1973 Issues

These are the issues of Record Mirror that came out in 1973.

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Price - 7p

Editor - Peter Jones

Assistant Editor - Peter Harvey

Production Editor - Roger Greenaway

Charts Editor - Tony Jasper

Production Manager - Len Butler

Circulation Manager - John French

Advertising Co-Ordinator - Barry O'Keel

Contributing Editors:

Max Needham, James Hamilton and

Tony Byworth

Page 1 - Record Mirror - Volume 20 - Num

6th January 1973

Volume 20 - Number 1

Front Cover - Marc Bolan

Interviews and Features:

Marc Bolan

Ringo Star

Gypsy

New Seekers

Robin Mackie

Ken Dodd

Calab Quaye

Carly Simon

13th January 1973

Volume 20 - Number 2

Cover - David Bowie

Interviews and features:

Jimmy Osmond
David Bowie
Moody Blues
Marc Bolan
The Kinks
RM Chart Survey
The Great Beatles Mystery
Paul Ryan
Elton John

Better scan coming soon

Thanks to John Harrison

for donating the issue

20th January 1973

Volume 20 - Number 3

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

27th January 1973

Volume 20 - Number 4

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Coming Soon

3rd February 1973

Volume 20 - Number 5

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

10th February 1973

Volume 20 - Number 6

Front Cover - Jimmy Osmond

Interviews and Features:

Jimmy Osmond

Bette Midler

Stevie Wonder

Listen

David Cassidy

Phil Spector

Jim Messina

Mort Shuman

Status Quo

17th February 1973

Volume 20 - Number 7

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

24th February 1973

Volume 20 - Number 8

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

3rd March 1973

Volume 20 - Number 9

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

10th March 1973

Volume 20 - Number 10

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

17th March 1973

Volume 20 - Number 11

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

24th March 1973

Volume 20 - Number 12

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

31st March 1973

Volume 20 - Number 13

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

7th April 1973

Volume 20 - Number 14

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

14th April 1973

Volume 20 - Number 15

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

21st April 1973

Volume 20 - Number 16

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

28th April 1973

Volume 20 - Number 17

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

5th May 1973

Volume 20 - Number 18

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

12th May 1973

Volume 20 - Number 19

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

19th May 1973

Volume 20 - Number 20

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

Cover: The Osmunds

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Cover: Gary Glitter

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2nd June 1973

26th May 1973

Volume 20 - Number 21

Price - 6p Pages - 28

Thanks to

World Radio History

for the scans

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Coming Soon

Volume 20 - Number 22

Price - 6p Pages - 24

Thanks to

World Radio History

for the scans

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Coming Soon

9th June 1973

Volume 20 - Number 23

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

16th June 1973

Volume 20 - Number 24

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

23rd June 1973

Volume 20 - Number 25

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

30th June 1973

Volume 20 - Number 26

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

7th July 1973

Volume 20 - Number 27

Front Cover - Slade

Interviews and Features:

Jon Anderson

Clifford T Ward

Lennie Peters

Del Shannon

Wally Whyton

Pete Sinfield

Chris Jagger

14th July 1973

Volume 20 - Number 28

Front Cover - Michael Jackson

Interviews and Features:

Wizzard

Mungo Jerry

Sylvia Robinson

Mel Tillis

David Bowie

Tony DeFranco

21st July 1973

Volume 20 - Number 29

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

28th July 1973

Volume 20 - Number 30

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

4th August 1973

Volume 20 - Number 31

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

11th August 1973

Volume 20 - Number 32

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

18th August 1973

Volume 20 - Number 33

Front Cover -

Interviews and features:

Do Not Have

Can You Help?

25th August 1973

Volume 20 - Number 34

Front Cover -

Interviews and features:

Do Not Have

Can You Help?

Volume 20 - Number 35

Price - 6p Pages - 28

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World Radio History

for the scans

World Radio History

Coming Soon

1st September 1973

Cover: Donny Osmund

Interviews and features:

Faces at Reading Festival
Moody Blues
Strawbs
The Kinks, Ray Davies
Jackson 5
Clifford Davis, band management
Kracker
Eddie Harris
Capability Brown (Tony Ferguson, Graham White, Dave Nevin)
The Handley Family
Hi-Shots (The Hotshots)
Pointer Sisters

News:

David Cassidy, Juliet Lawson, Colin Blunstone, Gentle Giant, Bloodstone, Strawbs, Linda Lewis, Don McLean, Jess Roden, The Doors, Thin Lizzy, Stories, Hawkwind, Frank Zappa

Folk Scene:

Alan Stivell, John Prine, Young Tradition, Jim Croce, Magna Carta, Decameron, Gryphon, Harvey Andrews, Frankie, Armstrong, Cambridge Folk Festival, Steeleye Span

