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 19th March - 1st April 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 60 - 19th March - 1st
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Credits

19th March - 1st April 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 06 - Issue 60

Cover Photo - Herbie Yamaguchi

Price - 35p    Pages - 52

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Interviewers

Chris Charlesworth - Rainbow Feature

Mark Ellen - Rick Butler

John Swift - Freeez

David Hepworth - Linx

Robin Katz - Light Of The World

Robin Katz - Beggar & Co

Photographers

Simon Fowler / LFI - Visage (Page 2)

SKR Photo's / LFI - Ritchie Blackmore (Page 6)

Allan Ballard - XTC (Page 9)

Brian Aris - Hazel O'Connor (Page 9)

Jill Furmanovsky - Stevie Wonder (Page 12)

Andy Rosen - Rusty Egan (Page 13)

Paul Cox / BBC / LFI - Kim Wilde (Page 13)

David Wainwright - Diana Ross (Page 15)

Stuart Franklin - Rick Butler (Page 16 and 18)

Paul Cox / LFI - OMD (Page 20)

Peter Anderson - Adam Ant (Page 21)

Fin Costello - Toyah (Centre Spread)

Paul Cox / LFI - Gillan (Page 36)

Peter Anderson - Linx (Page 40)

Adrian Boot / LFI - Phil Collins (Page 43)

Virginia Turbett - The Revillos (Page 50)

Lynn Goldsmith - Talking Heads (Back Cover)

Visage - Mind Of A Toy

XTC - Respectable Street

Hazel O'Connor - D-Days

Stevie Wonder - Lately

OMD - Pretending To See The Future

Nash The Slash - Swing Shift

Adam And The Ants - Car Trouble

Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It

The Who - You Better You Bet

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

Gillan - New Orleans

Rod Stewart - Oh God I Wish I Was Home

Linx - Intuition

Phil Collins - I Missed Again

Sister Sledge - All American Girls

Issue Information

Front Cover:

OMD

Centre Spread:

Toyah

Back Cover:

Talking Heads

Posters:

General

Steve Strange

Rick Butler

Bitz

Kim Wilde

Lenny Henry

Andy Partridge (XTC)

Udo Pope and Vivienne Westwood

Rust Egan - Personal File

Stiff Little Fingers Tour

Undertones

Sting

Coast To Coast

Toyah Willcox

Clem Burke

Bill Haley

Pink Floyd

Adam And The Ants

Phil Oakey - All Time Top Ten

Diana Ross

The Great Rock & Roll Swindle

Magazine

Gary Numan live Albums

Graham Bonnet;

Interviews

Rick Butler (The Jam)

Linx

Light Of The World

Beggar and Co.

Features:

Rainbow

British Funk

Chris Hill - Brit-Funk Top Ten

Reviews

Singles: David Hepworth

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

Fact Is: Special

Meaning behind the Jargon used within Recording and Playing Live.

Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Single: Red Starr

New Order - Ceremony

New Order - In A Lonely Place

Bollock Brothers - The Act Became Real

Nikki Sudden - Back To The Start

The Passage - Angels And Devils (Night And Day) The Passage - Watching You Dance

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Albums: Red Starr

Fried Egg Records - Egg-clectic

Dome - Dome 2

Merchandise

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Plan 9

The Bureau - Only For Sheep

Gillan - New Orleans

Original Mirrors - Dancing With The Rebels

Gang Of Four - What We All Want

Plastics - Diamond Head

Dave Edmunds - Almost Saturday Night

Joe Jackson - One To One

Steve Diggle - Shut Out The Light

Jane Kennaway - Celia (Growing Up In Hollywood)

XTC - Respectable Street

Shakin' Pyramids - Take A Trip

Hazel O'Connor - D-Days

TV21 - On The Run (Who's Gonna Get Me First?)

Nash The Slash - Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown

Dalek I Love You - Heartbeat

Rod Stewart - Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight

Snips - 9 O'Clock

Modern Romance - Tonight

Modern Eon - Euthenics

Ultravox - Slow Motion / Quiet Men / Hiroshima Mon Amour / Dislocation

Albums;

Robin Katz

Mike Stand

Red Starr

Beverly Hillier

David Hepworth

This issue came with and Free Blue / Yello Flexi Disc. 

The Flexi Disc contained the following tracks:

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A1 - OMD - Pretending To See The Future

A2 - Nash The Slash - Swing Shift

 

To see more of the Flexi Disc click the link below

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Free Flexi Disc

New Musik - Anywhere

Russ Ballard - Into The Fire

James Brown - Rapp Payback

Detroit Spinners - Labour Of Love

Spizzies - Spikey Dream Flowers

Tata Vega - Giving All My Love

Shona Laing - Tied To The Tracks

The Vapors - Magnets

Wilko Johnson - Ice On The Motorway

Linx - Intuition

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Adverts

B.A. Robertson - Bully for You Album

Spandau Ballet - Journey To Glory Album

Ultravox - Slow Motion Single

OMD - OMD and Organisation Albums

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Plan B Single

B.E.F - Music For Stowaways Cassette

Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thing Single

The Beat - Official Merchandise

Status Quo - Never Too Late Album

Rhythm 'N Reggae Album

Plastics - Diamond Head Peace Single

Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars Single and Tour

The Spizzles - Spikey Dream Flowers Album and Tour

Sad Café - Live Album

Russ Ballard & The Barnett Dogs - I Will Be There Single

Burundi Black - Burundi Black Single

The Bureau - Only or Sheep Single

Scars - All About You Single

XTC - Respectable Street Single and Black Sea Album

Hazel O'Connor - D Days Single

Links

Happy Reading

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