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 2nd April - 15th April 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 61 - 2nd April - 15th
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Credits

2nd April - 15th April 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 07 - Issue 61

Cover Photo - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 44

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Interviewers

Steve Taylor - Landscape

Mark Ellen - Bruce Foxton

Mike Stand - Classix Nouveaux

Photographers

Paul Slattery - Landscape (Page 6)

Barry Plummer - David Bowie (Page 9)

Paul Slattery - Joy Division (Page 12)

Gerard McNamara - Robert Smith (Page 13)

Paul Canty - Bruce Foxton (Page 16)

Chris Horler - Bruce Foxton (Page 16)

Tom Sheehan / LFI - The Nolans (Page 18)

Paul Slattery - Aztec Camera (Page 20)

Paul Slattery - Cabaret Voltaire (Page 20)

Harry Papadopoulos - Orange Juice (Page 21)

Paul Slattery - Girlschool (Page 42)

John Timbers - Spandau Ballet (Page 43)

Bad Manners - Just A Feeling

Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go

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

David Bowie - Up The Hill Backwards

Polecats - John I'm Only Dancing

The Nolans - Attention To Me

Tony Capstick - Sheffield Grinder

The Whispers - It's A Love Thing

Orange Juice - Pour Old Soul

New Order - Ceremony

Dave Stewart / Colin Blunstone - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted

Visage - Tar

Classix Nouveaux - Guilty

Iron Maiden - Twilight Zone

Graham Bonnet - Night Games

Spandau Ballet - Muscle Bound

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Sal Solo

Centre Spread:

Spandau Ballet

Back Cover:

Teardrop Explodes

Posters:

Bad Manners

General

Interviews

Bitz

Bowwowwow

Japan

Martin Newell

Bruce Springsteen

Clem Burke, Nigel Harrison and Michael Des Barres

Paul Weller

Nick Rhodes - All Time Top Ten

Dexys Midnight Runners

New Order

Sharon Redd

Dave Stewart, Colin Blunstone

Gary Tibs

The Cure

Nash The Slash - Personal File

PiL

Tear It Up Fanzine

Paul McCartney and Wings

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

Fact Is: Special

Meaning behind different styles of music

Independent Bitz

Landscape

Bruce Foxton (The Jam)

Classix Nouveaux

Reviews

Singles: David Hepworth

Level 42 - Love Games

Fischer Z - Marliese

The Cure - Primary

Scars - All About You

Bill Nelson - Banal

Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men

Comsat Angels - Eye Of The Lens

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Watching The Wheels

The Raybeats - Searching (Don't Fall Off The Mountain)

PIL - Flowers Of Romance

Dire Straits - Skateaway

Slade - Wheels Ain't Coming Down

Burundi Black - Burundi Black

Sham - Deja Vu

Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

Bad Manners - Just A Feeling

The Searchers - Another Night

The Associates - Tell Me Eater's On Friday

B.A. Robertson - Saint Saens

Fad Gadget - Make Room

Jools Holland And His Millionaires - Bumble Boogie

Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands

Marvin Gaye - Praise

Albums;

Fred Dellar

Steve Taylor

Red Starr

Beverly Hillier

David Hepworth

Shakin' Pyramids - Skin 'Em Up

Rico - That Man Is Forward

Change - Miracles

Landscape - From The Tea Rooms Of Mars To The Hell Holes Of Uranus

Chas 'N' Dave - Mustn't Grumble

Slade - We'll Bring The House Down

The Who - Face Dances

British Electric Foundation - Music For Stowaways

Diana Ross - To Love Again

Status Quo - Never Too Late

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Single: Red Starr

Dreamboys Bela Lugosi's Birthday

Dreamboys - Outer Limits

Dreamboys - Shalle We Dance

The Poems - Achieving Unity

Positive Noise - Ghosts

Positive Noise - Give Me Passion

Positive Noise - End Of A Dream

Orange Juice - Poor Old Soul

Aztec Camera - Just Like Gold

Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters

Joseph K - Sorry For Laughing

Joseph K - Revelation

Cabaret Voltaire - Sluggin' For Jesus

Cabaret Voltaire - Agent Man

Bill Nelson - Rooms With Brittle Views

Bill Nelson - Dada Guitare

Faction - Extended EP

Repetition - The Still Reflex

Repetition - Fade Out

Michael Nyman - Mozart / Webern

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Albums: Red Starr

Schleimer K

Television Personalities

Perre Ubu - Modern Dance

From Brussels With Love

Merchandise

This issue came with 1 of 5 Free Badges.  They were:

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Adam And The Ants

The Beat

Status Quo

Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark

Stray Cats

 

To read more on that click the link below

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Free Badges

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Adverts

Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House Album

The Shakin' Pyramids - Skin Em' Up album and Tour

REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Single

Space - Tender Force Single

The Comsat Angels - Eye Of The Lens Single

Honey Bane - Baby Love Single

Landscape - From The Tea Rooms Of Mars Single

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