Now Yearbook ’78
4CD and 3LP coloured vinyl
The Now That’s What I Call Music team move their focus back on to the late 1970s with a NOW Yearbook ’78, the ninth in the ongoing series that now spans from 1978 to 1986.
The release is available in the usual formats, that is deluxe 4CD hardcover book (with 28-pages of track commentary and a quiz), 3LP coloured vinyl and then a standard 4CD set in an eight-panel card sleeve.
The CD formats contain 85 tracks over the four discs and mix classics from the likes of ELO, Rod Stewart, Gerry Rafferty, ABBA, Wings, Kate Bush, Olivia Newton-John (and John Travolta!) and Patti Smith with songs from artists who emerged in the post-punk era, such as The Boomtown Rats, The Undertones, Buzzcocks, Blondie, The Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions and Ian Dury and the Blockheads.
It’s 1978, so naturally disco is embraced, with CD 3 focusing on songs from artists such as Chic, Tavares, Baccara, Sheila and B Devotion, The Three Degrees, Eruption, and Voyage. The final CD offers a pick ‘n’ mix selection of pop smashes of this year from Bill Withers, John Paul Young, Andrew Gold, Dollar, Brotherhood of Man, David Soul, Elkie Brooks and more! Full tracklistings are below.
The 3LP version is pressed on bright pink vinyl and naturally offers a smaller, but still generous, selection of 46 tracks. Like the CD editions, this is available directly from the NOW store. Both the vinyl and deluxe hardcover book editions are limited.
NOW Yearbook 1978 will be released on 28 April 2023.
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Tracklisting
Now Yearbook ’78 Various Artists /
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CD 1
- Electric Light Orchestra – Mr. Blue Sky
- Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street
- Rod Stewart – Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- ABBA – Take A Chance On Me
- Boney M. – Rivers Of Babylon
- 10cc – Dreadlock Holiday
- Althea and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
- Donna Summer – MacArthur Park
- Chaka Khan – I’m Every Woman
- Yvonne Elliman – If I Can’t Have You
- Chic – Everybody Dance
- Odyssey – Native New Yorker
- Rose Royce – Wishing On A Star
- Commodores – Three Times A Lady
- Marshall Hain – Dancing In The City
- Clout – Substitute
- Bonnie Tyler – It’s A Heartache
- Suzi Quatro – If You Can’t Give Me Love
- Wings – With A Little Luck
- Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes
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CD 2
- The Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap
- The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
- Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)
- Siouxsie and The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden
- The Rezillos – Top Of The Pops
- Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone
- Elvis Costello and The Attractions – (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea
- The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
- The Jam – Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
- Ian Dury and The Blockheads – What A Waste
- Patti Smith – Because The Night
- The Cars – My Best Friend’s Girl
- The Motors – Airport
- City Boy – 5.7.0.5.
- Sweet – Love Is Like Oxygen
- Elton John – Part-Time Love
- Billy Joel – Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)
- The Who – Who Are You
- Foreigner – Cold As Ice
- Joe Walsh – Life’s Been Good
- Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
- Justin Hayward – Forever Autumn
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CD 3
- Chic – Le Freak
- A Taste Of Honey – Boogie Oogie Oogie
- Tavares – More Than A Woman
- Alicia Bridges – I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round)
- Dan Hartman – Instant Replay
- Michael Zager Band – Let’s All Chant
- Raffaella Carrà – Do It Do It Again (A Far L’Amore Comincia Tu)
- Baccara – Sorry, I’m A Lady
- Sheila and B Devotion – Singin’ In The Rain
- Voyage – From East To West
- Donna Summer – I Love You
- The Three Degrees – Givin’ Up Givin’ In
- Eruption – I Can’t Stand The Rain
- Dee D. Jackson – Automatic Lover
- Sarah Brightman and Hot Gossip – I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper
- Crown Heights Affair – Galaxy Of Love”
- Gladys Knight and The Pips – Come Back And Finish What You Started
- Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s A Winner
- Earth, Wind and Fire – Fantasy
20 Heatwave – Always And Forever - Rose Royce – Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
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CD 4
- Blondie – Denis
- Olivia Newton-John – Hopelessly Devoted To You
- John Travolta – Sandy
- Darts – The Boy From New York City
- Bill Withers – Lovely Day
- John Paul Young – Love Is In The Air
- Barry Manilow – Copacabana
- Renaissance – Northern Lights
- Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley – If I Had Words
- Boney M. – Brown Girl In The Ring
- Brotherhood Of Man – Figaro
- Co-Co – Bad Old Days
- Dollar – Shooting Star
- Andrew Gold – Never Let Her Slip Away
- Dean Friedman w/ Denise Marsa – Lucky Stars
- The Manhattan Transfer – Walk In Love
- David Soul – Let’s Have A Quiet Night In
- Crystal Gayle – Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
- Elkie Brooks – Don’t Cry Out Loud
- David Essex – Oh What A Circus
- Brian and Michael – Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
- Father Abraham – Smurf Song
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