Various Artists - NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1984 ( Preorder 04/10/24)

Various Artists - NOW Yearbook - The Vault: 1984 ( Preorder 04/10/24)

Label: NOW - LPYBVNOW84 - 0198028066617
Format: 3 LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 4th Oct 2024
Genre: Pop
Style: Pop

Description
1984 was a truly incredible year in pop music, and we have included a fabulous selection of tracks on the 1984 Yearbook and the 80-84 Final Chapter as part of 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.

45 tracks across 3-LPs – NOW Yearbook – THE VAULT: 1984 – pressed in stunning transparent blue vinyl.

LP1 begins with some pop gems from established artists; Heaven 17, ABC, and Scritti Politti ahead of a U.S. single release from Bananarama. The solo debut from Helen Terry who had sung back-up vocals on the previous years’ massive seller ‘Colour By Numbers’ from Culture Club features along with Level 42, Soft Cell and Talk Talk who close the first side with ‘Such A Shame’. Flip the LP over to enjoy the sumptuous vocal pairings of Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston, and Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett. The side also features the debut from the Colour Field, M+M’s ‘Black Stations/White Stations’ and established artists Tom Robinson and Marillion.

The second disc kicks off with a stunning collection of indie-pop, including Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Icicle Works and the Top 40 debut from Everything But The Girl… plus Malcolm McLaren, The Associates and Blancmange with their cover of ABBA’s ‘The Day Before You Came’, whilst the dance-floor beckons on the other side with electro-dance and Hi-NRG from Sheila E., Divine, Evelyn Thomas, Miquel Brown, and chart regulars Shalamar, Donna Summer and Sheena Easton – with Arrow closing the LP with carnival favourite ‘Hot Hot Hot’.

The final LP 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, alongside a selection of U.S. new-wave hits from The Fixx, Go-Go’s and The Cars. Synth-led tracks from The Psychedelic Furs, Visage and Sparks close the side. Pretenders opens the final side with ‘Show Me’, which was a U.S. hit, but not a single in the U.K. Daryl Hall & John Oates, and Rick Springfield continued their run of Stateside hits and Bon Jovi debuted with ‘Runaway’. Scorpions and Judas Priest are up next with rock classics ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’, and ‘Freewheel Burning’… and the final word is given to ZZ Top with ‘TV Dinners’ one of four singles from their massive ‘Eliminator’ album.

NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1984 – A continued celebration of this magical year in pop!

Tracklist

LP 1 Side A

Heaven 17 - Sunset Now  
ABC - How To Be A Millionaire  
Scritti Politti – Hypnotize   
Bananarama – The Wild Life  
Level 42 - The Chant Has Begun  
Helen Terry - Love Lies Lost  
Soft Cell - Down In The Subway  
Talk Talk - Such a Shame  
 

LP 1 Side B

Teddy Pendergrass - Hold Me – Duet with Whitney Houston 
Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further  
John Lennon - Borrowed Time  
M+M - Black Stations/ White Stations  
The Colour Field – The Colour Field  
Tom Robinson - Ricky Don't Lose That Number  
Marillion - Punch and Judy           
 

LP 2 SIDE A

Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops’ Drops 
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dazzle  
The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) 
Everything But The Girl – Each An Every One 
Malcolm McLaren - Carmen (L’oiseau Rebelle) 
The Associates - Those First Impressions  
Blancmange – The Day Before You Came 
 

LP 2 SIDE B

Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life, Pt 1           
Divine - I'm So Beautiful   
Evelyn Thomas - Masquerade  
Miquel Brown - He's A Saint, He's A Sinner  
Shalamar - Dancing In The Sheets 
Donna Summer - Supernatural Love (Remix)  
Sheena Easton - Strut  
Arrow - Hot Hot Hot  
 

LP 3 SIDE A

Culture Club - Miss Me Blind  
Thompson Twins - The Gap  
The Fixx - Are We Ourselves?  
Go-Go's - Head Over Heels  
The Cars - You Might Think           
The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven  
Visage - Love Glove  
Sparks – With All My Might  
 

LP 3 SIDE B

Pretenders - Show Me  
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Adult Education  
Rick Springfield - Love Somebody  
Bon Jovi - Runaway  
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane  
Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning  
ZZ Top - TV Dinners