NME Magazine 22 December 1979 Talking Heads David Bowie Raincoats The Specials Tim Buckley Star Trek

NME Magazine 22 December 1979 double Christmas issue.

Interview with Guy Stevens, OMD, Talking Heads David Byrne 2 page interview, the Specials, Australian rock music, the Raincoats, Tim Buckley 3 page article, Star Trek beam me out of this black hole Scottie. Quotes of the year.

Glam rock revival 2 page panel poster featuring Sweet, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Marc Bolan and David Bowie.

NME rock photography portraits of Mick Jones, Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Undertones, John Lydon and loads more.

Full page adverts: David Bowie, Madness my girl, The Clash, Queen live Killers, Star Trek movie,

Record reviews:No Nukes, Neil Innes, 

Live reviews: the Police in Birmingham, Madness in New York, Dire Straits in Belfast, Leonard Cohen Hammersmith Odeon.

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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 music history archive.