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Smash Hits cover, 17 30 july 1985

Dave Vanian: Coffins, Ghosts and a Sloping Bedroom

InterviewSmash Hits, 17 30 july 1985

A compact snapshot of Dave Vanian’s dry, gothic humour: coffin-sharing, phantom sightings and a bedroom that literally tilts. He answers with grim jokes and oddball images.

Releases

The Album
The Album
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists
James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists
Prisoner of Love
Prisoner of Love
Showtime
Showtime
Grits & Soul
Grits & Soul
James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today
James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today
Sings Out of Sight
Sings Out of Sight
James Brown Plays New Breed
James Brown Plays New Breed
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
Handful of Soul
Handful of Soul
James Brown Plays the Real Thing
James Brown Plays the Real Thing
James Brown Sings Raw Soul
James Brown Sings Raw Soul
I Got the Feelin’
I Got the Feelin’
A Soulful Christmas
A Soulful Christmas
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
Thinking About Little Willie John and a Few Nice Things
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud
Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud
The Popcorn
The Popcorn
It’s a Mother
It’s a Mother
Soul on Top
Soul on Top
It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In
It’s a New Day - Let a Man Come In
Ain’t It Funky
Ain’t It Funky
Hey America
Hey America
Sho Is Funky Down Here
Sho Is Funky Down Here
There It Is
There It Is
The Payback
The Payback
Hell
Hell
Reality
Reality
Sex Machine Today
Sex Machine Today
Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump
Bodyheat
Bodyheat
Hot
Hot
Get Up Offa That Thing
Get Up Offa That Thing
Mutha’s Nature
Mutha’s Nature
The Best of James Brown
The Best of James Brown
Jam 1980’s
Jam 1980’s
Take a Look at Those Cakes
Take a Look at Those Cakes
The Original Disco Man
The Original Disco Man
People
People
Soul Syndrome
Soul Syndrome
Live And Lowdown At The Apollo, Vol.1
Live And Lowdown At The Apollo, Vol.1
Nonstop!
Nonstop!
Bring It On!
Bring It On!
Gravity
Gravity
I’m Real
I’m Real
Love Over-Due
Love Over-Due
Universal James
Universal James
Hot Pants
Hot Pants
Get on the Good Foot
Get on the Good Foot
James Brown Christmas
James Brown Christmas
I’m Back
I’m Back
James Brown Christmas for the Millennium & Forever
James Brown Christmas for the Millennium & Forever
Seventh Wonder
Seventh Wonder
Millennium Edition
Millennium Edition
The Next Step
The Next Step
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Christmas With James Brown
Christmas With James Brown
Gettin’ Down to It
Gettin’ Down to It
The Christmas Album
The Christmas Album

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