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NOW Yearbook 1974

4CD deluxe and 3LP coloured vinyl

NOW Yearbook 1974

Now That’s What I Call Music continue with their popular Yearbook series with an edition focused on 1974.

NOW Yearbook 1974 is available in the usual formats with deluxe casebound book and standard 4CD editions and a 3LP coloured vinyl package, which this time around is green. The CD sets offer 82 tracks whereas the vinyl delivers 48.

1974 was a great year, mixing up classic rock (Queen, Lennon, McCartney, Elton John, Bachman-Turner Overdrive) with glam rock (The Sweet, Slade, Mud), teen pop (Bay City Rollers, David Essex), retro-pop (Showaddywaddy and Alvin Stardust), soft rock (Andy Kim, Ace and The Hollies) and even the odd novelty (The Wombles and ‘Kung Fu Fighting’!).

Deluxe casebound book version of NOW Yearbook 1974

Mike Oldfield’s ‘Theme From Tubular Bells’ makes an appearance, as does Leo Sayer’s excellent UK No 2 hit ‘The Show Must Go On’ along with the transatlantic top 10 ‘Long Tall Glasses’, while 10cc’s ‘The Wall Street Shuffle’ and Sparks’ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both of Us’ deliver some cool, quirky art-rock.

Soul selections include songs fro Barry White, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and The Stylistics while Bryan Ferry appears both as part of Roxy Music and as a solo artist. Mud’s ‘Lonely This Christmas’ appropriately ends CD 4, since it was the Christmas number one in 1974.

NOW Yearbook 1974 will be released on 3 May 2024.

Tracklisting

NOW Yearbook 1974

NOW Yearbook 1974 Various Artists /

    • CD 1
      1. Queen – Killer Queen  
      2. Paul McCartney & Wings – Jet  
      3. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us 
      4. Sweet – Teenage Rampage 
      5. Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 
      6. Mud – Tiger Feet 
      7. Slade – Far Far Away 
      8. Pilot – Magic 
      9. David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star 
      10. Alvin Stardust – Jealous Mind 
      11. The Rubettes – Sugar Baby Love 
      12. Bay City Rollers – Shang-A-Lang 
      13. Paper Lace – Billy, Don’t Be A Hero 
      14. Leo Sayer – The Show Must Go On 
      15. The Wombles – The Wombling Song 
      16. Carl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting  
      17. Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe 
      18. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – You Are Everything
      19. The Stylistics – You Make Me Feel Brand New 
      20. The Three Degrees – When Will I See You Again 
      21. Sweet Sensation – Sad Sweet Dreamer 
    • CD 2
      1. Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me 
      2. John Lennon – Whatever Gets You Thru The Night 
      3. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet 
      4. Golden Earring – Radar Love  
      5. Cozy Powell – Dance With The Devil  
      6. Electric Light Orchestra – Ma-Ma-Ma Belle
      7. Faces – Pool Hall Richard  
      8. Mike Oldfield – Mike Oldfield’s Single (Theme From Tubular Bells) 
      9. Cher – Dark Lady 
      10. Lulu – The Man Who Sold The World 
      11. Bryan Ferry – The ‘In’ Crowd  
      12. The Arrows – Touch Too Much
      13. Hello – Tell Him 
      14. Mud – The Cat Crept In 
      15. 10cc – The Wall Street Shuffle 
      16. Rod Stewart – Farewell 
      17. Slade – Everyday  
      18. Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently  
      19. Ace – How Long 
      20. The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe  
    • CD 3
      1. Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything  
      2. Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes– Get Dancin’ 
      3. George McCrae – Rock Your Baby    
      4. The Hues Corporation – Rock The Boat
      5. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass – The Love I Lost  
      6. Johnny Bristol – Hang On In There Baby
      7. The Drifters – Kissin’ In The Back Row Of The Movies
      8. Robert Knight – Love On A Mountain Top
      9. The Intruders – (Win, Place Or Show) She’s A Winner  
      10. Limmie & Family Cookin’ – A Walkin’ Miracle 
      11. Hot Chocolate – Emma       
      12. Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl
      13. The Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze, Pt. 1
      14. Aretha Franklin – Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)   
      15. Ken Boothe – Everything I Own  
      16. First Class – Beach Baby 
      17. The Rubettes – Juke Box Jive
      18. Showaddywaddy – Hey Rock ‘n’ Roll
      19. Wizzard – Rock ‘n’ Roll Winter (Loony’s Tune) 
      20. Alvin Stardust – You You You                      
      21. T-Rex – Teenage Dream 
    • CD 4
      1. Paul McCartney & Wings – Band On The Run 
      2. Elton John – Candle In The Wind  
      3. Olivia Newton-John – I Honestly Love You 
      4. Terry Jacks – Seasons In The Sun
      5. Bay City Rollers – Summerlove Sensation
      6. Sweet Dreams – Honey Honey  
      7. Stephanie De Sykes – Born With A Smile On My Face 
      8. The New Seekers– You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me
      9. Mouth & MacNeal – I See A Star
      10. Leo Sayer – Long Tall Glasses
      11. Sparks – Amateur Hour
      12. Cockney Rebel – Mr. Soft
      13. Roxy Music – All I Want Is You  
      14. Sweet – The Six Teens
      15. Drupi – Vado Via 
      16. Gigliola Cinquetti– Go (Before You Break My Heart)  
      17. John Denver – Annie’s Song
      18. Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl
      19. Charles Aznavour – She (Tous Les Visages De L’amour) 
      20. Mud – Lonely This Christmas

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