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 17th September - 30th September 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 73 - 17th September -
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 73 - 17th S

Credits

17th September - 30th September 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 19 - Issue 73

Cover Photo - Stuart Franklin

Price - 35p    Pages - 48

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Interviewers

Mark Ellen - Gary Numan

Ian Birch - Video Format

Ian Birch - Heaven 17

Ian Cranna - Simple Minds

Mike Stand - Meat Loaf

Barney Hoskyns - Pointer Sisters

Photographers

Stuart Franklin - Gary Numan (4 - 5)

Virginia Turbett - Video Equipment (Page 9)

Stella Watts - Peter Murphy (Page 12)

Mike Putland / LFI - Alvin Stardust (Page 12)

Virginia Turbett - Ari Up and Her Mum (Page 14)

Virginia Turbett - Jim Kerr (Page 20)

Virginia Turbett - Simple Minds (Page 21)

Jill Furmanovsky - Todd Rundgren (Page 36)

LFI - Depeche Mode (Page 46)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Linx - So This Is Romance

Madness - Shut Up

The Look - Feeding Time

Heaven 17 - Play To Win

Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound

Alvin Stardust - Pretend

Sheena Easton - Just Another Broken Heart

Foreigner - Urgent

Godley And Cream - Under Your Thumb

Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky

Shakin' Stevens - Shooting Gallery

Meat Loaf - I'm Gonna Love Her

The Jacksons - Time Waits For No One

Ottawan - Hands Up (Gimme Your Heart)

 Imagination - In And Out Of Love

Front Cover:

Gary Numan

Centre Spread:

Depeche Mode

Back Cover:

Modern Romance

Posters:

Linx

Heaven 17

General

Interviews

Bitz

U2 New Album and Tour Dates

Bob Marley

Madness

Peter Murphy - All Time Top Ten

Alvin Stardust

Medley Records

Boy George

Ari Up and Her Mum

Adam & the Ants

Orchestral Manoeuvres

Marc Almond - Personal File

Gary Numan

Heaven 17

Simple Minds

Features:

Video

Meat Loaf

Pointer Sisters (Part Two)

Reviews

Disco

Singles: Tim De Lisle

Top 40

Bev's (Final) Disco Column

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

Bob Dylan - Lenny Bruce

Rickie Lee Jones - Woody & Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking

Joan Armatrading - I'm Lucky

The Rubettes - Rockin' Rubettes Party 45

Iron Maiden - Maiden Japan

Peter Baumann - Repeat Repeat

The Blues Band - Who's Right And Who's Wrong

Madness - Shut Up

Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming

Sparks - Funny Face

Budgie - Keeping A Rendezvous

ATF - Frozen Rivers

New Muzik - The Planet Doesn't Mind

RPM - Lost In Space

Bette Bright And Thee Illuminations - Some Girls Have All The Luck

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Aretha Franklin & George Benson - Love All The Hurt Away

Marc Bolan - You Scare Me To Death

Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To)

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Tenpole Tudor with The Sex Pistols - Who Killed Bambi

Raybeats - Holiday Inn Spain (Don't Fall Off The Mountain)

Independent Bitz

Independent Top 30 Singles

Independent Top 10 Albums

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Albums: Red Starr

The Fall - 77 - Early Years - 79

Gavin Bryars - Hommages
 

Singles: Red Starr

Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Laurie Anderson - Walk The Dog

Jo Callis - Woah Yeah!

Drinking Electricity - Subliminal

Drinking Electricity - Random Particles

Ellery Bop - Hit The Moon

Ellery Bop - One True Way

Repetition - A Full Rotation

Repetition - The Body Cries

Polecats - Rockabilly Guy

Polecats - Chicken Shack

Legendary Lonnie - Constipation Shake

Legendary Lonnie - Devil's Guitar

The Deltas - Heart Attack

The Deltas - Spellbound

Rockin' Johnnie Austin - City Lights

Rockin' Johnny Austin - Rockabilly Stroll

Rockin' Johnnie Austin - All The Time

Rockin' Johnnie Austin - Born To Be A Raver

The Feds - Two Time Loser

The Feds - Rockabilly Queen

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Book: Red Starr
Richard Jobson - A Man or All Seasons

Fact Is:

Green Door Single (Jim Lowe and Frankie Vaughan)

Stuart Adamson

Tony Hadley

Rubettes

Bob Marley

Albums;

Dave Rimmer

Pete Silverton

Johnny Black

Fred Dellar

Beverly Hillier

Ian Cranna

Mark Ellen

Mike Stand

Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement

Ian Dury - Lord Upminster

Gary Numan - Dance

Shakin' Stevens - Shaky

Ultravox - Rage In Eden

Crusaders - Standing Tall

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Comsat Angels - Sleep No More

Meat Loa - Dead Ringer

Adverts

Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination Album

Ultravox - Rage In Eden Album

Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer Album

Ronny - Compare Me With The Rest Single

Madness - Shut Up Single

Bill Nelson - Living In My Limousine Single

Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement Album

Dramatis - No One Lives Forever Single

Bananarama - Aie  A Mwana Single

Billy Idol - Mony Mony Single

Hazel O'Connor - Hanging Around Single and Tour

Saxson - Denim And Leather Album and Tour

Spring In Fialta - Slow Children In Single

Links

Happy Reading

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