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 16th July - 29th July 1986

Smash Hits - 16th - 29th July 1986 - Jesus and Mary Chain, Samantha Fox, Queen, Billy Brag
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16th July - 29th July 1986

 

Volume 8 - Number 15 - Issue 199

Cover Photo: Andy Catlin

Price - 45p    Pages - 80

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Interviewers

Duncan Wright - Sharon Haywoode

Chris Heath - The Jesus And Mary Chain

Sylvia Patterson - Billy Bragg

Nick Kelly - Motorhead

Photographers

Pictorial Press - Madonna (Page 4)

Paul Rider - Sharon Haywoode (Page 12-13)

Andy Catlin - UB40 (Page 19)

Andy Catlin  - The Jesus And Mary Chain (Page 22-24)

D.I.D Circle - Samantha Fox (Centre Spread)

LFI - Robert smith (Page 46)

Pictorial Press - Royal Family Member (Page 46)

Chris Robins - Sade (Page 46)

Pictorial Press - Prince Charles and Princess Anne

(Page 47)

Pictorial Press - The Queen (Page 47)

LFI - OMD (Page 47)

Rex - Buckingham Palace (Page 47)

LFI - Dr Robert (Page 48)

Pictorial Press - Prince Phillips (Page 48)

Russell Young - Hugh Whittaker (Page 48)

Paul Rider - Claire Usher (Page 48)

Paul rider - Motorhead (Page 52-53)

Popperfoto - Oscar Wilde (Page 56)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Steve Winwood - Higher Love

Spandau Ballet - Fight For Ourselves

UB40 - Sing Our Own Song

Cock Robin - The Promise You Made

Arcadia - The Flame

Midnight Star - Headlines

Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears

Rod Stewart - Every Beat Of My Heart

Chris De Burgh - The Lady In Red

Art Of Noise - Paranoimia

Smiths - Panic

Princess - Tell Me Tomorrow

Front Cover:

Jesus And Mary Chain

Centre Spread:

01 - Samantha Fox

02 - Queen

Back Cover:

Five Star

General

Interviews

Personal File

Sharon Haywoode

Jesus And Mary Chain

Billy Bragg

Motorhead

Susanne Hoffs (The Bangles) 

Bitz

Features:

The Smash Hits Royal Family Debate

 

Frank Bruno

Bucks Fizz

Madonna

The Chameleons

The Cult

Helen Terry

Patti La Belle

The Damned

The Mission

Samantha Fox

The Man They Couldn't Hang

The Fall

Talking Drums

Catrina lee

Midnight Star

Willie Collins

Queen

Morten Harket and Brothers

The Real Roxanne

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Birthdays:

Mick Anker (29)

Vince Clarke (25)

John Keebler (27)

Ringo Star (46)

Andy Fletcher (25)

Marc Almond (30)

Jim Kerr (27)

Ronnie James Dio (37)

Pete Murphy (29)

Lawrence Donegan (25)

Stewart Copeland (34)

Nigel Twist (28)

Brian May (39)

Paul Cook (30)

Michael McNeil (28)

David Essex (39)

Mick Khan (28)

Roger Taylor (38)

Mick Jagger (43)

Martin Gore (25)

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Posters

Hollywood Beyond

Reviews

Singles:
Samantha Fox

Prince - Anotherloverholeinyohead

Paul McCartney - Press

The Smiths - Panic

Dr. and the Medics - Burn

Arcadia - The Flame

Spandau Ballet - Fight For Ourselves

Five Star - Find The Time

Simply Red - Open Up The Red Box

Deon Estus - Spell

It's Immaterial - Ed's Funky Dinner

The Fall - Living Too Late

Falco - Jeanny

Julian Lennon - Time Will Teach Us All

Bryan Adams - Straight From The Heart

Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return

Dee. C. Lee - Hey What'd Ya Say 

Albums: 

Sylvia Patterson
Helen Mead
Chris Heath
Tom Hibbert
Colette Campbell
Ian Cranna
Simon Braithwaite
Deborah Sippitts

Various - Sid and Nancy

Cock Robin - Cock Robin

Diana Ross and the Supremes - 25th Anniversary

Madonna - True Blue

Bananarama - True Confessions

Samantha Fox - Touch Me

Peter Murphy - Should The World Fail To Fall Apart

Erasure - Wonderland

Haywoode - Arrival

Steve Winwoode - Back In The High Life

Dee. C. Lee - Shrine

It Bites - The Big Lad In The Windmill

Wham - The Final

Get Smart:

The Smiths Get Smart Special

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Various

Film:

None

Books:

Spandau Ballet - The Authorised Story

Video:

Freddie Mercury - Video EP

Nights Out: 

None

Merchandise

This issue also printed the Ninth set of pages in a series entitles The Bitz Book Of Life which was located in the Bitz Section

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For more on that click the link below

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The Bitz Book Of Life

Mutterings:

Morten Harket

Madonna

George Michael

Prince

Morrissey

Howard Jones

Simon Le Bon

Michael Head

The Pale Fountains

Billy Idol

Sting

Andrew Ridgeley

Michael Jackson

A-Ha

Roland Orzabal

Julian Lennon

Mick Hucknall

Patsy Kensit

Elton John

Mark Knopfler

Paul Weller

Tony Hadley

Shelley Preston

Freddie Mercury

Bono

Kate Bush

Andy Taylor

Phil Collins

Lloyd Cole

David Bowie

Feargal Sharkey

Bob Geldof and Paula Yates

John Taylor

Anne Marie

The Police

Wham

Five Star

Robert Smith

Paul Hardcastle

Bruce Springsteen

Paul Young

Big Country

Go West

Jim Kerr

Adverts

Wham - The Final Album

Spandau Ballet - Fight For Ourselves Single

Now That's What I Call Music - The Summer Album

The Woodentops - Giant Album

ET Film

Chris Sutton - Don't Get Me Wrong Single

Gene Loves Jezebel - Discover Album

Peter Murphy - Should The World Fail To Fall Apart Album

D. C. Lee - Shine Album

Nu Shooz - Point Of No Return Single

Chaka Khan - Love Of A Lifetime Single

Street Sounds 17 - Compilation Album

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking EP

The Karate Kid II Film

Secret Admirer Film

Links

Happy Reading

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