1982 Issues

These are the issues of NME that came out in 1982.

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Volume: 31 - Number: 01

Price - 30p Pages - 40

Cover by Pennie Smith

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2nd January 1982

Cover: David Sylvian

Articles and interviews:

The Slits
Malaria
Feelgoods
T-Zers Awards 1981
Clint Eastwood and General Saint
Dollar
David Sylvian
1981 Chart Points

Albums:

Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Suicide, New York Dolls, Boney M, Various Artists (Life In The European Theatre, Slipstream: The Best of British Jazz Funk), Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Holger Czukay, Tom Browne, Vice Squad, The Diagram Brothers, Raiders of the Lost Dub, The Gas

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills

Rhoda with the Special AKA, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, New Order, Taana Gardner, The Bang Gang, Fire Engines, Prophetic Four, Jermaine Jackson, The Temptations, The Commodores, Rick James, Theatre Of Hate, Subhumans, The Enemy, The Transistors, Ant-nowhere League, UK Subs, The Significant Zeros, Justin Fashanu, Gloria Jones, Stiff Little Fingers, Tom Browne

Live:

Adam and the Ants, The Police, Aswad, Hambi and the Dance, Duran Duran / Talk Talk, Anthony Moore / The Invisibles, Squeeze, Dali's Car / His Create He / Colony, Incognito, A Certain Ratio / The White Brothers, Linx, Yorkshire Actors Company

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Volume: 31 - Number: 02

Price - 30p Pages - 44

Cover by Pennie Smith

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9th January 1982

Cover: Vic Godard

Articles and interviews:

Nona Hendryx
Annie Lennox - Portrait of an Artist
Carroll Thompson
Tom Robinson
Steve Hopkins
UBU
The Rise and Fall of Polish Rock and Roll
Ray Davies
Blancmange
Vic Godard

Albums:

Gil Scott Heron, The Associates, Beggar and Co, Toot and the Maytals, The Four Tops, English Subtitles, Carly Simon, Crawling Chaos, Colonel Jim Silvers, The Cheaters, The Durutti Column, Alphonse Mouzon, The Isley Brothers, Billy Joel, John Entwhistle, Tenpole Tudor, TV21, Martha and the Muffins, Emmylou Harris

Singles reviewed by Penny Reel

Alton Edwards, Oneness of Juju, Letta Mbulu, Misty in Roots, E Neil, Barrington Levy, D Train, Orange Juice, Hawkwind as the Assassins, Precious Wilson, Peter Ranking and Papa Lucky, OK Jive, Denroy Morgan, Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde, Lee Van Cliff, Mighty Diamonds, Mechanics, Sammy Hagar, The Singing Laurels, Black Roots, Denise Macabre, Carl McDonald, The KGB, Carlton and his Shoes, Philip Chevron, Ippu Do, Speed Limit and The Rhythm Machine, The Shattered Dreams

Live:

Angelic Upstarts, Japan, Edge, Wa Pa Cha / Tony Allen / Gilda, Ten Past Seven / Stalag 17, Pulsallama, Spizz energy

Volume: 31 - Number: 03

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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16th January 1982

Cover: Adam Ant

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Volume: 31 - Number: 04

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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23rd January 1982

Cover: James Brown

Articles and interviews:

Dennis Morris
Carmel
Frank Toovey
Mystery of the Balkans - Yugoslavia Part Two
Buzzz
James Brown
Gary Kemp (portrait)

Albums:

Laurie Anderson / William Burroughs / John Giorno, Odyssey, Ted Nugent, Pinski Zoo, Thin Lizzy, Scott Walker, Victorian Parents, James Brown, Phil Spector

Singles reviewed by Ian Penman

Daryl Hall and John Oates, Mari Wilson, Stevie Wonder, Tom Browne, Gasper Lawal, Brandi Wells, Evelyn King, The Jones Girls, Slave, TS Monk, Liquid Liquid, Carly Simon, Ray Campi, Colonel Jim Silvers, Rush Tetras, Haircut 100, The Nolans, The Jam, The Stargazers, Robert Palmer, Olivia Newton John, Mouth, The Passions

Live:

Attila The Stockbroker / Seething Wells, Sot Cell, Dislocation Dance, Peter Greenbaum, The Bureau / The Modettes / The Tearjerkers, Dave Edmunds / Deke Leonard, Gorp / F For Fake, Virgin Prunes, Rip Rig and Panic, The Go Go' / OK Jive, Combo Passe / Cayenne

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Volume: 31 - Number: 05

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Cover by Peter Anderson

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30th January 1982

Cover: Poll winners (various)

Articles and interviews:

Ideal
Rank and File
UB40
Pauline Black
Altered Images
Ralph Steadman (portrait)
NME 1982 Readers Poll

Albums:

The Gun Club, The Chi-Lites, The Dells, Thomas Leer, Various Artists (A Country Fit For Heroes), Sun Ra Arkestra, The Look, 10cc, Lakeside, John Surman, Trevor Watts & Karina Krimsky, Minimal Compact, The Lines, Patti Austin, Sad Cafe, Mike Batt, Crystal Gayle, Aneka, Dance Chapter, The Unknowns, The Same, The Flesh Eaters, Rex Smith, Groover Washington Jr

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

The Whatnauts, Soft Cell, The Whispers, Shalamar, George Benson, Brian Brain, Depeche Moe, Fun Boy Three with Bananarama, True Life Confessions, Modern Romance, Rick James, The Bar-kays, Buzzz, Secret Affair, Vicky D, Throbbing Gristle, Earth Wind and Fire

Live:

The Sound / King Trigger / Jean Loves Jezebel, Anti Nowhere League, Level 42, New Order, Rhythm Of Life / Wite Brothers / Map Of Africa, Modern Romance, Company, Syncopation, Orange Juice

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Volume: 31 - Number: 06

Price - 30p Pages - 48

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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6th February 1982

Cover: Kirk Brandon

(Theatre of Hate)

Articles and interviews:

Mari Wilson
Lightin' Hopkins
Captain Sensible
Seething Wells
Wes Craven
The Four Tops
Theatre Of Hate
Tom Wolf
Steve Fellows (portrait)

Albums:

Black Flag, Panthers Burns, Colin Newman, Angela Bofill, Brandy Wells, Yellow Man, Simple Minds, Bill Nelson, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ippu Do, Felt

Singles reviewed by Chris Bohan

Non, Leisure Process, ABC, Family Five, Blaesse / Roter Stern Belgrade / EKG, The Associates, Pigbag, Simple Minds, Judy Nylon, The 4 Skins, Virgin Prunes, Zeitgeist, Pamala Stephenson, The Revillos, Thompson Twins, Bill Withers, Talk Talk, The Mood, Nick Nicely, To The Finland Station, Captain Sensible, Z'EV, Philip and his Foetus, Vibrations, Jona Lewis, Nick Lowe, Jools Holland his Millionaires, The Dancing Did, , Die Doraus Und Die Marinas, Pink Industry, Digital Dance, The Names

Live:

Haircut 100, Mari Wilson and the Imaginations, All Who Sail In Her, The Stranglers, Jazz Afrika International Rhythm Orchestra

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20th February 1982

Volume: 31 - Number: 07

Price - 30p Pages - 48

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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Cover: Fun Boy Three

Articles and interviews:

Spizz
Secret Affair
Diana Dors
Surfing The Recession
Alex Harvey
Fun Boy Three
Kelly Johnson (portrait)

Albums:

The B-52's, Liaisons Dangereuses, Various Artists (Melodica Melodies), Nick Lowe, Kevin Coyne, The J Geils Band, Weather Report, Black Uhuru

