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16th October - 29th October 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 49 - 16th October - 2
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 49 - 16th O

Credits

16th October - 29th October 1980

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Volume 2 - Number 21 - Issue 49

Cover Photo - Simon Fowler / LFI

Price - 35p    Pages - 48

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Interviewers

David Hepworth - The Police

Mark Ellen - The Tourists

David Hepworth - Madness and Mo-Dettes

Mark Ellen - The Teardrop Explodes

Photographers

Sheila Rock - The Professionals (Page 3)

Adrian Boot / LFI - Stewart Copeland (Page 4)

Bob King / LFI - The Police (Page 6)

Paul Canty / LFI - Gillan (Page 10)

Killer - Status Quo (Page 11)

Chris Holler - Status Quo (Page 11)

Simon Fowler / LI - Hazel O'Connor (Page 12)

Barry Plummer - Rod Stewart (Page 12)

Paul Cox / LFI - Stray Cats (Page 13)

F. Mellina - Julian Cope (Page 14)

Andy Phillips - Pauline Murray (Page 14)

Paul Cox / LFI / BBC - The Nolans (Page 17)

Stuart Franklin - The Tourists (Page 18-19)

Mike Laye - Madness and Mo-Dettes (Page 23, Centre Spread)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Damned (Page 26)

Gerard McNamara - Adan Ant (Page 26)

Anton Corbijn - The slits (Page 40)

Paul Cox / BBC / LFI - Kelly Marie (Page 44)

Justin Thomas - Jim Kerr (Page 46)

Michael Putland - John Foxx (Page 47)

Lyrics

The Professionals - 1-2-3

Gillan - Trouble

Status Quo - What You’re Proposing

The Nolans -  Gotta Pull Myself Together

Barbra Streisand - A Woman In Love

Coffee - Casanova

The Damned - History Of The World Part 1

Adam And The Ants - Dog Eat Dog

Matchbox - When You Ask About Love

 Showaddywaddy - Why Do Lovers Break Each Other’s Hearts?

Elvis Costello And The Attractions - I Don’t Want To Go To Chelsea

Linx - You’re Lying

Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream

Skids - Goodbye Civilian

John Foxx - Miles Away

Issue Information

Front Cover:

The Police

Centre Spread:

Madness & the Mo-Dettes

Back Cover:

Kate Bush

Posters:

General

Bitz

The Professionals

The Police

Interviews

 The Undertones

PIL

Hazel O'Connor and Megahype

Rod Stewart

Malcolm Owen

Queen

Joe Strummer

Tom Petersen

Dance Crazy

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

David Grant

Moondogs

Stray Cats

Trojan Records

Coffee

John Foxx (Tiger Lily)

Splodgenessabounds

David Bowie (Elephant Man)

Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls

Julian Cope - All Time Top Ten

The Police

The Tourists

The Teardrop Explodes

Reviews

Singles: Steve Taylor

Echo And The Bunnymen - The Puppet

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids

The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold

Jethro Tull - Working John, Working Joe

The Passions - The Swimmer

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Nice Age

Polystyrene - Talk In Toytown

The Professionals - One Two Three

3 Minutes - Automatic Kids

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

Monty Python - I Like Chinese

Tiger Lily - Monkey Jive

The Cars - Touch And Go

Purple Hearts - My Life's A Jigsaw

The Chords - In My Street

Moondogs - Who’s Gonna Tell Mary?

Athletico Spizz '80 - Central Park

Tenpole Tudor, Any Trouble, Dirty Looks, Joe King Carrasco & The Crowns, The Equators - Son Of Stiff Tour EP

Gen X - Dancing With Myself

Reluctant Stereotypes - Plans For Today

Flying Lizards - Move On Up

Monochrome Set - Apocalypso

XTC - Towers Of London

Albums:

David Hepworth

Bev Hillier

Red Starr

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

The Jackson - Triumph

Matchbox - Midnite Dynamos

Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure

Secret Affair - Behind Closed Doors

The Dance Band - Fancy Footwork

Jimmy Pursey - Imagination Camouflage

Joe Jackson - Beat Crazy

U2 - Boy

Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Independent Bitz

Adverts

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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News - Single Releases

Joy Division - Atmosphere / She's Lost Control

A Certain Ratio - Flight / Blown Away

A Certain Ratio - Do The Du / The Fox / Crippled Child

Section 25 - Charnel Ground / Haunted

Certain Ratio - Shack Up / Then Again

Durutti Column - Lips That Would Kiss / Madeleine

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News:

Crispy Ambulance

Durutti Column

Kevin Hewick

Blurt

The Royal Family And The Poor

The Slits

New Order

Another Pretty Face

Red Beat

The Four Be Twos

The Bollocks Brothers

Chelsea, Snappy

Mark Perry

The Joe Jackson Band - Beat Crazy Album And Tour

Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure Album

Bruce Springsteen - The River Album

Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro Album

Reluctant Stereotypes - The Label Album and Tour

Dollar - Takin' A Chance On You Single

Sad Café - Sad Café Album and Tour

The Psychedelic Furs - Mr Jones Single

The Chords - In My Street Single

Martha And The Muffins - Trance And Dance Album

3 Minutes - Automatic Kid Single

The Buggles - Elstree Single

Vardis - 100 MPH - Album

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Merchandise

This issue came with a Free Badge.  

 

The badges were:

 

1 - The Pretenders

2 - Undertones

3 - Madness

4 - Stiff Little Fingers

5 - Elvis Costello

 

This issue also came with the first Token to send off for the full set.

 

To read more on the badge set click the link below​

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Free Badges

Links

Happy Reading

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