Re: Now That's What I Call a Thread About Now! That's What I Call Music

[Butterfield]

I understand that 1983's Now 1 is being re-released on double vinyl, double CD and - yes - double cassette!

[Butterfield]

The original Now 1 cassette had a rather bland cover compared with the legendary LP cover.


LP





Cassette

[Fangirl Three]

There was a big stack of NOW! 100 in Tescos this morning. I didn't buy one, or even look at the track listing. I've accepted that 1986 isn't coming back.

[Nightjar]

Check out the Kwiz Korner.

[Guest]

https://gripsweat.com/item/162851758379/now-1-35-complete-vinyl-collection-thats-what-i-call-music-joblot-1

[Butterfield]

Now 101 is out..... now!!

[Butterfield]

Now 2, originally released in 1984, is being re-released on vinyl and for the first time on CD!




Track listing: *copy/paste* (can't be bothered to format it)

https://www.nowmusic.com/album/now-thats-what-i-call-music-2/

1
Radio Ga Ga

Queen

2
Wouldn't It Be Good

Nik Kershaw

3
Hold Me Now

The Thompson Twins

4
Get Out Of Your Lazy Bed

Matt Bianco

5
More, More, More

Carmel

6
Michael Caine

Madness

7
Only You

The Flying Pickets

8
99 Red Balloons

Nena

9
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper

10
My Guy

Tracey Ullman

11
Break My Stride

Matthew Wilder

12
Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)

Julia & Company

13
That's Livin' Alright

Joe Fagin

14
I Gave You My Heart (Didn't I)

Hot Chocolate

15
Bird Of Paradise

Snowy White

16
Relax

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

17
Here Comes The Rain Again

Eurythmics

18
What Is Love?

Howard Jones

19
What Difference Does It Make

The Smiths

20
Feels Like Heaven

Fiction Factory

21
The Politics Of Dancing

Re-Flex

22
Hyperactive!

Thomas Dolby

23
Wishful Thinking

China Crisis

24
Modern Love

David Bowie

25
It's A Miracle

Culture Club

26
Undercover (Of The Night)

The Rolling Stones

27
Wonderland

Big Country

28
Run Runaway

Slade

29
New Moon On Monday

Duran Duran

30
Pipes Of Peace

Paul McCartney

[The Call of the Wendigo]

12
Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)

Julia & Company

I have never heard of this song.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

It appears to not have a video.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

It sounds like a cross between Spiro Gyra and Michael Jackson.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

It is, however, totally unfamiliar to me.

[Butterfield]

12
Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba)

Julia & Company

I have never heard of this song.

Neither have I. And I have an original copy of Now 2.

I think I'll have a listen to the video you posted.












Well, it's not very 80s, but more late 70s-sounding.

[Butterfield]

It reached number 15 in 1984. I wonder if we saw it on repeats of Top of the Pops, or if it was on a Jimmy Sav*le edition.

[Butterfield]

Searching for it on the old forum brings up no results.

[Fangirl Three]

Gosh, just take a look at those Now! 2 hits. It's like an afternoon listening to Laser 558, where you were never more than a minute away from the music.

[Guest]

Now 101 is out..... now!!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thats-What-Call-Music-Clean/dp/B07KCPNXCQ

Clean.


The CD version is apparently an import, eh?

And everyones kicking off because there's no autorip, have people lost the ability to rip their own CD or something?

Or am I the one out of date?

[Butterfield]

I've bought the newly released Now II (originally released in 1984) on double CD, the first time it has ever been available on that format.

[Butterfield]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

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