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 22nd January - 4th February 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 56 - 22nd January - 4
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 56 - 22nd J

Credits

22nd January - 4th February 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 02 - Issue 56

Cover Photo - John Timbers

Price - 35p    Pages - 44

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - Steve Strange

Francis Drake and Peter Gilbert - Bauhaus

Deanne Pearson - The Look

Steve Bush and Red Starr - I Was A Teenage Pinkie-Sniffer

Photographers

Virginia Turbett - The Clash (Page 2)

Michael Putland / LFI - The Clash (Page 3)

John Timbers - Steve Strange (Page 4)

F. Mellina - Dave Wiggins and OMD (Page 13)

Simon Fowler / LFI - Richard Jobson (Page 13)

Darryl Pitt / LFI - Bruce Springsteen (Page 13)

Paul Edmund - Elvis Costello (Page 14)

Virginia Turbett - The Mo-Dettes (Page 14)

Chris Horler - Colin Moulding (Page 14)

Adrian Boot / LFI - Cliff Richard (Page 17)

Jill Furmanovsky - Debbie Harry (Page 17)

Mike Laye  - The Mekons (Page 18)

Peter Gilbert - Bauhaus (Page 19)

Jill Furmanovsky - Bev Hillier and Cindy Difford (Page 39)

Brian Aris - Hazel O'Connor (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

The Clash - Hitsville UK

John Lennon - Woman

John Lennon - Starting Over

John Lennon - Imagine

Cliff Ricard - A Little In Love

Blondie - Rapture,
David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Gap Band - Burn Rubber On Me

Stevie Wonder - I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It
Stranglers - Thrown Away

Spandau Ballet - The Freeze

Pauline Murray - Dream Sequence

XTC - Sergeant Rock 

Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians

Boomtown Rats - The Elephants Graveyard

Front Cover:

Steve Strange

Centre Spread:

XTC

Back Cover:

Hazel O'Connor

Posters:

General

Bitz

The Clash

Steve Strange

Interviews

Squeeze

I.D

Dave Wakeling

Lou Reed

Rock And Roll Diary 1967-80 

The Stranglers

Dave Wiggins and OMD

the Chipmunk

Joe Jackson Band

Bruce Springsteen

Richard Jobson - Personnel File

John Lennon Books

Elvis Costello

Ian Gillan

Phil Collins

Colin Moulding - All Time Top Ten

The Mo-Dettes

 Visage

Bauhaus

The Look

Reviews

Singles: Ronnie Gurr

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

Fact is:

Elvis Costello

John Turnball

Dance Craze Compilation

Madness

Damned Discography

John Lennon - Woman

The Quick - Young Men Drive Fast

Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

M - Keep It To Yourself

Paul Simon - Oh Marion

Michael Des Barres - I’m Only Human

Diana Ross - It's My Turn

Desmond Dekker - Many Rivers To Cross

Honey Bane - Turn Me On Turn Me Off

Billy Joel - Sometimes A Fantasy

Tony Koklin - Claude Monet (Reincarnation Of An Artist)

Spandau Ballet - The Freeze

Gen X - Dancing With Myself

XTC - Sgt. Rock (Is Going To Help Me)

Department S - Is Vic There?

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Hello It's Goodbye

John Cougar - This Time

The Clash - Hitsville U.K.

Bette Midler - Big Noise From Winnetka

Positive Noise - Give me Passion

Willie Gardner - Golden Youth

Ultravox - Vienna

Tango Brigade - Donegal

Blondie - Rapture

Spector 27 - Total Recall

Nash The Slash - Dead Man’s Curve

Albums;

Independent Bitz

Mark Ellen

Geoffrey Deane

Steve Taylor

Beverly Hillier

David Hepworth

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Single: Deanne Pearson

On-U-Sound Sampler

New Age Steppers - Fade Away

London Underground - Learn A Language

Virgin Prunes - Twenty Tens

Virgin Prunes - Revenge

Virgin Prunes - The Children Are Crying

Virgin Prunes - Greylight

Blue Orchids - The Flood / Disney Boys

Michael Byrd and the Commercials - Sell Out Before The Fall Out

B-Movie - Nowhere Girl

The Mekons

Boomtown Rats - Mondo Bongo

Elvis Costello - Trust

The Runaways (with Cherie Currie) - Flaming Schoolgirls

Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver

UFO - The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent

Basement 5 - 1965-1980

Gen X - Kiss Me Deadly

Mtuma - In Search Of The Rainbow Seekers

Rose Royce - Golden Touch

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Picture Strip

The beat - I Was A Teenage Pinkie-Sniffer

Adverts

Elvis Costello - Trust Album

Blondie - Rapture Single

Sheena Easton  - Take My Time Album

Greatest Hits - New Magazine

The New Music Book

Spandau Ballet - The Freeze Single

The Boomtown Rats - Mondo Bongo album

The Clash - Hitsville U.K. Single

XTC - St. Rock (Is Going To Help Me) Single

Gen X - Dancing With Myself Single

Honey Bane - Turn me On Turn me Off Single

Links

Happy Reading

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