Various Artists - NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1984 4CD (Special Edition)

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£15.61

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: CDYBVXNOW84
Barcode: 0198028066822
Release Date: 04 Oct 2024
Genre: Pop

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:
Heaven 17 - Sunset Now
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire
Scritti Politti – Hypnotize  
Soft Cell - Down In The Subway
Bananarama – The Wild Life
Helen Terry - Love Lies Lost
Matt Bianco - Sneaking Out The Back Door
Five Star – Hide And Seek
Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun
Talk Talk - Such A Shame
Visage - Love Glove
The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven 
Kim Wilde - The Touch 
Nena - Just A Dream
The Belle Stars - 80's Romance 
Marilyn - You Don't Love Me 
China Crisis - Hanna Hanna
Fiction Factory - Ghost Of Love 
A Flock Of Seagulls - The More You Live, The More You Love 
Blancmange – The Day Before You Came
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Never Turn Away 

CD 2:
Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me – Duet with Whitney Houston
Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
Loose Ends - Emergency (Dial 999) 
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt. 1
Shannon - Give Me Tonight
Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets
Miquel Brown - He's A Saint, He's A Sinner 
Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade 
Divine - I'm So Beautiful
Hazell Dean - Evergreen
Arrow - Hot Hot Hot
UB40 - Riddle Me 
Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly - To France 
Marillion - Punch And Judy
Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning 
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Meat Loaf - Razor's Edge 
John Lennon - Borrowed Time

CD 3:
Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle
The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
Everything But The Girl – Each And Every One
Malcolm McLaren - Carmen (L’oiseau Rebelle)
The Associates - Those First Impressions 
Sparks – With All My Might 
Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See
M+M - Black Stations/ White Stations
The Colour Field – The Colour Field
Tom Robinson - Ricky Don't Lose That Number
Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything
Julian Cope - The Greatness And Perfection Of Love
XTC - All You Pretty Girls
The Boomtown Rats - Drag Me Down 
The Stranglers - No Mercy 
Public Image Limited - Bad Life
Spear Of Destiny - Prisoner Of Love 
The Sisters Of Mercy - Body and Soul
Swans Way - Illuminations 

CD 4:
Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
Thompson Twins - The Gap 
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night 
The Fixx - Are We Ourselves? 
Go-Go's - Head Over Heels
The Cars - You Might Think
Pretenders - Show Me 
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education
Sheena Easton - Strut 
Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (Remix)
Mike Reno feat. Ann Wilson - Almost Paradise (Love Theme From "Footloose") 
Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie 
Night Ranger - Sister Christian 
Rick Springfield - Love Somebody (From "Hard to Hold" - Original Soundtrack) 
Bon Jovi - Runaway 
Scandal feat. Patty Smyth - The Warrior 
ZZ Top - TV Dinners
Yes - Leave It
Huey Lewis & The News - The Heart Of Rock & Roll
“Weird Al" Yankovic - Eat It 