NME Magazine 11 December 1982 Marvin Gaye The Jam Jamaica World music festival

NME Magazine  11 December 1982

This Issues main Features: Marvin Gaye Mr midnight the sex soul and success of Marvin Gaye by Gavin Martin 3.5 pages, E.T. the coining of a cultural cliche by Andy Gill, Peace of the action Greenham Common protest.

Full Page Adverts: War crimes Special AKA

Record Reviews: Psychic TV, Death Cult, Special AKA, Anti Nowhere League, Dislocation Dance, Led Zeppelin Coda, R.E.M. Chronic town, George Clinton, Television Blow up, You've got foetus on your breath,

Gig Reviews: the Jam at Wembley Arena, Grandmaster Flash at The Venue, Marc and the Mambas Theatre Royal. 2 page special report on Jamaica World Music Festival with The Clash, Rick James, Black Uhuru ETC.

New Musical Express magazine (later shortened to NME) was first published in 1952 and ran for 66 years. NME magazine covered most musical genre's from 1950s Jazz to Rocknroll, 1960's Beat and Folk,1970's glam, progressive rock, heavy rock, punk, new wave, acid house, grunge, britpop etc eventually ceasing publication in March 2018 when it moved to an online subscription only. Vintage back issues of NME make great gifts or as music collectibles they make an interesting archive of music history.