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26th July  - 8th August 1979

Smash Hits - Issue 17 - 26th July - 8th
Credits - 26th July - 8th August 1979.we

Credits

26th July - 8th August 1979

 

Volume 1 - Number 17

Cover Photo - Adrian Boot

Price - 25p    Pages - 32

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Interviewers

Steve Diggle and John Maher - Buzzcocks

Danny Baker - Public Image

Alex Skorecki - Third World

Photographers

Laurie Evans - Shake (Page 7)

Paul Slattery - Sham 69 and Sex Pistols (Page 9)

Adrian Boot - Buzzcocks (Page 10)

Jill Furmanovsky - Jah Wobble (Public Image)

(Page 14)

Jo Faull - Keith Lavine (Public Image) (Page 15)

Laurie Evans - Charlie Harper (UK Subs) (Page 30)

Jill Furmanovsky - Sting (The Police) (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dan

Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

 Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

 Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head

David Bowie - D.J.

Janet Kay - Silly Games

Billy Paul - Bring The Family Back

Public Image Ltd - Death Disco

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Don't Kill It Carol

 Art Gartfunkel - Since I Don't Have You

Teena Marie - I'm A Sucker For Your Love

 Chantal Curtis - Get Another love

Rod Stewart - Sailing

B. A. Robertson - Bang Bang

Pretenders - Kid

Front Cover:

Buzzcocks

Centre Spread:

ABBA

Back Cover:

Sting (The Police)

Interviews

General

Bitz

Gary Numan

Shake

The Tom Robinson Band

Led Zeppelin

The Stranglers, Nils Lofgren and AC/DC

The Knack

Sex Pistols

Gary Moore

Minnie Riperton

Janet Kay

Sparks

Sham 69 and Sex Pistols

Judie Tzuke

Leyton Buzzard

Angelic Upstarts

U.K. Subs

Korgis

Disco

Bev's (Hiller) 25 Disco Picks

Adverts

Buzzcocks

Public Image Ltd

Third World

Reviews

Singles: Cliff White

Glass Torpedoes - Someone Different

Echo and the Bunnymen - The Pictures On My Wall

Cult Figures - Zip Nolan

Metal Boys - Sweet Maylin

Monochrome Set - Eine Symphonie des Grauens

The Cars - Let's Go

The Men - I Don't Depend On You

Shake - Culture Shock

Sparks - Beat The Clock

Undertones - Here Comes The Summer

Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays

Simple Minds - Chelsea Girl

Dire Straits - Lady Writer

Anita Ward - Make Believe Lovers

Kandidate - Girls, Girls, Girls

Me and You - You Never Know What You Got

Flying Lizards - Money

Matchbox - Black Slacks

Talking Heads - Take Me To The River

Albums: Red Starr

Buddy Holly - The Complete Buddy Holly

Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens

Gene Vincent - Greatest Vol. 2

Earth Wind And Fire - I Am

The Isley Brothers - Winner Takes All

Edwin Starr - Happy Radio

Fischer Z - Word Salad

The Music For UNICEF Concert Album

Scott Fitzgerald - Pascale Single

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