1981 Issues

3rd January 1981

Cover - Joe Strummer

(The Clash)

Articles and interviews:

Boyd Rice
The Moondogs
Bob Dylan
Dusseldorf and Berlin
The 1980 T-Zers Awards
Fire Engines
Quotes Of The Year
The B-52's
The Clash
The 1980 Points Charts

Albums:

Pecker, Kylyn, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Sex Pistols, Berlin Blonds, Yello, The Wall, John Wetton, Steve Winwood, The Sweat, Bunk Dogger

Singles: 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:

Costello and Friends, The Undertones, The Police, Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Volume: 30 - Number: 2

Price - 25p Pages - 40

Illustration - Jill Mumford

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10th January 1981

Cover -

Articles and interviews:

Was Lennon Shot To Order
Stray Cats
The Thompson Twins
The Fall
Nick Kent Story
Stee Winwood
Trans Europe Express - Part One - Prague
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: 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

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17th January 1981

Cover - Wah! Heat

Articles and interviews:

The Specials
Dungeons and Dragons
Blondie
Adam and the Ants
Repetition
Buster Bloodvessel
Trans Europe Express - Part Two - Hungary
Mikey Dread Campbell
Maurice White
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

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Cover - The am / Adam Ant /

Margaret Thatcher

Articles and interviews:

Yoko Ono
Trans Europe Express
Colin Newman
Barbiturates - NME Investigates
Richard Strange
The Cheaters
The Damned
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: 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

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31st January 1981

Cover - NME / Rough Trade

Cassette Offer

Articles and interviews:

John Peel
The Explorers
CP Lee
Duran Duran
The Stranglers
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: 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: 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

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Cover By - Joe Stevens

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7th February 1981

Cover - The Police

Articles and interviews:

Eric Random
American Alternative Print - NME Takes A Closer Look
The Plastics
The Cuban Heels
Tenpole Tudor
Bette Midler
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

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Cover By - David Corio

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14th February 1981

Cover - Bono (U2)

Articles and interviews:

Elvis Costello
The Clash
Wasted Youth
Bill Hayley
The Raybeats
ABBA - The Industry
U2
Lyn Seymour
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, Te Congos, Scientist and the Roots Radics Band, Freeez, The Whispers, Wilko Johnson, Clock DVA

Singles: 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

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21st February 1981

Cover - Box Boys

Articles and interviews:

Andy Warhol
Nelly Kaplan
Department S
Bauhaus
Billy Idol
Glue - NME Investigates
Bongos
Reggae Sound Systems
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

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Volume: 30 - Number: 09

Price - 30p Pages - 56

Cover By - Pennie Smith

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28th February 1981

Cover - Marvin Gaye

Articles and interviews:

The South Bank Show
Freddy Waite and Cultural Music Workshop Youth
Burning Spear
The Millionaires
Clock DVA
Delta 5
Theatre Of Hate
Pauline Black
Bruce Springsteen
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: 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 and the Banshees, Rowan Atkinson, The Fleshtones, Polyrock, Bush Tetras, Pigbag, Treatment, Fay Ray

Volume: 30 - Number: 10

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Cover By - Anton Corbijn

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7th March 1981

Cover - Richard Jobson

Articles and interviews:

Neville Staples
Alvin Stardust
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Regan
TV21
Gary Glitter
Anti Nazi League
Basement 5
The Armadillo World Headquarters
The Eurythmics
Richard Jobson

Albums:

Television Personalities, Midnight Flyer, The Mothmen, Tangerine Dream, Chet Baker, Riuichi Sakamoto, Eric Clapton, Robin Thrower, The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Firesign Theatre, Joe Sample

Singles: by

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Gang of Four, Altered Images, The Passage, Modern Romance, Kleer, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Junior Tucker, The Shakin Pyramids, Jermaine Jackson, James King, Stevie Wonder, TV21, Kosmonautentraum, Te Polecats, Dave Edmunds, Dave Stewart and Colin Blunstone, Shakatak, Modern Eon, Nash The Slash

Live:

