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3LP (45 Tracks)
LP 1 Side A
1. Heaven 17 - Sunset Now
2. ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
3. Scritti Politti – Hypnotize
4. Bananarama – The Wild Life
5. Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun
6. Helen Terry - Love Lies Lost
7. Soft Cell - Down In The Subway
8. Talk Talk - Such a Shame
LP 1 Side B
1. Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me – Duet with Whitney Houston
2. Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
3. John Lennon - Borrowed Time
4. M+M - Black Stations/ White Stations
5. The Colour Field – The Colour Field
6. Tom Robinson - Ricky Don't Lose That Number
7. Marillion - Punch and Judy
LP 2 SIDE A
1. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops
2. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle
3. The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
4. Everything But The Girl – Each An Every One
5. Malcolm McLaren - Carmen (L’oiseau Rebelle)
6. The Associates - Those First Impressions
7. Blancmange – The Day Before You Came
LP 2 SIDE B
1. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt 1
2. Divine - I'm So Beautiful
3. Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade
4. Miquel Brown - He's A Saint, He's A Sinner
5. Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
6. Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (Remix)
7. Sheena Easton - Strut
8. Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
LP 3 SIDE A
1. Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
2. Thompson Twins - The Gap
3. The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?
4. Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
5. The Cars - You Might Think
6. The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
7. Visage - Love Glove
8. Sparks – With All My Might
LP 3 SIDE B
1. Pretenders - Show Me
2. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education
3. Rick Springfield - Love Somebody
4. Bon Jovi - Runaway
5. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
6. Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
7. ZZ Top - TV Dinners
Special Edition 4CD (80 Tracks)
CD 1:
1. Heaven 17 - Sunset Now
2. ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
3. Scritti Politti – Hypnotize
4. Soft Cell - Down In The Subway
5. Bananarama – The Wild Life
6. Helen Terry - Love Lies Lost
7. Matt Bianco - Sneaking Out The Back Door
8. Five Star – Hide And Seek
9. Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun
10. Talk Talk - Such A Shame
11. Visage - Love Glove
12. The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
13. Kim Wilde - The Touch
14. Nena - Just A Dream
15. The Belle Stars - 80's Romance
16. Marilyn - You Don't Love Me
17. China Crisis - Hanna Hanna
18. Fiction Factory - Ghost Of Love
19. A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love
20. Blancmange – The Day Before You Came
21. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Never Turn Away
CD 2:
1. Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me – Duet with Whitney Houston
2. Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
3. Loose Ends - Emergency (Dial 999)
4. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt. 1
5. Shannon - Give Me Tonight
6. Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
7. Miquel Brown - He's A Saint, He's A Sinner
8. Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade
9. Divine - I'm So Beautiful
10. Hazell Dean - Evergreen
11. Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
12. UB40 - Riddle Me
13. Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - To France
14. Marillion - Punch And Judy
15. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
16. Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
17. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
18. Meat Loaf - Razor's Edge
19. John Lennon - Borrowed Time
CD 3:
1. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops
2. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle
3. The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
4. Everything But The Girl – Each And Every One
5. Malcolm McLaren - Carmen (L’oiseau Rebelle)
6. The Associates - Those First Impressions
7. Sparks – With All My Might
8. Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See
9. M+M - Black Stations/ White Stations
10. The Colour Field – The Colour Field
11. Tom Robinson - Ricky Don't Lose That Number
12. Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything
13. Julian Cope - The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
14. XTC - All You Pretty Girls
15. The Boomtown Rats - Drag Me Down
16. The Stranglers - No Mercy
17. Public Image Limited - Bad Life
18. Spear Of Destiny - Prisoner Of Love
19. The Sisters Of Mercy - Body and Soul
20. Swans Way - Illuminations
CD 4:
1. Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
2. Thompson Twins - The Gap
3. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
4. The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?
5. Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
6. The Cars - You Might Think
7. Pretenders - Show Me
8. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education
9. Sheena Easton - Strut
10. Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (Remix)
11. Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise (Love Theme From "Footloose")
12. Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
13. Night Ranger - Sister Christian
14. Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (From "Hard to Hold" - Original Soundtrack)
15. Bon Jovi - Runaway
16. Scandal feat. Patty Smyth - The Warrior
17. ZZ Top - TV Dinners
18. Yes - Leave It
19. Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock & Roll
20. “Weird Al" Yankovic - Eat It
4CD (84 Tracks)
CD 1:
2. Heaven 17 - Sunset Now
3. ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
4. Scritti Politti – Hypnotize
5. Soft Cell - Down In The Subway
6. Bananarama – The Wild Life
7. Helen Terry - Love Lies Lost
8. Matt Bianco - Sneaking Out The Back Door
9. Five Star – Hide And Seek
10. Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun
11. Talk Talk - Such A Shame
12. Visage - Love Glove
13. The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
14. Kim Wilde - The Touch
15. Nena - Just A Dream
16. The Belle Stars - 80's Romance
17. Marilyn - You Don't Love Me
18. China Crisis - Hanna Hanna
19. Fiction Factory - Ghost Of Love
20. A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love
21. Blancmange – The Day Before You Came
22. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Never Turn Away
CD 2:
2. Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me – Duet with Whitney Houston
3. Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
4. Loose Ends - Emergency (Dial 999)
5. Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt. 1
6. Shannon - Give Me Tonight
7. Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
8. Miquel Brown - He's A Saint, He's A Sinner
9. Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade
10. Divine - I'm So Beautiful
11. Hazell Dean - Evergreen
12. Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
13. UB40 - Riddle Me
14. Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - To France
15. Marillion - Punch And Judy
16. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
17. Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
18. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
19. Meat Loaf - Razor's Edge
20. John Lennon - Borrowed Time
CD 3:
2. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops
3. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle
4. The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
5. Everything But The Girl – Each And Every One
6. Malcolm McLaren - Carmen (L’oiseau Rebelle)
7. The Associates - Those First Impressions
8. Sparks – With All My Might
9. Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See
10. M+M - Black Stations/ White Stations
11. The Colour Field – The Colour Field
12. Tom Robinson - Ricky Don't Lose That Number
13. Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything
14. Julian Cope - The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
15. XTC - All You Pretty Girls
16. The Boomtown Rats - Drag Me Down
17. The Stranglers - No Mercy
18. Public Image Limited - Bad Life
19. Spear Of Destiny - Prisoner Of Love
20. The Sisters Of Mercy - Body and Soul
21. Swans Way - Illuminations
CD 4:
2. Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
3. Thompson Twins - The Gap
4. Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night
5. The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?
6. Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
7. The Cars - You Might Think
8. Pretenders - Show Me
9. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education
10. Sheena Easton - Strut
11. Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (Remix)
12. Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise (Love Theme From "Footloose")
13. Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
14. Night Ranger - Sister Christian
15. Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (From "Hard to Hold" - Original Soundtrack)
16. Bon Jovi - Runaway
17. Scandal feat. Patty Smyth - The Warrior
18. ZZ Top - TV Dinners
19. Yes - Leave It
20. Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock & Roll
21. “Weird Al" Yankovic - Eat It
NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1984
Various Artists
NOW
1984 was a truly incredible year in pop music, and here's a fabulous selection of tracks on the 1984 Yearbook and the 80-84 Final Chapter as part of Now's appreciation of the year.
Those tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion. However, that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1984 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years… Welcome to THE VAULT for 1984… Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K…. but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1984.
3LP
LP1 begins with some pop gems from established artists; Heaven 17, ABC, and Scritti Politti ahead of a U.S. single release from Bananarama. The solo debut from Helen Terry who had sung back-up vocals on the previous years’ massive seller ‘Colour By Numbers’ from Culture Club features along with Level 42, Soft Cell and Talk Talk who close the first side with ‘Such A Shame’. Flip the LP over to enjoy the sumptuous vocal pairings of Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston, and Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett. The side also features the debut from the Colour Field, M+M’s ‘Black Stations/White Stations’ and established artists Tom Robinson and Marillion.