Singles reviewed by Tony Parsons

Gil Scott Heron, The Waitresses, Demis, Barry Manilow, Blue Rondo A La Turk, Heaven 17, Madness, Sister Sledge, Pearl Harbour, Brian James, Neil Diamond, David Soul, Frank Zappa, Tom Jones, Rupert Holmes, Jakko, The Americans, Coast to Coast, Jets, Comateens, The Bloomsbury Set, Music For Boys, Models, Plain Characters, Those French Girls, The Church, Van Halen, Vardis, Black Sabbath, David Gamson, Peter Godwin

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Yellow Man, Ranking Toyan, U Brown, Lone Ranger, Long Ranger, Long Ranger / Welton Irie, Lee Van Cliff, D Perking and Lee Van Cliff, Clint Eastwood and General Saint, Billy Boyo, Eek A Mouse, Brigadier Jerry

Live:

Stargazers, Altered Images, Huang Chung / China Crisis, Crusade - An Exhibition of Post Card Views, Colenso Parade / Compus Mentus, Trojans, Conflict, Rubella Ballet, Youth In Asia, The Courgettes, To The Finland Station / Les Nouvelles Cyniques

Volume: 31 - Number: 08

Price - 30p Pages - 52

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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Cover: Echo and the Bunnymen

Articles and interviews:

Jan Kopinski
Bananarama
Holgar Czukay
Alice Cooper
Manhattan Steet Beat report
Echo and the Bunnymen
Pete Murphy (portrait)

Albums:

Orange Juice, Theatre Of Hate, 23 Skidoo, Klaus Nomi, Eek A Mouse, XTC, The Birthday Party Lydia Lunch, TV Personalities, The Whispers, Sister Sledge, Kleeer, Silver Platinum Gold, Slave, Twennynine with Lenny White, Shock, Roger, Godmama

Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin:

Hamilton Bohannon, Chocolate Milk, Bette Bright and the Illuminations, The Undertones, The Four Tops, Jermaine Jackson, Teddy Pendergrass, The P Funk All Stars, Brother D and the Collective Effort, Slyck, D Train, Kraftwerk, UB40, The Children Of, Private Lives, Yello, Ace, Rod Stewart, Pookiesnackenburger, DAF, Second Image, Bauhaus, Mac Davis, Steve Miller Band, Ronny

Live:

Carmel / Bee Vamp / Hex Crazy, Depeche Mode, Sisters Of Mercy / The Plainsmen / Trains T Europe, The Ravishing Beauties, Animal Nightlife, Elecic Guitars

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Volume: 31 - Number: 09

Price - 30p Pages - 56

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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27th February 1982

Cover: Bono (U2)

Articles and interviews:

Ravishing Beauties
Lemmy - Portrait of an Artist
Panther Burn
Bluebells
Killing Joke
Toyah
Bo Diddley
Rock 'n' Roll Story Part 1
Perry Haines
Not The Nine O'clock News
U2

Albums:

Haircut 100, Prince Jammy, Shalamar, The Pressure Company, Smokey Robinson, Thompson Twins, Bad Brains, Fleshtones, Brotherhood of Breath, Dudu Pukwana

Singles reviewed by Paul De Noyer

David Bowie, Ellery Bop, Hanna Schygulla, Adam and the Ants, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, TV21, The Wild Swans, Godley and Creme, The Boomtown Rats, Sugerhill Gang, Karl Denver, Derek and the Dominoes, Alice Cooper, The Barracudas, Marc Bolan, The Cimarons, Steel Pulse, The Tesco Bombers, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Gary Numan, The Laker Girls, Mike Oldfield, The Bongos, Go-Go's, Rico and the Special AKA, Virginia Astley, Alexie Sayle, Graham Parker, Spandau Ballet, China Crisis, Troy Tate, Prince Fari, The Questions, The Rimshots, Rudi

Live:

Theatre Of Hate, The Names / Marine, The Passage / Birds with Ears, The Beat Roots / The 45s / Pookiesnackenburger, The Alarm / Zero 1, The Teardrop Explodes, Fashion / Gin X, A Certain Ratio / Maximum Joy, Freedom Fighter, Mood Six / Marble Staircase / Earwigs / The Doctor, Bo Diddley

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Volume: 31 - Number: 10

Price - 30p Pages - 52

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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6th March 1982

Cover: Martin Fry (ABC)

Articles and interviews:

Toni Basil
Lou Reed
Billy Mackenzie (Associates) - Portrait of an Artist
Alan Rankine (Associates) - Portrait of an Artist
David Bowie
Leisure Process
The White Brothers
Alexei Sayle
The Method Actors
James Gardner
Rock 'n' Roll Story Part 2
ABC
Pete Grafton

Albums:

The Jam, The Human Condition, Pigbag, Lou Reed, Various Artists (To The Shores of Lake Placid), Jimmy Destri, Jimmy Pursey, Lora Logic, Central Lines, Steel Pulse, Van Morrison, David Coverdale

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills

The Marine Girls, Marc and the Mambas, Adam and the Ants, Visage, Xavier, Frankie Smith, Alphonse Mouzon, Imagination, Decoupage, Kool and the Gang, Charge, Spizzenergi 2, Maximum Joy, Zounds, Dave Edmunds, 3 P Sweat, Cuddly Toys, The Sinatras, BIM, The Laughing Apple

Live:

Bauhaus, The Dance / Pinski Zoo / Carmel, Au Pairs / Code BMUS, Blitz, Urban Shakedown / Animal Magic / Diversen, UB40, Thompson Twins / King Trigger, Lords of the New Church

Volume: 31 - Number: 11

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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13th March 1982

Cover: Haircut 100

Articles and interviews:

Monsoon
Suggs - Portrait of an Artist
Bette Bright - Portrait of an Artist
Rudi
The Mood Elevators
Alan Vegas
Gil Scott Heron
Haircut 100
Newton Neurotics / Atilla The Stockbroker
Bob Geldof

Albums:

Fun Boy Three, Wynton Marsalis, Rubella Ballet, Dislocation Dance, The Fall, Garland Jeffreys, Marc Bolan and T Rex, Susan, Graham Parker, The Jones Girls, The Breakfast Band, Sparks, Jon Hassell, Mother Gong, Afraid Of Mice, Rough Trade

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Zbomiiz, Quincy Jones, Peabo Bryson, New York Skyy, Shalamar, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Japan, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Steve Cockney with Cockney Rebels, Slade, Talking Heads, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Steel Pulse, Fox, Altered Images, Dolly Mixture, Emmylou Harris, Nine Below Zero, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Tenpole Tudor, Killing Joke, Marcella Mah, Mathmatiques Modernes, Jacno, Sexy Robot, Fashion, BA Robertson with Memphis Horns

Live:

The Birthday Party, Blue Poland / Vox Arcana, Dolly Mixture, Slave / Bohannon, Te Gas / Emotional / Warfare Video, Those French Girls

Videos:

Siouxsie and the Banshees,, Queen, Toni Basil, The Who, Pink Floyd, Adam and the Ants, Motorhead, Thin Lizzy

Volume: 31 - Number: 12

Price - 30p Pages - 48

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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20th March 1982

Cover - Pete Murphy

Articles and interviews:

The Wild Swans
Keith Allan
Pigbag
Yukio Mishima / Chris Bohn
Depeche Mode
Mark Rydell
Bauhaus
Bananarama (portrait)

Albums:

Spandau Ballet, Millie Jackson, Secret Affair, Various Raptistes, The DBs, Frieder Butzmann, Dig It All, The Zombies, Robert Wyatt, Logic System

