29th October - 11th November 1981
Credits
29th October - 11th November 1981
Volume 3 - Number 22 - Issue 76
Cover Photo - Eric Watson
Price - 38p Pages - 56
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Interviewers
Mark Ellen - Fun Boy Three
Mike Stand - Girls At Out Best
Ian Cranna - Julian Cope
Dave Rimmer - Japan
Photographers
Brian Aris - The Police (Page 2)
Paul Cox - The Specials (Page 4)
Jill Furmanovsky - The Swinging Cats (Page 4)
Anton Corbijn - Grace Jones (Page 9)
Paul Slattery - The Killjoys (Page 9)
Paul Slattery - Rankin Roger and Joe Strummer (Page 9)
Paul Slattery - Girls At Our Best (Page 13)
Virginia Turbett - Lee Thompson (Page 14)
Virginia Turbett - Chas Smash (Page 14)
Eric Watson - Bev Hillier (Page 15)
Mark Rusher - The Police (Page 15)
Paul Slattery - Elvis Costello (Page 16)
Peter Anderson - Clare Grogan (Page 16)
Simon Fowler - Human League (Centre Spread)
Virginia Turbett - Julian Cope (Page 34-36)
Mark Rusher - Japan (Page 42)
Mark Rusher - David Sylvian (Page 42)
Jill Furmanovsky - Japan (Page 43)
Steve Rapport - Chris Sullivan (Page 53)
Barry Plummer - Ian Gillan (Page 54)
Paul Slattery - U2 (Page 55)
Linda Matlow / LFI - Tenpole Tudor (Page 55)
Lyrics
Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
Squeeze - Labelled With Love
Stray Cats - You Don't Believe Me
Dire Straits - Tunnel Of Love
ELO - Twilight
B.A. Robertson and Maggie Bell - Hold Me
Gary Glitter - And Then She Kissed Me
Exploited Nightmare - Dead Cities
Gillan - Nightmare
Rod Stewart - Gillan; Tonight I'm Yours
Olivia Newton-John - Physical
Beatles - Paperback Writer
U2 - Gloria
Cure - Charlotte Sometimes
General
Issue Information
Front Cover:
Fun Boy Three
Centre Spread:
Human League
Back Cover:
Orchestral Manouevres
Interviews
Fun Boy Three
Girls At Our Best!
Julian Cope
Japan
Bitz
Features:
Kim Wilde - Cambodia
Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down
Teardrop Explodes - Colours Fly Away
Japan - Tin Drum
Duran Duran
Skids
Elvis Costello
Chas Smash and Lee Thompson
Hazel O'Connor
Blondie
Paul Weller
The Jam
Police Rubik's Cube
Bev Hillier - Toyah makeover
Police Tour
Tom Tom Club
Martin Fry
The 2-Tone Story
Smash Hits Readers Poll Voting Form
Bitz 'N Pieces
Elvis Costello - All Time Top Ten
Tim De Lisle - Take Five
Clare Grogan - Personal File
Disco Top 40
Independent singles Top 30
Independent Albums - Top 10
Fan Clubs:
Ultravox
Japan
Soft Cell
Human League
Reviews
Singles: Dave Rimmer
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough
Pigbag - Sunny Day
Scritti Politti - The "Sweetest Girl"
Bits And Pieces - Don't Stop The Music
Randy Crawford - Secret Combination
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
Annie Anxiety - Barbed Wire Hale
Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
Hot Gossip - Soul Warfare
Freeze - Anti-Freeez
Soft Cell - Bedsitters
Saxon - Princess Of The Night
The Ska-dows - Skas On 45
Pete Shelley - I Don't Know What It Is
Angelic Upstarts - Different Strokes
Stray Cats - You Don't Believe Me
Bowwowwow - Chihuahua
Ultravox - The Voice
The Hassans - Our Love Will Last For Ever
Bumble And The Beez - Fools
Honeymoon Killers - Histoire A Suivre
Virna Lindt - Young And Hip
Other Bitz
The Pictures:
Grace Jones
Kevin Rowland
Killjoys
Ranking Roger
Joe Strummer
Gary Price
Toyah Willcox
Albums;
Ian Cranna
David Hepworth
Fred Dellar
Mark Ellen
Red Starr
Mike Stand
Beverly Hillier
Get Smart:
Top Of The Pops
Depeche Mode
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Ruts DC
Altered Images
Boomtown Rats
Barry:
Julian Cope
Paul McCartney
Spandau Ballet
Blue Ronda A La Turk
Department S
Stiff Little Fingers
Altered Images
Paul Weller
23 Skidoo
Multivizion
Stimulin
Haircut 100
Light Of The World
The Stranglers
Madness Nutty Boys Comic
Bob Marley
Legs And Co
Richard Jobson
The Skids
Depeche Mode
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture And Morality
Linx - Go Ahead
Gillan - Double Trouble
Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Almost Blue
Martha And The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age
Vice Squad - No Cause For Concern
Bauhaus - Mask
Rex Smith - Everlasting Love
Rachel Sweet - And Then He Kissed Me
Imagination - Body Talk
Joy Division - Still
The Meteors - In Heaven
Bad Manners - Gosh It's...
Merchandise
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Night's Out:
U2
Adverts
Japan - Visions Of China Single
Linx - Go Ahead Album and Tour
Hot Gossip - Album, Single and Tour
Level 42 - Starchild and Tour
ABC - Tears Are Not Enough Single
Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement Single
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics Have Taken over The Asylum Single
Adam And The Ants - Prince Charming Album
Gillan - Double Trouble Album
Girls At Our Best - Pleasure Album
Tears For Fears - Suffer The Children Single
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture and Morality Album And Tour
UB40 - Present Arms Album
Blondie - The Best Of Blondie Album
Depeche Mode - Speak And Spell Album and Tour
Tenpole Tudor - Throwing My Baby Out With The Bath Water Single and Tour
Bad Manners - Gosh It's... Album and Tour
Orange Juice - LOVE Single
Imagination - Body Talk Album
Classix Nouveaux - Never Again Single
Eurythmics - in The Garden Album
TV21 - Something's Wrong Single
The Kinks - Predictable Single