NME & Melody Maker
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Topic: NME & Melody Maker
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Subject: NME & Melody Maker
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 10:11
| Any value in the old full size paper editions of NME and Melody Maker from late 80s up to mid-90s? Or should I just bin them? Having my annual end of year clear out. |
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 14:30
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I've kept my old Q magazines from the 80s and 90s before the 'rock' content became miniscule! Still have all my 'Classic Rock' and 'Prog' magazines (and a number of 'Wonderous Stories' from the Classic Rock Society in Rotherham), but I wish I'd kept all my Sounds newspapers from the 70s, as they'd have been a great read now. I stuck with Melody Maker in the mid-70s, although it could be very dry at times. Never warmed to the NME and when they effectively declared war on 'prog' in 1976, I gave up on it completely. Not sure about the value of any of your collection. I assume somewhere all the copies are on microfilm or digitised, to help authors with clippings and quotations etc. I suppose it all comes down to your available storage space.... a clean out is always good for the soul. Might need to start decluttering in the loft myself while my old knees can still get up the ladder!  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 14:50
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Check eBay for similar. Some of these things have a value, and even if you sold as a job lot you might make a bit of spending money. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 14:57
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^ Good idea - I would imagine front page stories are collectable for some people - such as announcements of changes in band line-ups, tours or, sadly, even deaths. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: December 27 2018 at 19:02
| Thanks. Yes, it's a space thing for me. I still have loads of music mags and books, but these old papers I don't need. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 04:46
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A friend of mine runs a business selling copies of old magazines and papers. I don't know how succesful it is now but he has been doing it for quite a few years now. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 05:23
| I would imagine that 60's & 70's NME and MM (for many, the only way to get informed back then) are somewhat sought-after (finding the interested person shouldn't be too hard), but not later-80's and 90's (as there were alternatives then) |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 05:56
| A bit of trivia for you, in 1975, Juergen Fritz put an ad in a Melody Maker mag for a replacement lead vocalist sought after for his band Triumvirat after existing lead singer Helmut Koellen quit, (Doug Fieger, later of the Knack, was lead vocalist for a very short while, but left after just a few weeks), and he got a response from British singer Barry Palmer, who mailed him a tape of himself singing a version of Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed", which was Fritz's favorite song at that time, and Barry got the position! |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 29 2018 at 06:05
------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
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