Over 50's club

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SarahWoo Jul 2020 8:32am, 21 Jul 2020 11,865 posts	0 SarahWoo I've never heard of it either, ar.
Eynsham Red Jul 2020 8:35am, 21 Jul 2020 6,234 posts	0 Eynsham Red I never read Q, but had periods when I read the other three. Sounds became my regular. Although a bit lightweight the other two I found a tad too serious for their own good especially with the NME trying to be a sort of subversive younger brother to the MM (in the late seventies anyway).
GregP Jul 2020 8:37am, 21 Jul 2020 121,340 posts	0 GregP I read NME because it was cool and edgy (or at least that's how it wanted to be viewed). MM covered bands I actually liked. Sounds sort of fell through the gap in the middle for me, but each to their own.
McGoohan Jul 2020 8:40am, 21 Jul 2020 46,187 posts	0 McGoohan Q was a magazine I would buy occasionally in a train station WHSmiths if I was about to go on a reasonably long journey and I knew I was going to get a bit bored with my book.
Sharkie Jul 2020 8:42am, 21 Jul 2020 16,233 posts	0 Sharkie Many of the early writers on Q actually came from the superb (and totally NON pompous) Smash Hits. Fact. I bought everything - for years - starting with Rave, Fab208 and Melody Maker in the 60s (and Rolling Stone, It, etc natch)
GregP Jul 2020 8:43am, 21 Jul 2020 121,342 posts	0 GregP GQ fills that role for me these days for the most part. I do occasionally buy Gramophone but that's a very different animal.
Nicholls595 Jul 2020 8:44am, 21 Jul 2020 21,690 posts	0 Nicholls595 Was it a "Jazz Mag"?
GregP Jul 2020 8:44am, 21 Jul 2020 121,343 posts	0 GregP Wowsers! I've been trying to like Rolling Stone on and off for half a century. Could never get on with it.
GregP Jul 2020 8:45am, 21 Jul 2020 121,344 posts	0 GregP Gramophone has a jazz section, nico, yes.
GregP Jul 2020 8:46am, 21 Jul 2020 121,345 posts	0 GregP And I'm listening to this as I type, which is making me very happy. https://youtu.be/mXQbkv0-wCc