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 24th December 1981 - 6th January 1982

Smash Hits - Issue 80 - 24th December 19
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 80 - 24th D

Credits

24th December 1981 - 6th January 1982

 

Volume 3 - Number 26 - Issue 80

Cover Photo - Eric Watson

Price - 38p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

David Hepworth - David Bowie (Part Two)

Photographers

Mark Rusher - Steve Bush (Page 2)

Anton Corbijn - Madness, Jam, Peter Gabriel and Buster Bloodvessel (Page 5)

Justin Thomas - Annabella (Page 5)

Barry Plummer - Haircut One Hundred (Page 5)

David Corio - Blancmange (Page 8)

BBC - Sting (Page 10)

Paul Slattery - Vince Clarke (Page 10)

Anton Corbijn - Meatloaf (Page 10)

Peter Anderson - Soft Cell (Page 17)

Joe Bangay - Toyah (Page 18)

Paul Cox / LFI - Kim Wilde (Page 18)

Jill Furmanovsky - Joanne Catherall (Page 18)

Fin Costello - Simon Le Bon (Page 18)

Fin Costello - John Taylor (Page 18)

Virginia Turbett - Julian Cope (Page 18)

Eric Watson - Altered Images (Centre Spread)

Doug McKenzie - Paul Weller (Page 22)

Susan Philips / Rockshots - Middle Picture (Page 22)

Antione Giacomoni - Depeche Mode (Page 24)

Barry Plummer - Status Quo (Page 29)

LFI - David Bowie (Page 30)

LFI - Showaddywaddy (Page 34)

Steve Rapport - Human League (Page 39)

Steve Rapport - Julian Cope (Page 39)

Simon Fowler - Cliff Richard (Page 39)

Allan Ballard - Adam Ant (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Abba - One Of Us

Four Tops - Don't Walk Away

The Snowmen - Hokey Cokey

Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You

Kool And The Gang - Get Down On It

Rod Stewart - Young Turks

Sheena Easton - You Could Have Been With Me

Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody

David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind

ELO - Here Is The News

Jon And Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home

Showaddywaddy - Footsteps 

Adam And The Ants - Ant Rat

General

Bitz

Front Cover:

Clare Grogan (Altered Images)

Centre Spread:

Altered Images

Back Cover:

Adam Ant

Posters:

David Bowie

Interviews

Gary Numan

Vince Clark Quits Depeche Mode

Sting

Modern Dance

The Jam

Meat Loaf

Adam And The Ants

Bucks Fizz

Dire Straits

David Bowie

Michael Jackson

Dramatis

Bitz 'N Pieces

Peter Powell - All Time Top Ten

David Bostock - Take Five

Simon Le Bon - Personal File

Disco Top 40

Independent singles Top 30

Independent Albums - Top 10

Fan Clubs:

Toyah

Gillan

OMD

Denny Laine

Smash Hits Poll Winners Results

Short Interviews With

Adam And the Ants

Toyah

Gary Numan

Soft Cell

Altered Images

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To See More Of The Results click the link below

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Smash Hits Poll Winners Results

Features:

David Bowie Story - Two

1981 in Bitz

Don't Chor-Us

You Can Quote Me On That

Christmas Quiz

Reviews

Independents: Red Starr

Other Bitz

The Pictures:

Life In The European Theatre with Paul Weller, Bedders, Doug Trendle, Woody, Bruce Foxton, Rick Buckler, Peter Gabriel and Chrissy Boy

Haircut 100

Annabella (Bowwowwow)

Get Smart:

Human League

Heaven 17

Toyah

Blancmange

Soft Cell

Ultravox

The Scars

Julian Cope

Night's Out:

Cliff Richard (Tim De Lisle)

Human League (Mark Ellen)

Club Zoo (Dave Rimmer)

Look back on Independent releases for 1981 featuring:

UB40

Chas And Dave

Keith Marshall

Dave Stewart

Hazel O'Connor

Crass

Discharge

Chron-Gen

The Exploited

the Fall

The Associates

Laurie Anderson

Tony Capstick

The Fureys

Red Sovine

Hawkwind

Motorhead

Marc Bolan

Misty In Roots

Clint Eastwood

General Saint

The Birthday Party

the Higsons

Depeche Mode

Orange Juice

Department S

Bauhaus

Delta 5

Wah!

Vic Godard

Cabaret Voltaire

Scritti Politti

Joseph K

Young Marble Giants

Positive Noise

Die Krupps

Palais Schaumberg

the Dolly Mixtures

Dead Or Alive

The Passage

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12 Singles Of 1981

6 Albums of 1981

Merchandise

This issue came with The Final Token and information on where to send them for the Double Sided Poster Calendar

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To read more on that click the link below

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Free Poster

Adverts

Kool And The Gang - Get Down On It Single

Madness 1982 Calendar

Links

Happy Reading

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