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NOW – Yearbook 1981

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a celebration of the eclectic and creative brilliance of the year in pop.
NOW – Yearbook 1982

various artists (4cd edition)

special edition hardback 4cd w/ track-by-track guide, quiz, & original singles artwork - 1 per customer - £14.99 | Buy
4cd - £12.99 | Buy
4 CDs of 84 defining tracks that ruled the charts in 1982.
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CD 1

1.   Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

2.   Blondie - Atomic

3.   Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog

4.   Kate Bush - Babooshka          

5.   The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

6.   Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno                              

7.   Pretenders - Brass In Pocket                  

8.   The Jam - Start!

9.   Madness - Baggy Trousers

10. ABBA - Super Trouper

11. Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer                 

12. Diana Ross - Upside Down

13. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

14. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

15. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short          

16. Ultravox - Sleepwalk

17. Gary Numan - I Die: You Die

18. Roxy Music - Oh Yeah!

19. KC & The Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go          

20. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away                

21. Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

 

CD 2

1.   John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

2.   Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

3.   The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

4.   Paul McCartney - Coming Up

5.   Stray Cats - Runaway Boys

6.   Status Quo - What You're Proposing

7.   Rainbow - All Night Long

8.   Judas Priest - Breaking The Law

9.   Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

10. Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I

11. Air Supply - All Out Of Love

12. Kenny Rogers - Lady

13. Donna Summer - On The Radio

14. Stephanie Mills - Never Knew Love Like This Before

15. The Spinners - Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl         

16. Change - Searching

17. The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On

18. Crown Heights Affair - You Gave Me Love

19. The Gap Band - I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops, Up Side Your Head)

20. Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

21. Teena Marie - Behind The Groove

22. Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

 

CD 3

1.   The Clash - London Calling

2.   The Jam - Going Underground

3.   Pretenders – Talk Of The Town                                

4.   Ramones - Baby, I Love You                    

5.   Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

6.   Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

7.   Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House

8.   Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart                    

9.   Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach

10. Roxy Music - Over You

11. New Musik - Living By Numbers

12. The Tourists - So Good To Be Back Home Again

13. The Vapors - Turning Japanese

14. The Regents - 7 Teen

15. Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls

16. The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic

17. UB40 - Food For Thought

18. Bad Manners - Special Brew                   

19. The Selecter - Missing Words

20. The Special AKA - Too Much Too Young

21. Madness - My Girl

 

CD 4

1.   ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

2.   Paul McCartney - Waterfalls

3.   The Korgis - Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime

4.   Hot Chocolate - No Doubt About It                          

5.   Olivia Newton-John - Magic

6.   Diana Ross - My Old Piano

7.   Blondie - The Tide Is High

8.   Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 (Morning Train)

9.   The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing

10. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I’m In Love

11. Liquid Gold - Dance Yourself Dizzy

12. Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out

13. Kool & The Gang - Celebration

14. Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat        

15. Dollar – I Wanna Hold Your Hand

16. Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb - Take That Look Off Your Face

17. Rupert Holmes - Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

18. Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

19. Johnny Logan - What's Another Year

20. The Mash - Suicide Is Painless

21. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry

LP1 SIDE A

1. Queen – Another One Bites The Dust

2. Blondie – Atomic

3. Adam & The Ants - Dog Eat Dog

4. Kate Bush – Babooshka

5. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me

6. Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

7. The Jam - Start!

8. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down

9. Madness - Baggy Trousers

 

LP1 SIDE B

1. ABBA – Super Trouper

2. Sheila & B. Devotion - Spacer

3. Diana Ross - Upside Down

4. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown

5. Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out

6. Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy

7. Kelly Marie - Feels Like I’m In Love

 

LP2 SIDE A

1. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over

2. Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 

3. The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue

4. Paul McCartney - Coming Up

5. Status Quo - What You're Proposing

6. Rainbow - All Night Long

7. Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I

8. The Mash - Suicide Is Painless

 

LP2 SIDE B

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay

2. Gary Numan - I Die: You Die

3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart      

4. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach

5. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short

6. The Special AKA – Too Much Too Young

7. UB40 - Food For Thought

8. Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno

 

LP3 SIDE A

1. The Clash - London Calling

2. The Jam - Going Underground

3. Pretenders - Talk Of The Town  

4. Ramones - Baby, I Love You                     

5. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House

6. Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day

7. Roxy Music - Over You

8. Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls

LP3 SIDE B

1. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All

2. Olivia Newton-John - Magic

3. Blondie - The Tide Is High

4. The Spinners - Medley: Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl      

5. Kool & The Gang - Celebration

6. Randy Crawford - One Day I'll Fly Away

7. Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

 

 

NOW – Yearbook 1980

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a banging compilation of anthems that defined the 80s music charts.

