroni, Vital Disorders, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Conquest, RJ's Latest Arrival, Patrick Crowley, Bunny Wailers, Ben Watt, Epic Soundtracks, The Raybeats
Live:
Cabarete Voltaire, Ultravox / Eddie and the Sunshine, Escape From Queens Hall Festival, Lemon Kittens, Cayenne, Dudu Pukwana
Volume: 30 - Number: 41
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
10th October 1981
Cover - Joe Strummer
(The Clash)
Articles and interviews:
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Joey Ramone - Portrait of an Artist
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Steven Berkoff
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Alternative Miss World
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Imagination
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John Martyn
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Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patterson
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X
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The Twinkle Brothers
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The Clash
Albums:
U2, Bob Marley, Various Artists (The Guys with Soul, Perspective and Distortion), John Martyn, Bad Manners, Zounds, Section 25, This Heat, The Crusaders, Sylvester, Billy Holiday, John Coltrane
Singles reviewed by Penny Real
Random Hold, The Plugs, Jennifer Lara, Lightening Raiders, Tribesman, Remanak, Haircut 100, The 45's, Monsoon, Rolf Harris, Kissing The Pink, Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels, Ravenna and the Magnetics, Johnny Legend and his Skullcaps, Ray Boy and Lil Jimmy Lee, The Tikis, Combo Passe, Acker Bilk his Clarinet and Strings, The The, Hurt and Husband, The Rhythm Methodists, The Screaming Meanies, Weapon of Peace, The Red Crayola with Art and Language, Vital Disorders, The Jam
Live:
Mood Six / High Tide, Grateful Dead, Comsat Angels / The Sound, Steve Reich, Divine, The Twinkle Brothers, Maximum Joy, Midnight Oil / XL Capris
Volume: 30 - Number: 42
Price - 30p Pages - 68
Cover by Peter Anderson
Issue donated by John Harrison
17th October 1981
Cover - The Dead Kennedys
Articles and interviews:
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Chris Difford - Portrait of an Artist
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Laurie Anderson
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Wall of Voodoo
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Mick Jagger
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Poison Girls
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The Dead Kennedy's
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The Birthday Party
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David Bowie
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Heaven 17
Albums:
Joy Division, The Human League, Blondie, The Slits, Nils Lofgren, Carlene Carter, Ronnie Laws, 8 Eyed Spy, Girls at Our Best, Saxon, an Garbarek, Cecil Taylor, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
Singles reviewed by Paul Morley
ABC, Grace Jones, The Associates, U2, Wah!, 23 Skidoo, Orange Juice, Bow Wow Wow, Virgin Prunes, The Birthday Party, Oi, Discharge, OMD, The Lines, ATV, The Freshies, The Frantic Elevators, The The, Our Daughter's Wedding, Pigbag, Cha Jankel, Toots and the Maytals
Live:
Grace ones, Madness, Laurie Anderson, Our 15 Minutes / A Volcano Dances / Vita, Pumphouse Follies, Bee Vamp / Carmel, Donovan, Harlem Spirit, King Crimson, The Raincoats
Volume: 30 - Number: 43
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Kevin Cummins
Issue donated by John Harrison
24th October 1981
Cover: British youth
Articles and interviews:
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Elvis Costello
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Marianne Faithfull
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Fun Boy Three
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Gene October
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Trevor Laird
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Cool Cats - 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll Style
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Keith Richards
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Ultravox