Bow Wow Wow, Aztec Camera, Ruts DC, UK Subs / Chelsea / Stiffs, The Fall

Volume: 30 - Number: 11

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Cover By - Anton Corbijn

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14th March 1981

Cover - John Lydon

Articles and interviews:

Talking Heads
Blondie
Mondo Zines-o - New Fanzine's
The Cramps
Stray Cats
Dead Or Alive
Heaven 17
Sam Rivers
The Passage
John Lydon (PIL)

Albums:

Various Artists (Heat From The Streets), Linx, Family Fodder, Judas Priest, The Spizzles, The Lunge Lizards, Rico, Sugar Minott

Singles: 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: 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

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21st March 1981

Cover - Tokyo at Midnight /

Chica Sato

Articles and interviews:

Bow Wow Wow
Depeche Mode
A Song For Europe
The Bureau
Phil Collins
Simple Minds
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: 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

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Volume: 30 - Number: 13

Price - 30p Pages - 52

Cover By - Anton Corbijn

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28th March 1981

Cover - Madness

Articles and interviews:

Girls At Our Best
Human Sexual Response
Trust
Shakin Stevens
The Grateful Dead
Japanese Rock with:
- The Plastics
- Sheena and the Rokkets
Tom Waits
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

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Cover By - Joe Stevens

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4th April 1981

Cover - Michael Jackson

Articles and interviews:

The 2002 Review
Pete Shelley
Material
Gang Of Four
Landscape
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: by Gavin Martin

Flakes Marine, Material, My Captains, Normal Hawaians, Freeez, The Mood Elevators, Ronnie Spector, Glen Campbell and 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 and the Ants, Elvis Costello and 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:

Born To Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, Shout: The True Story Of The Beatles, John Lennon: 1940-1980

Volume: 30 - Number: 15

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11th April 1981

Cover: Popeye (film)

Articles and interviews:

The Million Dollar Quartet
Colours Out Of Time
The Animated Face Of Rock
Linx
John Entwistle
The Belle Stars
James Brown
23 Skidoo
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

Volume: 30 - Number: 16

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Cover by Peter Anderson

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18th April 1981

Cover: Robert King (Scars)

Articles and interviews:

The Scars
Howard Devoto
Robert Altman (Popeye)
John Cale
Haircut 100
The People
Heatwave
Chris Burden
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

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Volume: 30 - Number: 17

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Cover By - David Corio

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25th April 1981

Cover - Tim Polecat

Articles and interviews:

Ted Milton
Despatch - Playhouse Publication
The Polecats
Styx
Lounge Lizards
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

Singles: 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, Dexy's 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:

Foreign Press
Rob Lamb's Romantic Records Label
Mary Halon - The Velvet Underground Story
B Movie
Dolly Mixture
Black Leather
The Blue Cats
The Human League
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: 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, erry Lee Lewis, Stiff Little Fingers, Gary Numan, Echo and the Bunnymen / Blue Orchids

Volume: 30 - Number: 18

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Cover By - Anton Corbijn

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Volume: 30 - Number: 19

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Cover pic by Robert Sharp

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9th May 1981

Cover: Clare Grogan and Edwyn Collins (Altered Images, Orange Juice)

Articles and interviews:

Killing Joke
Misty In Roots
David Cronenberg interview
Julie Burchill: political books
NME history of Funk part 2
Pink Champagne
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

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Volume: 30 - Number: 20

Price - 30p Pages - 64

Cover By - Adrian Boot

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16th May 1981

Cover: Bob Marley

Articles and interviews:

Bob Marley
Spandau Ballet
New York No Wave
The Cure
Discharge
Teddy Pendergrass
The Undertones
James Dean

Albums:

Squeeze, Au Pairs, The Lambrettas, Kraftwerk, Positive Noise, Te 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

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23rd May 1981

Cover - The Beat

Articles and interviews:

David Henderson - Portrait of an Artist
Sheena Easton vs The Nolans
Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Furious Pig
Pigbag
Snips
Football Records
Squeeze
Soft Cell
ESG
Peoples March For Jobs
The Beat
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: 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

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30th May 1981

Cover - The Treacherous Three

Articles and interviews:

