We mentioned the Now Yearbook series here in past entries in connection with the limited edition three lp selections that had been issued for the years 1979 through 1982 as my priority was adding selections I didn't have on older compilations such as the NOW and HITS albums of the 1980's bought at the time.
As we discovered when the Vinyl Now Extra Yearbooks 80-84 were issued last year they were not a straight selection from the cd versions but more of a bonus for vinyl fans who'd bought the main volumes in that form.
The answer to the question of what was going to be the follow up to the main Now Yearbook 80-84 which was issued as a four cd set apart from the vinyl edition we posted about was... another extra set exclusive to compact disc!
I decided to get this one as it covered a chunk of hits issued before the NOW and HITS series started in 1983 and 4 respectively and while the Now series has been re-issued on cd although with a few issues, the HITS series only came out on cd from Hits 5 in late 1986 (and then initially as a single cd).
This set is one a handful of places that does have the actual singles mix of Sister Of Mercy by the Thompson Twins and Nik Kershaw's Dancing Girls rather than the more common lp versions.
As a Japan and David Sylvian fan this also has the 1982 Steve Nye remix of European Son issued around the time the excellent compilation Assemblage was issued, David's Pulling Punches from 1984 and that collaboration between Japan's Mick Khan and Ultravox's frontman Midge Ure After A Fashion from 1983.
It's also the home of the different singles version of Penny Lover from the Can't Slow Down album by Lionel Richie that near enough everyone owned in 1984 - a fine soul album and Kim Wilde's haunting Cambodia that came out on her Select album of 1982.
For the modest price of this three cd set it's worth picking up at your local HMV,supermarkets or on Amazon.
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