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X Moore - Right To Work March
Albums:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Various Artists (Let Them Eat Jellybeans, Heavy Metal Soundtrack), Rachel Sweet, Rex Smith, Singers and Players, Cabaret Futura, Bauhaus, Grateful Dead, Mink DeVille, Stylistics, Human Sexual Response, Medium Medium
Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer
Blue Zoo, Fun Boy Three, Scritti Politti, The Last Chant, Pete Shelley, The Exploited, Infa-Riot, Heaven 17, Hot Gossip, Bumble and the Bees, The Prophets, Virna Lindt, UK Decay, Fall Out Club, Low Noise, The Police, Angelic Upstarts, Kool and the Gang, Freeze, The Ramones, Catwax Axe Co, TV 21, Peter Goodwin, Saxon, Fote, Carlene Carter and Paul Carrack, John Watts, RJ Wagsmith Band, Aneka, The Wets, Nielson Pearson, Helen Reddy, Francis Monkman, Recorded Delivery, The New Standard, Gary US Bonds, The Mighty Shamrocks, Ricky Cool, Dr Feelgood, Human Sexual Response, Fingerprintz, TV Smith's Explores, Billy Bremner, Jets, The Meteors, Systems, Persons Unknown, Prince, The Nips, The Jam, Rose Tattoo, Donovan, Lloyd Charmers, Ken Boothe, Susan Cadogan, Nicky Thomas, Greyhound, Tank, Stiff All-Stars, Randy Crawford, Diana Ross, Jim Steinman
Live:
The Clash / Stimulin, ABC, Was (Not Was), Black Uhuru / Mink DeVille / The Undertones, Girls At Our Best / Dislocation Dance, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Wall Of Voodoo, Dr Mix and the Remix / Twenty Four Hours
Volume: 30 - Number: 44
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Pennie Smith
Issue donated by John Harrison
31st October 1981
Cover: Scritti Politti
Articles and interviews:
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British Fashion Week
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Jim Kerr - Portrait of an artist
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Thomas Dolby
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Oi
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CND
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Willy DeVille
-
Green Ecology movement
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Tom Tom Club
-
Scritti Politti
-
Genesis Tour
Albums:
Die Krupps, The Sound, Anthony More, Queen, Marc Bolan, The Fire Engines, Throbbing Gristle, Yello, The Comic Strip, Jaco Pastorius, Lester Bangs and the Delinquents, Tangerine Dream, Steve Hackett, Dave Davies, Shadow, Ron Cuccia
Singles reviewed by Chris Bohn
Die Krupps, Simple Minds, Bedsitter, Positive Noise, James King and the Lone Wolves, The Comsat Angels, Genesis, Tears For Fears, Aswad, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Stray Cats, Billy Fury, David Jay and Rene Halkett, Yello, The nice Men, 999, Graham Bonnet, Black Sabbath, The Steve Miller Band, Academy One, The Drowning Craze, Anthony More, Lori and the Chameleons, Willy Gardner, Mark Beer
Live:
Gang Of Four / The Jam / Wasted Youth / Way Of The West, Culture, The Lightening Raiders, Rhys Chatham / Karole Armitage, The Fall
Volume: 30 - Number: 45
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
7th November 1981
Cover: Rick Mayall
Articles and interviews:
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Gas
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Wattie - Portrait of an Artist
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The Dance
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Home Taping - The Industry Target the Consumer
-
Steve Bell
-
Wolfman Jack
-
The Associates
-
Kool and the Gang
-
Rik Mayall
-
Die Krupps
-
Dave Wakeling
Albums:
Adam and the Ants, Various Artists (Carry On Oi), Linx, OMD, Depeche Moe, Jimmy Cliff, Wall of Voodoo, The Fruit of the Original Sin, Jon Foxx, Peter Baumann, The Hee Bee Gee Bees, UB40
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Defunkt, Spandau Ballet, The Zombies, Blue Rondo A La Turk, The Belle Stars, Modern Romance, The Piranhas, Ultravox, Teardrop Explodes, Department S, Alan Vega, Dollar, Classix Nouveau, Bee Gees, John Entwistle, Tenpole Tudor, Phyllis Hyman, Nightdoctor, The Pretenders, The Skids, The Professionals, The Cuban Heels, Japan, Light of the World, Level 42
Live:
