Friday, March 22, 2019

March 22 - April 4, 1979

Smash Hits, March 22, 1979

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Cover: Lene Lovich
Centrespread: Chic
Back cover: Bee Gees
Interviews: Buzzcocks; Thin Lizzy; The Skids
Lyrics: Imperial Wizard - David Essex; Strange Town - The Jam; In The Navy - Village People; Heart Of Glass - Blondie; Forever In Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond; Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Jacksons; Something Else - Sid Vicious; Keep On Dancin' - Gary's Gang; Boogie Town - Fat Larry's Band; What A Fool Believe - Doobie Brothers; Bristol Stomp - Late Show; Whenever I'm Away From You - John Travolta; Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown; Bully For You - Tom Robinson; Everything Is Great - Inner Circle;
Bitz: rollerdisco; Dennis Brown; Rich Kids split, Glen Matlock, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott; Blondie, Sunday Girl, Private Stock Records; Peter Blake, Lip Smackin' Pepsi Cola, Boogie Breakout, Agony, Anna Raeburn; Kate Bush; Buzzcocks, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias; Tom Robinson Band; Members, Offshore Banking Business, At The Chelsea Nightclub; Tom Robinson, Peter Gabriel, Elton John; Meat Loaf, Leslie Edmonds; Robert Plant, Maureen Plant, Logan Ramirez Plant
Single reviews (Cliff White): High On Your Love Suite / One Mo Hit (Of Your Love) - Rick James; In The Navy - Village People; Voodoo Voodoo - Den Hegarty; Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) - Jacksons; Imagination - Rocky Sharpe & the Replays; Good To See You - Frankie Miller; Get Back - Billy Preston; What's A Nice Guy Like Me (Doing In A Place Like This) - Paul Evans; Girl Of My Dreams - Bram Tchaikovsky; Life Is A Dance - Chaka Khan; Disco Nights - G.Q.; Strange Town - The Jam
Album reviews (Red Starr): Chappo - Roger Chapman; The Force - The Real Thing; Get Down - Gene Chandler; Love Tracks - Gloria Gaynor; Guitar Graffiti - Chris Spedding; Dark Horse - George Harrison; Live (X Cert) - Stranglers; Cool For Cats - Squeeze

March 22 - April 4, 1989

Smash Hits, March 22, 1989

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Friday, March 8, 2019

March 8 - 21, 1979

Smash Hits, March 8-21, 1979
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Cover: Phil Lynott
Centrespread: The Jam
Back cover: David Essex
Interviews: Lene Lovich; Darts;
Bitz: Boney M; Boomtown Rats; Siouxsie & the Banshees; David Bowie; Undertones, Billy Doherty; Thin Lizzy; John Travolta; Status Quo; Johnny Mathis; Sweet, Brian Connolly;
Lyrics: Waiting For An Alibi - Thin Lizzy; Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks; Into The Valley - Skids; Painter Man - Boney M; Lucky Number - Lene Lovich; Can You Feel The Force; I'm In Love (And I Love The Feeling) - Rose Royce; I Want Your Love - Chic; English Civil War - The Clash; Weekend - Mick Jackson; Trash - Roxy Music; Heaven Knows - Donna Summer; Blue Morning Blue Day - Foreigner; Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits; Just What I Needed - The Cars
Single reviews (Cliff White): Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits; Killing An Arab - The Cure; Everybody's Happy Nowadays - Buzzcocks; South Of The River - Blast Furnace And The; Something Else - Sid Vicious; English Civil War - The Clash; Protection - Graham Parker & the Rumour; Trash - Roxy Music
Album Reviews: Here My Dear - Marvin Gaye; Stealin' Home - Ian Matthews; Scared To Dance - The Skids; Look Sharp - Joe Jackson; Hollywood Party Tonight - Odyssey; Against The Grain - Phoebe Snow; Strangers In The Night - UFO

March 8 - 21, 1989

Smash Hits, March 08, 1989

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