Free With This Months Issue 80 - Gemma Williamson picks Smash Hits 12 Slammin' Bangin' Hits

For this episode of Free With This Month's Issue Gemma Williamson is back after 6 years for her 3rd appearance to discuss Smash Hits' 12 Slammin' Bangin' Hits tape from May 1996.

The cassette's tracklisting is

1 - TLC - Creep '96
2 - Michelle Gayle - Freedom (Classic Expo Mix)
3 - SWV - Anything (Old Skool Mix ft U-God, Ol' Dirty Bastard, & Method Man (mislabelled on tape as I'm So Into You)
4 - Benz - Where's The Party?
5 - Ivan Matias - Your Love Has Gone Away
6 - Sleeper - What Do I Do Now?
7 - The Wannadies - You & Me Song
8 - Out Of My Hair - Safeboy
9 - 60 Ft Dolls - Stay
10 - Duffy - Sugar High
11 - Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)
12 - Deborah Cox - Who Do U Love

Find details of Crafted Words CIC, The organisation Gemma helps run which is all about creativity & mental health on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/craftedwordscic/ You can find details of their callout for winter zine submissions here - https://craftedwordscic.blogspot.com/2025/09/winter-zine-call-out-hard-times-healing.html

The brilliant Top Of The Pops: A Zombie Whodunnit zine Colin mentioned in the episode (and other excellent zines by next months guest Alison) can be found and ordered here - https://ko-fi.com/exzineeditor/shop

Listen to all available songs on our ongoing Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1mzWOWEfQ5LklJyUZkpfs2?si=LbWBi9-oTl-eXjkUJbpx2Q

You can buy a copy of the tape from Discogs here - https://www.discogs.com/release/7832220-Various-12-Slammin-Bangin-Hits

Hosts - Ian Clarke & Colin Jackson-Brown
Recorded/Edited/Mixed/Original music by Colin Jackson Brown for We Dig Podcasts

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