Crass / Annie Anxiety / Dirt, Defunkt / 23 Skidoo, Carla Bley Band, Archie Shepp, George Coleman / Hannibal Marvin / Peterson and Don Weller, , Brotherhood of Death / Dollar Band
14th November 1981
Cover: Mark Smith (The Fall)
Articles and interviews:
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Mark Smith (The Fall)
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Elvis Costello - South Bank
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OMD Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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Stray Cats
-
The Go-Go's
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Jimi Hendrix bio
-
Poly Styrene
-
Thin Lizzy
-
The Damned
-
Squeeze tour
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The Professionals
-
Dead Kennedys
-
Albums:
Earth Wind & Fire, Prince, Spunk, Space Cadets, Eurythmics, Tom Waits, Dr Feelgood, Fad Gadget, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, David Thomas, more, , ,
Singles reviewed by Lynn Hanna
Kim Wilde, Elvis Costello & George Jones, Linx, Lora Logic, Stranglers, Alvin Stardust, Godley and Creme, Mink Deville, Stevie Nicks, Kinks, The Go-Go's, John Foxx, Nico and the Associates, more, , , ,
Live:
New Order, Tom Verlaine, Fats Domino, Chelsea, more, , , , ,
Volume: 3 - Number: 47
Price - 30p Pages - 72
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
Coming Soon
21st November 1981
Cover: Maurice White
(Earth, Wind And Fire)
Articles and interviews:
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The Jazzateers
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Nils Lofgren - Portrait of an Artist
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Women, work and a winning documentary
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Rene Halkett and David Jay
-
John Dummer
-
The Ramones
-
Pigbag
-
Robert Smith (The Cure)
-
Maurice White
Albums:
Japan, The Teardrop Explodes, Various Artists (Moonlight Radio, Methods Of Dance), Aswad, Hot Gossip, DAF, Randy Crawford, Kool and the Gang, Dome, James Blood Ulmer, Misty In Roots, The Stray Cats, Rush
Singles reviewed by Richard Cook
The Distributors, Jerry Harrison, The Mercurian, The Prats, The Beat, BIM, Thick Pigeon, Bamboo Zoo, Chelsea, Crisis, Demob, The Uptights, Human Sexual Response, Julie Covington, A Flock Of Seagulls, Normal Hawaians, Baby 'N' The Monsters, The Toy Shop, Those French Girls, Duran Duran, Fashion, King Crimson, Sheena Easton, Taxi-Girl, Johnny Mars Blues Band, Toyah, Lorna Wright, Girls at our Best, Bad Manners, Marc Bolan, Swamp Children, The Boomtown Rats, The Ronettes, Status Quo, Tygers In Pang Tang, Analysis, The Hollies, The Fall, The db's, Schlaflose Nachte
Live:
Depeche Mode / Blancmange, The Teardrop Explodes, The Presence / A Volcano Dances, Woodstock Revisited, Tito Puente, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Ivory Coasters, Our Daughter's Wedding, Tarzan 5, Mass / Dif Juz / Dance Chapter, The Psychedelic Furs / A Flock Of Seagulls / Everest The Hard Way
28th November 1981
Volume: 30 - Number: 48
Price - 30p Pages - 68
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
Cover: Gabi and Robert (DAF)
Articles and interviews:
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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
-
The Mods
-
Anthony Moore
-
Pete Shelley
-
The Outcast
-
James Blood Ulmer
-
Bad Manners
-
Jean Jacques Burnel (portrait)
-
Hugh Cornwall (portrait)
Albums:
Dead Kennedy's, Various Artists (The Devil's Music), Soft Cell, The Professionals, New Order, The stranglers, The Skids, Jerry Harrison, The Temptations, Slade, Steve miller Band, Diana Ross, The El Dorados, The Spaniels, Cedric Myton and the Congos, The Meteors, Simon and Garfunkel, Roger Chapman, The Times, Herman Rarebell Spyro Gyra, David Gates, The Time
Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill
Tom Jones, The Cory Band with the Gwalla Singers, Rip Rig and Panic, Perry Haines, Ottowan, Lovely Previn, The Human League, Barry Manilow, Elvis Costello, Incognito, Kiki and Elton, The Ronettes, Darlene Love, The Crystals, The Nuptown Keys, Fogwell Flax and Freehold Junior School, Nevada, Groucho & Chico Marx, Madness, Guiding Star, The Sixties, Gary Glitter, The Hi-Lites, Gary Numan, Vic Goddard, Sammy Davis Jr.
