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5th April  - 18th April 1979

Smash Hits - Issue 09 - 5th April - 18th
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Credits

5th April - 18th April 1979

 

Volume 1 - Number 9

Cover Photo - Sheila Rock

Price - 25p    Pages - 32

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Interviewers

David Hepworth – Nicky Tesco (The Members)

Robin Katz – The Jacksons

Fred Dellar – Dire Straits

Photographers

Sheila Rock – Squeeze (Page 2)

Rod Delroy – Generation X (Page 4)

Sheila Rock – Sham 69 (Page 5)

Simon Fowler / LFI – The Members (Page 6 and 7)

Adrian Boot – Siouxsie and the Banshees (Page 10)

Simon Fowler / LFI – The Jacksons (Page 14)

Paul Cox / LFI – Tom Robinson Band (Page 25)

Lyrics

Squeeze - Cool For Cats

Generation X - Valley Of The Dolls

Sham 69 - Questions And Answers

Members - Offshore Banking Business

 Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)

 Sylvester - I (Who Have Nothing) 

Pointer Sisters - Fire

G.Q - Disco Nights (Rock Freak)

Voyage - Let's Fly Away

Rachel Sweet - I Go To Pieces

Gibson Brothers - Cuba

The Three Degrees - The Runner

Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer

John Cooper Clarke - Gimmix! Play Loud

Leyton Buzzard - Saturday Night (Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees)

General

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Jimmy Pursey

Centre Spread:

Kate Bush

Back Cover:

The Members

Interviews

The Members

The Jackson

Dire Straits

Bitz

The Runaways

Sylvester

The Jam

The Rezillos

Wings

Siouxsie and the Banshees

The Three Degrees

Sarah Brightman

John Otway

Disco

Bev's (Hiller) 25 Disco Picks

Adverts

Sex Pistols – Silly Thing Single

Merchandise

This issue came with the Second Token that you can collect to send off for a Free Badge. 

 

To read more on the badges click the link below

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Reviews

Singles: Cliff White

Rachel Sweet – I Go To Pieces

Sylvester – I (Who Have Nothing)

Dyan Diamond – Mystery Dance

Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Staircase

The Members – Offshore Banking Business

Sex Pistols – Silly Thing

Sham 69 – Questions and Answers

The Earls – Remember Then

Showaddywaddy – Remember Then

M- Pop Muzik

Side Effect – Disco Junction

Squeeze – Cool For Cats

Generation X – Valley Of The Dolls

UFO – Shoot Shoot

The Bar Kays – Holy Ghost

The Manish Boys / Davy Jones and the Lower 3rd – 4 Early Recording with David Bowie

Barry White – Sha La La Means I Love You

Funkadelic – Cholly (Funk Getting Ready To Roll)

Beach Boys – Here Comes the Night

Wings – Goodnight Tonight

Bobby Coldwell – What you Won’t Do For Love

Paul Suttleworth – It Hurts To be In Love

Precious Little – Ain’t Got No Balls

Albums: Red Starr

Links

LA Dusseldorf – Viva

Lynsey De Paul – Tigers and Fireflies

Valerie Carter – Wild Child

Jerry Butler – Nothing Say’s I Love You Like I Love You

Godley and Crème – Music From Consequences

Tom Robinson Band – TRB Two

The Rumour – Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts

Happy Reading

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