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 29th May - 11th June 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 39 - 29th May - 11th
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 39 - 29th M

Credits

29th May - 11th June 1980

 

Volume 2 - Number 11 - Issue 39

Cover Photo - Paul Cox / LFI

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

David Hepworth - The Specials

Robin Katz - Hot Chocolate

 

Photographers

Kevin Cummings - Tape Deck (Page 3)

Paul Slattery - Background Picture (Page 3)

Kevin Cummings - Echo And The Bunnymen (Page 4)

Peter Gilbert - Gary Numan (Page 5)

Pennie Smith - The Clash (Page 9)

Virginia Turbett - The Ruts (Page 11)

Paul Cox / LFI - Peter Gabriel (Page 11)

Paul Slattery - The Specials (Page 12)

Andrew Douglas - New Muzik (Centre Spread)

Jill Furmanovsky - John peel (Page 28)

Virginia Turbett - Squeeze (Page 32)

F. Mellina - Wah (Page 35)

Peter Anderson - Ian Curtis (Page 35)

Jill Furmanovsky - T-Shirt Models (Page 37)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Human League (Back Cover)

Issue Information

Lyrics

Front Cover:

Terry Hall (The Specials)

Peter Gabriel - No Self Control

Echo And The Bunnymen - Rescue

Gary Numan - We Are Glass

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages

The Four Bucketeers - The Bucket Of Water Song

The Specials - Rat Race

Mystic Merlin - Just Can't Give You Up

Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love

Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

Matchbox - Midnite Dynamos

Average White Band - Let's Go Round Again

Sparkes - This Town Ain't Big Enough

Squeeze - Pulling Mussels From A Shell

Jona Lewis - In The Kitchen At Parties

Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive

Centre Spread:

New Muzik

Back Cover:

The Human League

Posters

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Sparks

General

Bitz

Interviews

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

The Specials

Hot Chocolate

The Police

Chaz Jankel

The Specials

Denny Laine

David Essex

The Clash

John Foxx

Jona Lewie

Echo and the Bunnymen

Bill Nelson

Musicians Union

The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle

Peter Gabriel

The Ruts

Holly Vincent's - All Time Top Ten

South Africa bans Another Brick In The Wall

 Yes

The Buggles

Rick Wakeman

Jon Anderson

The Ruts

Reviews

Singles: Deanne Pearson

Gary Numan - We Are Glass

Joan Armatrading - Me, Myself, I

Rocky Sharpe And The Replays - A Teenager In Love

The Boys - You Better Move On

Quida And The Numbers - Runaway

Pearl Harbour And The Explosions - Up And Over

Mark Perry - Whole World's Down On Me

Chelsea - Look At The Outside

Regents - See You Later

Elton John - Little Jeannie

Ella Fitzgerald - Every Time We Say Goodbye

Flowers - Ballad Of Miss Demeanour

Drinking Electricity - Shaking All Over / China

B.A. Robertson - To Be Or Not To Be

Sister Sledge - Reach Your Peak

Fleetwood Mac - Think About Me

Lambrettas - D-a-a-ance

Cool Notes - Sugar Sugar

Stiff Little Fingers - Nobody's Hero

Lookalikes - Can i Take You Home Tonight

Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive

Little Nell - Beauty Queen

Disco

Bev's Disco Page

Top 40

Rob Jones Disco Pick: Joan Armatrading - Me,

Myself, I

Independent Bitz

Red Starr

Albums:

Red Starr

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Ian Cranna

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Independent News:

Pete Wylie

Wah! Heat

Ian Curtis

Joy Division

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Albums:

Various Artists - First Offenders

Various Artists - Hicks From The Sticks

GQ - GQ Two

Raydio - Two Places At The Same Time

Average White Band - Shine

The Chords - So Far Away

Devo - Freedom Of Choice

Jah Wobble - The Legend Lives On...Jah Wobble in Betrayal

Joan Armatrading - Me, Myself, I

Paul McCartney - McCartney II

The Distractions - Nobody's Perfect

The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

Adverts

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Elton John - Little Jeannie Single

Quida And The Numbers - Runaway Single

Paul McCartney - Paul McCartney II Album

The Chords - So Far Away Single

The Human League - Travelogue Album

Joh Wobble - Betrayal Album

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine Single

Merchandise

This Issue came with the chance or the readers to send off for a new T-Shirt.

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For more information on the T-Shirt click the link below

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T-Shirt Offer

Links

Happy Reading

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