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 16th April - 29th April 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 62 - 16th April - 29t
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 62 - 16th A

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Credits

16th April - 29th April 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 08 - Issue 62

Cover Photo - Jill Furmanovsky

Price - 35p    Pages - 48

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Interviewers

Pete Silverton - Hazel O'Connor

Mark Ellen - Paul Weller (Part 1)

Steve Taylor - Public Image Ltd

Photographers

Virginia Turbett - Hazel O'Connor (Page 4 - 6)

Robert Legon - Hazel O'Connor (Page 6)

Janette Beckman - Department S (Page 9)

Jill Furmanovsky - The Undertones (Page 11)

Chris Gabrin - Jake Burns (Page 11)

Tom Sheehan / LFI - Echo And The Bunnymen (Page 11)

Penne Smith - The Clash (Page 13)

Stuart Franklin - Paul Weller (Page 16)

Jean Bernard Sohiez - Sugar Minott (Page 19)

Tom Sheehan / LFI - David Thomas (Page 21)

Fraser Grey - Duran Duran (Centre Spread)

Virginia Turbett - Simple Minds (Page 35)

Stuart Franklin - Public Image Ltd (Page 37)

David Wainwright / Photo Features - Woody (Page 44)

Joe Stevens - Feargal Sharkey (Page 46)

Penne Smith - The Clash (Page 47)

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The Beat - Drowning

Ultravox - Slow Motion

The Cure - Primary

Department S - Is Vic There?

Dire Straits - Skateaway

Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going

Shalamar - Make That Move

PiL - Flowers Of Romance

Stiff Little Fingers - Just Fade Away

Keith Marshall - Only Crying

Bucks Fizz - Making Your Mind Up

Simple Minds - Changeling

Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut

John Lennon and Yoko Ono - Watching The Wheels

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Hazel O'Connor

Centre Spread:

Duran Duran

Back Cover:

Polecats

Posters:

General

Bitz

Beat tour

Jake Burns

Echo And The Bunnymen live Cassette

The Undertones

Shakin' Stevens

Graham Bonnet - Personal File

Buzzcocks Split

Sting, Sharon Burn and Rossetta Woolf

AC/DC

December Child Fanzine

Ian Cranna

Dramatis

David Bowie Black Book

The Members

The Clash

Jim Kerr - All Time Top Ten

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Single: Red Starr

Fire Engines - Candyskin

Fire Engines - Meat Whiplash

Restricted Code - I Love To Meet You

Restricted Code - Monkey Monkey Monkey

Faction - Faction

Faction - You're Wrong Again

Poison Girls - (All Systems Go) Dirty Work

Poison Girls - Promenade Immortelle

Theatre Of Hate - Rebel Without A Brain

Theatre Of Hate - My Own Invention

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Albums: Red Starr

Mr Frank Hannaway / Michael Barcley - At Home!

Pere Ubu - 390 Degrees Of Simulated Stereo

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Videos: Red Starr

Freshies - Razzvizz 2

The Beat

Paul Weller

Interviews

Hazel O'Connor and Personal File

Paul Weller (Part 1)

PiL

Reviews

Singles: Fred Dellar

Clash - The Magnificent Seven

Freeez - Flying High

The Keys - One Good Reason

U.K. Subs - Keep On Running (Till You Burn)

Shoes - Your Imagination

Echo And The Bunnymen - Shine So Hard

Moondogs - Imposter

The Inmates - I Thought I Heard A Heartbeat

Mickey Jupp - Don't Talk To Me

Ken Lockie - Dance House

Bram Tchaikovsky - Shall We Dance?

The Mood Elevators - Annapurna

Roy Wood's Elevators - Green Glass Windows

Quads - Gotta Get A Job

Flying Lizards - Hands 2 Take

Pearl Harbour - Cowboys And Indians

Whitesnake - Don't Break My Heart Again

Carl Wilson - Heaven

Teddy Pendergrass - The Whole Town's Laughing At Me

Judas Priest - Hot Rockin'

Roger Taylor - Future Management

Spizzies - Dangers Of Living

The Regents - Ride Cowboy Ride

The Freshies - Wrap Up The Rockets

Albums;

Robin Katz

Steve Taylor

Red Starr

Beverly Hillier

David Hepworth

​Geoffrey Deane

Dave Edmunds - Twangin…

Incognito - Jazz Funk

Public Image Ltd - Flowers Of Romance

Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It

The Cure - Faith

Whitesnake - Come An' Get It

Jags - No Tie Like A Present

Cockney Rejects - Greatest Hits Vol. 3

Roger Taylor - Roger Taylor's Fun In Space

B.A. Robertson - Bully For You

Cartoon

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

Merchandise

This issue came with the Second Token to send off for your Free Badge

 

To read more on the Badges click the link below

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Free Badges

Adverts

The Cure - Faith Album

Roger Taylor - Fun In Space Album

Hazel O'Connor - D Days Single and Sons and Lovers Album

Thin Lizzy - The Hit Singles Collection Album

Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It Album and Tour

The Mood Elevators - Annapurna Single

The beat - Drowning Single

Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut Single

999 - Obsessed Single and Tour

Freeez - Thaw It Out Tour and lying High Single

Gillan - Future Shock Album

Links

Happy Reading

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