NOW Music continue their ‘era’ series with NOW That’s What I Call An Era – Disco: 1973-1980 available as a 4CD set or on 3LP coloured vinyl.
As the name suggestions, this is a celebration of the golden age of disco over an eight-year period and the 4CD versions (available in deluxe hardcover book or standard card sleeve) offers 88 tracks, while the 3LP coloured vinyl version delivers 48.
Deluxe hardcover book 4CD set
Tracks include Sister Sledge’s ‘We Are Family’, Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’, The Village People’s ‘YMCA’, Chaka Khan’s ‘I’m Every Woman’, Blondie’s ‘Heart of Glass’, Diana Ross’ ‘Upside Down’, The Trammps’ ‘Disco Inferno’, Kool & The Gang’s ‘Ladies Night’, Baccara’s ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’, Amii Stewart’s version of ‘Knock On Wood’, The Hues Corporation’s ‘Rock The Boat’, The Isley Brothers’ ‘That Lady, Pt 1’, The O’Jays’ ‘I Love Music’, Thelma Houston’s ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’, Tavares’ ‘Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Part 1)’, LaBelle’s ‘Lady Marmalade’, Yvonne Elliman’s ‘If I Can’t Have You’ and many more. Full tracklisting is below.
NOW That’s What I Call An Era – Disco: 1973-1980 will be released on 7 November 2025.
Maxine Nightingale – Right Back Where We Started From
Yvonne Elliman – If I Can’t Have You
Stephanie Mills – Never Knew Love Like This Before
Donna Summer – Last Dance
LP 1
Side A
Chic – Le Freak (Edit)
Sister Sledge – We Are Family (Single Edit)
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive (Single Version)
Sylvester – You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman
Candi Staton – Young Hearts Run Free
Diana Ross – Upside Down
Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer (7” Edit)
Side B
Amii Stewart – Knock On Wood (7” Edit)
The Three Degrees – Givin’ Up Givin’ In
Eruption – I Can’t Stand The Rain
Boney M. – Daddy Cool
Village People – YMCA
Michael Zager Band – Let’s All Chant
Lipps Inc. – Funkytown (Single Version)
Dee D. Jackson – Automatic Lover
LP 2
Side A
Donna Summer – MacArthur Park (Single Version)
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions – Boogie Wonderland
McFadden & Whitehead – Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now (Single Version)
Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass – The Love I Lost (Single Version)
George McCrae – Rock Your Baby
Tina Charles – I Love To Love
Andrea True Connection – More, More, More (Single Version)
Side B
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
The Trammps – Disco Inferno (Single Edit)
A Taste Of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie
Diana Ross – Love Hangover
Grace Jones – I Need A Man
Amanda Lear – Follow Me (Single Version)
Patrick Juvet – I Love America
Frantique – Strut Your Funky Stuff (Single Version)
LP 3
Side A
Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Belle Epoque – Black Is Black
Alicia Bridges – I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) (Single Version)
Rose Royce – Car Wash (Single Version)
The Real Thing – Can You Feel The Force (7” Single Version)
Kool & The Gang – Ladies Night (Edit)
Barry White – You See The Trouble With Me (Single Version)
Yvonne Elliman – If I Can’t Have You
Side B
Elton John – Are You Ready For Love (’79 Version Radio Edit)
Heatwave – Boogie Nights
The Emotions – Best Of My Love
LaBelle – Lady Marmalade (Single Version)
Cheryl Lynn – Got to Be Real
Odyssey – Native New Yorker
Thelma Houston – Don’t Leave Me This Way (Single Version)
Donna Summer – Last Dance (Single Version)
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By Paul Sinclair
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