Now That's What I Call An Era-Disco: 1973-1980 - Now That's What I Call An Era - Disco: 1973-1980 / - VINYL LP

It's time to celebrate an incredible decade in pop music - with 46 tracks on 3-LPs pressed in suitably 70s wallpaper favourite colours - one for each disc - orange, beige and brown - and including an amazing 20 #1 singles... Time to immerse yourself in rock, glam, disco, punk, new wave, soul, easy listening and pure pop gold... NOW That's What I Call The 70s! Kicking off with one of Queen's best loved anthems, 'Don't Stop Me Now' ahead of the timeless 'Mr Blue Sky' from Electric Light Orchestra. Stars don't come much bigger than Elton John, his classic 'Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)' is next before Rod Stewart's #1 'Maggie May' and Roberta Flack's stunning 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'. Donna Summer scored a huge hit with her version of 'MacArthur Park' and closing the first side is Blondie's #1 disco excursion 'Heart Of Glass'. Flip the LP over for a side of pop and glam favourites; #1s from David Essex and Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel leading into glamtastic chart toppers from Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Wizzard and Mud - plus Alvin Stardust and the David Bowie-penned 'All The Young Dudes' from Mott The Hoople. LP2 includes some of the most influential artists of the era Bob Dylan with 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door', The Police with 'Message In A Bottle', 'London Calling' from The Clash, and The Boomtown Rats with 'Rat Trap' - the first #1 single from a punk or new wave act. Glam art-pop from Roxy Music and Sparks leads to the side concluding with Gary Numan and his 1979 #1 'Cars', pointing the way to the synth-led 1980s. Over on the other side, disco #1s from Baccara and Village People, and huge tracks 'Good Times' from Chic and 'September' from Earth, Wind & Fire. Barry White hit the top spot in 1974 with 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything', and Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross reinforced their superstar status, whilst closing this LP, Commo

Hardback book packaging. Four CDs. NOW Music proudly presents the next in our InchNOW That's What I Call An EraInch series - NOW That's What I Call An Era - Disco 1973-1980 - a dazzling celebration of the golden age of disco. This stunning set showcases essential tracks that lit up the dancefloors, charts, and airwaves at the height of disco fever - an era when glittering anthems, euphoric grooves, and iconic vocal performances defined nightlife around the world. Includes tracks by Chic, Sister Sledge, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, Chaka Khan, Candi Staton, Diana Ross, Amii Stewart, The Three Degrees, Bony M, The Village People, Lipps Inc., Donna Summer, Earth Wind & Fire, McFadden & Whitehead, Marvin Gaye, George McCrae, Tina Charles, Andrea True Connection, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. The Trammps, and many others.

Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums... Opening with a trio of tracks from stunning debuts 'A Ray Of Sunshine' from 'Fantastic', the 1983 debut album from Wham, 'Lemon Firebrigade' from Haircut 100's 'Pelican West', and the sumptuous 'Show Me', the opening track from 'The Lexicon Of Love' from ABC. Huge 1983 albums are up next from Culture Club, with 'Black Money' from 'Colour By Numbers', and 'This City Never Sleeps' the closing track on 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)' from Eurythmics, plus another epic closer from Alison Moyet with 'Where Hides Sleep' from her solo debut 'Alf' completes the first side... flip the lp over and Wham! Are back with 'Heartbeat' from 1984's 'Make It Big' - an album that housed multiple #1 singles. Howard Jones had a huge debut album with 'Human's Lib', with 'Equality' featuring here... Donna Summer is up next with 'Protection' from her Quincy Jones produced 1982 eponymous album alongside Tina Turner with the opening track from her landmark 1984 'Private Dancer' and Bruce Springsteen from his 1980 double classic 'The River', whilst the first LP closes with 'Angels On The Balcony', featuring their signature sound, taken from Blondie's 1980 'Autoamerican'. LP2 opens with a stellar line up of the era's most sophisticated pop. Leading off with the timeless 'The Chauffeur' from Duran Duran's enormous second album 'Rio', before 'Taking Islands In Africa' a stand-out from Japan's 'Gentlemen Take Polaroids'. Tears For Fears made their album debut in 1983 and the title track from 'The Hurting' is featured along with a great pop moment, 'Black Night White Light' from Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1984 debut 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome'. 1981's biggest selling album in the UK was 'Kings Of The Wild Frontier' from Adam & The Ants and 'Ants Invasion' taken from it is featured next along with Echo & The Bunnymen with 'Crystal Days' from 'Ocean Rain