Wilko Johnson
Eric Mitchell
Siouxsie Sioux - Portrait of an Artist
Time Out Magazine
Hermine
Mode-Us Avant-Garde
Our Daughter's Wedding
Bill Wyman
DAF
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: 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 Steens

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6th June 1981

Cover - Prince

Articles and interviews:

The Jobs March - London
Vaughan Toulouse - Portrait of an Artist
Public Image Limited
Prick Up Your Ears
Prince
Quintin Crisp
The Works and Words of Bob Marley and the Wailers (Part One)
Mick Farren and Lemmy
A Look At Western (Cowboy) Films

Albums:

UB40, The Raincoats, Ben E King, Art Objects, Quinin Crips, Local Heroes, Joe Walsh, Elton John

Singles: 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

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13th June 1981

Cover - Julian Cope

Articles and interviews:

Bono Vox - Portrait of an Artists
The Birthday Party
Motivation
Hambi and the Dance
Teardrop Explodes
Howard Devoto
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, Alen Vega, Boyd Rice, Non, Ruts DC, Gino Soccio, Ohio Players

Singles: by Paul Tickell

Prince, The Beat, The Specials, ESG, Zounds, TV21, Tymon Dogg, The Maines Bros, Fun O Funk, Material, Cheryl Lynn, Dave Edmunds with The Stay Cats Eurythmics, The Belle Stars, The People, Kraftwerk, Eddie Peters, Tom To Club, Te 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 Steens

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20th June 1981

Cover - James Chance / Wardell Grey and Dexter Gordon

Articles and interviews:

Bruce Springsteen
Pete Wylie - Portrait of an Artist
Blue Orchids
Randy Crawford
The Clash
Was (Not Was)
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: by

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

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27th June 1980

Cover - Joe and Byron Bowie

Articles and interviews:

Tom Snyder
Ross Middleton - Portrait of an Artist
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
The Hip Hikers Guide To azz (Part Two)

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: 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, Te Martian Schoolgirls, Te 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 - Joseph Stevens

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4th July 1981

Cover - August Darnell

Articles and interviews:

Chas Smash - Portrait of an Artist
John Lennon Murder - The FBI Files
Angie Bowie
Peter Tosh
Bruce Springsteen
August Darnell

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: by Adrien Thrills

Black Uhuru, Crispy Ambulance, Durutti Column, Section 25, Eric Random, Spandau Ballet, Raybeats, The Passions, The Tea Set, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Visage, Kraftwerk, Modettes, Gang Of Four, Bauhaus

US Indies: 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

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11th July 1981

Cover - The Race Riots

(London)

Articles and interviews:

Southall - Interracial Riots
The 4 Skins
David Gahan - Portrait of an Artist
David Bowie
Au Pairs
Richard Butler
Scott Walker
The John Lennon Murder (Part 3)
Black Uhuru

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: by Paul De Noyer

Echo and the Bunnymen, The Undertones, Motorhead, Bette Bright and the Illuminators, ABBA, Squeeze, Split Enz, Richard Strange, Te Associates, Jimmy Pursey, Girlschool, Eddy Gant, The Equators, Barry Andrews, Ramones, Kate Bush, Jah Wabble / 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

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18th July 1981

Cover - ABC

Articles and interviews:

Britain's Riots
Mensi
Black Uhuru
Fanzines
Pre-De
ABC
Roy Carr and Fred Dellar
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: 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

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Cover - Grace Jones

Articles and interviews:

Kim Wilde - Portrait of and Artist
Oi
The Thompson Twins
Tom Petty
Duran Duran
Lee Perry
Positive Noise
The Cramps Guide to Teenage Monster Movies
Grace Jones

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: 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

Pages 47 and 48 Damaged Can You Help

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1st August 1981

Cover - Gary and Martin Kemp

(Spandau Ballet)

Articles and interviews:

Randy California - Portrait of an Artist
The Pinkies
Telephone
Gang Of Four
Jim Morrison
Jim Carroll
Aswad
Spandau Ballet

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: 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, Te 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

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Coming Soon

8th August 1980

Cover - The Specials

Articles and interviews:

