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21st August - 3rd September 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 45 - 21st August - 3r
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Credits

21st August - 3rd September 1980

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Volume 2 - Number 17 - Issue 45

Cover Photo - LFI

Price - 30p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - The Beat

David Hepworth - The Piranhas

Mike Stand - Joan Armatrading

Photographers

Jill Furmanovsky - The Swinging Cats (Page 3)

Virginia Turbett - The Jam (Page 4)

Virginia Turbett - Jools Holland (Page 9)

Adrian Boot - Jah Wobble (Page 10)

Mike Laye - The Passions (Page 11)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Piranhas (Page 12 and 13)

Simon Fowler / LFI - Tom Browne (Page 14)

Paul Cox / BBC / LFI - Kelly Marie (Page 19)

Barry Plummer - Joan Armatrading (Page 22)

Lyrics

The Jam - Start!

The Beat - Best Friend

The Beat - Stand Down Margaret

Piranhas - Tom Hark

Tom Browne - Funkin’ For Jamaica

Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park

 The Selector - The Whispers

The Swinging Cats - Away

Kelly Marie - Feels Like I’m In Love

Sue Wilkinson - You’ve Got To Be A Hustler

B52's - Give Me Back My Man

Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe

Lambrettas - Another Day Another Girl,

Roger Daltrey - Free Me

Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier

Gary Numan - I Die You Die

General

Issue Information

Front Cover:

The Beat

Centre Spread:

Roxy Music

Back Cover:

Bow Wow Wow

Interviews

The Beat

The Piranhas

Joan Armatrading

Bitz

Gary Numan

Joe Strummer and The Little Roosters

Radio 1

The Beat

The Skids

Jools Holland

Sue Wilkinson

Ray Lowry

XTC

Roger Daltrey

Jah Wobble

Splodgenessabounds

Debbie Harry

Kelly Marie

Gary Glitter

Joe Jackson

The Police

Nick Straker

The Passions

The Associates

The Ruts

Cheap Trick

Ranking Roger - All Time Top Ten

Doctor Feelgood

Disco

Reviews

Singles: David Hepworth

Joan Armatrading - All The Way From America

The Jam - Start!

Cliff Bennett - Drive My Car

Jackson Browne - Boulevard

U2 - A Day Without Me

Lambrettas - Another Day (Another Girl)

The Merton Parkas - Put Me In The Picture

Tygers Of Pan Tang - Suzie Smiled

The Skids - Circus Games

The Clash - Bankrobber

The Beat - Best Friend

Selector - Train To Skaville

Ian Dury And The Blockheads - I Want To Be Straight

Johnny G - Blue Suede Shoes

Elton John - Sartorial Eloquence

Gary Numan - I Die You Die

The Girls - Clap Clap

Albums:

Red Starr

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Bev's Disco Page

Top 40

Independent Bitz

Q Tips – Q Tips

S.O.S. Band – S.O.S. Band

Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass

Gina X Performance - X-Traordinaire

Yellow Magic Orchestra - XOO Multiples

Roger Daltrey - McVicar

AC / DC - Back In Black

Fingerprintz - Distinguishing Marks

Leo Sayer - Living In A Fantasy

Deepest Purple – Deep Purple

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles: Red Starr

Television Personalities - King And Country

Television Personalities - Smashing Time

Red Crayola

Ducktail - Rockin Daddy

Ducktail - Life Without Your Love

The Freshies - Oh Girl

The Freshies - No Money

Glass - New Colours

The Alsatians - Teen Romance

The Alsatians - Our Man In Marrakesh

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Albums: Red Starr

Pete Shelly - Sky Yen

Sally Smmit And Her Musicians - Soundtrack of the Film Hangahar

Adverts

Robert Palmer - Clues Album

Kremmen - The Movie Soundtrack

Gibson Brothers - Down On The Riviera

Can't Stop The Music - Original Film Soundtrack

Gillan - Glory Road Album

U2 - A Day Without Me Single

Leo Sayer - Living In A Fantasy Album

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Links

Happy Reading

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