1988 Issues

These are the issues of NME that came out in 1988.

Some of the issues I have will be available on this site (click the link on the date or picture to take you to the issue which will be available via my Flickr and Google page).

Some of the issues may just have pictures which will be there to showcase what the issue front cover was and will be there for reference.

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Deputy Editor - Tony Stewart

Assistant Editor - Paul De Noyer

News Editor - Derek Johnson

Production Editor - Jo Isotta

Associate Editors - Andy Gill

Special Projects Editor - Roy Carr

Contributing Editor - Charles Shar Murray

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Volume: 37 - Number: 01

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Cover photo by Steve Pyke

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2nd January 1988

Cover: Shane MacGowan

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Volume: 37 - Number: 02

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Cover pic by Lawrence Watson

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9th January 1988

Cover: Renegade Soundwave

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Renegade Soundwave
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23rd January 1988

Volume: 37 - Number: 03

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Cover photo by Chris Clunn

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16th January 1988

Cover: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Articles and interviews:

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Feargal Sharkey
Music in South Africa
Readers Poll '87
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Volume: 37 - Number: 04

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Cover photo by Derek Ridgers

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Cover: Sweet Tee

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Sweet Tee
Prince
Music in Cuba
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Volume: 37 - Number: 05

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Cover pic by Kevin Cummins

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30th January 1988

Cover: Diana Brown

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Volume: 37 - Number: 06

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Cover pic by Bleddyn Butcher

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6th February 1988

Cover: The Wedding Present

Articles and interviews:

The Wedding Present
Prefab Sprout
Mighty Lemon Drops
Pop Will Eat Itself
Hue and Cry
The Cross (Roger Taylor)
Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father
Jamie Principle
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Pink Floyd, The Who, Dead Kennedys, Lloyd Cole, Housemartins, New Order, Boy George, Holly Johnson, Pogues, Echo & the Bunnymen, Bomb the Bass , , ,

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Gerechtigkeits Liga, Debbie Gibson, Louise Goffin, Elisa Fiorillo, Jennifer Warnes, Maria Vidal, Willy DeVille, Barry White, The O'Jays, LL Cool J, Los Lobos, Eddie Kidd, Yeah God!, Beatmasters featuring Cookie Crew, Everything But the Girl, McCluskey Brothers, The Mission, Aslan

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Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ballad of Halo Jones, Eric Clapton, Glenn Branca Ensemble, Three Johns, Membranes, Carlton B. Morgan, Paul Howard, Aztec Camera, The Courtney Pine Quintet, Furniture, The Assassins, Steve Earle, Pere Ubu, The Heart Throbs, Attacco Decente, , , ,

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The Communards, The Wild Flowers, LL Cool J, Fischer-Z, James Brown, , ,

Film:

Paul Verhoeven
RoboCop
White Mischief

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Volume: 37 - Number: 07

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Cover pic by Eamonn McCabe

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13th February 1988

Cover: Morrissey

Articles and interviews:

Morrissey
The Fall
The Primitives
Chuck Berry
The Triffids
The Silencers
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Volume: 37 - Number: 08

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Cover photo by Brian Aris

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20th February 1988

Cover: Sting

Articles and interviews:

Sting
The Bangles
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Steely Dan
Housemartins
Morrissey (part 2)
Sugarcubes
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Barry White, Hüsker Dü, Frank Zappa, The Who, Joe Strummer, , , , , , ,

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The Wedding Present, Morrissey, World Domination Enterprises, Age of Chance, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sisters of Mercy, The Pooh Sticks, Charles Manson, Sonic Youth, Kray Cherubs, Nanci Griffith, Derek B, The Communards, Michael Jackson

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Robyn Hitchcock, Roachford (lp, tour), INXS, Leonard Cohen, Stump (tour), Sisters of Mercy, Claudia Brücken & Thomas Leer (lp, tour), , , , ,

Film:

The Courier
A Night on the Town
(Adventures in Babysitting)
90 Days
Nuts

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Volume: 37 - Number: 09

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Cover photo by Chris Clunn

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Coming Soon

27th February 1988

Cover: Tim Simenon (Bomb TB)

