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7th August - 20th August 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 44 - 7th August - 20t
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 44 - 7th Au

Credits

7th August - 20th August 1980

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Volume 2 - Number 16 - Issue 44

Cover Photo - Lynn Goldsmith

Price - 30p    Pages - 36

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Interviewers

Mike Stand - Bob Marley

David Hepworth - New Musik

Steve Taylor - Liverpool Feature

Photographers

Francesco Mellina - Julian Cope - (Page 3)

Adrian Boot / LFI - Bob Marley And The Wailers (Page 7)

Peter Murphy / Claire Hershman - Bob Marley (Page 7)

Mike Putland / LFI - ELO (Page 8)

Adrian Boot / LFI - The Police (Page 11)

Francesco Mellina - Ian McCulloch (Page 11)

Virginia Turbett - New Musik (Page 12)

Robert Legon - Jermaine Jackson (Page 14)

Kevin Cummings - Wah (Page 22)

Francesco Mellina - Pete Burns (Nightmare Wax) (Page 22)

Kevin Cummings - Outside Erics (Page 23)

Kevin Cummings - Teardrop Explodes (Page 23)

Brian Aris - Ultravox (Page 24)

Virginia Turbett - Stiff Little Fingers (Page 30)

Gerard McNamara - Kate (Modettes) (Page 34)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Bob Marley

Roxy Music - Oh Yeah

Grace Jones - Private Life

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World

Jermaine Jackson - Burnin’ Hot

Amii Stewart and Johnny Bristol - My Guy / My Girl

Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go

Gene Chandler - Does She Have A Friend For Me?

Ultravox - Sleepwalk

Magazine - Sweetheart Contract

X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

The Clash - Bank robber

Stiff Little Fingers - Back To Front

Abba - The Winner Takes It All

Sheena Easton - Nine To Five

Centre Spread:

Bad Manners

Back Cover:

John Foxx

Interviews

General

Bob Marley & the Wailers

New Muzik

Bitz

Features:

Liverspool

Reviews

Singles: Deanne Pearson

Ramones

Tony Mansfield and Mike Oldfield

Dave Edmunds

Desmond Dekker

The Jam

John Mayer

The Selector

Hazel O'Connor and Breaking Glass

Ultravox

The Gap Band

Tom Browne

The Beat

Dexys Midnight Runners

Ian McCulloch’s All Time Top Ten

The Police

Mo-Dettes

The Swinging Cats

UK Subs

Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Comateens - Late Night City

Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie

Secret Affair - Sound Of Confusion

Kinks - Live EP

The Photos - Now You Tell Me That We're Through

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

Reluctant Stereotypes - Confused Actions

Toots And The Maytals - Stick It Up Mister EP

Angelic Upstarts - Last Night Another Soldier

Tour De Force - Nightbeat

Manicured Noise - Faith

Suspicions - The Laughing Policeman

Linda McCartney - Seaside Woman

Mobster - Simmer Down / Mobster Shuffle

Athletic Spizz '80 - Hot Deserts

Don McLean - Since I Don't Have You

Magic Michael - Millionaire

cheap Trick - Everything Works If You Let It

B52s - Give Me Back My Man

Tuxedo Moon - Scream With A View

Disco

Linda Duff Disco Page

Top 40

Independent Bitz

Albums:

Red Starr

David Hepworth

Alastair Macaulay

Ian Cranna

Linda Clifford And Curtis Mayfield - The Right Combination

Stanley Clarke - Pebbles And Sand

ELO / Olivia Newton John - Xanadu

Kinks - One For The Road

Dave Edmunds And Love Sculpture - A&B Sides

Desmond Decker - Black And Dekker

Split Enz - True Colours

John Otway And Wild Willy Barratt - Way & Bar

Lou Reed - Growing Up In Public

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles: Red Starr

Sector 27 - Not Ready / Can’t Keep Away

Holocaust - Heavy Metal Mania

PAK - Balinese Dance / Sexual Cult Thing

The Exploited - Army Life

Prats - Pop 1990

Mekons - Snow / Another One

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Albums:

Cabaret Voltaire - The Voice of America

Adverts

David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes Single

Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass Album

Adam And The Ants - King Of The Wild Frontier Single

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Links

Happy Reading

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