| Periodical Title | New Musical Express |
| Publisher | IPC Magazines Ltd, David Curtis (2) |
| Copyright Holder | IPC Magazines Ltd |
| Typeset by | ComputerGraphics |
| Printed by | EMAP Provincial Newspapers Limited |
| Editor | Neil Spencer |
| Deputy Editor | Tony Stewart |
| Assistant Editor | Paul Du Noyer |
| Editorial Assistant | Derek Johnson |
| Production Editor | Jo Isotta |
| Associate Editor | Andy Gill (2) |
| Special Projects | Roy Carr |
| Contributing Editor | Charles Shaar Murray |
| Staff | Gavin Martin, Chris Bohn, Graham Lock, Paolo Hewitt, Don Watson, Barney Hoskyns |
| Illustrator | Tony Benyon, Ray Lowry |
| Correspondent | Joe Stevens, Richard Grabel, Mick Farren |
| Researcher | Fiona Foulgar |
| Administrative Assistant | Karen Walter |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | David Flavell |
| Advertising | Pete Christopher, Barry Cooper, Lee McDonald |
| Art Director/Editor | Andy Martin (2) |
| Cover photo | Anton Corbijn |
| Photography | Pennie Smith, Peter Anderson (3), Anton Corbijn |
| Contributing Writer | Andrea Miller, Bruce Dessau, Paul Mathur, David Quantick, Ian McMillan, Tony Parsons, Cliff White, Fred Dellar |
| Review by | Vivien Goldman, Richard Cook, Sheryl Garrett, Richard North, Susan Williams, Michael Snyder, Neil Taylor, Muir MacKean, Mat Snow, Peter Astor, Simon Witter, Cynthia Rose |
| Contributing Photographer | SKR Photos, Jean-Marc Birraux, Rowan Main, John Stoddart, Kevin Westenberg, Popsie, Jeremy Bannister, Lawrence Watson, Ebet Roberts, Nick White |
| About/Subject | The Smiths, Nina Simone, Lloyd Cole |
| Format | Bedsheet Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Cover Date | 1984-02-04 |
| Copyright | 1983 |
| Pages / Font | 44 pages |
| Price | 40p |
| Price | $1.95 |
| ISSN | 0028 6362 |
