| Periodical Title | Melody Maker |
| Publisher | IPC Specialist & Professional Press Ltd. |
| Copyright Holder | IPC Business Press Ltd. |
| Editor in Chief | Ray Coleman |
| Editor | Richard Williams |
| Assistant Editor | Michael Watts |
| Editorial Assistant | John Orme, Max Jones, Chris Hayes, Colin Irwin, Allan Jones, Harry Doherty, Robin Grayden, Brian Case, Chris Bohn, Jon Wall |
| Reviews Editor | Ian Birch |
| Technical Editor | Kevin Black |
| Chief Sub-Editor | John Barton |
| Advertising Manager/Coordinator | David Curtis (2) |
| Correspondent | Harvey Kubernik, Davitt Sigerson |
| Contributing Writer | Steve Gett, Steve Taylor, Vivien Goldman, Jon Savage, Chris Brazier, Karl Dallas, Bill Millar, Stuart Colman |
| Review by | Mark Williams (2), James Truman, Pete Wingfield, Michael James, Tony Rayns, Van Gosse |
| Photography | Adrian Boot, Barry Plummer, Kate Simon |
| Contributing Photographer | Sheila Rock, Robert Legon, Lynn McAfee, George Bodnar, Kevin Cummins, Tom Sheehan, Jill Furmanovsky, Jill Mumford, Gervaise Soeurouge, Jak Kilby, Bill White, Dennis Morris, Richard Young (2) |
| Contributor | Jeff Atterton, Leonard Feather, Simon Frith, Robert Gallagher, Peter Guralnick, Mary Harron, Martin Hawkins, Stan Hey, Susan Hill, Penny Kiley, Simon Kinnersley, Frances Lass, Angie McRobbie, Andrew Nickolds, Peter Occhiogrosso, Chris Petit, John Pidgeon, Joel Selvin, Roy Trakin, Peter Vacher, Penny Valentine, Idris Walters, Valerie Wilmer |
| About/Subject | Rickie Lee Jones, The Stranglers, The Slits, Psychedelic Furs, Daryl Hall, Bucky Pizzarelli, Sammy Hagar, Peter Bond |
| Format | Bedsheet Magazine |
| Language | English |
| Cover Date | 1979-09-08 |
| Pages / Font | 64 pages |
| Price | 20p |
| Price | USA: one dollar |
| Volume Number | 54 |
| Issue Number | 34 |
