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 23rd September - 6th October 1987

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23rd September - 6th October 1987

 

Volume 9 - Number 19 - Issue 230

Cover Photo - Paul Rider

Price - 48p    Pages - 88

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Interviewers

Chris Heath - Michael Jackson

Richard Lowe - The Communards

Vici MacDonald - Wet Wet Wet

Vici MacDonald - Five Star

Photographers

Sheila Rock - Bananarama (Page 2)

Paul Rider - The Communards (Page 3, 28-30)

Paul Rider - Pepsi and Shirlie (Page 3)

Paul Rider - Wet Wet Wet (Page 3, 36-38)

Paul Rider - Five Star (Page 3, 58-60)

LFI - The Beach Boys (Page 4)

Sheila Rock - Terrence Trent D'Arby (Page 4)

Eugene Adebari - Michael Jackson (Page 16-17)

Eugene Adebari - Michael Jackson Fans (Page 17)

Syndication International - Stadium in Japan

(Page 17)

Eugene Adebari - Japanese Newspapers (Page 17)

Kobal - Harrison Ford (Page 37)

Kobal - Jack Nicholson (Page 37)

LFI - Margaret Thatcher (Page 37)

LFI - Valerie Singleton (Page 37)

Kobal - King Kong (Page 38)

Rex - Eifel Tower (Page 38)

Russell Young - Rick Astley (Centre Spread)

Pictorial Press - Mike D (Page 46)

Andy Catlin - Pepsi and Shirlie (Page 52-53)

Syndication International - Def Leppard (Page 75)

Julian Barton - Def Leppard Fans (Page 75)

Issue Information

Front Cover:

Boogie Box High - Give It All Away

Beastie Boys - She's Crafty

Michael Jackson - Bad

W.A.S.P - Scream Until You Like It

Pepsi and Shirlie - Can't Give Me Love

Def Leppard - Pour Some - Sugar On It

Cameo - She's Mine

Shakin' Stevens - Come See About Me

Jonathan Butler - Lies

Hue And Cry - Strength To Strength,

LL Cool J - I Need Love

Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew

Luther Vandross - Stop To Love

Chic - Jack La Freak

Gary Numan - Cars (E Reg Model)

General

Wet Wet Wet

Centre Spread:

Rick Astley

Back Cover:

Bruce Willis

Interviews

Michael Jackson

The Communards

Wet Wet Wet

Five Star

Features:

Personal File

Pepsi and Shirlie

Bitz

Smash Hits Readers Poll Voting Form

Posters

Johnathan Butler

The Beach Boys

Terrence Trent D'Arby

The Smiths

Bananarama

Jellybean

Swing Out Sister

Style Council

Level 42

Phillip Schofield

M/A/R/R/S

LL Cool J

Michael Jackson's Pets

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Birthdays:

Bruce Springsteen (38)

Bryan Ferry (42)

Meatloaf (40)

Radio One (20)

Sting (36)

Mike Rutherford (36)

Robbie Nevil (26)

Phil Oakey (32)

Jimmy Saville (61)

Bob Geldof (33)

Bananarama

Michael Jackson

Hue And Cry

Get Smart: 

Beastie Boys​

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Fan Clubs

None

Reviews

Singles:
Hue And Cry

Alison Moyet - Sleep Like Breathing

Erasure - The Circus

Run DMC - Peter Piper

Living In A Box - So The Story Goes

UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow

The Christians - When The Finger Points

Broken English - Love On The Side

Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live)

The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion

Bananarama - Love In The First Degree

Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguises

Spagna - Easy Lady

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions - My Bag

Albums: 

John Barty
Sue Dando
Lola Borg
Richard Lowe
Sylvia Patterson
Bob Shuckman
Josephine Collins

Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses

Pseudo Echo - Love An Adventure

Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out

The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death

The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come

Kim Wilde - Another Stop

Moonlighting - The Television Soundtrack

Colonel Abrams - You And Me Equals Us

Various

Book:

None

Video:

Top Gun

Kim Wilde - Another Step

Film:

La Bamba (Ian Cranna)

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door / Didn't You Kill My Brother? (William Shaw)

Nights Out: 

Def Leppard - Hammersmith Odeon (Richard Lowe)

Merchandise

This Issue came with a Free Double sided Poster of the following

 

Madonna​

Five Star

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For more on that click the link below

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Poster

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This Issue also came with a 16 Page Lyric Booklet for Smash Hits Now That What I Call Music Album

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For more on that click the link below

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16 Page Lyric Booklet for Smash Hits Now That What I Call Music Album

Mutterings:

Curiosity Killed The Cat

Paul Young

Donny Osmond

UB40

Phil Collins

Paul Young

Chris Quentin

Dr David Owen

Wet Wet Wet

Then Jerico

Mark Shaw

Michael Jackson

Quincy Jones

Adverts

Kim Wilde - Another Step Album

Bananarama - Love In The First Degree Single

Five Star - Between The Lines Album

UB40 - Maybe Tomorrow Single

Terrence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister Single

Pet Shop Boys - Actually Album

Wet Wet Wet - Popped In Souled Out Album

Los Lobos - Come On Let's Go Single

Then  Jerico - First Album

Nick Kamen - Come Softly To Me Single

Freeze - Ice Clothing Range

Billy Idol - Mony Mony (Live) Single

The Sister Of Mercy - This Corrosion Single

Westworld - Silvermac Single

Depeche Mode - Concert Dates

TC Curtis - Wild Single

Black - Wonderful Life Album

Squeeze - Babylon and On Album

Heart - Who Will You Run To Single

Beastie Boys - She's Crafty Single

Paul Barry - Complicated Single

Links

Happy Reading

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