NOW Thats What I Call Music! 6

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They all vary from one to five disc compilations (occasionally six disc), starting in 1986 and continuing to the present day (Jan 2023). I’ve got a soft spot for this one because it was used for one of the idents on VH1 Classic back in the ’00s, when Geth and I lived in Edinburgh and could still get Virgin TV with its huge variety of music TV channels. Originally, the series captured extended 12" mixes of dance hits of the time, but from 1991 onwards, all Now Dance compilations featured 7" edits with only occasional extended versions or mixes included.

Each album is meticulously curated to encompass a dynamic blend of chart-topping hits and hidden gems, offering listeners a diverse musical experience. In your view which tracks are worth looking out for to see if a different version is used to that on the original? Another person getting a second song is Tina Turner with the moody but extremely likeable theme from Mad Max 2.You requested a very large number of pages in a very short time, causing problems for our server (this can happen if you hit 'refresh' over and over). The 1990s Yearbook series contains a new retro-90s logo design and artwork which also complements its sister decade series. Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking: Great song, will talk more about it later on as it reappears on another Now! The frequency in which they were released also varied from year to year; initially, and most frequently across the series, there would be one Now Dance volume per year, but in 1994 for example, there were four volumes released, and in 1996, there weren't any Now Dance compilations released. Two more chart-toppers feature; UB40 and Chrissie Hynde’s evergreen cover of Sonny and Cher’s I Got You Babe and ex-Ultravox frontman Midge Ure’s surprisingly successful If I Was [this had already been bagged by Out Now!

Towards the end of the series, 3-CD digipak sets were issued, but in 2010, the long-running title was retired, and all subsequent dance-themed Now collections have been issued under the Special Editions series. The tie-in television programmes are a month by month video playlist of tracks, from one year previously featured on a Now Yearbook album, with Bruno Brookes presenting.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The image is a leather jacket with a pen along with a list of just some of the artists with the standard “plus many more” tagline. For the 30th anniversary of Now in 2013 and the release of Now 100 in Summer 2018, the first Now album was re-compiled and re-issued. Something that does strike me as odd about this compilation is that I’m pretty sure the album cover didn’t promote the Christmas album and likewise the Christmas album cover didn’t promote Now 6. July 2019) re-issued on 2-CD - 28 tracks with only Bob Marley and the Wailers and Gary Glitter missing.

I was starting to lose faith in Jim Kerr’s lot by this stage but in retrospect that album [and its accompanying singles] sound a lot more palatable nowadays. Election Day was the first fruit and is an exotic belter complete with a mid-section spoke word piece from Grace Jones.In February 2023, 12" mixes all taken from the first three Now Dance compilations, originally released in 1985, 1986 and 1989, were collected on a special 4CD and 3LP set, Now Dance: The 80s, with artwork inspired by the original Now Dance 86. Today’s computer generated trash is not in the same stratosphere as what the ‘Now’ team were creating 35 years ago.