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 11th November - 24th November 1982

Smash Hits - Issue 103 - 11th November -
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 103 - 11th

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11th November - 24th November 1982

 

Volume 4 - Number 23 - Issue 103

Cover Photo - Eric Watson

Price - 40p    Pages - 60

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Interviewers

Dave Rimmer - Orange Juice

Mark Ellen - John Cougar

Mark Ellen - Joanne and Susan (Human League)

Peter Silverton - Erazerhead

Pete Stockton - Blue Zoo

Mark Ellen and Neil Tennant - The Jam

Photographers

Mark Rusher - Elton John (Page 4)

Steve Rapport - Robert Bell, Bev Hillier and Steve Singleton (Page 5)

Picture Power - Tony Hadley (Page 5)

LFI - Yazoo (Page 7)

SKR - Free (Page 18)

Gary Lornie - Kevin Roland (Page 23)

Steve Rapport - Paul Weller (Page 23)

LFI - Mari Wilson (Page 23)

Eric Watson - David Bostock (Model) (Page 23)

Mark Rusher - Erazerhead (Page 29)

LFI - Cliff Richard (Page 31)

Rex Features - AC/DC (Page 43)

Steve Rapport - Jaz (Page 58)

Paul Rider - Fat Larry's Band (Page 58)

Barry Plummer - Kim Wilde (Page 59)

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Duran Duran - Rio

Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love

Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling

John Cougar - Jack And Diane

Grace Jones - The Apple Stretching

Free - All Right Now

Status Quo - Caroline

Raw Silk - Do It To The Music

Cliff Richard - Move It

Abba - The Day Before You Came

Supertramp - It's Raining Again

Human League - Mirror Man

A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph

Of You)

Heaven 17 - Let Me Go

Ultravox - Hymn

Edwyn Collins (Orange Juice)

Centre Spread:

Musical Youth

Back Cover:

Eddy Grant

Posters:

Orange Juice

General

Interviews

Start:

;Personal File - John Peel

Thomas Dolby and Magnus Pyke

Madness

Elton John

Robert "Kool" Bell, Bev Hillier and Steve Singleton

Tony Hadley

Animal Nightlife

Bitz

 Sharon Redd

The Peech Boys - Michael de Benedictus, R. Bernard Fowler and Robert Casper

Dionne Warwick

Men At Work - Colin Hay, John Rees, Jerry Speiser, Ron Strykert and Greg Ham

Raw Silk - Valerie Petiford, Tenita Jordan and Jessica Cleaves

Musical Youth Tour

XTC - Waxworks

XTC - Beeswax

Squeeze - Singles 45 And Under

Free - Completely Free

Abba - The Singles

The Associates

Yazoo

Sandii And The Sunsets

Duran Duran - Their Story (Kasper de Graaf)

Ultravox Tour

Mark Fox - Haircut One Hundred

The Bluebells Court Case

Orange Juice Tour

Free: Paul Kossof, Paul Rogers, Simon Kirke and Andy Fraser

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All Time Top Ten - Stephen Luscombe and Neil Arthur

Take 5 - Ian Birch

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Birthday:

Ian Craig Marsh (26)

Andy Partridge (29)

Tony McDaid (20)

Kim Wilde (22)

Other Bits

Get Smart:

Dexy's Midnight Runners

Teardrop Explodes

Moving England

Duran Duran

Chas Smash

Bay City Rollers

Ultravox

Meat Loaf

AC/DC

Human League

Pale Fountains

The Church

The Nolans

Peter Gabriel

Barry:

Personal File

Nights Out:

Killing Joke - London (Peter Stockton)

Fat Larry's Band - London (Bev Hillier)

Kim Wilde - London (Kimberley Leston)

Orange Juice

John Cougar

Joanne and Susan (Human League)

Erazerhead

Blue Zoo

The Jam

Reviews

Singles: Neil Tennant

Bobby 'O' - I'm So Hot For You

Human League - Mirror Man

Virgin Prunes - Baby Turns Blue

Kate Bush - There Goes A Tenner

Sylvia And The Sapphires - Baby I'm A Fool For You

The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue

Animal Nightlife - Love Is Just The Great Pretender

Riuichi Sakamoto & Robin Scott - Once In A Lifetime

Klaus Nomi - Ding Dong

A Popular History Of Signs - Dancing With Ideas

Marcel - I've Been A Bad Bad Boy

Musical Youth - Youth Of Today

Evelyn King - Back To Love

Mari Wilson - (Beware) Boyfriend

Madness - Our House

Music For Pleasure - Light

Pale Fountains - Thank You

Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love

John Lennon - Love

Lene Lovich - It's You Only You

One Plus One - Autumn Leaves

Lionel Richie - Truly

The Roches - Losing True

Anusia - Imagination

Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby

Gwen McCrae - Keep The Fire Burning

Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

Albums

Pete Silverton

Dave Rimmer

Ian Birch

Neil Tennant

David Hepworth

Dave Rimmer

Johnny Black

Kimberley Leston

Mark Ellen

Peter Stockton

Rod Stewart - Absolutely

Palais Schaumberg - Lupa

Grace Jones - Living My Life

Sharon Redd - Redd Hot

Daryl Hall & John Oates - H20

Phil Collins - Hello I Must Be Going

Patrik Fitzgerald - Gifts And Telegrams

Melba Moore - The Other Side Of The Rainbow

Riuichi Sakamoto - Left Hundred Dream

The Passions - Sanctuary

Various Artists - Journey Without Maps Vol. 7

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

Madness - The Rise And Fall

Masami Tsuchiya - Rice Music

Barry Reynolds - I Scare Myself

Musical Youth - Youth Of Today

Siouxsie And The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

Dionne Warwick - Heartbreaker

Adverts

Siouxsie And The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse Album

The Human League - Mirror Man Single

Adam Ant - Desperate But Not Serious Single

Madness - The Rise And Fall Album

Mick Khan - Titles Album

Toyah - Warrior Rock Album

Bad Manners - Forging Ahead Album

Woolworths Various Albums including Status Quo

Mari Wilson - (Beware) Boyfriend Single

Ozzy Osborne Concerts

Budgie Concerts

Genesis Merchandise

Japan - Nightporter Single

Buzzz - Obsession Single

Toto Coelo - Dracula's Tango Single

The Pinkees - The Pinkees Album

Wah! - Story Of The Blues Single

Simple Minds - Someone, Somewhere (In Summertime) Single

Evelyn King - Back To Love Single

Visage - Pleasure Boys Single

The The - Uncertain Smile Single

Smash Hits - 1983 Yearbook

Debbie Harry Poster Calendar

Kim Wilde Poster Calendar

Merchandise

This issue came with the Third Token towards getting the Badge Set.

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More on that click link below

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Free Badges

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This Issue also came with the First Token to send of for a Free 1983 Poster Calendar.

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For more on that click the link below and scroll down to the relevant section.

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Poster Calendar

Links

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