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25th December 1980- 7th January 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 54 - 25th December 19
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 54 - 25th D

Credits

25th December 1980 - 7th January 1981

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Volume 2 - Number 26 - Issue 54

Cover Photo - Adrian Boot

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

David Hepworth - The Clash

David Hepworth - The Beatles Feature

Mary Harron - Robert Palmer

Photographers

Jill Furmanovsky - Madness (Page 3)

Paul Slattery - The Clash (Page 4-6) 

Simon Fowler - Jona Lewie (Page 10)

LI - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Page 10 and 25)

Nigel Illegible - Madness and Moniul Islan (Page 11)

Jill Furmanovsky - Hugh Cornwell (Page 11)

Preston - The Jam (Page 12)

Barry Plummer - Stiff Little Fingers (Page 13)

Adrian Boot / LFI - The Beat (Page 14)

Virginia Turbett - Squeeze (Page 17)

LFI - Paul McCartney (Page 25)

LFI - George Harrison (Page 25)

LFI - Ringo Starr (Page 25)

LFI - The Beatles (Page 26)

Mike Putland / LI - Bryan Ferry (Page 27)

Joe Stevens - David Bowie (Page 29)

Jill Furmanovsky - Robert Palmer (Page 30 - 31)

Jill Furmanovsky / LFI - Bryan Gregory (Page 33)

Paul Cox - Dexy's Midnight Runners (Bottom Pic) (Page 34)

Paul Slattery - Bono (Page 36)

Gerard McNamara - Boomtown Rats (Page 38)

Fin Costello - Siouxsie (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Madness - Land Of Hope And Glory

Tubeway Army  - That’s Too Bad

Police - Landlord 

The Jam - News Of The World

Stiff Little Fingers -  Johnny Was

The Beat - Twist And Crawl

Squeeze -  Bang Bang

Kate Bush - Hammer Horror

Electric Light Orchestra - Wild West Hero

The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends

Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug

The Fall - New Face In hell

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

Undertones - Whizz Kids

Dexy's Midnight Runners - I’m Just Looking

Blondie - Contact In Red Square

Front Cover:

Joe Strummer

Centre Spread:

Boomtown Rats

Back Cover:

Siousie Sue

Posters:

The Clash

General

Interviews

Bitz

The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan Album

Boomtown Rats Tour

Status Quo Tour

Phil Collins

The Beat

Led Zeppelin

Jona Lewie - Personnel File

John Lennon

Chris Foreman, Lee Thompson (Madness) and Moinul Islan

Echo And The Bunnymen

Hugh Cornwell - All Time Top Ten

Bruce Springsteen

Union City (Debbie Harry)

The Clash

Robert Palmer.

Features:

The 2nd Annual Readers Awards Voting Form

The Beatles

Fact Is

Bryan Gregory

Jeff Wayne

Beat Craze Compilation

Visage

The Professionals

999

AC / DC

Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Single: Red Starr

Delta 5 - Colour

Essential Logic - Eugene / Tame The Neighbours

Robert Wyatt - At Last I’m Free / Strange Fruit

The Gist - This Is Love / Yanks

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Adverts

Motown Chart Busters '80 Compilation Album

Jermaine Jackson - Jermaine Jackson Album

Merchandise

This issue had the Third Token for the 1981 Calendar Offer

 

To read more on that click the link below​

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1981 Calendar Offer

Links

Happy Reading

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