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4th September - 17th September 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 46 - 4th September -
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 46 - 4th Se

Credits

4th September - 17th September 1980

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Volume 2 - Number 18 - Issue 46

Cover Photo - Adrian Boot

Price - 30p    Pages - 36

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Interviewers

David Hepworth - Ian Dury

Mary Harron - Grace Jones

David Hepworth - The Charts

Photographers

Virginia Turbett - Busta Bloodvessel (Page 3)

Bierrer - The Ruts (Page 4)

Andy Phillips - The Skids (Page 5)

Adrian Boot - Jo Strummer (Page 9)

Tom Sheenan - Pauline Murrray and John Cooper Clarke (Page 10)

Chalkie Davis - Rumour (Page 11)

Jill Furmanovsky - Sqeeze (Page 11)

Harry Rogers - Sqeeze (Page 11)

Jill Furmanovsky - Grace Jones (Page 12)

Steve Joester - Judas Priest (Page 14)

Simon Fowler / LFI - Black Sabbath (Page 14)

Paul Slattery - Swell Maps (Page 17)

Adrian Boot - Peter Gabriel (Page 18)

John Kingaby - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Centre Spread)

Virginia Turbett - Richard Jobson (Page 32)

Andre Csillag - Specials (Page 34)

Arnold Williams / LFI - Top Right Picture (Page 34)

Lyrics

Issue Information

The Ruts - West One

Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

Skids - Circus Games

Ian Dury - I Want To Be Straight

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Juda Priest - United

Peter Gabriel - Biko

Village People - Can’t Stop The Music

Shakin Stevens - Marie Marie

Billy Joel - It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me 

Rezillos - Good Sculptures

Elton John - Sartorial Eloquence

Cliff Richard - Dreamin’

Barracudas - Summer Fun

Secret Affair - Sound Of Confusion

General

Front Cover:

Ian Dury

Centre Spread:

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Back Cover:

B52's

Interviews

Ian Dury

Grace Jones

Features:

Bitz

The Charts

David Bowie

Madness

The Police

Jam Tour

Brothers Johnson

Mick Jones and Ellen Foley

John Lennon

Revillos

Andy McClusky (OMD) - All Time Top Ten

Paul Humphreys (OMD) - All Time Top Ten

Pauline Murray and John Cooper Clarke

The Pretenders Tour

Any Trouble

Gary Numan and Robert Palmer

The Rumour 

The Attractions

Squeeze

Secret Affair

Rachel Sweet

Reviews

Singles: Deanne Pearson

Revillos - Hungry For Love

The Tea Set - Keep On Running

The Swinging Cats - Mantovani

The Swinging Cats - Away

Splodgenessabounds - Two Little Boys EP

Cuddly Toys - Madman

Cuddly Toys - Join The Girls

Buzzcocks - Are Everything

Buzzcocks - Why She’s A Girl From The Chainstore

Gary Glitter - Golden Greats EP

Dr Feelgood - No Mo Do Yakama

XTC - Generals And Majors

Motels - Whose Problem?

Leo Sayer - Once In A While

Headline - Caroline

The Memphis Tenor C'S - Big As Memphis

The A.T's - Come Ere

The The - Controversial Subject

The The - Black & White

The Carpettes - Nothing Ever Changes

After The Fire - Love Will Always Make You Cry

Eddie Money - Running Back

Rory Gallagher - Wayward Child

Classic Nouveaux - Robots Dance

Darts - Peaches

Disco

Top 40

Independent Bitz

Albums:

Linda Duff

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Yes - Drama

Dirty Looks - Dirty Looks

Gibson Brothers - On The Riviera

Pat Benatar - Crimes Of Passion

B-52's - Wild Planet

Mikey Dread - World War III

Paul Simon - One Trick Pony

The Associates - The Affectionate Punch

Jethro Tull - A

Nine Below Zero - Live At The Marquee

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles: Red Starr

Orange Juice - Lovesick

Orange Juice - Blue Boy

Josef K - Radio Drill Time

Prats - Die Todten Reyten Schnell

Prats - Jesus Had A P.A.

Those Intrinsic Intellectuals - Radio Iceland

Those Intrinsic Intellectuals - Do The Executive

James Blood Ulmer - Are You Glad To Be In America?

The Glaxo Babies - Limited Entertainment

The Janet And Johns - Let Bygones Be Bygone

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Albums: Mike Stand

Pete Shelly - Sky Yen

Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe

Adverts

Cartoon

The B52's - Wild Planet Album

Buzzcocks - Part 1 Single

Gary Numan - Telekon Album

Justin Hayward - Nearer To You Single

Cars - Panorama Album

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Links

Happy Reading

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