Linda Blair 1977

Exorcist actress Linda Blair features on the cover of Bravo of 1 September 1977. This week 42 years ago, Germany’s youth read about:

• How Elvis rocked, published two weeks after his death (see it on Sunday)
• Joe Walsh rescued the Eagles
• Bravo readers voted BCR’s Stuart ‘Woody’ Wood “Guitarist of the Year”
• Linda Blair in The Exorcist II (her demonic vomit? Pea soup)
• Scandal: The Clash were banned from the Musikladen TV show
• Girls before court — because of a man
• Scandal over Boney M: Did they plagiarise “Ma Baker”? (see below)
• Profile of Smokie drummer Pete Spencer
• Vicky Blue, The Runaways’ new bassist
• All about actor Dick Gautier

Also check out A Life In Vinyl 1977.

And here’s the Boney M article

 

Pop magazine 5 April 1979

The cover of the Swiss-German Pop magazine of 5 April 1979. Included was a Panini football sticker album and 12 free stickers, which I doubtless collected (on the cover 1.FC Nürnberg are playing VfB Stuttgart). Also inside an article on ABBA, Boney M. and Leif Garrett getting together and having a bit of a party.

Boney M. 1981

Boney M. on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 19 February 1981.

Boney M 1976

Boney M. on the back-page poster in Bravo of 20 February 1976. They were having a minor hit with the forgotten “Baby Do You Wanna Bump”, and they were about to release their version of “No Woman, No Cry”. Their breakthrough with “Sunny” and “Daddy Cool” was still a few months away.

 

pop cover 22 Feb. 1979

The cover of the Swiss-German pop magazine of 22 February 1979. Included is a flexi-disc on which various stars thank readers for voting for them in the annual poll. What they said is transcribed below.

Boney M. 1981

Boney M. on the back-page poster of Bravo of 5 February 1981. More Boney M. posters.

Boney M. 1981

Boney M., having arrived in the 1980s, on a centrespread poster in Bravo of 10 December 1981.

Boney M. 1977

A four-page feature on Boney. M, in the charts at the rime with their disco version of “Sunny”.

Boney M. 1978

A report on Boney M. and its dancer Bobby Farrell in Bravo of 9 February 1978.The story notes that Bobby may not sing, only dance. Here’s why:

 

Boney M. 1977

Boney M in Bravo of 17 March 1977