Articles and interviews:

Bomb the Bass
Sisters of Mercy
Aztec Camera
Afrika Bambaataa
Lyle Lovett
Stump
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Volume: 37 - Number: 10

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Cover photo by Chris Clunn

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Coming Soon

5th March 1988

Cover: The Madness

Articles and interviews:

The Madness
Meat Beat Manifesto
Courtney Pine
Derek B
Philip Glass
Godfathers
Jello Biafra
The Wonder Stuff
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The Mission, The Fall, , , , , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 11

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Cover photo by Ross Halfin

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12th March 1988

Cover: Bruce Dickinson

Articles and interviews:

Iron Maiden
Zodiac Mindwarp
Nanci Griffith
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Talking Heads, Prefab Sprout, , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 12

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Cover photo by Derek Ridgers

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19th March 1988

Cover: Carol Decker (T'Pau)

Articles and interviews:

T'Pau
Everything but the Girl
Jesus and Mary Chain
Talking Heads
Fairground Attraction
Tracey
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Morrissey, Throwing Muses, Pixies, , , , , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 13

Price - 50p Pages - 56

Cover photo by Pennie Smith

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating this issue

Coming Soon

26th March 1988

Cover: James Brown

Articles and interviews:

James Brown
Joe Strummer
The Primitives
Voice of the Beehive
Aswad
BoDeans
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The Primitives, The Clash, Julie London, Electro Hippies, Nocera, Deja, Irma Thomas, , , , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 14

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Cover photo by A.J. Barratt

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Coming Soon

2nd April 1988

Cover: R.E.M.

Articles and interviews:

R.E.M.
Rick Rubin
Joe Strummer
Cardiacs
The Vaselines
Flatmates
Wet Wet Wet
Soho
Salt 'N' Pepa
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Microdisney, Feargal Sharkey, Bros, , , , , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 15

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9th April 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 16

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16th April 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 17

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23rd April 1988

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30th April 1988

Cover: Nasty Rox Inc.

Articles and interviews:

Nasty Rox Inc.
Pete Murphy
The Mission
Was (Not Was)
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Pop on TV
Cry Before Dawn
Transvision Vamp
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Thrills:

The Primitives, Fearless Iranians from Hell, Sting, Rhythm Sisters, Michael Jackson, , ,

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KRS-1, Billy Bragg, Sugarcubes, Neil Young, Madness, , , ,

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James Blood Ulmer, Ari Up, Daintees, , , , , , ,

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Volume: 37 - Number: 18

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Coming Soon

Volume: 37 - Number: 19

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7th May 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 20

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14th May 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 21

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21st May 1988

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28th May 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 22

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Volume: 37 - Number: 23

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4th June 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 24

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11th June 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 25

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18th June 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 26

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25th June 1988

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2nd July 1988

9th July 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 27

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Volume: 37 - Number: 29

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16th July 1988

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23rd July 1988

Volume: 37 - Number: 30

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30th July 1988

6th August 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 31

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Volume: 37 - Number: 33

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13th August 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 34

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20th August 1988

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27th August 1988

3rd September 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 35

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Volume: 37 - Number: 37

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10th September 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 38

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17th September 1988

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24th September 1988

1st October 1988

Volume: 37 - Number: 39

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Volume: 37 - Number: 40

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Volume: 37 - Number: 41

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8th October 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 42

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15th October 1988

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22nd October 1988

29th October 1988

Volume: 37 - Number: 43

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Volume: 37 - Number: 44

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Volume: 37 - Number: 45

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5th November 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 46

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12th November 1988

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19th November 1988

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Volume: 37 - Number: 48

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3rd December 1988

10th December 1988

Volume: 37 - Number: 49

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Volume: 37 - Number: 50

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24th - 31st Dec. 1988
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Free stuff

At times NME would either give something away Free or make it possible to send off for a Free Gift. Below are the items available in this year.

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