Various Artists - Now Yearbook The Vault: 1984 / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Four CD set. 1981 was a seismic year in pop music, with a huge number of new artists making unforgettable chart debuts. Welcome to THE VAULT for 1981, featuring 82 tracks. 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 1981. Includes tracks by Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet, Heaven 17, Eurythmics, Debbie Harry, Donna Summer, Gary Numan, John Foxx, Generation X, Hazel O'Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane, Altered Images, Adam & the Ants, Squeeze, Split Enz, The Boomtown Rats, Hot Chocolate, Boney M, John Mellencamp, Steve Winwood, Elton John, Rush, Rainbow, Girlschool, Thin Lizzy, Gillan, The Psychedelic Furs, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones, The Stranglers. Dexys Midnight Runners & Kevin Rowland, The Police, The Clash, and many others. Album Tracks 1. Simple Minds - Sweat in Bullet 2. Spandau Ballet - Paint Me Down 3. Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Never Gonna Cry Again 5. Debbie Harry - the Jam Was Moving 6. Donna Summer - Cold Love 7. Gary Numan & Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise 8. John Foxx - Europe After the Rain 9. Classix Nouveaux - Guilty 10. Generation X - Dancing with Myself 11. Hazel O'Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up 12. Bow Wow Wow - Prince of Darkness 13. Honey Bane - Turn Me on Turn Me Off 14. Altered Images - Dead Pop Stars 15. Adam & the Ants - Young Parisians 16. Squeeze - Is That Love? 17. Split Enz - History Never Repeats 18. The Boomtown Rats - Never in a Million Years 19. Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet - Everlasting Love 20. Hot Chocolate - You'll Never Be So Wrong 21. Boney M. - We Kill the World (Don't Kill the Wor

Four CD set. 1980 was a huge year in pop music with every genre competing for hits. We have already included more than 150 tracks on the CDs of the 1980 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 1980 wouldn't be complete without shining a light on some of the years' singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the years. Welcome to THE VAULT for 1980... Some of the 80 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 1980. Includes tracks by Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, Blondie, The Ramones, The Revillos, Ultravox, Human League, Echo & the Bunnymen, Teardrop Explodes, OMD, Sparks, The B-52's, Robert Palmer, The Buggles, The Fling Lizards, The Ruts, The Clash, Level 42, Kool & the Gang, Donna Summer, Squeeze, Secret Affair, and many others. Album Tracks 1. Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 2. Billy Joel - You May Be Right 3. Blondie - the Hardest Part 4. Ramones - Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? 5. The Revillos - Motorbike Beat 6. Echo & the Bunnymen - Rescue 7. The Teardrop Explodes - When I Dream 8. Bill Nelson - Do You Dream in Colour 9. Karel Fialka - the Eyes Have It 10. The B-52's - Give Me Back My Man 11. Robert Palmer - Looking for Clues 12. Sparks - When I'm with You 13. Ultravox - Passing Strangers 14. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Red Frame / White Light 15. John Foxx - Burning Car 16. The Human League - Only After Dark 17. The Buggles - Clean, Clean 18. New Musik - This Worl

The year that NOW's story began, and where we started our 'Yearbook' series back in 2021. An incredible year in Pop music, and between that first 'Yearbook', it's 'Extra', and more of the year's hits featuring on the '80-84 Final' and it's 'Extra' we have featured over 150 tracks on CD so far in our appreciation of 1983. 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 story, and our celebration of 1983 wouldn't be complete without shining a light on some of the year's singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years... Welcome to the THE VAULT for 1983... Some of the tracks were Top 40 hits, some missed the Chart completely, and some were huge in the U.S. and not in the U.K. - but all are part of the wonderful Pop story of 1983. 80 tracks across 4-CDs. 'NOW Yearbook - The Vault 1983' CD1 kicks off with a run of Synth-Pop gems from established artists Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Blancmange, Gary Numan and Talk Talk alongside some newer bands, The Lotus Eaters, H20, Freur and After The Fire... Japan released a live instrumental, and Yello, Divine, Rockers Revenge and Freeez presented fantastic Electronic club tracks. Level 42 and Animal Nightlife produced sophisticated Jazz-Funk-Pop and Joe Jackson's hit 'Night And Day' album included the final track on the first disc - 'Breaking Us In Two'... The second disc opens with a stunning collection of Indie-Pop singles from Bauhaus, Marc And The Mambas, The Stranglers and The Glove - featuring members of both The Cure and Siouxsie And The Banshees... US Indie-Pop from The B-52's and Wall Of Voodoo leads into a run of pure Pop from Kim Wilde, Adam Ant, Bow Wow Wow, Altered Images, The Belle Stars and The Bluebells - before the CD moves towards it's close with the Retro-Pop of Roman Holliday and Tr