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 7th January - 20th January 1982

Page 1 - Smash Hits - Issue 81 - 7th Jan
Credits - Smash Hits - Issue 81 - 7th Ja

Credits

7th January - 20th January 1982

 

Volume 4 - Number 01 - Issue 81

Cover Photo - Paul Cox

Price - 38p    Pages - 40

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Interviewers

Mark Ellen - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Mark Ellen - Adam Ant

Dave Rimmer - Pigbag

Mark Stand - Siouxsie And The Banshees

Photographers

Joe Bangay - Hazel O'Connor (Page 2)

David Cirio - Paul Humphreys (Page 4)

David Cirio - Andy McClusky (Page 5)

Andre Csillag - Depeche Mode (Page 7)

Mark Rusher - Dave Gahan (Page 7)

Alan Ballard - Adam Ant (Page 9)

Tom Sheehan - Bette Bright and Suggs (Page 11)

Simon Fowler / LFI - The Layton Buzzards (Page 27)

Mark Rusher - Siouxsie And The Banshees (Page 31-32) 

Justin Thomas - Adam Ant (Page 38)

Robert Ellis - The Police (Page 38)

Robert Ellis - Sting (Page 39)

Steve Rapport - Duran Duran (Page 39)

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Centre Spread:

Squeeze

Lyrics

Back Cover:

Hazel O'Connor - Sons And Lovers

Heaven 17 - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls

Depeche Mode - Dreaming Of Me
Duran Duran - Friends Of Mine

Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

Echo And The Bunnymen - Monkeys

Elvis Presley - King Creole

Soft Cell - Memorabilia

Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees

Queen - Killer Queen
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

The Damned - Don't Cry Wolf

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

Human League - Being Boiled

The Shangri-Las - The Leader Of The Pack

Dollar

Posters:

Adam Ant

Siouxsie And The Banshees

Interviews

 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

 Adam Ant

Pigbag

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Features:

General

Bitz

Slits

Miles Over Matter

Mood Six

The Marble Staircase

The Times

The High Tide

The Doctor

The Earwigs

The Original Cast

Echo and the Bunnymen

The Teardrop Explodes

Whopper

The Turquoise Swimming Pools

Those Naughty Lumps

Lori And The Chameleons

Dalek I Love You

Sally James - Personal File

Bauhaus

Bette Bright and Suggs Get Married

Gary Tibbs - All Time Top Ten

The Rock Yearbook 1982

Linda Duff - Take Five

Hazel O'Connor and Jesse Birdsall

Our Daughter's Wedding

Tank

Talisman

Haircut One Hundred

Fun Boy Three

Phantoms

Slow Twitch Fibres

Barry:

Adam Ant

Bob Kingston (Tenpole Tudor)

The Police

Debbie Harry

Kim Wilde

Elvis Costello

AC/DC

Midge Ure

The Smash Hits Fan Club Directory

Reviews

Singles: Ian Birch

Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One

XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Gillan - Restless

Rhoda With The Special AKA - The Boiler

Central Line - Don't Tell Me

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Maid Of Orleans

Stiff Little Fingers - Listen / That's When Your Blood Bumps / Sad Eyed People / Two Guitars Clash

A Certain Ratio - Waterline

Orange Juice - Felicity / In A Nutshell

Robert Palmer - Some Guys Have All The Luck

Joan Armatrading - We Love

Albums

David Hepworth

Mark Ellen

Peter Silverton

Johnny Black

Ian Cranna

Beverly Hillier

Red Starr

Chic - Take It Off

ABBA - The Visitors

Clint Eastwood And General Saint - Two Bad DJ

Dramatis - For Future Reference

Various Artists - Ghosts Of Christmas Past

Odyssey - The Best Of Odyssey

Central Line - Breaking Point

Bill Nelson - Das Kabinett

Nights Out:

Adverts

Adam And The Ants - London (Tim De Lisle)

The Police - Wembley Arena (Mark Ellen)

Duran Duran - London (Neil Tennent)

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Orange Juice - Felicity Single

Stiff Little Fingers - Stiff Little Fingers Album and Tour

XTC - Senses Working Overtime Single

Haircut One Hundred - Love Plus One Single

Central Line - Don't Tell Me Single

Gillan - Restless Single

Links

Happy Reading

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