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.

You can read the issue for yourself thanks to Like Punk Never Happened and Smash Hits Remembered and also check out the music from its pages on our Spotify and YouTube playlists. It’s the next best thing to taping it off the radio!

Listen on your podcast app, click one of the links below or just click the player!

Acast | Stitcher | Podbean | Overcast | Blubrry | Bullhorn | Castbox | Castro | Deezer | Listen Notes | Pocket Casts | Podcast Addict | Podchaser | Radio Republic | Spreaker | Tune In | PlayerFM | Luminary | iHeartRadio

Or, if you listen to podcasts on an Amazon Alexa or Echo, just ask it to play ‘The Giddy Carousel of Pop podcast’, and it will! You can also find us on the podcast section of smart/internet radios.

Support us and buy us a coffee!

Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 

The Giddy Carousel of Pop is part of the We Made This network of podcasts.