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SMASH  HITS  MAGAZINE  REVISITED

YEAR  OF  1982

Below you can revisit Smash Hits Magazine from 1982 by clicking the images or you can click the logo to visit Michael's fantastic Smash Hits Remembered website for a more in depth look at Smash Hits. 

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Archive Issue -

7th January 1982

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CoverOrchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

Posters - Squeeze and Dollar.

Lyrics - Hazel O'Connor, Heaven 17, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Pink Floyd, Echo And The Bunnymen, Elvis Presley, Soft Cell, The Leyton Buzzards, Queen, Bauhaus, The Damned, Talking Heads, The Human League and The Shangri-Las.

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Archive Issue -

21st January 1982

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CoverDepeche Mode

Posters - Go Go's and ABC.

Lyrics - Soft Cell, Orchestral Maneouvres In The Dark, Haircut One Hundred, Go Go's, Shakin' Stevens, XTC, The Mobiles, Kraftwerk, Philip Lynott, Olivia Newton-John, Christopher Cross, Spandau Ballet and Shakatak.

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Archive Issue -

4th February 1982

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CoverDavid Sylvian

Posters - The Jam and Annabella.

Lyrics - Stiff Little Fingers, Depeche Mode, Japan, Stargazers, Alton Edwards, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Modern Romance, Orange Juice, The Jam, Theatre Of Hate, Joan Armastrading, ELO, George Benson and Central Line.

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Archive Issue -

18th February 1982

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CoverHeaven 17

Posters - Haircut 100 and XTC.

Lyrics - Bowwowwow, Heaven 17, Gillan, The J. Geils Band, Mari Wilson and the Imaginations, Madness, UB40, ABC, Stevie Wonder, AC/DC, The Sweet, Diana Ross, Earth Wind And Fire and The Stranglers.

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Archive Issue -

4th March 1982

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Cover - Martin FryABC

Posters - Soft Cell and free Toyah and Human League poster information.

Lyrics - Gary Numan, The Jets, Iron Maiden, Toni Basil, D. Train, Hamilton Bohannon, The Jam, The Mood, Alice Cooper, Kraftwerk, Robert Palmer, The Nolans, Tight Fit and Elkie Brooks.

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Archive Issue -

18th March 1982

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Cover - Altered Images

Posters - Midge Ure, John Taylor / Kim Wilde and Orange Juice.

Lyrics - Visage, Associates The Jam, Adam And The Ants, Quarterflash, Starsound, Meat Loaf, Thin Lizzy, Pluto, Derek And The Dominos, Imagination, Adrian Gurvitz, Japan, The Kinks and Altered Images.

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Archive Issue -

1st April 1982

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CoverSimon Le Bon

Posters - Depeche Mode and Genesis.

Lyrics - Haircut 100, Graham Parker, U2, Vicky 'D', Classix Nouveaux, Scritti Politti, Chas And Dave, Smokey Robinson, Dollar, Bucks Fizz, XTC, Status Quo, The Boomtown Rats and Genesis.

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Archive Issue -

15th April 1982

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CoverBananarama

Posters - David Sylvian and Classix Nouveaux.

Lyrics - Roxy Music, Spandau Ballet, The Mobiles, Kim Wilde, Monsoon, Leo Sayer, Shalamar, The Adverts, Motorhead, Girlschool, Squeeze, Bananarama, Fashion and A Flock Of Seagulls.

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Archive Issue -

29th April 1982

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CoverNick Heywood

Posters - Adam Ant and Pigbag.

Lyrics - The Beat, Shakatak, J. Geils Band, Depeche Mode, Blancmange, Paul McCartney, Shakin' Stevens, Small Faces, Bowwowwow, Sharon Brown, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Simple Minds, Bad Manners, The England World Cup Squad and Junior.

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Archive Issue -

13th May 1982

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CoverYazoo

Posters - Gary Numan and Spandau Ballet.

Lyrics - Fun Boy Three, Yazoo, Tight Fit, Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, ABC, Japan, Patrice Rushen, Toni Basil, Iron Maiden, Duran Duran, Talk Talk, Soft Cell, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Hot Chocolate and PHD.

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Archive Issue -

27th May 1982

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CoverToyah

Posters - Madness and Duran Duran.

Lyrics - Associates, Toyah, Mari Wilson, UB40, Altered Images, Genesis, Japan, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Jam, Madness, Nicole, Scritti Politti, The Quick, Blondie and Siouxie And The Banshees.

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Archive Issue -

10th June 1982

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Cover - Jennie Belle Star

Posters - Blondie and Junior Giscombe.

Lyrics - Midge Ure, The Belle Stars, New Order, The Mood, Bowwowwow, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Monsoon, The Police, Stevie Wonder, Theatre Of Hate, Ultravox, Charlene, Diana Ross, Dollar and Classix Nouveaux.

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Archive Issue -

24th June 1982

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CoverTerry Hall

Posters - Bowwowwow and Joan Jett.

Lyrics - The Jam, Elvis Costello, Roxy Music, Bucks Fizz, Visage, Gary Numan, Imagination, Randy Crawford, Shalamar, The Rolling Stones, Bauhaus, The Steve Miller Band, A Flock Of Seagulls, Captain Sensible, The Beatles and Adrian Gurvitz.

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Archive Issue -

8th July 1982

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CoverSoft Cell

Posters - Associates and Yazoo.

