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 27th December  1979 - 9th January 1980

Smash Hits - Issue 28 - 27th December 19
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 28 - 27th D

Credits

27th December 1979 - 9th January 1980

 

Volume 1 - Number 28

Cover Photo - Adrian Boot

Price - 30p    Pages - 32

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Interviewers

David Hepworth - Blondie (Feature)

David Hepworth - Kenny Everette

Photographers

Jill Furmanovsky - Kate Bush (Page 2)

Paul Slattery - Ian Dury (Page 3)

Jill Furmanovsky - Kenny Everett (Page 3)

Chris Horler - Background Picture (Page 3)

Fraser Grey - Bob Geldof (Page 4)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Police (Page 5)

Chris Horler - Sting (Page 5)

Arnold Williams / LFI - Randy Crawford (Page 6)

Virginia Turbett - Ian Page (Page 6)

LFI - ELO (Page 7)

Paul Cox / LFI - Peter Gabriel (Page 8)

Jill Furmanovsky - Malcolm McLaren (Page 11)

Virginia Turbett - The Sex Pistols (Page 11)

Adrian Boot - Blondie (Page 15 and Centre Spread)

Jill Furmanovsky - Kenny Everett (Page 19)

Paul Slattery - The Undertones (Page 20)

Paul Cox / LFI - Squeeze (Page 20)

Paul Cox / LFI - The Clash (Page 22)

Paul Slattery - Ian Dury (Page 23)

Robert Ellis - Gary Numan (Page 30)

Sheila Rock - Bill Idol (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Blondie

Centre Spread:

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

Boomtown Rats - Mary Of The Fourth Form

Abba - SOS

The Police - So Lonely

Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

The Who - My Generation

Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

Blondie - Presence Dear

The Undertones - Mars Bars

Squeeze - Take Me I'm Yours

Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent

Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever

Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Shame

Tubeway Army - Bombers

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Watching The Detectives

Blondie

Back Cover:

Billy Idol (Generation X)

Interviews

Kenny Everett

Features:

General

The Sex Pistols

Blondie - New Film

John Hodgson (Basczax) Teesside with

Blitzkrieg Pop

Nicky Beat And The Beatniks

Carl Green And The Scene

Disguise

No Way

The Vultures

The Amazing Space Frogs

The Props

Deja Vu

The Barbarians

The Drop

The Sines

Shoot The Light Out

Pork The Pies

Bombay Drug Squad

Bitz

Simple Minds

Siouxsie And The Banshees

George Jones

Revillos

Dave marsh "Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen Book

Barbara Charone "Keith Richards" Book

Peter Gabriel

Rod Temperton and Johnnie Wilder (Heatwave)

Paul Weller (The Jam) - Top Ten

The Charlie Daniels Band

The Tourists

Phil Lynott

Rainbow

Blondie

Storm

Public Image Limited

Bebe Buell and Gene Simmons

The Ramones

Reviews

None

Disco

Top 40

Merchandise

Adverts

None

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

 

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