4cd edition: NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 4 CDs of 85 tracks that defined the charts in 1980. Kicking off with Queen’s anthem ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, Disc 1 includes massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, Roxy Music and the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from Blondie, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Jam and ABBA – plus the decade’s first new #1 ‘Brass In Pocket’ from Pretenders – and 1980’s biggest selling single ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ from The Police. Lipps Inc., Diana Ross and Sheila & B. Devotion had timeless floor-fillers – and synth driven pop, that would come to dominate the charts of the early 80s , fuelled iconic hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Gary Numan, Ultravox and the debut from Spandau Ballet… and to close the first disc, three of the year’s biggest love songs from KC & The Sunshine Band, Randy Crawford and Billy Preston & Syreeta. Disc Two begins with John Lennon’s ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’ and is followed by huge trans-Atlantic hits for Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel. Rock legends had a huge year in 1980 – including here, Status Quo, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead. Disc Two is also home to some of the year’s biggest dance tracks from Donna Summer, Change, The Whispers, The Gap Band, Jermaine Jackson and the #1 ‘Working My Way Back To You / Forgive Me, Girl’ from The (Detroit) Spinners. In January 1980 the iconic ‘London Calling’ from The Clash reached its chart peak – and opens Disc 3 which features an incredible line-up of New Wave, Post Punk and Ska classics that helped make 1980 a fantastically diverse year in the singles charts: #1s from The Jam (again!) and The Specials (as The Special AKA) alongside Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Joy Division, Ramones, Hazel O’Connor, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Martha And The Muffins, UB40, and The Selecter. The final disc features six of the year’s #1s and is all about 1980s pure pop, beginning with one of ABBA’s most successful and popular tracks ‘The Winner Takes It All’, and the beautiful ‘Waterfalls’ from Paul McCartney. Olivia Newton-John, Blondie, and Sheena Easton follow and lead into party classics from Kelly Marie, The Nolans, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, and Kool & The Gang. A few easy-pop gems from Andrew Lloyd Webber & Marti Webb, Rupert Holmes, Captain & Tennille, plus the 1980 Eurovision winner Johnny Logan, the #1 theme from ‘MASH’ ‘Suicide Is Painless’ and bringing this collection to a close … the perennially popular and timeless ‘Stop The Cavalry’ from Jona Lewie. vinyl edition: NOW Music is proud to present the newest addition to the ‘Yearbook’ series: NOW – Yearbook 1980. 3 LPs of 47 tracks that defined the charts in 1980 on transparent ‘clear’ vinyl. Kicking off with Queen’s anthem ‘Another One Bites The Dust’, and including the Top 40 debut from Adam & The Ants, alongside #1s from ABBA, Blondie, The Jam, Dexys Midnight Runners, and the decade’s first new #1 ‘Brass In Pocket’ from Pretenders – plus 1980’s biggest selling single ‘Don’t Stand So Close To Me’ from The Police. Massive hits from Kate Bush, Madness, and Olivia Newton-John feature alongside dancefloor-fillers from Lipps Inc., Kelly Marie, Kool & The Gang, ‘Spacer’ from Sheila & B. Devotion, and ‘Upside Down’ from Diana Ross. The rise of synth-pop produced huge hits for Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Martha And The Muffins, and the debut from Spandau Ballet – all included… as are legendary, long-established artists, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Status Quo and John Lennon with his #1 ‘(Just Like) Starting Over’. In January 1980 the iconic ‘London Calling’ from The Clash reached its chart peak – and features along with New Wave, Post Punk and Ska from The Specials (as The Special AKA), Ramones, Joy Division, Siouxsie And The Banshees, UB40, and Elvis Costello & The Attractions. Closing this collection are two of the year’s most popular and enduring love songs from Randy Crawford and Billy Preston & Syreeta.