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Front Covers

Following a conversation with Richard Ogden, Hawkwind's PR guy 1971-76, I became a little obsessed with tracking down every instance of the band (or at least its name) appearing on the front cover of a magazine during the 70s. This is the result... (Click to enlarge the image, some references may be hard to spot!)

Friends - 13.11.70
Melody Maker - 27.11.71
Muther Grumble - 03.72
Frendz -14.07.72
NME - 22.07.72
NME -12.08.72
Disco 45 - 18.08.72
Disc - 02.09.72
NME - 02.09.72
Sounds - 02.09.72
Sounds - 23.09.72
Mickie Songbook - 09.72
Sounds - 02.10.72
NME - 14.10.72
NME - 09.12.72
Let It Rock - 12.72
Music Scene - 12.72
Record Song Book - 12.72
Rock & Folk - 12.72
Sounds - 06.01.73
NME - 12.05.73
NME - 19.05.73
Sounds - 26.05.73
Fapto 1973
Melody Maker - 09.06.73
Melody Maker - 30.06.73
Qui Giovani - 05.07.73
NME - 01.09.73
Disco 45 - 21.09.73
Mickie Songbook - 09.73
Melody Maker - 01.12.73
Penetration - early 1974
Sounds - 02.02.74
beetle-magazine-may-1974-hawkwind-man-mott-the-hoople-beach-boys-kristine-sparkle-pointer-
new-musical-express- 06.07.74
Sounds - 06.07.74
Oor - 17.07.74
Ciao 2001 - 27.10.74
NME - 23.11.74
Sounds - 30.11.74
Melody Maker - 04.01.75
Melody Maker - 18.01.75
Sounds - 18.01.75
Rock & Folk - 01.75
NME - 08.02.75
Ciao 2001 - 09.02.75
Melody Maker - 15.02.75
Cracker - 02.75
Creem - 03.75
Beat Instrumental - 07.75
PTP - Aug 75
Sounds - 09.08.75
Trouser Press - 9-10.75
Sounds - 22.11.75
Penetration 8 - 76
Sounds - 04.09.76
Sounds - 02.10.76
Beat Instrumental - 11.76
Penetration - 77
Sniffin Flowers - 77
Beat Instrumental - 09.77
Way Ahead - 11.77
Sounds - 21.10.78
Melody Maker - 18.11.78
Way Ahead - 11.78
Sounds - 09.06.79
Sounds - 08.11.80
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