Singles by Barney Hoskyns

Dollar, Bucks Fizz, The Moodists, Josef K, The Time, Vicky D, Te Quick, Funkapolitan, TC Curtis, Rumble and the Beez, Fleshtones, Flipper, B Movie, Stephen Mallinder, The Weatherman, BIM, XTC, Dead Or Alive, Angelic Upstarts, Ideal, Placido Domingo

Live:

Te Jam, Earth Wind and Fire, Pete Shelley, Tuxedomoon / Pinks Zoo, The Box / Chakk, The Biting Tongues, The Business

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Volume: 31 - Number: 13

Price - 30p Pages - 64

Cover by Anton Corbijn

30th Anniversary Issue

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27th March 1982

Cover: British Electric Foundation

Articles and interviews:

The Monkeys - Portrait of an Artist
DBs
Maze
A Look At: Bertolt Brecht
The Clash
TV21
British Electric Foundation

Albums:

Visage, The Waitresses, Richard and Linda Thompson, Boomtown Rats, Loverboy, Quarterflash, Randy Newman, Matt Johnson, Various Artists (Best of Chess / Checker / Cadet Doo Wop), Seething Wells and Atilla the Stockbroker, Various Poets, Spizz

Singles reviewed by Richard Cook

Rupert Hine, Was (Not Was), Prince, Blancmange, Marshall Crenshaw, Holgar Czukay, Nina Simone, Sandi Shaw, Die Doraus and Die Meinas, Naive Hipsters, U2, Robyn Hitchcock, Yazoo, The Cage featuring Nona Hendryx, Motorhead, Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebels, Mobiles, The Higsons, T Rex, Weapon Of Peace, Roxy Music, She Sherriff

Live:

Blue Ronda A La Turk, Bow Wow Wow, Pigbag / The Belle Stars / Mouth, Vicious Pink / Phenomena, Hermine, Van Morrison, Chooga Chooga, Pride, Muhal Richard Abrahams Quartet / Trevor Watts Moire Music, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Timeless All Stars

Video:

Tommy, Performance, The Body, Divine Madness, Paul Simon, Blondie, Olivia Newton John

Posters:

Tommy Steel, The Beatles, Bryan Ferry, Paul Weller

Volume: 31 - Number: 14

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Cover by Pennie Smith

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3rd April 1982

Cover: Junior Giscombe

Articles and interviews:

Chas and Dave - Portrait of an Artist
Sandii and the Sunsetz
Mick Khan
Dave Edmunds
The Fleshtones
Lora Logic
William Burroughs / Devo
Junior Giscombe

Albums:

Motorhead, Iron Maiden, The Fall, Talking Heads, Utopia, Crispy Ambulance, Sheree Brown, Natalie Cole, Melba Moore, Gwen McCrea, Al Green, The Bongos, Sandii and the Sunsetz, Dave Edmunds

Singles reviewed by Ian Penman

The Bloods, Goldie Alexander, Allez Allez, Bananarama (with the Fun Boy Three), Vicious Pink Phenomena, Elvis Costello, Mike Post, Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, David Bowie, Haircut 100, Candi Staton, The Beat, Thomas Dolby, Dennis Waterman, Savana, Terri Gonzales, The England World Cup Squad, Gilberto Gil, Innocence In Afrika, Carole King, Search

Live:

The Delmontes / Sophisticated Boom Boom / The Recognitions, The Scars, Cuban Heels / James King / On A Clear Day, Richard Jobson / The Bluebells, TV21 / Boots For Dancing / The Twin Sets, John Cooper Clarke / Linton Kwasi Johnson, Screen 3 / Kaballa, Zounds, Flipper, Islands Of Dance / Suspended Animation

Volume: 31 - Number: 15

Price - 30p Pages - 56

Cover by Pennie Smith

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10th April 1982

Cover: Dave Wakeling

Articles and interviews:

Sandie Shaw
DVA
The Greatest Show On Legs
Dave Wakeling
Marine Girls
Rick James
Joan Jett
Birthday Party (portrait)

Albums:

British Electric Foundation, Lester Bowie, The Honeymoon Killers, Jimmy Paige, New Musik, Simon and Garfunkel, Simple Minds, Maze, The Yardbirds, Aswad, Third World, Tangerine Dream, Gilberto Gill, Classix Nouveaux, Philip Glass, Chron Gen, Various Artists (Punk and Disorderly), UK Subs, The Wall, Phil Manzanera

Singles reviews by Vivian Goldman

Tears For Fears, Soft Verdict, The Members, Red Lipstique, Chelsea, Terry Mann, Pablo, Weekend, The Peach Boys, Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder, Chaz Jankle, The Lone Ranger, Bunny Wailers, Cornell Campbell, The Hypothetical Prophets, Squeeze, Sharon Brown, Angela Clemmons, The Go Go's, Olivia Newton John, The Impossible Dreamers, Carrol Thompson, Peter Singh

Live:

London Fashion Week, Ronny / The Decadent / Theatre Group, Spandau Ballet, Holly Beth Vincent, Tom Browne, Stiff Little Fingers, The Muscovite Five / Portion Control

Volume: 31 - Number: 16

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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17th April 1982

Cover: Siouxsie

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Volume: 31 - Number: 17

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Cover by Anton Corbijn

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24th April 1982

Cover: Billy MacKenzie

(The Associates)

Articles and interviews:

Cook The Books
Fear
The Waitresses
Alfred Aronowitz
Brian Eno
The Members
The Associates
Pete Shelley (portrait)

Albums:

Laurie Anderson, Madness, Fear, Steve Beresford, Beresford / Kondo / Toop / Honsinger, The Residents, Glen Branca, Joel Chadabe, Michael Nyman, Georgie Fame, Ry Cooder, Brian Eno, Amarcord Nino Rota (VA)

Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer

Queen, The Fall, Kim Wilde, Ben Watt, The Passage, The Nightingales, Toni Basil, Talk Talk, Eurythmics, Junior Giscombe, John Cooper Clarke, The Scottish World Cup, Quarterflash, Stevie Nicks, Foreigner, Shambeko, The Stranglers, The Clash, Laurie Anderson, The Farmer's Boys, Malaria, Snowy Red, Godot, The Blasters, Magic Slim and the Teardrops, Johnnie Alan, Tommy McLain, Carol Grimes, Nikki Sudden, Victims Of Pleasure, The Lambrettas, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Vice Squad, Blitzkrieg, Violators, Stiff Little Fingers

Live:

Chic / D Train / T-Connection, James White and the Blacks, Future Force, Club Jive, The Boomtown Rats, Classix Nouveaux, Sol Y Sombra

Video:

Iron Maiden, Mike Oldfield, Bob Marley, The Tubes, Devo, The Clash

1st May 1982

Cover: Boy George

Articles and interviews:

Infa Riot
Eurovision Song Contest
Kevin Coyne
Animal Nightlife
Tony Benn
Boy George
Madness
Steel Pulse
Richard Thompson (portrait)

Albums:

The 4 Skins, Paul McCartney, Killing Joke, Status Quo, Split Enz, William Burroughs, Angelic Upstarts, Otis Redding, The Blasters, Placebo, The Misfits, The Plugz, Various Artists (Hell Comes To Your House), Level 42, Asia, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Danceries

