NME Magazine 11 August 1979 Joy Division Spizz Led Zeppelin Echo and the Bunnymen Throbbing Gristle

NME Magazine 11 August 1979

This Issue Features: 1.5 Page interview with Spizz, Joe Jackson 1.5 pages, Joy Division 1.5 page article by Paul Rambali pictures by Pennie Smith, two-page interview with Taj Mahal, two-page interview with Ry Cooder, 

Full Page Adverts: Blue Oyster Cult, Mike Oldfield, The Stranglers Duchess, Reading Rock 79, Angelic Upstarts.

Record Reviews: Devo, Led Zeppelin In Through The Out Door, Angelic Upstarts, JJ Cale, James Brown, Rainbow Down to Earth etc.

Gig Reviews: 2 page review of Led Zeppelin at Knebworth by Paul Morley and pics by Penny Smith, Joy Division, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Teardrop Explodes, Echo and the Bunnymen at the Prince of Wales Conference Centre.

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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.