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 24th January - 6th February 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 30 - 24th January - 6
Smash Hits Credits - Issue 30 - 24th Jan

Lyrics

Credits

24th January - 6th February 1980

 

Volume 2 - Number 02 - Issue 30

Cover Photo - Andrew Douglas

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Interviewers

Ryan Kelly - The Sparks

Robin Katz - KC And The Sunshine Band

Ian Cranna - The Beat

Photographers

Sheila Rock - Joe Jackson (Page 4)

Gary Leighton - Lena Lovich (Page 4)

Brian Aris - Boomtown Rats (Page 5)

Andrew Douglas - The Sparks (Page 10)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Sparks (Page 11)

Paul Cox / LI - The Nolans (Page 12)

Terry Lott - Harry Casey (Page 18)

Virginia Turbett - The Selector (Page 23)

Paul Slattery - The Beat (Page 24)

Mike Stone - 999 (Page 30)

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Issue Information

Front Cover:

UFO - Young Blood

Styx - Babe

Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls

Lene Lovich - Angles

Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You

Fleetwood Mac - Sara

Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Nolan Sisters - I'm In The Mood For Dancing

Dr. Hook - Better Love Next Time

Positive Force - We Got The Funk

Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown

Skids - Sweet Suburbia

Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy

The Regents - Seventeen

Sparks

Centre Spread:

The Pretenders

Back Cover:

Robin Scott (M)

Interviews

General

The Sparks

KC and the Sunshine Band (Harry Casey)

The Beat

Bitz

Reviews

Paul Weller (The Jam)

Elvis Costello

Hugh Cornwall (The Stranglers)

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Madness

Stiff Little Fingers

Tom Robinson

Squeeze

Bill Hurley (the Inmates) - Top Ten

The Regents

The Headboys

Public Image Limited

UFO

Jerry Lee Lewis

Singles: David Hepworth

Don Armando's Second Avenue Band - I'm An

Indian Too

Holly And The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up

Jon Foxx - Underpass

Simple Minds - Changeling

Orphan - I Don't Want to Go (To Work Tomorrow)

Commodors - Wonderland

The Tunes - She's My Girl

Matchbox - Buzz, Buzz A Diddle It

Stick Shifts - Automobile

Pat Benatar - We Live For Love

Suzi Quatro - Mama's Boy

The Bugles - Plastic Age

The Jags - Woman's World

The Revillos - Motor Bike Beat

Bardi Blaise - Trans Siberian

Sparks - When I'm With You

Mental As Anything - The Nips Are Getting Bigger

The Special A.K.A - Too Much Too Young

 

Disco

Bev's Disco Page

Rob Jones Disco Pick - Rufus - Do You Love What You Feel

Top 40

Albums: Red Starr

Adverts

Simple Minds - Real To Real Cacophony

Brass Construction - 5

Rufus And Chaka - Masterjam

The Raincoats - The Raincoats

Lena Lovich - Flex

The Ramones - End Of The Century

Sid Vicious - Sid Sings

The Pretenders - Pretenders

M - New York, London, Paris, Munich

 

The Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking At You Single

Links

Happy Reading

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