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Fat Larry's Band, Brandi Wells, Carrie Lucas, Blondie, Depeche Mode, Hazel O'Connor, Fun Boy Three, A.P.B, Jazz Insects, Scritti Politti, The Associates, Culture Club, B.E.F presents Tina Turner, Nick Lowe, Alice Cooper, Gamma, UFO, Midnight Flyer, William Mysterious & Alister Donaldson, CB Rockers, The Subhumanz, Dead Wretched, Mad Society, Shakin' Stevens and the Sunsets, Matchbox, Catwax Axe-co, Levi Dexter and the Ripchords, The Mood, Daniel Ash and Glen Campling, Men Without Hats, Wasted Youth, Comsat Angels, Mikey Dread, Lincoln Thompson and the Rasses, The Set, Desmond Dekker, Mari Wilson, Four Tops, Heavy Manners, Kate Fagan, No More, Paris, Toy Dolls

Live:

Miles Davies, Vic Goddard and The Subway Sect, The Box / Thomas Dolby, The Cure, Southern Death Cult / Sex Gang Children, The Surface Mutants, Easy Action

Volume: 31 - Number: 18

Price - 30p Pages - 60

Cover by Pennie Smith

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Volume: 31 - Number: 19

Price - 30p Pages - 52

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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8th May 1982

Cover: Iron Maiden

Articles and interviews:

Mick Jagger
Robyn Hitchcock
King Trigger
Julie Tippetts
Soft Cell
Z'EV
Orson Wells
Iron Maiden
Anton Corbijn (portrait)

Albums:

Ornette Coleman, Squeeze, Miles Davis, The Cure, Van Halen, Anti Nowhere League, TC Matic, Funkapolitan, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin

The Defects, Alton Edwards, Denice Williams, Paul Davis, Greg Kihn Band, Gary Wilson Band, ABC, Gang Of Four, Vital Disorders, Anti Pasti, Ruby Turner, Goombay Dance Band, Patrick Boothe, Linda Taylor, Duran Duran, Tom Verlaine, Dana and the Northern Ireland 1982 World Cup Squad, Scream and Dance, The Shakin' Pyramids, Iron Maiden, Dave Edmunds, Chrome

Live:

The Police / Black Uhuru, Bumble and the Beez, Meatloaf, Jets, The Fall, True Life Confessions, Modern English / Canker Opera

Volume: 31 - Number: 20

Price - 30p Pages - 64

Cover by Adrian Boot

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15th May 1982

Cover: Kid Creole & the Coconuts

Articles and interviews:

Defects
Black Roots
Jools Denby
Subway Sect
Gang of Four
Lester Bangs
Nick Lowe
James King
Kid Creole
Alison Moyet, Vince Clarke (portrait)

Albums:

The Clash, Flipper, The Associates, Stevie Wonder, Thomas Dolby, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Fourmost, Billy J Kramer with the Dakotas, Manfred Mann, Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, Peter and Gordan, The Pretty Things, Shane Fenton and the Fentones, The John Barry Seven and Orchestra, Altered Images, Robert Wyatt, Klaus Doldinger, Woo, Vice Squad

Singles reviewed by Lynn Hanna

Malaria, Altered Images, Theatre of Hate, Echo and the Bunnymen, Adam Ant, Madness, Japan, New Oder, UB40, Dunkelziffeer, Toni Basil, Toyah, The Passions, XTC, Genesis, Light of the World, Landscape, Jean Michel-Jarre, The Swinging Laurels, Sisters of Mercy, Thirteen at Midnight, Warren Bacall, Jane Aire and the Belveders, Afraid of Mice, China Crisis, Blue Zoo, Mickey Jupp

Live:

The Alternative Live Fashion Sale, Funk You Thatcher, Funkapolitan, Ten Pole Tudor / Mo-Dettes / The Barracudas, Foreigner, Nina Simone, The Blue Orchids, Polo Club, Flag of Convivence, Weekend

Lyrics:

Bob Marley - Crisis

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Volume: 31 - Number: 21

Price - 30p Pages - 56

Cover by Anton Corbijn

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22nd May 1982

Cover: Veronique

Articles and interviews:

The Three Courgettes
Sylvian Sylvian
Native Hipsters
Johnathan Richman
Original Honeymoon Killers
Tony Benn
The Beat Route
Becki Bondage
Rock Photo Competition Winners
Bertrand Tavernier
Dick Witts (portrait)

Albums:

Gang of Four, William Bootsy Collins, The Dragons, Captain Sky, The Misunderstood, Duran Duran, Chelsea, Blue Oyster Cult, Discharge, Die Krupps, Patrice Rushden

Singles reviewed by Gary Crowley

Victor Roero Evans, Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect, The Enemy, The Mood Elevators, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dream Sequence, Direct Drive, Diana Ross, Rand Crawford, Johnny Mathis and Dionne Warwick, Temptations and Rick James, Gap Band, Pablo, BIM, Soft Cell, Bow Wow Wow, End Games, Level 42, UK Players, Marty Wilde, Lenny Zaketek, Dr Hook, Coast to Coast, The Belle Stars, Natasha, True Life Confessions, Classix Nouveaux, Bill Wyman, Jah Wobble

Live:

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Amazulu, Girlschool, Eddie Maelov and Sunshine Patterson, Malaria / Nadia Kapiche, The Famers Boys, The Cosa Nostra Club

Video:

This Year 1981, Electric Blue 007, Rewind 4, Europa '80, The Power of Football, 10cc, Tina Turner, The Boomtown Rats, Eddy Grant

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29th May 1982

Cover: Joe Strummer

Articles and interviews:

Future Force
Dead Or Alive
Modern English
Judy Nylon
The Anti Nowhere League
Funkapolitan
Rise of the Robots
Defunkt
Joe Strummer
Sue Coe
Mari Wilson (portrait)

Albums:

Roxy Music, Blondie, Julia Lee, Junior Giscombe, Tom Verlaine, Art Ensemble of Chicago, T-Bone Walker, Sun Ra, Vic Goddard, Joe Lutcher's Jump Band, Eric Clapton, Johnny Otis Show, The Five Keys, Tuxedomoon, Bucks Fizz, Chrome, Hermine

Singles reviewed by Paul Morley

King Crimson, Jethro Tull, The Passions, The Sounds, Stevie Wonder, Cheap Trick, Dramatis, ASAP, The Chameleons, Clock DVA, A Flock of Seagulls, Bucks Fizz, New Order, The Motels, Yello, Minnie Pops, Monsoon, Fetish, The Virgin Prunes, The Three Courgettes, Thompson Twins

Live:

Stay Cats, The Swinging Laurels, Fac51 The Hacienda, Diamanda Galas, BB King / Bobby Blue Bend / John Lee Hooker, Rose Royce, Early Evening Jazz, Big Self, The Passage / The Nightingales

Volume: 31 - Number: 23

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5th June 1982

Cover: Human League

Articles and interviews:

The Prophets
Dennis Waterman - Portrait of an Artist
Southern Death
PHD
Dangerous Visions
New Order
Robot Reheat
Anti Pasti
Lindsey Anderson
Everything But The Girl
Look at Blues:
- Bobby Bland
- John Lee Hooker
- BB King
Human League

Albums:

Cabaret Voltaire, Eric Random, The Rolling Stones, BB King, John Cooper Clark, Joe Cocker, Ijahman Levi, Bobby Bland, The Fleshtones

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills

Dinosaurs, Valentine Brothers, Rich Little, Bon Rock and Cotton Candy, High Fashion, Fonda Rae, Wham, Black Uhuru, Adrian Belew, Jimmy Riley, Stargazers, Jesse Green, Marianne Faithful, Midge Ure, Gene Loves Jezabel, Colin Newman, Modern English, Rip Rig and Panic, Die Krupps, The Electric Guitars, Zounds, Vendino Pact, Anything But The Girl