Elvis Costello
Toyah - Portrait of an Artist
Toxteth - Life In The War Zone
Diana and Charles Wedding
Ian Dury
Thomas Mensforth
The Specials
Arthur Lee

Albums:

Pretenders, The Go-Go's, Richie Cole, Paquito D'Rivera, Kirsty McColl, Oingo Boingo, Half Japanese, Various Artists (Bowling Balls II, New Wave Hits For The 80's, B9), Little Feat, De Press, City, Elektricni Orgazam, Threshold, Ostro 430

, Reifenstahl, Jon and Vengelis, Blackfoot, PH.D, The Keys, The Commercials, David Hynes, The AK Band

Singles: 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)

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Coming Soon

15th August 1981

Cover - Bob Dylan

Articles and interviews:

Psychedelic Revival
Mark E Smith - Portrait of an Artist
Funkapolitan
The Stars on 45
Higsons
Lydia Lunch
Dennis Bovell
Bob Dylan
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: by Gavin Martin

Bunny Brown, Riuichi 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, Te 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

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Coming Soon

22nd August 1981

Cover - Depeche Mode

Articles and interviews:

Jah Wobble
Terry Gillan - Portrait of an Artist
Terry Hall - Portrait of an Artist
Greater London Council Concert
Rick Wakeman
John's Children
Bananarama
Kurtis Blow
Chic
The Desperadoes
Raincoats
The Decorators
Depeche Mode

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: by Lyn 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

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Coming Soon

29th August 1981

Cover - Chris Sullivan

(Blue Rondo)

Articles and interviews:

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

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Coming Soon

5th September 1981

Cover - Madness

Articles and interviews:

Notting Hill Carnival
Paul Weller
Lee Brilleaux - Portrait of an Artist
Delta 5
DBC - London Reggae Pirate Radio Station
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 Johansson, Robyn Hitchcock, The Rockats, Stargard, Hilly Michaels, Charlie Dore, Nazareth, Johnny Warman

Singles: 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: 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

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Coming Soon

12th September 1981

Cover - Soft Cell

Articles and interviews:

Guy Stevens
Michael Riley
Mark Perry - Portrait of and Artist
Tom Verlaine
Mood Six
The Pretenders
Level 42
Soft Cell
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 and the Miracles, Commodors, The Isley Brothers

Singles: 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

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Coming Soon

19th September 1981

Cover - Kim Wilde

Articles and interviews:

Bob Marley
Multivizion
Lesley Woods - Portrait of and Artist
Eyeless
Martin Rushent
Beggar and Co
Tuxedomoon
Arthur Blythe
Kim Wilde
John Hiatt
Altered Images

Albums:

Heaven 17, Ultravox, The Raybeats, Tom Verlaine, Black Uhuru, Gladiators, Culture, , Te Mighty Diamonds, Al Green, Bamboo Zoo, Midnight Star, Klymaxx, Dionne Warwick, Eyeless In Gaza, Sadao Watanabe, Renaldo and the Loa, Radio Free Europe

Singles: 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

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Coming Soon

26th September 1981

Cover - Sting

Articles and interviews:

Tony Hicks and Alan Clarke
Chalkie Davis
Roger Dunford Smith - Portrait of an Artist
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: 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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3rd October 1981

Cover - Anabella

(Bow Wow Wow)

Articles and interviews:

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: by Vivien 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

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Coming Soon

10th October 1981

Cover - Joe Strummer

(The Clash)

Articles and interviews:

Joey Ramone - Portrait of an Artist
Steven Berkoff
Alternative Miss World
Imagination
John Martyn
Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patterson
X
The Twinkle Brothers
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: 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

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Coming Soon

17th October 1981

Cover - The Dead Kennedys

Articles and interviews:

Chris Difford - Portrait of an Artist
Laurie Anderson
Wall of Voodoo
Mick Jagger
Poison Girls
The Dead Kennedy's
The Birthday Party
David Bowie
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: 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

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24th October 1981

Cover - British Youth

Articles and interviews:

Elvis Costello
Marianne Faithfull - Portrait of an Artist
The Fun Boy Three
Gene October
Trevor Laird
Cool Cats - 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll Style
Keith Richards
Ultravox
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 De Ville, Stylistics, Human Sexual Response, Medium Medium

