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 20th May - 2nd June 1987

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Credits

20th May - 2nd June 1987

 

Volume 9 - Number 10 - Issue 221

Cover Photo - Paul Rider

Price - 45p    Pages - 64

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Interviewers

Tom Hibbert - Pepsi and Shirley

Sylvia Patterson - Wet Wet Wet

Vici MacDonald - Rupert Everett

William Shaw - Sly and Robbie

Derrin Schlesinger - The Housemartins

Photographers

Paul Rider - Pepsi and Shirlie (Page 2, 10-13)

Julian Barton - Wet Wet Wet (Page 2, 18-19, 51)

Johnny Rozsa - Rupert Everett (Page 2, 26-28)

Russell Young - Fish (Page 2, 38-39)

Paul Rider - Paul Heaton (Page 2)

Duncan Rabin - A-HA (Page 6)

D.I.D - Morten Harket (Page 6)

Kobal Collection - Doris Day (Page 7)

Retna - Whitey Houston (Page 22)

Paul Rider - Terrence Trent D'Arby (Centre Spread 2)

Pictorial Press - George Michael (Page 46)

D.O.A - Lionel Richie (Page 47)

Julian Barton - Curiosity Killed The Cat (Page 48-49)

Andrew Catlin - Sly And Robbie (Page 57)

Paul Rider - The Housemartins (Page 58-60)

Paul Rider - Zodiac Mindwarp (Back Cover)

Lyrics

Issue Information

Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams

Carey Johnson - Real Fashion Reggae Style

The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Someone (Who Loves Me)

Beastie Boys - No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn

Alison Moyet - Ordinary Day

Robbie Nevile - Dominoes

Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction - Prime Mover

Erasure - Victim Of Love

Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky

The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House

Sly and Robbie - Boops (Here We Go

Front Cover:

Pepsi and Shirlie

Centre Spread:

01 - Joey Tempest (Europe)

02 - Terrence Trent D'Arby

Back Cover:

Zodiac Mindwarp

General

Personal File

Mark E Smith (The Fall)

Bitz

Interviews

Johnny Hates Jazz

Pepsi and Shirley

Wet Wet Wet

Rupert Everett

Marillion

Sly and Robbie

The Housemartins

Billy Idol

Tina Turner

Falco

David Byrne

Belouis Some

Terrence Trent D'Arby

Curiosity Killed The Cat

A-Ha

Bon Jovi

Cary Johnson

Doris Day

The Proclaimers

Minako Honda

Suzanne Vega

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Birthdays:

Stephen Morrissey (28)

Bob Dylan (46)

Paul Weller (29)

Wayne Hussey (28)

Siouxsie (30)

Roland Gift (25)

Mel Gaynor (27)

Francis Rossi (38)

Alan Wilder (28)

Lionel Richie (38)

Ron Wood (40)

Mike Joyce (24)

Charlie Watts (46)

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Fan Clubs:

The Housemartins 

Europe

Terrence Trent D'Arby

A-Ha

Features:

None

Posters

Pepsi and Shirley

Rupert Everett

Reviews

Singles:
Barry Mcllheney

Club Nouveau - Jealousy

The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Jennifer Rush - Flowers Of Paradise

George Michael - I Want Your Sex

Wang Chung - let's Go

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

Clare Grogan - Love Bomb

ABC - When Smokey Sings

Samantha Fox - Nothing's Going To Stop Me Now

Tottenham Hotspur F.A Cup Final Squad with Chas and Dave - Hot Shot Tottenham

Rupert Everett - Generation Of Loneliness

Suzanne Vega - Luka

Heartbeat UK - Jump To It

Age Of Chance - Big Bad Noise

Albums: 

Chris Heath
Sylvia Patterson
Lola Borg
Tom Hibbert
Gary Leboff
Derrin Schlesinger

The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

Tom Jones - The Tom Jones Album

L.L Cool J - Bigger and Deffer

Doris Day - The Best Of Doris Day

Deacon Blue - Raintown

Sly and Robbie - Rhythm Killers

Various

Book:

None

Video:

Elton John Live In Australia

Film:

The Cure In Orange

Nights Out: 

Lionel Richie and Wet Wet Wet London Wembley Arena (Barry McIlheney)

Curiosity Killed The Cat - Leeds University

Merchandise

This issue also came with the Fifth (Final) Token to get a Free Bitz Badge.

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To read more on the Badge click the link below

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Free Badge

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This Issue also came with the First Token to get your hands on a brand new Smash Hits T-Shirt

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For more on that click the link below

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T-Shirt

Mutterings:

Michael Jackson

Sean Penn

Madonna

Starship

David Bowie

Beastie Boys

Elvis Presley

Curiosity Killed The Cat

The Smiths

Rolling Stones

Lionel Richie

Mel and Kim

George Michael

Prince

Latin Quarter

Paul Young

Nona Hendryx

Peter Gabriel

Deborah Allen

Cyndi Lauper

Sylvester Stallone

Andrew Ridgley

Genesis

Benny Hill

Terrence Trent D'Arby

Patsy Kensit

Simply Red

Don Johnson

Beatles

Adverts

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) Single

Marillion - Incommunicado Single

The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Album

Erasure - Victim Of Love Single

Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl Single

The Blow Monkeys - Celebrate The Day After You Single

The Housemartins - Five Get Over Excited Single

Cry Before Dawn - Gone Forever Single

Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk Single

Mannequin Film

Samantha Fox - Nothing's Going To Stop Me Now Single

Little Shop Of Horrors Film

The Bolshoi - Please Single

Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn Single and Tour

Rainmakers - Downstream Single

Pepsi and Shirley - Goodbye Stranger Single

Links

Happy Reading

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