Live:

The Bluebells / Hey Elastica, Queen / Teardrop Explodes / Joan Jett and the Blackhearts / Heart, Munich Rockdays, 23 Skidoo, Todd Rundgren, The Sinatras / Cold Fish, Talk Talk

Volume: 31 - Number: 24

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12th June 1982

Cover: Gareth Sager

Articles and interviews:

Malcolm McLaren
Diana Ross
Set The Tone
Jim Morrison
Rip Rig & Panic
23 Skidoo
Computer Culture
Pete Townshend
Robert Wyatt (portrait)

Albums:

Toyah, Black Uhuru, Kim Wilde, Brygada Kryzys, PHD, Young and Rich, New Asia, Jon Anderson, Nine Below Zero, Vicarious Artists, Roy Gaines, Univers Zero, The Quick, Theatre Of Hate, Hambi and the Dance, Gilbert Leis and Miles, Various Artists (A Young Person's Guide To Compact, Lost Soul Vol 1-3, Wargasm)

Singles reviewed by Chris Bohan

Paul Haig, 23 Skidoo, The Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Rolling tones, Cosmetic, Mouth, The Steve Miller Band, Th J Geils Band, Marine, The Fixx, The Cars, Palais Schaumburg, Thomas Fehlmann / Peter Gordon, Liaisons Dangereuses, Leisure Process International, Foetus Over Frisco, Dollar, Bucks Fizz, Roxy Music, Peter Goodwin, Gary Numan, Panorama, Red Montana, Blurt, Killing Joke, The Insane, Charge, GBH, Anti Nowhere League, Newtown Neurotics, Various Artists, Fashion, Animal Magnet, Boomtown Rats, The Blasters, The DBs, The Shakin' Pyramids, Paul Kennerley, The Blues Band, Randy California

Live:

Dexys Midnight Runners, Ry Cooder, Squeeze / Mari Wilson, Anti Nowhere League / Chron Gen / Chelsea / The Defects, Elizabeth Welch

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19th June 1982

Cover: Bryan Ferry

Articles and interviews:

Herbie Hancock
Mayakovsky
Wham!
Fassbender
Tom Verlaine
Palais Schaumburg
Bryan Ferry
Sheila Chandra (Monsoon) (portrait)

Albums:

Defunkt, Rip Rig and Panic, Soft Cell, Girlschool, The Band AKA, Atlantic Star, Fat Larry's Band, Xavier, Brass Construction, Burning Spear, Jim Carroll, The Shakin' Pyramids, Trouble Funk, Gwen Guthrie, The Tins, Chris and Cosey, Rick James

Singles reviewed by X Moore

The Three Johns, Erazerhead, Channel 3, The Gun Club, Living Legends, Crass, Snuky Tate, Laurie Anderson, Cosmetic, Pigbag, Codex, Noah House of Dread, Undivided Roots, Shriekback, Roundtree, Dislocation Dance, Joe Jackson, The Damned, Shalamar, Linx, Narada Michael Walden, The Gap Band, Freeze, Visage, A Taste Of Honey, Funkapolitan, The Teardrop Explodes, Bardo, Shakatak, Queen, Joan Jett, PHD, Conflict, Special Duties, Raw Sex Pure Energy, Public Disgrace, Total Chaos, Mari Wilson, Infa-Riot, Bad Manners, Genie and Tash

Live:

Cabaret Voltaire, Marianne Faithfull, Summer Holiday Special, The Members / The Three Courgettes / Boys Own, Gang of Four / King Trigger / Matt Fretton, Tom Verlaine

Volume: 31 - Number: 26

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26th June 1982

Cover: Laurie Anderson

Articles and interviews:

Art Pepper
French Impressionism
Chron Gen
Yello
Buzzcocks
Peter Wolf
J Geils
Blancmange
Laurie Anderson
Simon Underwood
Belle Stars (portrait)

Albums:

The Exploited, Fashion, Bobby Womack, Ashford and Simpson, The O'Jays, The Temptations, The Dramatics, Randy Crawford, Roberta Flack, Te Go Betweens, Frank Zappa, Greg Kihn Band, Kevin Coyne, The Alan Parsons Project, The Act, Joe Jackson, Rico, Various Artists (Reggae Sunsplash '81, Low Noise High Output), Shakatak, Tom Robinson, Morrissey Mullen, Kokomo, Micky Dread

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Dexys Midnight Runners, Paul McCartney, Culture Club, Imagination, Beggar and Co, Frank Zappa, Donna Summer, The Clash, John Lydon, The Jam, Haysi Fantayzee, PHD, Mick Kahn, Bananarama, Miguel Rose, Change, Pino D'Angio, Chas and Dave, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Modern Romance

Live:

Glastonbury CND Festival, Laurie Anderson, The Kitchen, Nina Hagen, Pride, The Perfect Crime, The Cherry Boys, The Ceremony of he Loving Cup, Design For Living Corp / The Big Combo, Allan Eager

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3rd July 1982

Cover - Kevin Rowland

Articles and interviews:

The Marbles
August Darnell - Portrait of an Artist
Liaison Dangerous
A to Z of New Folk
The Perfect Crime
Herzog in Peru
Virgin Prunes
Trevor Horn
Dexys Midnight Runners, Black Uhuru

Albums:

ABC, Pete Townsend, Elvis Costello, The League Unlimited Orchestra, The Passage, Chicago, Carrie Lucas, Luther Allison, Cheetah, A Taste Of Honey, Part Form, Michael O'Shea, Various Artists (This is Boston not LA, Another Saturday Night), Collage, Jedrze J Dmochowski, Narada Michael Waldon, Palais Schaumburg, King Crimson, X, Magazine, Skids, Lydia Lunch, The Room

Singles reviewed by Richard Cook

Brains, Gang of Fur M, Allez Allez, Ehlfarben, Mood Six, Pigbag, John Cooper Clarke, Rand Crawford, Patrice Rushen, Dionne Warwick, Ry Cooder, Ghosts of Dance, Pato and Roger, Family Fodder, The Jam, Eyeless in Gaza, Kissing The Pink, The Shakin' Pyramid, Robert King, Music For Pleasure, The Go Betweens, Gary US Bonds, Burning Spear, The Apollinaires, The Sharpies, Ruts DCs, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee

Live:

The Rolling Stones, Defunkt, Culture Club, Toyah, Animal Magnet, Dudu Pukwna's Zila, Sole Sister, PVC, My Pierrot Dolls

Volume: 31 - Number: 28

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10th July 1982

Cover: Bananarama

Articles and interviews:

Marc Almond
Sly and Robbie
Captain Sensible
Ornette Coleman
Haysi Fantayzee
Bananarama
Vic Goddard (portrait)

Albums:

The Birthday Party, Bill Nelson, King Sunny Ade, Blurt, Nina Hagen, The Blue Orchids, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Gloria Gaynor, George Benson, Janis Ian, Trio, Einsturzende Neubauten, Die Todliche Doris, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh, Die Unbekannten, Richard Hell and the Voiddids

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills:

Yazoo, Pulsallama, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Belle Stars, Theatre Of Hate, Talk Talk, Aswad, Trevor Walters, Sandra Reid, King Trigger, Splashdown, The Cure, Trio, Hone Bane, Blondie, Chris Hunter, Loose End, Positive Noise

Hot US singles:

Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force, Cheri, Trouble Funk, Imagination, Peech Boys, Sugarhill Gang, Illusion, Sylvia, Secret Weapon, D Train

Live:

