About this deal
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. Track sound quality is generally good to excellent, (with the notable exception of Under Your Thumb by Godley And Creme which sounds muffled and noise-gated to hell) but volume level between one track and another is very inconsistent - and it's not just due to mastering either.
UK series, comprising: compact discs (CD), magnetic audio cassettes (AC), vinyl ( LP), VHS tape, DVD, and on other short-lived formats.In November 2018, the Now team took over the " 100 Hits" brand from Demon Music Group, and in 2019 and 2020, the Special Editions series was effectively rested while 24 different Now 100 Hits compilations were issued in very quick succession, until the end of November 2020. Germany gave us Goombay Dance Band with the 1982 hit, 'Seven Tears', another one hit wonder, in this country at least. 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. July 2019) re-issued on 2-CD - 28 tracks with only Bob Marley and the Wailers and Gary Glitter missing. November 2020) David Bowie, Patti Labelle and Michael McDonald, and the Real Roxanne are the tracks that are missing.
THIS A GOOD COLLECTION OF SONGS FROM THE 1980's BUT THERE ARE A FEW SONGS MISSING THAT SHOULD BE ON THIS C. The first two volumes were not released on compact disc, and all subsequent releases were either single, double, or triple disc sets. An earlier compilation tie-in with Smash Hits from 1987 did, however, include tracks from those years.
Ok, there are some big international hits here that even your grandmother knows, but not as many as the previous Now Forgotten 80s nightmare.