Singles: 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 Du Ville / 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

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31st October 1981

Cover - Scritti Politti

Articles and interviews:

British Fashion Week
Jim Kerr - Portrait of an Artist
Thomas Dolby
Oi
CND
Willy DeVille
Turning To Green - The Ecology Movement
Tom Tom Club
Scritti Politti
Genesis Tour

Albums:

Die Krupps, The Sound, Anthony More, Queen, Marc Bolan, The Fire Engines, Throbbing Gristle, Yello, Te Comic Strip, Jaco Pastorius, Lester Bangs and the Delinquents, Tangerine Dream, Steve Hackett, Dave Davies, Shadow, Ron Cuccia

Singles: 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Coming Soon

7th November 1981

Cover - Rick Mayall

Articles and interviews:

Gas
Wattie - Portrait of an Artist
The Dance
Home Tapping - 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: by Gavin Martin

Defunkt, Spandau Ballet, The Zombies, Blue Rondo A La Turk, The Belle Stars, Modern Romance, Te Piranhas, Ultravox, Te Teardrop Explodes, Department S, Alan Vega, Dollar, Classix Nouveau, Bee Gees, John Entwistle, Tenpole Tudor, Phyllis Hyman, Nightdoctor, The Pretenders, The Skids, Te Professionals, The Cuban Heels, Japan, Light Of The World, Level 42

Live:

Crass / Annie Anxiety / Dirt, Defunkt / 23 Skidoo, Cala Bley Band, Archie Shepp, George Coleman / Hannibal Marvin / Peterson and Don Weller, , Brotherhood of Death / Dollar Band

Volume: 30 - Number: 46

Price - 25p Pages - 00

Cover By - (Unknown)

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14th November 1981

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Articles and interviews:

Albums:

Singles: by

Live:

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Volume: 3 - Number: 47

Price - 30p Pages - 72

Cover By - Anton Corbijn

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Coming Soon

21st November 1981

Cover - Maurice White

(Earth Wind And Fire)

Articles and interviews:

The Jazzateers
Nils Lofgren - Portrait of an Artist
Women, Work and a winning Documentary
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: 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Cover - Gabi and Robert (DAF)

Articles and interviews:

Jean Jacques Burnel - Portrait of an Artist
Hugh Cornwall - Portrait of an Artist
The Mods
Anthony Moore
Pete Shelley
The Outcast
James Blood Ulmer
Bad Manners
DAF

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: 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, Guiding Star, Gary Glitter, Te Sixties, The Hi-Lites, Groucho and Chico Marx, Gary Numan, Madness, Vic Goddard, Sammy Davis Jnr

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

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Volume: 30 - Number: 49

Price - 30p Pages - 64

Cover By - Rex Features

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Coming Soon

5th December 1981

Cover - Elvis Presley

Articles and interviews:

Marc Almond - Portrait of an Artist
David Ball - Portrait of an Artist
John Lennon Anniversary Tribute
Eddie Tenpole
Linx
Conrad Atkinson
Elvis Presley - His Life
Michael Zilkha
Coati Mundi
Dusan Makavejev

Albums:

David Byrne, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Chas Jankle, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alan Vega, Material, Edikanfo, Sound D'Afrique, Ray Campi

Singles: by Barney Hoskyns

Te 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Coming Soon

12th December 1981

Cover - Elsie and Deirdre

(21 Years of Coronation Street)

Articles and interviews:

Gene Simmons - Portrait of an Artist
Sisterhood of Spit
The Lines
Girls At Our Best
Dave Wakeling and The Jam - Anti Nuke Album
Daniel Baker
Liverpool
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: by Gavin Martin

Te Isley Brothers, Diana Ross, Candi Staton, Frank Sinatra, GQ, J Walter Negro and the Loose Joints, Sugarhill Gang, Teena Marie, The Clash, A Certain Ratio, Liquid Liquid, David Byrne, David Bowie, Annette Peacock, Bruce Springsteen, ABBA, Altered Images, Kids International, Mini Pops

Indie USA Singles: 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

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

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