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 28th May - 10th June 1981

Double Sided Issue

Cover 1

Page 1 - Smash Hits - Issue 65 - 28th Ma

Cover 2

Page 48 - Smash Hits - Issue 65 - 28th M
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 64 - 14th M

Credits

28th April - 10th June 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 11 - Issue 65

Cover Photo - Allan Bollard / Scope Features

Price - 35p    Pages - 48

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Interviewers

Mark Ellen - Stray Cats

Johnny Black - Kim Wilde

Photographers

Chris Walter - Adam Ant (Page 2A)

Paul Cox / LFI - Adam Ant (3A)

Peter Anderson - Stray Cats (Page 4A - 5A)

Paul Slattery - Jim Phantom (6A)

Paul Slattery - Brian Setzer (6A)

Jill Furmanovsky - Woody and Jane (Page 13A)

Paul Slattery - The Beat (Page 21A)

Paul Cox / LFI - Julian Cope (Page 21B)

Jill Furmanovsky - Undertones (Page 15B)

Stuart Franklin - Tenpole Tudor Badges (Page 13B)

Peter Murphy and Clare Hersham - Bob Marley (Page 11B)

Stuart McLeod - Japan (Page 9B)

Lynn Goldsmith / Rockshots - Talking Heads (Page 8B)

Stuart Franklin - Kim Wilde (Page 4B - 6B)

Justin Thomas - The Jam (Page 2B)

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Lyrics

This Side:

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Adam And The Ants - Stand And Deliver

Landscape - Norman Bates

UB40 - Don't Let it Pass You By

Polecats - Rockabilly Guy

Rich Kids - Ghosts Of Princes In Towers

Squeeze - Is That Love

Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Smokey Robinson - Being With You

Champaign - How 'Bout Us

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That Side:

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Jam - Funeral Pyre

Talking Heads - Houses In Motion

Japan - The Art Of Parties

Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation

Bob Marley - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

 Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning

Issue Information

Front Cover:

This Side:

Stray Cats

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That Side:

Kim Wilde

Centre Spread:

Landscape

Back Cover:

Double sided Issue

Posters:

General

Bitz

This Side:

Jam Tour

Specials

Prince

Madness

Slade

The Action

Kraftwerk

The Who

Van Halen

Motivation (Steve Garvey, Dave Price, Dave Rowbotham, Snuff)

Woody and Jane

Ron and Russell Mael (Sparks)

Chris Difford - Personal File

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That Side:

Spandau Ballet

Ultravox

Sketch (Linx) - All Time Top Ten

Steve Strange

Knebworth Festival

The People

Tenpole Tudor

Echo And The Bunnymen

Duran Duran

Bette Davis

Landscape

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Adam Ant

Paul Weller

Interviews

This Side:

Stray Cats

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That Side:

Kim Wilde

Reviews

Singles: Steve Bush

Toni Basil - Mickey

Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

Splodgenessabounds - EP

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spell-bound

George Harrison - All Those Years Ago

The Bureau - Let Him Have It

Split Enz - History Never Repeats

Doll By Doll - Main Road Travelled

Expressos - Kiss You All Over

Coati Mundi - Me No Pop I

The Rhythm Slaves - Electricity

Coast To Coast - Let's Jump The Broomstick

The Jam - Funeral Pyre

Fischer Said - Cutter's Lullaby

Hot Chocolate - You'll Neve Be So Wrong

Can - I Want More

Nautyculture - Someday Sunday

Disco

Top 40

Bev's Disco Page

Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Singles: Ian Birch

The Delmontes - Don't Cry Your Tears

The Delmontes - So It's Not To Be

39 Lyon Street - Kites

39 Lyon Street - A Girl Named Property 

Close Rivals - You've Got To Make Mistakes

Close Rivals - Short Sharp Kick In The Teeth

The Human Cabbages - The Witch

The Human Cabbages - Air Raid Shelter (Pill Box)

The Human Cabbages - One More Fool

Virna Lindt - Attention Stockholm

The Sinking Ships - Dream

Visitors - Compatibility

Fallout Club - Dream Soldiers

Last Man In Europe - A Certain Bridge

A Flock Of Seagulls - (It's Not Me) Talking

Girls At Out Best - Go For Gold

Albums;

Deanne Pearson

Robin Katz

Fred Dellar

Bev Hillier

David Hepworth

Ian Birch

Mark Ellen

Original Mirror - Heart-twango & Raw-beat

Richard Strange - The Phenomenal Rise Of Richard Strange

Joe Walsh - There Goes The Neighbourhood

Shakatak - Drivin' Hard

Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

Bill Nelson - Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam

Classix Nouveaux - Night People

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises

Wild Horses - Stand Your Ground

Psychedelic Furs - Talk, Talk, Talk

Sparks - That Sucker

Positive Noise -Heart Of Darkness

Toyah - Anthem

Cartoon

Merchandise

Strange Tales From A Music Paper (Marc Castro)

This issue came with the Second of the Tokens for a new Double Sided Poster offer.

 

To read more on the Poster click the link below.

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Free Poster

Adverts

The Jam - Funeral Pyre Single

Sparks - Swamp That Sucker Album

Mutant Disco Compilation Album

The Bureau - Let Him Have It Single

Eddy Grant - Can't Get Enough Album

Richard Strange - The Phenomenal Rise of Richard Strange Album

The Belle Stars - Hiawatha Single

Bim - Romance Single

Riding High Film

Classix Nouveaux - Night People Album

Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex - Album and Tour 

Doll By Doll - Doll By Doll Album

David Essex - Be Bop A Luna Single

UB40 - Present Arms Album

Expressos - Kiss You All Over Single

The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro Album and Tour

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound Single

Links

Happy Reading

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