Now Thats What I call music first album

[cork]

Now Thats What I call music is being re-issued on 12th Jan next:

(got this from play.com)
Disc 1

Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know
UB40 - Red Red Wine
Limahl - Only For Love
Heaven 17 - Temptation
K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
Malcolm McClaren - Double Dutch
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
Men At Work - Down Under
Rock Steady Crew - Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)
Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat
Disc 2

New Edition - Candy Girl
Kajagoogoo - Big Apple
Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together
Human League - Fascination
Howard Jones - New Song
UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry
Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
Genesis - That's All
The Cure - The Love Cats
Simple Minds - Waterfront
Madness - The Sun And The Rain
Culture Club - Victims


I think that I have most of these tracks. (Malcolm McClaren - Double Dutch being the possible exception)

[bruiser]

i had the first three of these. great music, but nothing too rare.

now: do you guys remember "debut" music magazine? it had an album tucked into it, and gorgeous color spreads on the artists. super heavy on the new wave and british. i got lots of fashion tips from it!

[bigwavedave]

Didn't this series have a specific year attached to each title? Is this the 1983 version?

The series didn't go too deep, but at least is featured stuff not on the usual compilations. Until the recent U2 remasters, the 1982 disc was the only place to get U2's "A Celebration" on cd.

[budaniel]

If I'm not mistaken, years weren't attached to the series until they began issuing them on CD. The original compilations, including the one listed above, were on double vinyl! I also think they came out twice a year. I had the first 8 volumes on vinyl back in the day.

[cork]

I only had 3 or 4

I got the first one.

I also got the one with "Suzanna" by the Art Company.

That song features on very few compilations.

[gnj1958]

The albums came out every few months so it usually worked out to 3 or 4 a year. NTWICM volume 1 was released Dec 83 and volume 2 came out in April 84. This set brings back great memories. Double Dutch and Rocksteady Crew are the only two I don't have on CD so it's not worthwhile for me to purchase it.

Volume 2 has 8 songs I don't have on CD yet so I will have to get that one.