T.Rex’s Marc Bolan and Mickey Finn are pictured on a single-page poster in Bravo of 24 August 1978 as part of an article looking back on the band’s career.
Charts August 1978
The readers’ charts in Bravo of 24 August 1978.
Schneider HiFi 1978
A Schneider HiFi advert in Bravo of 24 August 1978. I bought a Schneider Hi-Fi tower much like that a year later, but without the equaliser and whatever it is that resides below the tape deck. And unlike the tape deck on this set, mine didn’t auto-reverse.
Nastassja Kinski 1978
Nastassja Kinski features on the Bravo cover of 24 August 1978. Once Nasti had turned 16, Bravo was quite happy to show topless pics of her. The spread below was quite typical of the magazine’s Kinski coverage.
Other stories: T. Rex career in review. Elvis films on TV. Is Ian Mitchell going to break up Rosetta Stone? Pillow-talk on the new craze: CB radio. Black Sabbath in concert. Make-up tips for the disco. Johnny Rotten interview.
And Dr Korff again reminded boys that having a small penis is OK. Was that his August theme every year?
Charts August 1975
The readers’ charts in Bravo of 14 August 1975. “I’m Not In Love” and “Fox On The Run” seem to be the winners here.
Paul McCartney 1975
Paul McCartney on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 14 August 1975. Clearly Bravo had not gotten over the break-up of The Beatles yet.
Hunter/Ronson 1975
Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson on a back-page poster in Bravo of 14 August 1975. Former Mott the Hoople frontman and Bowie-sideman Ronson (who joined the Hoople just a year earlier) had just formed a group called, with as much imagination as you like, Hunter/Ronson. They’d record five albums together between 1975 and 1990, before Ronson’s death in 1993.
James Hunt 1975
British Formula 1 racing driver James Hunt on a single-page poster in Bravo of 14 August 1975
Ute Kittelberger 1975
German actress Ute Kittelberger stars on the cover of Bravo 14 August 1975. Two years earlier Ute had won Bravo’s annual “Girl of the Year” contest (for which actress Rebecca Mornay would be a Top 20 candidate in 1978), and shortly after something called World Teen Princess. The cover story tells of Kittelberger’s role in her first film, a terrible-looking thing called Der Edelweisskönig. Ute died at 62 in 2021.
Skinny Gary, “the new guy on the rock scene” with a stupid hat, is Gary Holton of the Heavy Metal Kids. Other stories featured racing driver James Hunt and teen band Kenny.
Dr Korff’s sex-ed reassured boys that having a small penis is OK.
R.I.P Alain Delon
R.I.,P. Alain Delon, seen here on the back-cover of Bravo of 26 April 1965.
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