NME Magazine 5 August 1978 Keith Richards Jimmy Pursey Patti Smith The Clash David Bowie Greedies

NME Magazine 5 August 1978

This Issue Features: Leeds Yorkshire the Mekons and the Gang of Four. Article on independent labels, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Jimmy Percy interview, Keith Richards 4pp interview.

Full Page Adverts: Van Der Graaf Generator, Patti Smith Set Free, the Dickies, David Bowie Stage advert, Ultravox, Dire Straits.

Record Reviews: Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Johnny Winter.

Gig Reviews: The Clash at the Music Machine, the Adverts at the Marquee, Cabaret Voltaire Sheffield, the Jam Guildford, the Greedies play the Electric Ballroom, Culture at the Rainbow Theatre, Magazine at the Lyceum, 999 at the Nashville London.

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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.