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10th July - 23rd July 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 42 - 10th July - 23rd
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Lyrics

Credits

10th July - 23rd July 1980

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Volume 2 - Number 14 - Issue 42

Cover Photo - Laurie Evans

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - Cook 'N' Jones

David Hepworth - The Human League

Photographers

Peter Gilbert - Top Picture (Page 3)

Alain De Mata - Phil Oakey (Page 3)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Chords (Page 4)

Adrian Boot / LFI - Cook 'N' Jones (Page 6 and 7)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Professionals (Page 8)

Paul Cox / LFI - Various 9Page 10

G. Robertson - The Human League (Page 12)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Human League (Page 13)

Adrian Boot - Bob Marley And The Wailers (Centre Spread)

Jill Furmanovsky - Klark Kent (Page 29)

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Cook 'N' Jones

Phil Lynott - King’s Call

The Chords - British Way Of Life

Olivia Newton John - Xanadu

The Professionals - Just Another Dream

Human League - Empire State Human

Detroit Spinners - Cupid

Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out

Stacey Lattishaw - Jump To The Beat

Saxon - 747 (Strangers In The Night)

AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie

Sex Pistols - Stepping Stone

Klark Kent - Don’t Care

John Foxx - Burning Car

Darts - Let’s Hang On

Bob Marley And The Wailers - Could You Be Loved?

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Centre Spread:

Bob Marley And The Wailers

Back Cover:

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Posters

The Human League

General

Interviews

Bitz

Cook ‘N’ Jones

The Human League

Ultravox

Roxy Music

Jona Lewie - All Time Top Ten

Fashion

Mo-dettes

Demis Roussos

Pete Davis and UK Subs

Luke Sky

Athletic Spizz ’80

Kate Bush

Japan

Lena Zavaroni

Peter Gabriel

Geno Washington

Ultravox

PIL

David Patton

Dexy’s Midnight Runners

The Swinging Cats

Paul McCartney

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Reviews

Singles: David Hepworth

Sheila and B Devotion - King Of The World

In Camera - Final Achievement

Kate Bush -  Babooshka

David Paton - No Ties To Strings

Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear

Q-Tips - Tracks Of My Tears

Graham Parker -  Love Without Greed

Sham 69 - Unite And Win

Cockney Rejects - We Can Don Anything

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Don’t Do Me Like That

Mo-Dettes - Paint It Black

Plasmatics - Butcher Baby

The Chords - The British Way Of Life

Carlene Carter - Ring Of Fire

Disco

Bev's Disco Page

Top 40

Albums:

Red Starr

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Ian Cranna

Steve Taylor

Jimmy Ruffin - Sunrise

Vic Goddard And Subway Sect - What’s The Matter Boy?

The Korgis - Dumb Waiters

Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

Andy Fairweather Low - Mega-Shebang

Ultravox - Vienna

Motels - Careful

Queen - The Game

Johnny G - G Beat

Commodores - Heroes

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Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles: Red Starr

Crawling Chaos - Sex Machine

Section 25 - Girls Don't Count

Joy Division - Komakino

X.O. Dus - English Black Boys

New Hormones - EP

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Albums:

Ken Thomas - Beat The Light

Teardrops - Final Vinyl

The Pop Group - We Are Time

Dome – Dome

A Certain Ratio - The Graveyard and The Ballroom

The Durutti Column - The Return Of The Durutti Column

Cartoon

Adverts

Xanadu - Soundtrack Album

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Album

Queen - The Game Album

David Essex - Hot Love Single and Tour

Whitesnake - EP

Cockney Rejects - We Can Do Anything Single

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Links

Happy Reading

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