Joe Jackson, King Trigger / The Go-Betweens, Dennis Brown, The Lost Jockey, Esther Phillips, The Big Country, Amanda Lear

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17th July 1982

Cover: David Byrne

Articles and interviews:

Trio
Martin Glover
Odyssey
Captain Beefheart
Shriekback
Brilliant
Burundi Beat
Lenny Henry
Fashion
Paul Haig
Talking Heads
England Cricketers (portrait)

Albums:

Aswad, Allez Allez, The Laughing Clowns, The Valentine Brothers, Dennis Bron, Shriekback, The Crusaders with BB King and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Decorators, Stars of the Street, Kiss, Billy Idol, Modern English, The Cannibals, Adrian Belew, Pieces of a Dream, Hanoi Rocks, B A Robertson, Carl Perkins, The Lords of the new Church, Bim Sherman, The Dub Syndicate, Fuse One, Various Artists (Music and Rhythm)

Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer

The Psychedelic Furs, Two Two, Ivory Coasters, The Dancing Did, Van Morrison, The Pale Fountains, Squeeze, The Farmer's Boys, Weekend, The Gist, Linda Lunch and Rowland S Howard, Madness, The Stranglers, Placebo, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, The Outcasts, Light Of The World, Brandi Wells, Fat Larry's Band, Telex, Junior, Buzzz, Lords of the New Church, Dalek I Love You, Christopher Reeves

Live:

The Clash, Liaisons Dangereuses / The Artic Brothers, The March Violets, A Certain Ratio, Blancmange / Basking Sharks, Squeeze, The Tuesday Club, Drummers of Burundi, No Entiendes, Zeitgeist, Elvin Jones / McCoy Tyner Quintet / Lester Bowie Ensemble / Abdullah Ibrahim / Carlos Ward Duo / Human Voice

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24th July 1982

Volume: 31 - Number: 30

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Cover: Yazoo

Articles and interviews:

Diamanda Galas
Madness - Portrait of an Artist
Soweto Pop
Fehlfarben
Yazoo
Kid Montana
Womad
Sylvester Stallone

Albums:

Donna Summer, James Brown, Sir Coxsone Squad, Fred Locks and the Creation Steppers, Steve Miller Band, Ideal, Steely Dan, Johnny Copeland, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Ted Nugent, Larry Carlton, Steve Roberts, Ava Cherry, Talk Talk, Various Artists (The Indipop Comp)

Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin

Bow Wow Wow, Allen Ginsberg and the Gluons, Tom Robinson, The Synthetics, The Monochrome Set, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Scritti Politti, Bad Manners, Bill Lovelady and Shankar, The Funboy Three, The Dramatics, The Keys, The Tom Tom Club

Live:

Talking Heads / Tom Tom Club, The Meteors / Peter and the Tet Tube Babies, Dread Broadcasting Corporation, Ritual, Simple Minds, Send No Flowers, Black, Jackson Brown, War

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31st July 1982

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Torch Songs

Articles and interviews:

Steve Strange - Portrait of an Artist
Annette Peacock
Nightingales
Ccat Trance
Jackson Browne
Birthday Party
Swinging Laurels
Leonard Nimoy
Tom Robinson
Torch Songs

Albums:

Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners, Judas Priest, Eyeless In Gaza, Chic and Others, Robert Plant, Cocteau Twins, Glenn Fry, The Kids From Fame, John Otway, Prince Lincoln Thompson and the Royal Rasses, Casiopea, The Motels, Light Of The World, Bow Wow Wow, Herb Albert, Dave Grusin, Bob James, Pat Metheny Group, Annette Peacock, UK Players, Motor Boys Motor

Singles by Vivian Goldman

Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Tight Fit, Bee Vamp, Sylvian and Sakamoto, Patrick Boothe, Maximum Joy, Blancmange, Allez Allez, The Go-Gos, Carly Simon, Pink Floyd, Janet Kay, Ijahman Levi, The Managers, Fonda Rae, Candi Staton, Roy Ayers, The Raincoats, The Associates, Pete Townsend, Vital Disorders, Thomas Dolby, Feel, Rockers Revenge, Tony Humphries, Sheena Easton, Kate Bush, The Gist, Ben Watt, Aretha Franklin

Live:

Motorhead, Madness / Rock Allstars, Buzzz, The Adicts, Steve Torch and Roy White, Steve Millar Band, The Belle Stars / Rip Rig and Panic, Urban Shakedown, The Kray Brothers, Echo Base

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7th August 1982

Cover: John Lydon

Articles and interviews:

John Lydon
Sun Ra
Siouxsie
Los Angeles punk scene: The Blasters, X, The Plugz
Pride
Larry Graham
Strawberry Switchblade
Joe Bowie (portrait)

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21st August 1982

Cover: Grandmaster Flash

Articles and interviews:

The Go-Betweens
The Pastels
Jarrow
Elvis Costello
Summertime Fun
Eurythmics
Grandmaster Flash
Virginia Astley
Aswad
Tommy Gunning
Everything But The Girl (portrait)

Albums:

Crass, Jimmy Cliff, Bengt Berger, Gram Parsons, Search, Roy Wood, Michael Rother, Adrian Lee, Plunky and the Oneness of Juju, Missing Persons, Henry Kaiser, Malaria, The lonious Monk, Candi Staton, Ruts DC, Al Green, Randy California, Freddie McGregor, Hugh Mundell, Johnnie Osbourne

Singles reviewed by Chris Bohn:

UK Decay, Sex Gang Children, Blitz, Mofungo, Zounds, Simple Minds, Depeche Mode, Rip Rig and Panic, Borsig, Mona Mur Und Die Mieter, Nico and the Invisible Girls, Christiane F, Die Zimmermanner, The Flying Klassenfend, Gary Numan, Kim Carnes, J Geils Band, Warren Zevon, Shakin' Sevens, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Rockers Revenge, The Soul Sonic Force featuring Afrika Bambaata, Various, Section 25, Modern English, Delta 5, Purple Hearts, Squire

Live:

Y-Distinction, 999 / Tenpole Tudor, Control Zone / The Sect / Waterfall / Rudi / MGM, Sex Gang Children, CP Lee / Scream and Dance, Drinksville Quartet / Peking Opera, Allez Allez / Hermine, Animal Magic / Kray Brothers, Household Name / Eric Random / Biting Tongues, The Birthday Party, Light Of The World

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28th August 1982

Cover: King Sunny Ade

Articles and interviews:

Joe Tex
Robyn Archer
Britt Ekland
Flipper
Little Brother
Wynton Marsalis
Monochrome Set
King Sunny Ade
Gary Barnacle
Pete Burns (portrait)

Albums:

Yazoo, UB40, Maureen Tucker, The Au Pairs, Monochrome Set, The Dance, the Boystown Gang, Carla Bley & the Jazz Composers Orchestra, Mastermixes (VA)

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Starpoint, Cynthia Scott, Crown Heights Affair, Sharon Brown, Jermaine Jackson, Real Thing, UB40, The Remipeds, Mari Wilson, Magic Lady, Jeffrey Osbourne, Spider, ABC

Live:

The Undertones, Bow Wow Wow, Zila / The Republic, French Impressionists / Flying Pickets / Will Gaines, Rip Rig and Panic, Bauhaus, Richard Strange. Keith Allen, Delta 5 / The Secret Seven, Son of Jah, Joe Jackson

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Volume: 31 - Number: 36

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4th September 1982

Cover: Scritti Politti

Articles and interviews:

