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The Giddy Carousel of Pop

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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 w… read more

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Smash Hits - 9-22 December 1982 with Helen O'Hara (Dexys)

Welcome back to The Giddy Carousel of Pop, a podcast about the Britain's brightest pop mag, Smash Hits.


In this episode we are joined by musician Helen O'Hara (Dexys, Tanita Tikaram, Tim Burgess) for a spin back to December 1982, when Helen, as part of Dexys, was literally riding high on the giddy carousel of pop (sometimes a little too giddy).


Artists discussed include Dexy's Midnight Runners, Yazoo, Abba, Whitesnake, Shalamar, Julian Cope and many more.


Former Smash Hits editor Mark Ellen also jumps on for a quick ride to tell us about the making of the legendary Smash Hits Christmas flex-disc.


Read along with us.


Like Punk Never Happened: https://likepunkneverhappened.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-9-22-1982.html


Smash Hits Remembered: https://michaelmouse1967.wixsite.com/website-4/105-9th-december-22nd-december-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/1oTQIfExIqrkIOFAC4jBwj


YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfs58mqeRNuER31txcQH79EdoxsIOpHaB


Check out Helen's book here: http://www.route-online.com/all-books/whats-she-like.html


HOSTS: Simon Galloway and Gavin Hogg

GUEST: Helen O'Hara

CAMEO: Mark Ellen


CONTACT DETAILS:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GiddyPopPod

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GiddyPopPod

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giddypoppod/

Website: https://giddypoppod.home.blog/

Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/giddypoppod


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