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 6th August - 19th August 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 70 - 6th August - 19t
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 70 - 6th Au

Credits

6th August - 19th August 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 16 - Issue 70

Cover Photo - (Unknown)

Price - 35p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Mark Ellen - Debbie Harry

Pete Silverton - Saxon

Johnny Black - Soft Cell

Johnny Black - The Undertones

Robyn Katz - Randy Crawford

Photographers

Paul Cox - Tenpole Tudor (Page 2)

Mark Weiss / Rockshots - Chris Stein, Nile Rogers,

Bernard Edwards (Page 4)

John Diamond - Sqeeze Jacket (Page 7)

Paul Cox / LFI - Kim Wilde (Page 8)

Miles Copeland - The Police (Page 9)

Paul Glasson - Chrissie Hynde (Page 10)

Virginia Turbett - Andy Partridge and Mom (Page 11)

Chris Walter - Echo And The Bunnymen (Page 11)

Mike Putland - Nolans (Page 15)

Paul Cox / LFI - Biff Byford (Page 16)

Paul Slattery - Joseph K (Page 19)

Simon Fowler - Duran Duran (Centre Spread)

Barry Plummer - Thin Lizzy (Page 38)

Chris Walter - Michael Jackson (Page 39)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar

Debbie Harry - Backfired

Shakin' Stevens - Green Door

Kim Wilde - Water On Glass

Police - Bring On The Night

Bill Wyman - (Si Si) Je Suis Un Rock Star

Nolans - Chemistry

Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Evelyn King - I'm In Love

Eddy Grant - I Love You, Yes I Love You

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

B.B. & Q. - On The Beat

Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama

Stevie Wonder - Happy Birthday

Michael Jackson - We're Almost There

Front Cover:

Debbie Harry

Centre Spread:

Duran Duran

Back Cover:

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Posters:

Tenpole Tudor

General

Bitz

Linx Tour

Pamela Stephenson - Personal File

Chrissie Hynde and Pretenders

Hazel O'Connor

Start Swimming Compilation Album

Rolling Stones

Polecats

Echo And The Bunnymen

Andy Partridge and his Mom

Paul Weller

Julian Cope

Siouxsie And The Banshees

Marc Bolan

The Police

Rock On The Tyne - Gateshead Stadium

OK Jive

Kim Wilde - All Time Top Ten

Elvis Costello

Havana Let's Go!

Hot Gossip

TV21

Ultravox Tour

Disco

Top 40

Randy Crawford

Fact Is:

Interviews

Debbie Harry

Saxon

Soft Cell

Undertones

Reviews

Singles: David Hepworth

Funkapolitan - As The Time Goes By

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Arabian Knights

Way Out West - See You Shake

Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I Am

Debbie Harry - Backfired

Human League - Love Action

Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before

Classix Nouveaux - Inside Out

Dramatis - Oh! Twenty Twenty Five

Modern Romance - Everybody Salsa / Salsa Rhapsody

Bowwowwow - Prince Of Darkness

Max Edwards - Rockers Arena

OK Jive - To You

Gary Glitter - When I'm On I'm On

The Belle Stars - Slick Trick

Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar

Kim Wilde - Water On Glass

Jona Lewie - Shaggy Raggy

Duran Duran

Animal Magnet

Kraftwerk

Secret Affair

OMD

Kim Wilde

Independent Bitz

Albums;

Ian Cranna

Robin Katz

Beverly Hillier

Dave Rimmer

Johnny Diamond

Johnny Black

Pete Silverton

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Albums: Red Starr

Wire - Document And Eye Witness

Raincoats - Odyshape

Richard Earl - The Egg Store Ilk

Josef K - The Only Fun In Town

New Age Steppers - Action Battlefield

The Passage - Pindrop

Icehouse - Icehouse

Pat Benatar - Precious Time

Evelyn King - I'm In Love

Delta 5 - See The Whirl

Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

Foreigner - 4

Kirsty MacColl - Desperate Character; Pretenders - Pretenders II

Adverts

Kirsty McColl - Desperate Character Album

Debbie Harry - Koo Koo Album

Human league - Love Action Single

Funkapolitan - As The Time Goes By Single

Dollar - Hand Held In Black And White Single

Thin Lizzy - Trouble Boys Single

Time Bandits Film

Kid Creole And The Coconuts - I Am Single

OK Jive - To You Single

Links

Happy Reading

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