Boys Town Gang
Valerie Landsburg
Aztec Camera
Comix Censorship
Audio Art
Kas Product
Erik Satie Feature
Scritti Politti
Mike Oldfield (portrait)
Jeffrey Daniels (portrait)

Albums:

The Who, Gregory Isaacs, Scritti Politti, John Martyn, Orchestra Makassy, Etoile De Dakar, The Four Tops, Meat Puppets

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker

Shalamar, The Jonzun Crew, Diana Ross, Patrick Crowley, Culture Club, The Beat, Touche, Raw Silk, DAF, Rick James, Shakatak, Telex, The Jam

Live:

Cabaret Voltaire / Eric Random, Billy Idol, Bananarama, Gaspar Lawal, Various Artists, Eyeless In Gaza, Annette Peacock, Apollinaires / Jazira, The Twinsets, The Bankrobbers / The Apartment

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11th September 1982

Cover: Mzee Makassy

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18th September 1982

Cover: Bodybuilding

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25th September 1982

Cover: Matthew (Bow Wow Wow)

Articles and interviews:

Chevalier Bros
Fergal Sharkey - Portrait of an Artist
Plagiarism Corner
Final Academy
Mannix Flynn
Shalamar
Steve Beresford
Bow Wow Wow
Mighty Real Deal
Sylvester
Poltergeist
Peter Thoms

Albums:

Bruce Springsteen, Depeche Mode, Pere Ubu, Various Artists (The Dancers Only), The Psychedelic Furs, Iggy Pop, Vanity 6, James Wite and the Blacks, Pinski Zoo

Singles reviewed by Danny Baker:

Orchestra Makassy, Imagination, Stevie Wonder, Dr John, Robert Wyatt, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Don Armando 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band, Dollar, The Boys Town Gang, Godley and Creme, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Robert Plant, Hot Chocolate

Live:

Imagination, Saxon, Us Festival, Crass, Wasted Youth / UK Decay / Sex Gang Children / Actifed / Crown Of Thorns / Erazerhead, Roddy Radiation and the Tearjerkers, The Go-Betweens / Laughing Clowns, Te Three Johns / The Newtown Neurotics, Tears For Fears, Rock and Skiffle Show, The Comsat Angels, the Dance Society / UV Pop

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2nd October 1982

Cover: Ian Astbury

Articles and interviews:

Sid Barrett
Boy George - Portrait of an Artist
Haircut 100
Douglas Adams
Survivor
Orange Juice
Southern Death Cult.
Pulsallama
Mighty Reel
Peter Gabriel
Milkshakes
Paul Schrader

Albums:

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Kool and the Gang, The Beat, Dire Straits, The Fall, The Gun Club, Carmel, Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, Blancmange, Evelyn King

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray

Devo, Linx featuring David Grant, Pauline Black, The Belle Stars, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bruce Springsteen, Orchestre Jazira, Orchestra Makassy, Cosmetics, Orange Juice, The New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, APB, Hey! Elastica, Shriekback, Blurt, Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott, Clint Eastwood and General Saint, The Piranhas, Dr Feelgood, Roddy Radiation and the Tearjerkers, Undead, The Ejected, Vice Squad, Riot Squad, The Enemy, The Magnificent Gonads, Napalm

Live:

Neil Young, Roxy Music, Dexys Midnight Runners, Billy Idol, Fourteen Carat Soul, Mark Stewart's Mafia, Newtown Neurotics, Absconded, Anti-Social Workers, Genesis, The Jam, The Heroes and Villains Show

Volume: 31 - Number: 41

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9th October 1982

Cover: Michael & Kelvin Grant

(Musical Youth)

Articles and interviews:

Scarlet Party
Hank Wangford - portrait of an Artist
Aretha Franklin
Dance Society
Green Party
The The
Flag of Convenience
Musical Youth
Ghosts of Individuals
The Associates
Neil Young

Albums:

UB40, Culture Club, The Dance Society, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, The Time, The Damned, High Energy, Diz and the Doorman, Techno Tins, The Barclay Towers Compilation Album, The Neats, Stephanie Mills, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Marvelettes, Groover Washington Jr, The Blue Note, Blue Note Bonanza

Singles reviewed by Julie Burchill

Toyah, Neil Diamond, T Rex, Hawkwind, Bauhaus, ABBA, Brigit Novik, Holly Vincent, Steve Miller Band, Peter Hamill, John Martyn, America, Glen Campbell, Phil Collins, Olivia Newton John, Jose Feliciano, Shakin' Stevens, Grace Jones

Live:

Peter Gabriel and Genesis, Public Image, Hot Chocolate, Joe Cocker, Dollar, Chinese Gangster Element, The Beat, Flag of Convenience, Underdog, Brilliant / The Jungle, New Model Army, Swans Way, Orchestre Jazira

Volume: 31 - Number: 42

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16th October 1982

Cover: The Damned

Articles and interviews:

The History Man
Beki Bondage - Portrait of an Artist
Jackie Wilson
Laughing Clowns
Exhibitionists
Serious Drinking
Gun Club
Culture Club
Bluebells
William Burroughs
Nibland Broil
The Damned

Albums:

Marc and the Mambas, Adam Ant, Andy Summers and Robert Fripp, Joan Jett, Olivia Newton John, Linda Ronstadt, Doll By Doll, The Roches, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Dr John, GBH, Icehouse, Fourteen Karat Soul and Ben Halley

Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin:

Willie Hutch, The Commodors, Champion Doug Veitch, Billy Mackenzie, ABBA, Thomas Ledin and Agnetha Fältskog, Frida, The The, ESG, Big Country, Monsoon, The Beatles, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, The Bluebells, Squeeze, Cold Fish, The Damned, Scarlet Party, King Trigger, Burning Spear, The Comsat Angels, The Gymslips, The Freshies, Apocalypse, The Questions

Live:

Te Teardrop Explodes, Clint Eastwood and General Saint, The Gun Club, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, The Higsons / Maximum Joy / The Farmers Boys / Dislocation Dance / Animal Magic / Popular Voice / Design For Living, ah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, Vice Squad, Twisted Nervez

Volume: 31 - Number: 43

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23rd October 1982

Cover: Ziggy Stardust

Articles and interviews:

Laurie Anderson
Musical Youth - Portrait of an Artist
Craig Charles
The Corporation
Motley Crue
Kate Bush
Kool and the Gang
Ziggy Stardust
Mighty Real
Three Johns

Albums:

Dollar, Blue Ronda A La Turk, Cabaret Voltaire, Stephen Mallinder, Donald Fagan, Bauhaus, Ultravox, Fad Gadget, Erazerhead, Shakin' Stevens, Nina Simone, Telex

Singles reviewed by Gavin Martin:

Gwen McCrea, Gary's Gang, The Undertones, Wasted Youth, Billy Idol, Thompson Twins, Atilla The Stockbroker, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Donna Summers, Weekend, Bootsy, George Clinton, Heaven 17, King Kurt, The Keys, Bad Manners, Jackie Wilson

Live:

The Au Pairs, Pulsallama, Gang of Four, Kool and the Gang, Rubella Ballet Ritual, Bauhaus, Blancmange, Culture Club, Virgin Dance, The Room / Tunnel Users, Palais Schaumberg / Kurtis Blow, Blue Zoo

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30th October 1982

Cover: Elvis Costello

Articles and interviews:

Humouresque
Blancmange - Portrait of an Artist
Swans Way
Lena Lovich
Eric Bogosian
Alexei Sayle
Rudolf Bahro
Melba Moore
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.)
Dancing Did
Elvis Costello
Dennis Hopper
Jamaica's dub poets

Albums:

