Issue dated June 13, 1981...on my birthday ! I turned 10 years old. I also bought my first album that year, K-Tel records "Rock'81" in November. A compilation of the best Rock singles of 1981. Included Rush, Heart, Pat Benatar, etc...
Thanks for watching. Introduced to Rush at 10 years old, that can't be bad! K-Tel records were pretty good, and affordable - I had a few back in the day.
00:08:40 *Mr Howard Devoto* aka _"The most important man alive"_ according to the NME in '78, wraps up Magazine...until 2009 that is...and a short UK tour, the London leg of which I was overjoyed to attend. Of that reunion tour - and subsequent 5th Magazine studio lp - Devoto said (in the Guardian): *_"Dave [Formula] made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He said 'Howard, it's your last chance to be venerable.'"_* Haha I like that.
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman No, didn't keep any of them. The NME's I have now were an auction lot bought last September - these are from the years 1980 to 1982 and a few from the following couple of years. I will show some more of those in the future.
Another fascinating insight Richard. Julian Cope losing his flight Jacket was a big loss in 81. £2/3.50 a gig!! I think New Orders gig at Glastonbury saw Bernard falling drunk onto the stage floor. Great episode 👍
Thanks, Stevie. Those were indeed 'the days'! I have been reading an NME edition from July 83 that includes centre pages on New Order referencing a tour in the US and making a video in New York to accompany their Arthur Baker collaboration on 'Confusion'. I might show that edition in a future vid.
A ticket costing £3 in 1981 would, according to the BoE calculator, be £11.17 today. Shows how much concert tickets have risen far above average prices.
Great stuff Richard. Interesting that The Specials ‘Ghost Town’ gets a ‘best of the rest’ review..& Tom Tom Club’s ‘Wordy Rappinghood is dismissed as deadpan.....probably two of the most iconic singles of the eighties! 😊
Thanks, Harris. The NME singles 'reviews' each week were a nonsence really - not much thought seemed to go in to them and in hindsight most were just wrong.
@@Vinyl-Heaven-And-Hell2023 Rolling Stone was notoriously late in discovering punk and judging by their latest list of the 10 best punk albums they still have no clue whatsoever, amazingly.. For instance they have Nirvana's Nevermind as the 10th best punk album of all time.. I sort of doubt they were on the ball with hardcore.
It was censored back then. Mainstream radio didn't play it & big retail chain stores didn't sell it. I remember only small independent/underground record stores sold it or you had to buy it by ordering it by mail from the bands label.
Addicted to watching these now .. but end with a sense of sadness ..loss.. my youth
Cool video. I have a ton of NME’s and Melody Makers from the mid-90’s in great condition. You can have a couple if you want.
When the music industry had stuff to offer
Issue dated June 13, 1981...on my birthday ! I turned 10 years old. I also bought my first album that year, K-Tel records "Rock'81" in November. A compilation of the best Rock singles of 1981. Included Rush, Heart, Pat Benatar, etc...
Thanks for watching. Introduced to Rush at 10 years old, that can't be bad! K-Tel records were pretty good, and affordable - I had a few back in the day.
00:08:40 *Mr Howard Devoto* aka _"The most important man alive"_ according to the NME in '78, wraps up Magazine...until 2009 that is...and a short UK tour, the London leg of which I was overjoyed to attend. Of that reunion tour - and subsequent 5th Magazine studio lp - Devoto said (in the Guardian): *_"Dave [Formula] made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He said 'Howard, it's your last chance to be venerable.'"_* Haha I like that.
This is in my big 5 year music period of 1977-81, lots of great stuff in there Richard. Mike
Thanks, Mike. Those were indeed 'the days'. I bought the NME weekly from about 1975 to 1980.
@@Vinyl-Heaven-And-Hell2023have you still got them Richard?
@@pc31thevinylpoliceman No, didn't keep any of them. The NME's I have now were an auction lot bought last September - these are from the years 1980 to 1982 and a few from the following couple of years. I will show some more of those in the future.
Another fascinating insight Richard. Julian Cope losing his flight Jacket was a big loss in 81. £2/3.50 a gig!!
I think New Orders gig at Glastonbury saw Bernard falling drunk onto the stage floor. Great episode 👍
Thanks, Stevie. Those were indeed 'the days'!
I have been reading an NME edition from July 83 that includes centre pages on New Order referencing a tour in the US and making a video in New York to accompany their Arthur Baker collaboration on 'Confusion'. I might show that edition in a future vid.
A ticket costing £3 in 1981 would, according to the BoE calculator, be £11.17 today. Shows how much concert tickets have risen far above average prices.
01:28 Good stuff, keep it up
It’s not ‘Bruce’, it’s Jona Lewie.
You're quite right, I was really just cheekily referencing the caption that NME put below the photo!
Great stuff Richard. Interesting that The Specials ‘Ghost Town’ gets a ‘best of the rest’ review..& Tom Tom Club’s ‘Wordy Rappinghood is dismissed as deadpan.....probably two of the most iconic singles of the eighties! 😊
Thanks, Harris. The NME singles 'reviews' each week were a nonsence really - not much thought seemed to go in to them and in hindsight most were just wrong.
Heaven Up There?
It’s Steve Garvey, not ‘Drew’.
any New York hardcore there?
Not that I could see in this issue of NME. Probably more coverage in US music papers like Rolling Stone?
@@Vinyl-Heaven-And-Hell2023 Rolling Stone was notoriously late in discovering punk and judging by their latest list of the 10 best punk albums they still have no clue whatsoever, amazingly.. For instance they have Nirvana's Nevermind as the 10th best punk album of all time.. I sort of doubt they were on the ball with hardcore.
Today that dead kennedys song would be censored.
For sure. I guess even in 1981 that would have 'shocked' some people seeing the record in the shops and the song title in print. Thanks for watching!
It was censored back then. Mainstream radio didn't play it & big retail chain stores didn't sell it. I remember only small independent/underground record stores sold it or you had to buy it by ordering it by mail from the bands label.
@@SaintMartins yes i get you. I actually meant the print in the nme.
I got into left-wing politics(and the Fall)reading this in me lunch breaks.
my condolences mate