NOW YEARBOOK 1986 - TRIPLE PURPLE VINYL LP ##PRE-RELEASE###

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NOW YEARBOOK 1986 - TRIPLE PURPLE VINYL LP ##PRE-RELEASE##  Released 24th February  2023

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NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series, NOW – Yearbook 1986; 43 tracks on a 3LP set pressed on translucent purple vinyl - from a fantastic year in pop!

Opening with two stellar #1s, ‘A Different Corner’ from George Michael and ‘The Sun Always Shines On T.V.’ from a-ha, before leading into huge hits from Duran Duran (‘Notorious’), ‘Thorn In My Side’ from Eurythmics, and the #1 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’ from Falco. Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’ starts the flip side before timeless radio friendly Pop from the Pretenders, and the lead single from one of the year’s biggest albums (‘Graceland’) from Paul Simon with ‘You Can Call Me Al’, along with two of the year’s most enduring ballads from Simply Red and Spandau Ballet.

Side 1 of LP2 is all about Pop-Dance energy – kicking off with Wham!’s final hit and #1 ‘The Edge Of Heaven’ and 1986’s biggest seller ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ from The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris. Bananarama scored a huge hit (and a US #1) with ‘Venus’, as did Kim Wilde with ‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’. There’s also the debut from Nick Kamen, the sublime ‘Breakout’ from Swing Out Sister and the #1 ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ from Boris Gardiner.

Alternative Pop takes the spotlight on the other side of LP2, with 1986 a vintage year for the sheer diversity of its chart music. The Smiths peerless ‘Panic’ opens, and is joined by Big Audio Dynamite, Furniture, and the landmark ‘Life’s What You Make It’ from Talk Talk. More timeless Pop from Red Box and The Bangles leads toward the well-chosen #1 cover of ‘Spirit In The Sky’ from Doctor & The Medics.

LP3 starts in epic cinematic style with the iconic #1 ‘Take My Breath Away’ (taken from the film ‘Top Gun’) by Berlin, with huge global Rock smashes from Bon Jovi ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’, and one of the best ever collaborations between Run DMC and Aerosmith on ‘Walk This Way’. Robert Palmer’s ‘Addicted To Love’ would become a timeless radio staple, and the year saw new hits from Simple Minds, The Rolling Stones, and a new version of a classic from The Police.

The final side is all about sophisticated Dance-Pop, opening with the Jam & Lewis produced ‘Human’ from The Human League, and a further US #1 from Steve Winwood with ‘Higher Love’. Massive tracks from Level 42 and Five Star are up next and are followed by two of the year’s biggest floor-fillers: ‘We Don’t Have To…’ from Jermaine Stewart and Lionel Richie’s international smash ‘Dancing On The Ceiling’, before closing with one of 1986’s greatest vocals from Whitney Houston on her defining cover of ‘Greatest Love Of All’.

NOW – Yearbook 1986 - A celebration of the diversity and creative magic of the year in pop.

LP Tracklist

LP1 Side A

1. George Michael - A Different Corner

2. a-ha - The Sun Always Shines On T.V.

3. Duran Duran - Notorious

4. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Thorn In My Side (2018 Remastered)

5. Debbie Harry - French Kissin' (In The USA)

6. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

7. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard

LP1 Side B

1. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

2. Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

3. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al

4. Tina Turner - Typical Male

5. Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall

6. Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

7. Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades

LP2 Side A

1. Wham! - The Edge Of Heaven

2. The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris - Don’t Leave Me This Way

3. Bananarama - Venus

4. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin’ On

5. Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart

6. Swing Out Sister - Breakout

7. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You

LP2 Side B

1. The Smiths - Panic

2. Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2

3. Furniture - Brilliant Mind

4. Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It

5. Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame

6. Red Box - For America

7. The Bangles - Manic Monday

8. Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky

LP3 Side A

1. Berlin - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun")

2. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

3. RUN DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way

4. Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love

5. The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle

6. The Police - Don't Stand So Close To Me '86

7. Simple Minds - All The Things She Said

LP3 Side B

1. The Human League - Human

2. Steve Winwood - Higher Love

3. Level 42 - Lessons In Love

4. Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute

5. Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off

6. Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling

7. Whitney Houston - Greatest Love Of All

About the Artist

Various Artists

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1A Different Corner - George Michael2The Sun Always Shines On T.V. - a-ha3Notorious - Duran Duran4Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart5French Kissin' in the USA - Debbie Harry6Rock Me Amadeus (The American Edit) - Falco7Rage Hard - Frankie Goes to Hollywood8Hounds of Love - Kate Bush9Don't Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders10You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon11Typical Male - Tina Turner12Marlene On the Wall - Suzanne Vega13Holding Back the Years - Simply Red14Through the Barricades - Spandau Ballet

Disc: 2

1The Edge of Heaven - Wham!2Don't Leave Me This Way (With Sarah Jane Morris) - The Communards3Venus - Bananarama4You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde5Each Time You Break My Heart - Nick Kamen6Breakout - Swing Out Sister7I Want to Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner8Panic - The Smiths9E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite10Brilliant Mind - Furniture11Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk12No One Is to Blame - Howard Jones13For America - Red Box14Manic Monday - The Bangles15Spirit in the Sky - Doctor & The Medics

Disc: 3

1Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from 'Top Gun') - Berlin2Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi3Walk This Way (Feat. Aerosmith) - RUN DMC4Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer5Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones6Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 - The Police7All the Things She Said - Simple Minds8Human - The Human League9Higher Love - Steve Winwood10Lessons in Love - Level 4211Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star12We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart13Dancing On the Ceiling - Lionel Richie14Greatest Love of All - Whitney Houston

Product information

Original Release Date‎2023Label‎Now TwicNumber of discs‎3ASIN‎B0BSNNLXVQ