NOW - Yearbook Extra 1985

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So yes – availability on Spotify is the primary criteria here and I have a strong preference for single mixes. I don’t think this one was planned – probably a reaction to how well the existing volumes have been received. Frankie label-mates Art of Noise pop-up on CD 4 with ‘Close (to the Edit)’ and the same disc offers a hero’s welcome to Paul Hardcastle’s ’19’, sticks bananas up the tailpipe of Harold Faltermeyer’s classic ‘Axel F.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I wonder what version of Tarzan Boy we’ll get in Yearbook 85, probably the original but in 85 the summer remix was the version we were hearing on the radio and on Now 6. Their announcement says “As we move forward to the second half of the 1980s, and we were delighted with the response to the 1979 edition back in September. Maybe it’s because those years (particularly 85) were great years for pop and even if there were another five extra editions for them, they’d still be missing some classics. s ‘I’m Your Man’, ‘Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves’, Eurythmics collaboration with Aretha Franklin, Tears For Fears’ Head Over Heels, Howard Jones’ ‘Look Mama’, Go West’s Don’t Look Down (The Sequel), Thompson Twins’ ‘Don’t Mess With Doctor Dream’ and many more.I would love to start a thread illustrating where the “wrong” versions are always used on CDs, and I would do a playlist of these and “missing” tracks, but some are impossible to track down.

and their I’m Your Man’, disc one continues with the collaboration between Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, and huge hits from Go West, Tears For Fears, Pat Benatar, and Billy Idol. Hi – Re the 1979 Extra Plus, one or two typos but main issue is Still by the Commodores was on the main 1979 Yearbook (cd4, track 14).NOW is proud to present ‘Yearbook Extra 1985’ – 3 CDs featuring 60 more stellar pop moments from 1985. Synth-pop from Thompson Twins, Dead Or Alive, Stephen Duffy, Howard Jones is here - and another collaboration between Gary Numan and Shakatak's Bill Sharpe on 'Change Your Mind' - before Elton John, Paul Young, and King, wrapping up with three exquisite soulful ballads from Billy Ocean, Jermaine Jackson, and Commodores. However, every compilation I have (including Osmonds ones) has the same WRONG version, EXCEPT for Reader’s Digest Sounds Of The Seventies 1973, which got it right! NOW is proud to present ‘ Yearbook Extra 1985’ – 3 CDs featuring 60 more stellar pop moments from 1985.