Various Artists - NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1984 *Pre-Order

LP

Description:

1984 was a truly incredible year in pop music, and we have included a fabulous selection of tracks on the 1984 Yearbook and the 80-84 Final Chapter as part of our 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.

45 tracks across 3-LPs – NOW Yearbook – THE VAULT: 1984 – pressed in stunning transparent blue vinyl.

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.

NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984 – A continued celebration of this magical year in pop!

Tracklisting:

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

CD (Special)

Description:

1984 was a truly incredible year in pop music, and we have included more than 140 tracks on the CDs of the 1984 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our 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.

80 tracks across 4-CDs – NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984, this special edition 4-CD comes in ‘hardback book’ packaging featuring a 28-page booklet, including notes about each track…

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’.

NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984 – A continued celebration of this magical year in pop!

Tracklisting:

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  

CD (Standard)

Description:

1984 was a truly incredible year in pop music, and we have included more than 140 tracks on the CDs of the 1984 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our 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. 80 tracks across 4-CDs – NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984.

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’.

NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984 – A continued celebration of this magical year in pop!

Tracklisting:

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