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 12th June - 25th June 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 40 - 12th June - 25th
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 40 - 12th J

Credits

12th June - 25th June 1980

 

Volume 2 - Number 12 - Issue 40

Cover Photo - (Unknown)

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - Roxy Music

Ian Cranna - Squeeze

Robin Katz - Jermaine Jackson

Fred Dellar - Matchbox

 

Photographers

Pennie Smith - Elvis Costello (Page 4)

Barry Plummer - Stiff Little Fingers (Page 4)

Chris Walter - Johnny Lydon (Page 10)

Adrian Boot - Siouxsie (Page 10)

Virginia Turbett - Squeeze (Page 12)

Janet Macoska / LFI - Rod Stewart (Page 16)

Kevin Cummings - Jayne (Pink Military)  (Page 24)

Robert Legon - Jermaine Jackson (Page 26)

Simon Fowler / LFI - B.A. Robertson (Page 34)

Adrian Boot / LFI - The Lambrettas (Page 35)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Vapors (Page 38)

Issue Information

Lyrics

Front Cover:

Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam

Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine

Don McLean - Crying

Thin Lizzy - Chinatown

The Mash - Theme From M*A*S*H

Elton John - Little Jeannie

Rod Stewart - If Loving You Is Wrong

The Korgis - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime

Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Back Together Again

Ultravox - The Man Who Dies Everyday

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

The Lambrettas - Da-a-ance

Lipps Inc. - Funky Town,

Manhattan Transfer - Twilight Zone

Centre Spread:

Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark

Back Cover:

B.A. Robertson

Posters

Squeeze

General

Interviews

Bitz

Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music) 

Squeeze

Jermaine Jackson

Matchbox

Joe Jackson

The Specials

Queen

Glen Matlock

Klark Kent

The Jam

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Gary Numan

Styx

The Police

Siouxsie And The Banshees

Johnny Lydon

Eddie Tudor's - All Time Top Ten

The Photos

The Buzzcocks

The Mash

Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway

Darts

Trimmer and Jenkins

Reviews

Singles: Deanne Pearson

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Christine

The Stranglers - Who Wants The World

Elvis Costello - New Amsterdam

Joe Jackson - The Harder They Come

Sex Pistols - Stepping Stone

Rachel Sweet - Spellbound

Darts - Let's Hang On

The Orchids - The Boy Can't Dance

John Cooper Clarke - It Man

Thieves Like Us - Mind Made

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved

Snips - You're A Wonderful One

Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty

Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All)

Denny Laine - Japanese Tears

Sad Café - Nothing Left Toulouse

Hazel O'Connor - Writing On The Wall

Basement Five - Silicone Chip

Klark Kent - Away From Home

U2 - 11 o' Clock Tick Tock

Disco

Bev's Disco Page

Top 40

Rob Jones Disco Pick: Spiderz - New Romance

Albums:

Red Starr

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Ian Cranna

Mystic Merlin - Mystic Merlin

Grace Jones - Warm Leatherette

Karel Fialka - Still Life

The Vapors - New Clear Days

Sham 69 - The Game

The Jags - Evening Standards

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel

Elton John - 21 At 33

Roxy Music - Flesh And Blood

Graham Parker - The Up Escalator

Independent Bitz

Red Starr

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles:

Athletico Spizz '80 - No Room

Young Marble Giants - Final Day EP

Tex Rubinowitz - Hot Rod Man / Aint It Wrong

Bubba Lou And The Highballs - Love All Over The Place

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Albums:

Pink Military - Do Animals Believe In God?

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Adverts

Roxy Music - Flesh And Blood Album

The Specials, The Bodysnatchers, The Go Go's Tour

Queen - Play The Game Single

The Expressos - Hey Girl Single

Ultravox - Three Into One Album

Elton John - Joannie Single

Paul McCartney - Waterfalls Single

Merchandise

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