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Sticker Book

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Smash Hits produced a Sticker Book that was given away free in the 22nd March - 4th April 1989 issue.  

The same issue also came with a free set of stickers to start the readers into collecting the stickers required to complete the book.

 

Each sticker measured approx. 4" x 3" in size and came with a peel off sticker with a picture of an artist or band on the front.  On the back of each sticker was a short biography of the artist or band on the front.

Produced for the Smash Hits Magazine and Distributed by Panini Publishing Ltd, this 36 page sticker book was designed by Red Wood Design and had 120 individual pictures that you can stick into the book.  This built up to a collection of the biggest acts of that year which included A-Ha, Bros, Brother Beyond and Jason Donovan to name a few.

 

Some artists, for instance 'Bros and Brother Beyond', got 2 pages or 1 whole page of stickers while other artists only had One Sticker to place into the book.

 

Each Sticker Book was printed by Redwood Web Offset in England for the UK and Ireland market with Sticker Packs costing 25p for a set of Five Stickers.  Readers were encouraged to buy as many packs as they could to complete the collection.  Readers were also encouraged to swap duplicates with their friends.  

 

After all this if you still could not complete your collection then you could write to Panini Stickers in London requesting the ones you need, up to a maximum 12 stickers, which would cost 6p for each sticker. If, for whatever reason, you missed your free Sticker Book you could buy a copy for 40p

Sticker Packs

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Contents:

01 - A-Ha - Morten Harket

02 - A-Ha - Mags Furuholmen

03 - A-Ha - Pal Waaktaar

04 - A-Ha

05 - 06 - Rick Astley (2 Parts)

07 - Aztec Camera

08 - Bananarama

09 - Beastie Boys

10 - Bomb The Bass

11 - Bon Jovi

12 - Jon Bon Jovi

13 - Breathe

14 - 17 - Bros (4 Parts)

18 - Bros - Matt Goss

19 - Bros - Luke Goss

20 - Bros - Craig Logan

21 - Brother Beyond - Nathen Moore

22 - Brother Beyond - David White

23 - Brother Beyond - Steve Alexander

24 - Brother Beyond - Carl Fysh

25 - 26 - Brother Beyond (2 Parts)

27 - Bubbles

28 - Belinda Carlisle

29 - Tracy Chapman

30 - Nenah Cherry

31 - The Christians

32 - Climie Fisher

33 - Phil Collins

34 - The Cure

35 - Curiosity Killed The Cat

36 - Clark Datchler

37 - Deacon Blue

38 - 39 - Def Leppard (2 Parts)

40 - 41 - Jason Donovan

42 - Duran Duran

43 - Erasure

44 - Gloria Estafan

45 - Five Star

46 - Samantha Fox

47 - Debbie Gibson

48 - Heart

49 - Whitney Houston

50 - Iron Maiden

51 - Michael Hutchance (INXS)

52 - INXS

53 - 56 - Michael Jackson (4 Parts)

57 - Michael Jackson

58 - Janet Jackson

59 - Jellybean

60 - Holly Johnson

Mags Furuholmen

61 - Patsy Kensit

62 - Level 42

63 - Madonna

64 - George Michael

65 - 70 - Kylie Minogue (6 Parts)

71 - The Mission

72 - Morrissey

73 - New Order

74 - Alexander O'Neal

75 - Mica Paris

76 - Pasadenas

77 - Perfect Day

78 - Pet Shop Boys

79 - Pet Shop Boys - Neil Tennent

80 - Pet Shop Boys - Chris Lowe

81 - The Pogues

82 - Prince

83 - Queen

84 - Queen - Freddy Mercury

85 - Cliff Richard

86 - 87 - Salt 'N' Pepa

88 - S-Express

89 - Shakin' Stevens

90 - Simply Red

91 - Sinitta

92 - Sisters Of Mercy

93 - Bruce Springsteen

94 - Status Quo

95 - Stock Aitken And Waterman

96 - Patrick Swayze

97 - Tanita Tikaram

98 - Terrence Trent D'Arby

99 - Then Jericho

100 - Tiffany

101 - T'Pau - Carol Decker

102 - T'Pau

103 - Transvision Vamp

104 - UB40

105 - 108 - U2 (4 Parts)

109 - Voice Of The Beehive

110 - 113 - Wet Wet Wet (4 Parts)

114 - Wet Wet Wet

115 - Kim Wilde

116 - Wee Papa Girl Rappers

117 - 120 - Yazz (4 Parts)

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Credits

Editor - Alex Kadis

Design Editor - Naomi Davies

 

Picture Research:

Harriet Dell

Naomi Davies

 

Writers:

Harriet Dell

Tom Doyle

Tom Hibbert

Graeme Kay

Alex Kadis

Richard Lowe

Sylvia Patterson

Miranda Sawyer

William Shaw

Michael Soutar

Vincent Vincent

Sticker Book

In total there were 120 Stickers for you to Collect.  By Clicking the link Above it will take you to the pages which will showcase the stickers that I have pictures for.

Advert - 22nd February - 7th March 1989

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Advert - 8th March - 21st March 1989

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Sticker Book - 1989

A note for people collecting these Sticker Books (or any type of Sticker Books).

 

The rules are that each Sticker book needs to be clear of any stickers to gain it's maximum value.  

Any stickers that are put into the book will reduce it's monetary value.  It is best to collect the stickers and keep them separate in a clear plastic wallet.  However it does not stop people from collecting the Sticker Books that are complete as it is still fun to see the pictures in them. 

 

Thank you to creamofcardstv for the use of the videos.  Don't forget to check out their YouTube page.

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/creamofcardstv

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