Welcome back to The Giddy Carousel of Pop, a podcast about the Britain's brightest pop mag, Smash Hits.
In this episode we go back to August 1982 with Gav's old school mate Sue Humphreys. The cover star is John Taylor, and inside the mag are features on Duran Duran, The Stranglers and Sting, with the usual Bitz, RSVP, singles reviews and lyrics.
Read along with us.
Like Punk Never Happened: https://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-19-september-1-1982.html
Smash Hits Remembered: https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com/website-4/97-19th-august-1st-september-1982
And check out the playlists of pretty much all the songs featured in this issue of Ver Hits!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1UCTGnZd5DK1XsgikiAEMS
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfs58mqeRNuE5gdb-BcdwcCqOsRR2fAYk
Top 40 on BBC Radio 1 from August 22nd, 1982: https://www.mixcloud.com/Andy_JS/uk-top-40-sunday-22nd-august-1982-with-tommy-vance-90-mins/
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