UK albums:

The Kinks, Max Bygraves, Dickie Lee, Tyrone Davis, Byron Lee, Al Stewart, The Maytals, Eddy Arnold, Floyd Cramer, Chartbusters (VA), Reggae Jamaica (VA), Good Old Country Gospel (VA)

US albums:

Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Cliff, Blood Sweat & Tears, Gladstone, Sylvia, Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

UK singles reviewed by Pete Jones

Hi-Shots, Brotherly Love, Uriah Heep, Principal Edwards, Bronco, Cymande, Rod Stewart, Kevin Gould, Nola York, Bruce Ruffin, Reg Presley, Evensong, Graham Bell, Roy Young, Status Quo, Tony Randall & Jack Klugman, Crisp, Jacquie-Ann Carr, Southampton, Friday Brown

US singles reviewed by James Hamilton

Marvin Gaye, Paul Simon, Lou Reed, Link Wray, Steve Feldman, Looking Glass, Liza Minnelli, The Stampeders, Jackie Moore, Bill Withers, Johnnie Griffith, John Gaughan, Lloyd Price, Tommie Young, Ann Peebles, Percy Sledge, Glen Campbell, Cher, Tony Bennett, Pretty Purdie, Shirley Ellis

Live:

Mud, Deke Leonard's Iceberg, Fresh Meat

Full page ads:

None

Half page ads:

David Essex, Albert Hammond, Magna Carta, Steeleye Span, Alan Stivell, Joan Baez, Gallagher & Lyle

Volume 20 - Number 36

Price - 6p Pages - 28

Do not have -

Can you help?

Coming Soon

8th September 1973

Cover: Mott the Hoople

Interviews and features:

Mott The Hoople
David Essex
Manfred Mann
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UK singles reviewed by Pete Jones

Gilbert O'Sullivan, Lieutenant Pigeon, Judge Dread, Fresh Meat, Cockney Rebel, David Bowie, Hurricane Smith, Dr. Marigold's, Bugatti & Musker, Mott the Hoople, Taggett, Matthew Fisher, Herbie Flowers, Family,Daniel Boone, Simon Park Orchestra, Kevin Coyne, Moon Williams

US singles reviewed by James Hamilton

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Half page ads:

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15th September 1973

Volume 20 - Number 37

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

22nd September 1973

Volume 20 - Number 38

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

29th September 1973

Volume 20 - Number 39

Front Cover - Mick Jagger

Interviews and Features:

Radio Poll Sensation

Slade

Tony Joe White

Deep Purple

Jimmy Ruffin

Sisters Love

Diana Ross

Suzi Quatro

Thin Lizzy

6th October 1973

Volume 20 - Number 40

Front Cover - Slade

Interviews and Features:

Slade

Elton John

Bob Harris

ELO

Colin Blunstone

Roy Orbison

Hector

13th October 1973

Volume 20 - Number 41

Front Cover - Elton John

Interviews and Features:

Elton John

Richard Price

Nicky Horne

L.B.C Radio

Lynsey De Paul

Grimms

The De Francos

20th October 1973

Volume 20 - Number 42

Front Cover - The Sweet

Interviews and Features:

The Sweet

David Essex

Len Tuckey

Dawn

Jo Jo Gunne

Back Door

Slade

27th October 1973

Volume 20 - Number 43

Front Cover - Donny Osmond

Interviews and Features:

The Osmonds

Nazerath

The Seekers

Detroit Spinners

3rd November 1973

Volume 20 - Number 44

Front Cover - David Cassidy

Interviews and Features:

Status Quo

Noel Edmonds

Marmalade

Glyn Poole

ELO

The Osmonds

Limmie

Cockney Rebel

Chicago

The Who

10th November 1973

Volume 20 - Number 45

Front Cover - David Essex

Interviews and Features:

Elvis Presley

Reg Presley

Kenny Everett

The Osmonds

Tony De Franco

Jonesy

Gary Glitter

David Essex

17th November 1973

Volume 20 - Number 46

Front Cover - Mud

Interviews and Features:

Gary Glitter

String Driven Thing

Al Stewart

Ronnie Lane

Radio Luxemberg

John Beattie

Barry Blue

The Shadows

24th November 1973

Volume 20 - Number 47

Front Cover - Gary Glitter

Interviews and Features:

Gary Glitter

Mott

Michael Wale

Jackson 5

Elton John

Black Sabbath

1st December 1973

Volume 20 - Number 48

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

8th December 1973

Volume 20 - Number 49

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

15th December 1973

Volume 20 - Number 50

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

22nd December 1973

Volume 20 - Number 51

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help

29th December 1973

Volume 20 - Number 52

Front Cover -

Interviews and Features:

Do Not Have Can You Help