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 10th January - 23rd January 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 29 - 10th January - 2
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Credits

10th January - 23rd January 1980

 

Volume 2 - Number 01 - Issue 29

Cover Photo - Paul Cox

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Interviewers

Steve Clarke - The Pretenders

Fred Deller - Mike Oldfield

Mike Stand - The Selector

Photographers

Jill Furmanovsky - Mike Oldfield (Page 3)

Chris Gabrin - Madness (Page 3)

Gerard McNamara - Background Picture Page 3

Paul Slattery - The Beat (Page 4)

Adrian Boot - The Specials (Page 5)

Paul Cox / LFI - Blondie (Page 6)

Paul Cox / BBC / LFI  - M (Page 7)

Chalkie Davis - Tony Parsons (Page 9)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Clash (Page 9)

Paul Cox / BBC / LFI - The Pretenders (Page 10)

Chalkie Davis - The Pretenders (Page 11)

Paul Cox - Dollar (Page 13)

Andre Csillag - ABBA (Page 13)

Jill Furmanovsky - Pink Floyd (Centre Spread)

Paul Cox / LFI - Mike Oldfield (Page 18)

Virginia  Turbett - Madness (Page 23)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Buzzcocks (Page 26)

Sheila Rock - The Clash (Back Cover)

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Lyrics

Issue Information

Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip To Bangor

The Beat - Tears Of A Clown

The Specials - Too Much Too Young,

Blondie - Union City Blue

M - Moonlight And Muzak

Abba - I Have A Dream

Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand

Billy Preston and Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go

Boney M - I'm Born Again

Madness - My Girl

The Inmates - The Walk

Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?

David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing

Front Cover:

The Pretenders

Centre Spread:

Pink Floyd

Back Cover:

The Clash

Interviews

Pretenders

Mike Oldfield

The Selector

General

Bitz

Reviews

Elvis Costello

The Inmates

The Specials

Star Trek The Motion Picture

Squeeze

Joe Callis (Shake) - My Top Ten

Tony Parsons

The Clash

The Cure

XTC

John Foxx

Singles: David Hepworth

Jon and Vangelis - I Hear You Now

Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown

Zaine Griff - Tonight

Piranhas - Space Invaders

The Lines - On The Air

Rob Grill - Rock Sugar

Herb Alpert - Rotation

Amii Stewart - The Letter

Madness - My Girl

Phil Rambow - Rebel Kind (Wild In The Streets)

Disco

Top 40

Adverts

Sade Cafe - Strange Little Girl Single

Sparks - When I'm With You Single

Dexys Midnight Runners - Dance Stance Album

Links

Happy Reading

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