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 26th November - 9th December 1981

Smash Hits - Issue 78 - 26th November -
Credits - Smash Hits - 26th November - 9

Credits

26th November - 9th December 1981

 

Volume 3 - Number 24 - Issue 78

Cover Photo - Joe Bangay

Price - 38p    Pages - 52

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Interviewers

Mike Stand - Tenpole Tudor

Mark Ellen - Haircut One Hundred

Iran Birch - Modern Romance

Steve Taylor - Eddie And Sunshine

Photographers

Mark Rusher - Eddie Tenpole (Page 4)

Joe Bangay - Haircut One Hundred (Page 21)

Chalkie Davis - Soft Cell (Centre Spread)

Jill Furmanovsky - Modern Romance (Page 40)

Virginia Turbett - Jim Kerr (Page 45)

Scott Weiner / LFI - Billy Currie (Page 45)

Gerard McNamara - Vaughan Toulouse (Page 50)

Andre Csillag - David Sylvian (Page 51)

Barry Plummer - Toyah (Page 51)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure

 Ultravox - The Voice

Pretenders - I Go To Sleep

Imagination - Flashback

Kool And The Gang - Steppin' Out

Toyah - Good Morning Universe

Dollar - Mirror Mirror

The Jets - Yes Tonight Josephine

Duran Duran - My Own Way

Classic Nouveaux - Never Again

Earth Wind And Fire - Let's Groove

Linx - Can't Help Myself

Blue Rondo A La Turk - Me And Mr. Sanchez

 Monkees - Alternative Title (Randy Scouse Git)

Cliff Richard - Daddy's Home

General

Front Cover:

Haircut One Hundred

Centre Spread:

Soft Cell

Back Cover:

Olivia-Newton John

Interviews

Tenpole Tudor

Haircut One Hundred

Modern Romance

Eddie & Sunshine

Bitz

David Bowie

Rainbow

Ian Dury

The Damned - The Best Off

Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

Tom Robinson Band

Siouxsie And The Banshees

Toyah

Mel Smith

Gary Glitter

Human League

Blue Rondo A La Turk

The Skids

Teardrop Explodes

Adam Ant

Squeeze

Kool And The Gang

Reviews

Singles: Dave Rimmer

Bitz 'N Pieces

Joanne and Susanne - All Time Top Ten

Ian Cranna - Take Five

David Ball - Personal File

Disco Top 40

Independent singles Top 30

Independent Albums - Top 10

Fan Clubs:

Stray Cats

Gillan

Devo

Linx - Can't Help Myself

Imagination - Flashback

Eddie Mealov And Sunshine Patterson - Another Teardrop

Human league - Don't You Want Me

Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe

John & Yoko - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day

Toyah - Four More From Toyah

Duran Duran - My Own Way

George Jones And Elvis Costello - Stranger In The House

Higsons - It Goes WAAP

Tot Taylor - Don't Spy On Me

Havana Let's Go - Spanish Cabaret

Shakin Pyramids And Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap / Wabash Cannonball / Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O

Dolly Mixtures - Been Teen

Ian Dury - What A Waste

Boney M - We Kill The World

Girls At Our Best - Fast Boyfriends

Boomtown Rats - Never In A Million Years

Kirsty MacColl - You Still Believe In Me

The Beat - Hit It

Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me

Other Bitz

Albums;

The Pictures:

Club Left - Bernie Rhodes - Vic Goddard

Eugene Reynolds

Heavy Metal

St. Cuthbert's Grammar School

Gordon Sumner (Sting)

Get Smart:

Madness

Modettes

The Moondogs

Sheena Easton

Stiff Little Fingers

Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze)

Soft Cell

Woody (Madness)

David Bowie

John and Andy Taylor (Duran Duran)

Night's Out:

Altered Images (Johnny Black)

Ian Cranna

Fred Dellar

Johnny Black

Ian Birch

Pete Silverton

Beverly Hillier

Neil Tennant

Red Starr

Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Jukebox Dury

Teardrop Explodes - Wilder

Four Tops - Tonight

Rainbow - Best Of Rainbow

Skids - Joy

David Bowie - Changestwobowie

Stranglers - La Folie

Kool And The Gang - Something Special

New Order - Movement

Deutsch Amerikanische Freudshaft - Gold Und Lieb

Jacksons - Live

Merchandise

This issue came with a Second Token for the Double Sided Poster Calendar

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To read more on the Poster Calendar click the link below

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Free Poster

Adverts

Methods Of Dance Compilation Album

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock Album

the Teardrop Explodes - Wilder Album

Soft Cell - Non Stop Erotic Cabaret Album 

Human league - Don't You Want Me Single

The Boomtown Rats - Never In A Million Years Single

Duran Duran - My Own Way Single and Tour

Afraid Of Mice - Afraid Of Mice Album

Alan Vega - Collision Drive Album

Material - Memory Serves Album

Earth Wind And Fire - Raise Album

Skids - Joy Album

Meatloaf - Dead Ringer For love Single

Rainbow - The Best Of Rainbow Album

Radio Clash - This Is Radio Clash Single

Altered Images - Happy Birthday Album

Links

Do Not Have Can U Help

Do Not Have Can U Help

Happy Reading

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