Live:
OMD, Madness, Tenpole Tudor, Bad Manners / Dolly Mixture, Cecil Taylor Unit, Bow Wow Wow / The Dancing Did Reflex / Zeeitung Da!, Mystic Orange / Bikini Atoll / Rampant, Pigbag / The Raincoats, James Blood Ulmer
Volume: 30 - Number: 49
Price - 30p Pages - 64
Cover by Rex Features
Issue donated by John Harrison
5th December 1981
Cover: Elvis Presley
Articles and interviews:
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John Lennon Anniversary Tribute
-
Elvis Presley - His Life
-
Eddie Tenpole
-
Linx
-
Conrad Atkinson
-
Michael Zilkha
-
Coati Mundi
-
Dusan Makavejev
-
Marc Almond (portrait)
-
David Ball (portrait)
Albums:
Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Chaz Jankel, David Byrne, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alan Vega, Material, Edikanfo, Sound D'Afrique, Ray Campi
Single reviews by Barney Hoskyns
The Rolling Stones, The Police, Rod Stewart, Los Microwaves, The Witch Trials, The Passage, Gayle Adams, Malaria, Black Flag, Agent Orange, Stepmothers The Panther Burns, Konk, Band Apart, Shox Lumania, Cabaret Voltaire, Duran Duran, The Stray Cats, The Higsons, Vice Squad, The Outcasts, The Business, Adam and the Ants, Electric Guitars, Rhythm Of Life, Inertia, Hunny Bum and the QT Bum Fairies, Red Asphalt, Eyeless In Gaza
Live:
The Human League, Altered Images, The Poetry Olympics, The Beat / Joe Jackson / Tom Robinson / OK Jive, The Pointer Sisters, Black Roots / Jah Youth
Volume: 30 - Number: 50
Price - 30p Pages - 60
Cover by Kevin Cummins
Issue donated by John Harrison
12th December 1981
Cover: Elsie and Deirdre
(21 years of Coronation Street)
Articles and interviews:
-
Sisterhood of Spit
-
The Lines
-
Girls At Our Best
-
Dave Wakeling and The Jam - Anti Nuke Album
-
Daniel Baker
-
Liverpool
-
Gene Simmons (portrait)
-
Coronation Street
Albums:
Modern Romance, Chic, Roberta Flack, George Benson, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey, You've Got Foetus On Your Breath, Wasted Youth, UK Decay, Various Artists (Ghosts Of Christmas Past), Allan Clarke, Professor Longhair, Neville Brothers, Shiny Men, Bernard Szajner
Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin
Isley Brothers, Diana Ross, Candi Staton, Frank Sinatra, GQ, J Walter Negro and the Loose Joints, Teena Marie, Sugarhill Gang, David Byrne, Liquid Liquid, The Clash, A Certain Ratio, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Annette Peacock, ABBA, Altered Images, Kids International, Mini Pops
US indie singles by Richard Grabel
Brother D with Collective Effort, Frankie Smith, REM, Mission De Burma, Lyres, King Swallow, Fleshtones, Konk, Terry Mann, 8People, Rita Marley, Lone Ranger
Live:
James Brown, Billy Connolly, The Slits, The Birthday Party / Lydia Lunch, Wah!, Glenn Branca, Cliff Richard, Nils Lofgren
Volume: 30
Number: 51 and 52
(double issue)
Price - 60p Pages - 88
Cover by Anton Corbijn
Issue donated by John Harrison
19th December - 26th December 1981 - Double issue
Cover: Jane (Model) (Bedsitland: Images Of The Year)
Articles and interviews:
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Songs Drawn and Quartered - Selection of songs interpreted by artists, cartoonists and illustrators
-
1981 the Year of Narcissism
-
Jean Smith-Sartre - portrait of an Artist
-
Billy Bunters Big Christmas Binge - A Short Story
-
Walter Sanchez
-
Cocktails - Everything You Wanted To Know
-
British Style 1981
-
Meat Loaf
-
Vinyl Finals 1981 - Top Singles and Albums
-
The NME Almanac 1981
-
The Long Goodbye - NME staff list their 25 highs and lows of 1981
-
Billy Fury
-
David Byrne
-
12 by 7 - 12 of the best photography by the NME's seven best photographers
-
The NME Christmas Quiz
Albums:
None
Singles:
None
Live:
Echo and the Bunnymen / The Wild Swans, The Cure / And Also The Trees / The Happy Family, Mugshots, The Jam, Misty In Roots, Rolling Stones
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