Mandingo Griot Society, Alexei Sayle, Te Van Dykes, Steve Lacy, Dr Feelgood, Maximum Joy, Squeeze, Tom Robinson, Billy Joel, The 49 Americans, The Dark, Perfect Zebras, Ludus, Various Artists (Crackin' Up At The Pyramid), Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, Mike Rutherford, The Sound, Junior Murvin, Jah Shaka

Singles reviewed by Penny Reel

Marshall Crenshaw, Modern Romance, Johnny Osbourne, Gregory Isaacs, UB40, Captain Sensible, Anti-Pasti, The Mekons, Sporting Life, Blue Rondo A La Turk, Whitesnake, Ellery Bop, The Icicle Works, Cook Da Books, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Chris Farlowe, The Nightingales, The Stargazers, The Rude Kids, Marcel, Haysi Fantaysee, Mark Stewart and Mafia, One Plus One, Michael and Paul McCartney, Microdisney, Push, The Roy Harper Band, Sandii and the Sunsetz, Small Faces, Velvet Underground, Television Personalities

Live:

Fat Larry's Band, J Walter Negro and Friends, George Benson, Killing Joke / Dance Society, The Poison Girls, Odyssey, The Farmer's Boys, John Martyn, The Toyshop / New Model Soldier / Quite Unnerving / Steve Lear, Belle Stars, Rockers Revenge, Little Steven and the Disciplines of Soul

Volume: 31 - Number: 45

Price - 35p Pages - 00

Cover By - (Unknown)

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6th November 1982

Cover: David Sylvian (Japan)

Articles and interviews:

David Sylvian interview
Japan (by Paul Morley)
The Who & The Clash live
Bali mysticism
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Volume: 31 - Number: 46

Price - 35p Pages - 60

Cover by Kevin Cummins

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13th November 1982

Cover: Channel 4's The Tube

Articles and interviews:

Rags and Riches
Paul Weller - Portrait of an Artist
Monty Smith - Portrait of a Hack As A Consumer
The Tube
Channel 4
Alan Bleasdale
The Blackstuff Boy
Chris Stein / Animal Records
Abwarts
Hall & Oates

News:

Spear of Destiny, Sue Clowes, Bow Wow Wow, The Jam, Paul Weller, Tom Petty, Dillinger, Aswad, Classix Nouveaux, Michael Smith, Bucks Fizz, Robert Smith, The Kinks

Albums:

Marvin Gaye, Orange Juice, Lene Lovich, The Stargazers, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, China Crisis, XTC, Eddy Grant, Jon Hassell, OK Jive, 15 Florida Bands, Philip Lynott, Various Artists (Streetnoise Vol 1, Methods of Dance Vol 2), Janet Kay, John's Children, Crown Heights Affair, Martyn Bates, Johnny Thunders and the heartbreakers, Carmen McRea, James Blood Ulmer, Wah!, Music for Pleasure, Sandii & the Sunsetz, Artery

Singles by Charles Shaar Murray:

Musical Youth, Human League, Yazoo, Japan, Visage, Ultravox, , Robert Wyatt, Joni Mitchell, , Animal Nightlife, The Higsons, Little Steven & Disciples of Soul, Joe 'King' Carrasco & the Crowns, Angelic Upstarts, Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, Sex Gang Children, Virgin Prunes, Fat Larry's Band, Lionel Ritchie, Shalamar, Sylvia and the Sapphires, Lene Lovich, Barry Ford, Weapon of Peace, Weekend

Live:

Millie Jackson, ABC, Philip Glass Ensemble, Duran Duran, Wilko Johnson and Lew Lewis, Japan / Sandii & the Sunsetz, Cook Da Books, General Caine, Thompson Twins / Tears For Fears, Four Tops, Seething Wells, , APB, Black Designers 82, The Roxy, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts / Smart

Volume: 31 - Number: 47

Price - 35p Pages - 50

Cover by Anton Corbijn

Thanks to John Harrison

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20th November 1982

Cover: Eddy Grant

Articles and interviews:

Anti-Pasti
Verna Lindt - Portrait of an Artist
The Avengers
Small Faces
Steve Van Zandt
Richard Strange
Eddy Grant
Tears For Fears
Black Flag
Jah Wobble
The Higsons
David Thomas
Black Flag
John Holmstrom (cartoonist)
Phil Daniels
Malcolm McLaren

News:

Status Quo, Toyah, Haircut 100, Musical Youth, Anti-Pasti, Virna Lindt, The Avengers, Kangaroo Club

Albums:

Musical Youth, Prince, Mick Karn, The Defects, Translator, Dionne Warwick, Blitz, Bad Manners, Patrik Fitzgerald, Anne Clark, Joe 'King' Carrasco and the Crowns, Psychic TV, Velvet Underground, Mike Rutherford, Shakatak, Wishbone Ash, Billy Joel

Singles reviewed by Adrian Thrills:

The Jam, Madness, Bananarama, , Malcolm McLaren, Culture Club, Adam Ant, Bruce Springsteen, Tot Taylor, Little Tom & the Tomcats, The Maisonettes, Anti-Nowhere League, Chron Gen, The Anti Nowhere League, The 4 Skins, GBH, Cock Sparrer, Zeitgeist, Quando Quango, Zeitgeist, Weapon of Peace, Shockability, The March Violets, Incantation, Disconnection

Live:

Shalamar, The Go-Go's, Fashion, Thomas Dolby, The Time / Vanity 6, A Certain Ratio / Big Country / 52nd Street, Shakatak, Squeeze, Light of the World, Culture Club, Marshall Crenshaw, Steve Lacy, The Passage

27th November 1982

Volume: 31 - Number: 48

Price - 35p Pages - 56

Cover by Pennie Smith

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Cover: George Michael and

Andrew Ridgeley

(Wham!)

Articles and interviews:

Wham!
Eric Burdon
Benjamin Zephaniah
Kim Fowley
London Film Festival
Explainer (Winston Henry)
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Kirk Brandon (Theatre of Hate) - Portrait of an Artist
14 Karat Soul
Scandalous (film)

News:

Teardrop Explodes, Grandmaster Flash, Boomtown Rats, Gillan, Japan, Reading Festival, Jerry Dammers, Pistols (stage play), Pete Townshend, Thin Lizzy, The Kids from Fame, The Jam, Bow Wow Wow, The Kinks, Shakatak

Albums:

Joni Mitchell, The Mekons, Virgin Prunes, The Adicts, Chic, Phil Collins, Pat Benatar, Television Personalities, Tot Taylor, Killing Joke, The Nightingales, The Reddings, Can, Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Neu!

Singles reviewed by Paul Du Noyer:

Fiat Lux, Julia Downes, Soft Call, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, Donna Summer, The Beat, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Damned, The Passage, Phil Collins, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, The Dancing Did, The Sisters of Mercy, David Bowie & Bing Crosby, Kevin Rowland and Dexys Midnight Runners, Mannish Boys / Davy Jones & Lower Third, Cliff Richard, The Apollinaires, Two Two, Greg Lake, Trevor Herion, Diz & the Doormen, Tygers of Pan Tang, It's Immaterial, Black, Cherry Boys, Rock Goddess, Marillion, The Kinks

Live:

Undertones Weekend, Talk Talk, Wah, Yazoo, Gregory Isaacs, 4 Skins, Hey! Elastica / The Danse Society, Sylvester, The Cocteau Twins, Aztec Camera / Daintees / Hurrah, The Gist / Marine Girls, Major Lance, Hey!, Lenny Henry

Films:

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Peace Game, Diner, Atomic Cafe