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 4th June - 17th June 1986

Smash Hits - 4th - 17th June 1986 - Simply Red, Pet Shop Boys, Boy George, A-Ha,Peter Gabr
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4th June - 17th June 1986

 

Volume 8 - Number 12 - Issue 196

Cover Photo: (Unknown)

Price - 45p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Sylvia Patterson - Simply Redd

Chris Heath - Peter Gabriel

Peter MArtin - Boy George

Photographers

Paul Rider - Cactus World News (Page 7)

Andy Catlin - Mick Hucknall (Page 12-13)

Andy Catlin - Video Still - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (Page 14-15)

Rex Features - Missiles (Page 20-22)
Paul Rider - Andy McClusky (Page 20)

Paul Rider - Robert Smith (Page 20)

LFI - Five Star (Page 20-21)

SIPA Press - Ronald Reagan (Page 21)

Paul Rider - Hipsway (Page 22)

Paul Rider - Jarvis (Page 22)

Paul Rider - Bronski Beat (Page 22)

Andre Csillag - Boy George (Page 28-29)

Paul Cox / LFI - Sigue Sigue Sputnik (Page 32-33)

Paul Rider - Bob Geldof (Page 44)

Andy Catlin - Talk Talk (Page 45)

LFI - Madonna (Page 52)

Colourific- Madonna (Page 52)

Rex- Madonna (Page 52)

Andy Schwartz- Madonna (Page 52)

Associated Press- Madonna (Page 52)

Features Flash- Madonna (Page 52)

Issue Information

Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities

(Lets Make Lots Of Money)

Freddie Mercury - Time

The Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You

Culture Club - God Thank You Woman

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait

Jaki Graham - Set Me Free

AC/DC - Who Made Who

Cashflow - Mine All Mine,

Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 20th Century Boy

A-Ha - Hunting High And Low

The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again

Rod Stewart - Love Touch

Communards - Disenchanted

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Front Cover:

Mick Hucknell

Centre Spread:

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

Back Cover:

Communards

Interviews

General

Simply Red

Peter Gabriel

Jaki Graham

Boy George

Status Quo

Personal File

Features:

Angus Young (AC/DC)

Bitz

Madonna Story Part Two

The Smash Hits Nuclear Debate

Owen Paul

Nu Shooz

Sandi Shaw

A-Ha

Joan Armatrading

Jean Michel Jarre

Pet Shop Boys

King

Thompson Twins

Culture Club

Duran Duran

Pete Murphy

Feargal Sharkey

Janet Jackson

Tom Watt

David Bowie and Luther Vandross with Chaka Khan and Cissy Houston

Toyah

Cactus World News

Robert Fripp

Gene Loves Jezebel

Balaam And The Angel

The Damned

Mantronix

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction

Miami Sound Machine

George Michael and Wham

Cashflow

Sly Fox

Freddie Mercury

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Birthdays:

Chris Kavanagh (22)

John Keeble (27)

Robert Hodgens (27)

D.C. Lee (25)

Paddy McAloon (24)

Prince (26)

Ringo Starr (46)

Andy Fletcher (25)

Nick Rhodes (24)

Doris Pearson (20)

Alison Moyet (25)

Mick Hucknall (26)

Bonnie Tyler (35)

Eddie Lundon (24)

Jim Kerr (27)

Marc Almond (30)

Pete Murphy (29)

Deniece Pearson (18)

Boy George (25)

Neil Arthur (28)

Barry Manilow (40)

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Posters

Pet Shop Boys

Reviews

Singles:
Vici MacDonald

A-Ha - Hunting High And Low

Prince - Mountains

David Bowie - Underground

Gene Loves Jezebel - Sweetest Thing

The Housemartins - Happy Hour

Pete Shelley - On Your Own

The Art Of Noise (With Max Headroom) - Paranoimia

Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show

Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes

The Weather Prophets - I Almost Prayed

Strange Cruise - The Beat Goes On

Albums: 

Deborah Sippitts
Chris Heath
Duncan Wright 
Colette Campbell
Paul Mathur
Helen Mead
Sylvia Patterson

Peter Gabriel - So

Stephen Duffy - Because We Love You

FRA Lippo Lippi - Songs

Nu Shooz - Poolside

Patti LaBelle - Winner In You

The Force M.D.'s - Tender Love

Doctor And The Medics - Laughing At The Pieces

Princess - Princess

Get Smart:

None

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Fan Clubs:

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None

Various

Film:

None

Books:

Elvis For Beginners

A-Ha - Take On The World

Video:

Five Star - Luxury Of Life (Sylvia Patterson)

Nights Out: 

Self Aid - Dublin (Tom Hibbert)

Talk Talk - London (William Shaw)

DIO - London (William Shaw)

Mutterings:

Prince

The Bangles

Sting

Steve Wright

Elton John

Katrina and the Waves

Amazulu

Chaka Khan

Queen

Madonna and Sean Penn

Simple Minds

John Lydon

Anne Le Bon

Rod Stewart

Mick Jagger

Andrew Ridgeley

Nick Rhodes

Andy Taylor

Simon Le Bon

Cyndi Lauper

We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It

Sandie Shaw

Patti Labelle

Sade

Spandau Ballet

Boy George

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Doctor And The Medics

The Human League

The Smiths

Sigue Sigue Sputnik

The New York Dolls

Adverts

A-Ha - Hunting High And Low Single

Midge Ure - Call The Wild Single

Culture Club - God Thank You Woman Single

Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes Single

Carmel - Sally Single

Prince And The Revolution - Mountains Single

Hay Wood - Roses Single

Bucks Fizz - New Beginning Single

Beat Runs Wild - HMV Flexi Sample

Links

Happy Reading

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