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vinyl edition

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Sweet - Blockbuster
Mud - Dyna-Mite
Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
10cc – Rubber Bullets
John Lennon - Mind Games
Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass - If You Don't Know Me By Now
The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
The O'Jays - Love Train
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Dawn feat. Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Theme From The TV Series Van Der Valk)
Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night
Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Free - Wishing Well
Faces - Cindy Incidentally
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
Roxy Music - Street Life
David Essex - Rock On
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

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4CD editions

CD1

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
.Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
.T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Sweet - Blockbuster
Mud - Dyna-Mite
Suzi Quatro – Can The Can
Wizzard - See My Baby Jive
Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo
10cc – Rubber Bullets
Gilbert O’Sullivan - Get Down
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome
Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes
Limmie & Family Cookin' - You Can Do Magic
The Osmonds - Let Me In
The O'Jays - Love Train
First Choice – Smarty Pants
The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
Rod Stewart - Oh! No Not My Baby
Aretha Franklin - Angel
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Help Me Make It Through The Night

CD 2

John Lennon - Mind Games
Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Paul Simon - Take Me To The Mardi Gras
Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
Faces - Cindy Incidentally
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Free - Wishing Well
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
Status Quo - Caroline
Alice Cooper - No More Mr. Nice Guy
Bryan Ferry - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Mungo Jerry - Alright, Alright, Alright
Dave Edmunds - Born To Be With You
Clifford T. Ward - Gaye
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

CD 3

Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Kiki Dee - Amoureuse
Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass - If You Don't Know Me By Now
Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby
Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
The Isley Brothers - That Lady, Pt. 1
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Michael Jackson - Morning Glow
Jimmy Helms - Gonna Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse
The Drifters - Like Sister And Brother
Junior Campbell - Sweet Illusion
Medicine Head - One And One Is One
The Hot Shots - Snoopy Versus The Red Baron
Strawbs - Part Of The Union

CD 4

Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz
Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone
Roxy Music - Street Life
David Essex - Rock On
Mud - Crazy
Barry Blue - Dancin’ (On A Saturday Night)
Donny Osmond - Young Love
Dawn feat. Tony Orlando - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree
Olivia Newton-John - Take Me Home Country Roads
Marie Osmond - Paper Roses
Peters & Lee - Welcome Home
Anne-Marie David - Wonderful Dream
Cliff Richard - Power To All Our Friends
Shirley Bassey - Never Never Never
Bobby Goldsboro - Summer (The First Time)
Perry Como - And I Love You So
Simon Park Orchestra - Eye Level (Theme From The TV Series Van Der Valk)
Steeleye Span – Gaudete
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody

NOW – Yearbook 1973

Various Artists

NOW

limited special edition 4cd in 28pp hardback book w/ summary + track-by-track guide + quiz + original singles artwork

Released: 8th Sep 2023

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4CD

Released: 8th Sep 2023

£13.99

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NOW – Yearbook 1973 – A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly stellar year in Pop.

vinyl edition

Opening with the iconic ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ from Elton John and followed by Paul McCartney & Wings’ Bond theme ‘Live And Let Die’, this epic beginning to this journey back to 1973 continues with a run of massive Glam-Rock infused hits from T. Rex, Mud, and #1s from Wizzard, 10cc, ‘Cum On Feel The Noize’ from Slade and Sweet with ‘Blockbuster’. Flipping over to Side B, there’s an awe-inspiring run of legendary artists: John Lennon, Paul Simon and Elvis Presley, plus the debut single from Bruce Springsteen with ‘Blinded By The Light’ and timeless signature releases from Billy Joel with ‘Piano Man’ and ‘You’re So Vain’ from Carly Simon. LP2 starts in sophisticated style from Roberta Flack with the peerless ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’, before Marvin Gaye ushers in an incredible line-up of Soul smashes including from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass, The Temptations, The O’Jays and Ike & Tina Turner… whilst on the reverse side, 1973’s biggest seller - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando’s ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon...’ leads a fabulous Easy-Pop run including massive hits from Shirley Bassey, Olivia Newton-John, and #1s from Peters & Lee, Gilbert O’Sullivan and ‘Eye Level’ - the theme to one of the year’s most popular TV shows by the Simon Park Orchestra. The second LP closes with three of the year’s stellar Soul ballads from Diana Ross, Billy Paul and Gladys Knight & The Pips.

4cd edition

Opening with the iconic ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road’ from Elton John and followed by Paul McCartney & Wings’ Bond theme ‘Live And Let Die’, this epic beginning to this journey back to 1973 continues with a run of massive Glam-Rock infused hits from T. Rex, Mud and Alvin Stardust, and #1s from Suzi Quatro, Wizzard, 10cc, ‘Cum On Feel The Noize’ from Slade and Sweet with ‘Blockbuster’. Pop classics from Gilbert O’Sullivan with the #1 ‘Get Down’, and from Jackson 5, The Osmonds and the re-issued ‘The Laughing Gnome’ from David Bowie lead into some soulful vocalists including Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart and Gladys Knight & The Pips to complete this first disc. Disc Two opens with an awe-inspiring run of legendary artists: John Lennon, Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon, plus the debut single from Bruce Springsteen with ‘Blinded By The Light’ and timeless signature releases from Billy Joel with ‘Piano Man’ and ‘You’re So Vain’ from Carly Simon. Defining tracks from Ike & Tina Turner, Thin Lizzy and Stealers Wheel lead into Rock classics from Faces, Free, Electric Light Orchestra, Status Quo, Joe Walsh, Alice Cooper and Nazareth… and the disc closes with ‘Albatross’ from Fleetwood Mac – a #1 in 1969 and a #2 when re-released in 1973. A run of stunning ballads kicks off the third disc; Paul McCartney & Wings with ‘My Love’, Roberta Flack with the peerless ‘Killing Me Softly With His Song’, and ‘Always On My Mind’ from Elvis Presley before Diana Ross ushers in an incredible line-up of Soul smashes including from, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul, Barry White, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and ‘Let’s Get It On’ from Marvin Gaye. The final disc is all about more huge Pop smashes, opening with the era-defining ‘The Ballroom Blitz’ from Sweet, second inclusions for Suzi Quatro and Mud, plus Mott The Hoople, Roxy Music, Barry Blue and the debut hit from David Essex, ‘Rock On’. Donny Osmond’s #1 ‘Young Love’ and 1973’s biggest seller - Dawn feat. Tony Orlando’s ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon...’ lead an Easy-Pop run including massive hits from Shirley Bassey, Perry Como, Olivia Newton-John, Eurovision singles; winner Anne-Marie David, Cliff Richard’s second contest entry, and #1s from Peters & Lee, plus ‘Eye Level’ - the theme to one of the year’s most popular TV shows by the Simon Park Orchestra. Yearbook 1973 closes in magnificent style with two of the biggest and most loved Christmas classics of all time – Wizzard with ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ and ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ from Slade