Lyrics - The Teardrop Explodes, Linx, Japan, Bananarama, Paul McCartney, The Clash, Shakatak, Chas And Dave, Haircut One Hundred, J. Geils Band, Paris and Blondie.

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Archive Issue -

22nd July 1982

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CoverLee Thompson - Madness

Posters - ABC and Paul Weller / Paul McCartney.

Lyrics - Irene Cara, Madness, Yazoo, Hot Chocolate, Junior, Asia, Sheena Easton, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, China Crisis, Human League, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Damned and Cliff Richard.

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Archive Issue -

5th August 1982

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CoverThe Associates

Posters - Duran Duran and The Belle Stars.

Lyrics - Donna Summer, Fun Boy Three, Squeeze, Talk Talk, Scritti Politti, Tight Fit, Cheri, The Associates, Elvis Costello, The Firm, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Bad Manners and Blancmange.

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Archive Issue -

19th August 1982

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CoverJohn Taylor

Posters - Simple Minds and Donna Summer.

Lyrics - Haysi Fantayzee, Duran Duran, The Belle Stars, Haircut One Hundred, Soft Cell, Boys Town Gang, Survivor, Sting, U2, Wavelength, Toto Coelo, David Sylvian and Riuichi Sakamoto, Pink Floyd and Gary Numan.

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Archive Issue -

2nd September 1982

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CoverABC

Posters - Fashion and Cliff Richard.

Lyrics - Depeche Mode, ABC, Modern Romance, Shakin' Stevens, Rip Rig and Panic, Tom Tom Club, Rockers Revenge, UB40, Captain Sensible, Jilted John, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Frida, The Stranglers and Thomas Dolby.

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Archive Issue -

16th September 1982

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CoverMari Wilson

Posters - UB40 and Depeche Mode.

Lyrics - The Jam, Shakatak, Dollar, Imagination, Dire Straits, Carly Simon, Evelyn King, Mari Wilson, The Clash, Jennifer Holliday, David Christie, Natasha, Shalamar, Odyssey and Gillan.

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Archive Issue -

30th September 1982

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CoverGary / Martin Kemp

Posters - Kevin Rowland / Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Lyrics - Paul McCartney, Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club, Cava Cava, Roxy Music, Cliff Richard, Ultravox, Marvin Gaye, Fat Larry's Band, Sylvester, Peter Gabriel, Musical Youth, Dennis Brown, Billy Idol, The Beat and Hot Chocolate.

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Archive Issue -

14th October 1982

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CoverCulture Club

Posters - Kid Creole and The Coconuts and Toyah.

Lyrics - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kim Wilde, Chicago, Bauhaus, The Clash, Mick Karn, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, The Pinkees, The Kids From Fame, Fleetwood Mac, The Pretneders, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Toyah and Tears For Fears.

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Archive Issue -

28th October 1982

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CoverPeter Murphy

Posters - Adam Ant and Tears For Fears.

Lyrics - Japan, Blue Zoo, Squeeze, Wham, Sharon Redd, The Beatles, Piranhas, Orange Juice, Marc And The Mambas, Diana Ross,
Eddy Grant, Scarlet Party, Melba Moore and Haysi Fantayzee.

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Archive Issue -

11th November 1982

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CoverEds

Posters - Musical Youth and Eddy Grant.

Lyrics - Duran Duran, Yazoo, Blancmange, John Cougar, Grace Jones, Free, Status Quo, Raw Silk, Cliff Richard, Abba, Supertramp, Human League, A Flock Of Seagulls, Heaven 17 and Ultravox.

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Archive Issue -

25th November 1982

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CoverJapan

Posters - Duran Duran and Talk Talk.

Lyrics - Culture Club, Visage, Mari Wilson, Madness, The Jam, Musical Youth, Eurythmics, Whitesnake, Evelyn King, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, Killing Joke and Bananarama.

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Archive Issue -

9th December 1982

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CoverKevin Rowland

Posters - Soft Cell and The Human League.

Lyrics - Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Imagination, Soft Cell, Malcolm McLaren and The World's Famous Supreme Team, The Cure, The Fun Boy Three, John Lennon, Shakin' Stevens, Renee And Renato, The Pale Fountains, Phil Everly, Cliff Richard and Steve Wright And The Afternoon Boys.

Archive Issue -

23rd December 1982

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CoverTears For Fears

Posters - Wham and Bucks Fizz.

Lyrics - Phil Collins, Elvis Costello And The Attractions, David Bowie and Bing Crosby, Maisonettes, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Barry Manilow, Willie Hutch, The Beat, Shalamar, Donna Summer, Abba and Chas and Dave.

Archive Issue -

Yearbook 1983

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Info - In December 1982 Smash Hits released a Yearbook for 1983.  The Yearbook featured various artists such as Sting, Bucks Fizz, Imagination, David Sylvian, Toyah, Bananarama, Bowwowwow and many more.

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Archive Issue -

Quiz Book 1982

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Info -  The Smash Hits Quiz Book is a small booklet that was given away free over three issues of Smash Hits Magazine.  The issues that included these were the 24th June to 22nd July, the pages built up into a booklet of quiz questions.

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DISCLAIMER:

Credits - Bauer Media Group / Smash Hits Magazine / Emap / Bands / Artists / Photographers and Printers.

 

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Website - Magazines Revisited is a non profit, unofficial fan archive, where no infringement is ever intended.

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