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 13th December  - 26th December 1979

Smash Hits - Issue 27 - 13th December -
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 27 - 13th D

Credits

13th December - 26th December 1979

 

Volume 1 - Number 27

Cover Photo - Pennie Smith

Price - 30p    Pages - 36

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Interviewers

Adrian Thrills - Joe Strummer (The Clash)

David Hepworth - The Tourists

Ryan Kelly - Wings

Photographers

Penny Smith - The Clash (Pages 6 and 7)

Fraser Grey - Annie Lennox (Page 12)

Simon Fowler / LFI - Status Quo (Page 22)

Candid Camera - Chris Difford (Squeeze) (Page 25)

Andre Csillag - Wings (Page 30)

Andre Csillag - Paul McCartney (Page 31)

Andre Csillag - Paul and Linda McCartney (Page 31)

Adrian Boot - Dan-I (Back Cover)

Issue Information

Lyrics

Front Cover:

The Clash

Stranglers - Don't Bring Harry

The Clash - London Calling

UK Subs - She's Not There

Three Degrees - My Simple Heart

Sheila B. Devotion - Spacer

Dave Edmunds - Crawling From The Wreckage

Lowrell - Mellow Mellow Right On

Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After?

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

Status Quo - Living On An Island

Squeeze - Christmas Day

Tom Robinson Band - Glad To Be Gay

Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

Diana Ross - It's My House

Centre Spread:

Secret Affair

Back Cover:

Dan-I

Interviews

Joe Strummer (The Clash)

The Tourists

Paul McCartney (Wings)

Reviews

General

Singles: David Hepworth

The Beat - Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop

Carolyn Mas - Quote Goodbye Quote

Bob Marley And The Wailers - Survival

The Sex Beatles - Will You Never

The Simms Brothers Band - Back To School

The Clash - London Calling

The Nips - Gabrielle

Booker And The MG's - Green Onions

Killing Joke - Nervous System

Monty Python - Brian / Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Dance Stance

Essential Logic - Popcorn Boy

The Headboys - Stepping Stones

David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing

Jethro Tull - Home

Greg Lake - I Believe In Farther Christmas

Original Mirrors - Could This Be Heaven?

The Planets - Iron For The Iron

Winston Groovy - Hello Robin Redbreast

Stranger Than Fiction - Into The Void

The last Gang - Spirit Of Youth

Rick Wakeman - Swan Lager

The Radio Actors - Nuclear Waste

Plastics - Robot

Suicide - Dream Baby Dream

Bitz

Gary Numan

The Specials

The Buzzcocks

XTC

David Bowie

Richard Barnes - New Mod Book Author

The Brains

The New York Blondes

Blonde On Blonde

Blondie

Sheila B Grateful

Paul McCartney

Rocky Burnette

Boney M

Roxy Music

lesley Duncan with 

Kate Bush, Pete Townsend and Phil Lynott

Annie Lennox (The Tourists) - Top Ten

Clash

Boogie In A Barn (Disco) with

Marvin Gaye, KC And The Sunshine Band, McFadden and Whitehead, Edwyn Starr, George McCrae, The Marvelettes and Showaddywaddy

The Flowers

The Sugar Hill Gang

Lowrell

The Passions

Albums: Red Starr

Furn Kinney - Groove Me

Sly And The Family Stone - Back On The Right Track

The Mekons - The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen

Ian Gomm - Gomm With The Wind

Charlie Dore - Where To Now

Mike Oldfield - Platinum

Public Image - The Metal Box

Simple Minds - Real To Real Cacophony

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Disco

Bev's Disco Column

Top 40

Rob Jones Disco Pick - Positive Force - We Got The Funk

Adverts

Sid Vicious - Sid Sings Album 

Boney M - Oceans Of Fantasy Album

Suzi Quatro - Suzi And other Four Letter Words Album

David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing Single

Sparks - The Best Of Album

Merchandise

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

 

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