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 29th October - 11th November 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 76 - 29th October - 1
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 76 - 29th O

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

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