NOW
Various Artists - NOW - Yearbook 1980 (Clear Vinyl)
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NOW
Music
is
proud
to
present
the
newest
addition
to
the
‘Yearbook’
series:
NOW
–
Yearbook
1980.
3
LPs
of
47
tracks
that
defined
the
charts
in
1980
on
transparent
‘clear’
vinyl.
Kicking
off
with
Queen’s
anthem
‘Another
One
Bites
The
Dust’,
and
including
the
Top
40
debut
from
Adam
&
The
Ants,
alongside
#1s
from
ABBA,
Blondie,
The
Jam,
Dexys
Midnight
Runners,
and
the
decade’s
first
new
#1
‘Brass
In
Pocket’
from
Pretenders
–
plus
1980’s
biggest
selling
single
‘Don’t
Stand
So
Close
To
Me’
from
The
Police.
Massive
hits
from
Kate
Bush,
Madness,
and
Olivia
Newton-John
feature
alongside
dancefloor-fillers
from
Lipps
Inc.,
Kelly
Marie,
Kool
&
The
Gang,
‘Spacer’
from
Sheila
&
B.
Devotion,
and
‘Upside
Down’
from
Diana
Ross.
The
rise
of
synth-pop
produced
huge
hits
for
Orchestral
Manoeuvres
In
The
Dark,
Martha
And
The
Muffins,
and
the
debut
from
Spandau
Ballet
–
all
included…
as
are
legendary,
long-established
artists,
Billy
Joel,
The
Rolling
Stones,
Paul
McCartney,
Status
Quo
and
John
Lennon
with
his
#1
‘(Just
Like)
Starting
Over’.
In
January
1980
the
iconic
‘London
Calling’
from
The
Clash
reached
its
chart
peak
–
and
features
along
with
New
Wave,
Post
Punk
and
Ska
from
The
Specials
(as
The
Special
AKA),
Ramones,
Joy
Division,
Siouxsie
And
The
Banshees,
UB40,
and
Elvis
Costello
&
The
Attractions.
Closing
this
collection
are
two
of
the
year’s
most
popular
and
enduring
love
songs
from
Randy
Crawford
and
Billy
Preston
&
Syreeta.
NOW
–
Yearbook
1980
–
A
celebration
of
the
diversity
and
creative
brilliance
of
the
year
in
pop.
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