Greatest Hits

This is surely what the internet was invented for. Thanks, Tim Berners-Lee. An ongoing archive of every issue of Smash Hits.

Especially striking is how much the magazine focused on music from across the spectrum, at least in its early days, and didn't just focus on chart fodder (despite its name). See this issue, for example. Monochrome Set, the Mo-dettes, Lee Dorsey, The Passions, Alternative TV...