The second disc kicks off with a stunning collection of indie-pop, including Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Icicle Works and the Top 40 debut from Everything But The Girl… plus Malcolm McLaren, The Associates and Blancmange with their cover of ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came’, whilst the dance-floor beckons on the other side with electro-dance and Hi-NRG from Sheila E., Divine, Evelyn Thomas, Miquel Brown, and chart regulars Shalamar, Donna Summer and Sheena Easton – with Arrow closing the LP with carnival favourite ‘Hot Hot Hot’.
The final LP focuses on singles that found chart success in the U.S. and opens with Culture Club’s ‘Miss Me Blind’, which didn’t get a single release in the U.K, alongside a selection of U.S. new-wave hits from The Fixx, Go-Go’s and The Cars. Synth-led tracks from The Psychedelic Furs, Visage and Sparks close the side. Pretenders opens the final side with ‘Show Me’, which was a U.S. hit, but not a single in the U.K. Daryl Hall & John Oates, and Rick Springfield continued their run of Stateside hits and Bon Jovi debuted with ‘Runaway’. Scorpions and Judas Priest are up next with rock classics ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’, and ‘Freewheel Burning’… and the final word is given to ZZ Top with ‘TV Dinners’ one of four singles from their massive ‘Eliminator’ album.
4CD Editions
CD1 begins with some pop gems from established artists; Heaven 17, ABC, Scritti Politti and Soft Cell. A U.S. single release from Bananarama features ahead of the solo debut from Helen Terry who had sung back-up vocals on the previous years’ massive seller ‘Colour By Numbers’ from Culture Club. Early singles from Matt Bianco and Five Star follow, plus pop essentials from Level 42, Kim Wilde, Marilyn and Nena’s ‘Just A Dream’, the follow up to their #1 ’99 Red Balloons’. The first disc closes with synth-pop from Fiction Factory, A Flock Of Seagulls, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and Blancmange with their cover of ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came’.
The second disc opens with the sumptuous vocal pairings of Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston, and Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett. The smooth contemporary soul of Loose Ends leads into electro-dance classics from Sheila E., Shannon and Shalamar, and Hi-NRG floor-fillers from Miquel Brown, Evelyn Thomas and Divine – plus Hazell Dean’s cover of ‘Evergreen’. Following Arrow, UB40, and Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly, tracks from Marillion, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Scorpions and Meat Loaf take the disc in a rockier direction…
CD3 kicks off with a stunning collection of indie-pop from a plethora of hugely influential artists, including Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Malcolm McLaren, Sparks and the Top 40 debut from Everything But The Girl. A run of great tracks follow from newer acts including the Colour Field, M+M, Vicious Pink and a solo Julian Cope, alongside established chart stars including Aztec Camera, Tom Robinson, XTC, The Stranglers, Public Image Limited and The Boomtown Rats, before closing with Spear Of Destiny, The Sisters Of Mercy, and Swans Way with ‘Illuminations’, which was following up their hit ‘Soul Train’ from earlier in ’84.
The final disc focuses on singles that found chart success in the U.S. and opens with Culture Club’s ‘Miss Me Blind’, which didn’t get a single release in the U.K. Next up, a selection of U.S. new-wave hits from Corey Hart, The Fixx, Go-Go’s and The Cars. Pretenders ‘Show Me’ was a U.S. hit, but not a single in the U.K, and Daryl Hall & John Oates, Sheena Easton and Donna Summer all continued their run of Stateside hits… and Bon Jovi debuted with ‘Runaway’! Rock radio smashes from Night Ranger, Steve Perry, Rick Springfield and Huey Lewis & The News all feature before the collection is signed off by “Weird Al” Yankovic with his U.S. Top 20 / U.K. Top 40 hit ‘Eat It’.