Smash Hits - 29 May - 11 June 1980 with Andrew Harrison

Andrew Harrison, former editor of Select, Q and Mixmag and co-host of Bigmouth podcast (among many other things) joins us on the carousel to look at the Smash Hits of 29 May - 11 June 1980. In a wide-ranging conversation, artists discussed include Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Specials, Hot Chocolate and many more. Andrew also tells us about his own involvement in Smash Hits and reflects on a career in music mags and some of the lessons learned.Read along with us! Thanks to Like Punk Never Happened and Smash Hits Remembered. http://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-29-june-11-1980.html or https://sites.google.com/site/smashhitsmagazineremembered23/29th-may---11th-june-1980. And check out the playlists of pretty much all the songs featured in this issue of Ver Hits:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6PdXyhQTaxzhw81324p8Db?si=qKbmTxw2SuGN_83RfUNRnwYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfs58mqeRNuHApEVZfp8_A5OKW274-LDvHOSTS: Simon Galloway and Gavin Hogg GUEST: Andrew HarrisonCONTACT DETAILS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/GiddyPopPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/GiddyPopPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/giddypoppod/Website: https://giddypoppod.home.blog/Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/giddypoppod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Om Podcasten

Welcome aboard The Giddy Carousel of Pop! We are a Smash Hits appreciation podcast dedicated to the swingorilliant British pop magazine which ran from 1978 to 2006. In each episode, we take an old issue of Ver Hits (usually from the 1980s but may slip a year or two either side of that) and discuss what’s on its pages, looking at who’s riding high on the carousel and who’s heading down the dumper. We always have a guest to help us along the way, so we’ll be talking to the readers, the writers, and who knows, maybe even the odd pop star who appeared in its pages. Hang on tight!