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We have included more than 160 tracks on the CDs of the 1981 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our appreciation of the year.\n\nThose tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion – however – that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1981 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years.\n\nWelcome to THE VAULT for 1981, 4-CDs featuring 82 tracks. Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1981. \n\nA year away from their Top 40 debut, CD1 opens with Simple Minds with ‘Sweat In Bullet’ from their ‘Sons And Fascination’ album and followed by Spandau Ballet with ‘Paint Me Down’ from their second album ‘Diamond’. Heaven 17 are up next with their debut single ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’, alongside the debut from Eurythmics ‘Never Gonna Cry Again’. 1981 saw Debbie Harry release her first solo album ‘KooKoo’, and from it here the second single ‘The Jam Was Moving’ and Donna Summer released ‘Cold Love’ also the second single from her ‘The Wanderer’ album.  Gary Numan reunited with his former band members, now called Dramatis on the superb ‘Love Needs No Disguise’, and John Foxx released ‘Europe After The Rain’ as the lead single from ‘The Garden’. Generation X released ‘Dancing With Myself’, a track that lead singer Billy Idol would revisit in his solo releases. Post-Punk new wave from Hazel O’Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane and Altered Images feature along with the 1978 debut ‘Young Parisians’ from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. Squeeze, Split Enz and The Boomtown Rats are up next before the first disc closes with pop nuggets from Hot Chocolate and Boney M with ‘We Kill The World…’, their last original Top 40 single.\n\nBruce Springsteen opens Disc 2 with the title track from his #2 album ‘The River’ which gave him his first UK Top 40 single, and John Mellencamp – who would have to wait another year for his UK chart debut – with ‘Ain’t Even Done With The Night’, his first Top 20 hit in the US. Great tracks from Steve Winwood, Elton John and Joan Armatrading come ahead of a run of the years’ best rock including ‘Tom Sawyer’ from Rush, Rainbow, Girlschool, Thin Lizzy and Gillan, along with Foreigner with their US Top 5 smash ‘Urgent’ and Meat Loaf with the lead single from his album ‘Dead Ringer For Love’, ‘I’m Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us’.\n\nThe rest of CD2 celebrates some of ‘81’s best soul and disco featuring Commodores, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Evelyn ‘Champaign’ King, Sister Sledge, Odyssey, Voggue and the dance-floor essential ‘Can You Handle It’ from Sharon Redd.\n\nCD3 opens with an incredible run of alt-pop: The Creatures - Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie from Siouxsie And The Banshees - released their debut ‘Mad Eyed Screamer’ along with ‘Primary’, the single from The Cure’s ‘Faith’ album, New Order with ‘Procession’, plus The Psychedelic Furs, Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones and The Stranglers. Dexys Midnight Runners \u0026amp; Kevin Rowland had a #1 in 1980 and would again in 1982, and in 1981 ‘Show Me’ made the Top 20. The Clash released the non-album single ‘This Is Radio Clash’, and reggae and new-wave fusion came from The Beat and Scritti Politti – whilst reggae artist Sheila Hylton made the Top 40 with her cover of The Police track ‘The Bed’s Too Big Without You’. More funk-pop genre melding from Freeez, Level 42 and Shakatak lead to The Manhattan Transfer – who had a huge US hit with their cover of doo-wop classic ‘Boy From New York City’, and the disc closes with Joe Jackson covering the jazz\/blues\/swing standard ‘Jumpin’ Jive’. \n\nThe final disc opens with the Pretenders from their second album, and a single ‘Louie Louie’ that got a US, but not a UK release. Pat Benatar led into her ‘Precious Time’ album with ‘Fire And Ice’, and Billy Joel released a live version of ‘Say Goodbye To Hollywood’, giving him a US Top 20 hit. Bruce Springsteen wrote ‘This Little Girl, giving Gary U.S. Bonds a big US hit, and other stars enjoying success in America in 1981 include REO Speedwagon who had the years’ biggest selling album, Rick Springfield, Journey, and Kim Carnes. The Alan Parsons Project saw ‘Time’ become a Top 20 hit, and Juice Newton hit #2 with ‘Queen Of Hearts’. Missing the UK Top 40, but going all the way to #1 in the US, Eddie Rabbitt’s ‘I Love A Rainy Night’ is up next ahead of Dolly Parton with ‘But You Know I Love You’. A Taste Of Honey had a huge hit back in 1978 with ‘Boogie Oogie Oogie’ (UK #3 \/ US #1) – and hit Top 3 in ’81 with ‘Sukiyaki’ in the US, and that track leads into the final four in our collection – and a stunning closing run of vocalists: Aretha Franklin and George Benson duetting on ‘Love All The Hurt Away’, Diana Ross, ‘Sailing’ from Christopher Cross – another US #1, and signing off with Neil Diamond with the second single from the soundtrack of ‘The Jazz Singer’, ‘Hello Again’.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305928446337,"sku":"2661680","price":13.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0198029011227_6826138E.png?v=1747326071"},{"product_id":"various-now-yearbook-the-vault-1981-cd","title":"Various - NOW - Yearbook The Vault: 1981 [CD]","description":"1981 was a seismic year in pop music, with a huge number of new artists making unforgettable chart debuts…we have included more than 160 tracks on the CDs of the 1981 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in our appreciation of the year.\nThose tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion – however – that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1981 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years.\nWelcome to THE VAULT for 1981. 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Heaven 17 are up next with their debut single ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’, alongside the debut from Eurythmics ‘Never Gonna Cry Again’. 1981 saw Debbie Harry release her first solo album ‘KooKoo’, and from it here the second single ‘The Jam Was Moving’ and Donna Summer released ‘Cold Love’ also the second single from her ‘The Wanderer’ album.  Gary Numan reunited with his former band members, now called Dramatis on the superb ‘Love Needs No Disguise’, and John Foxx released ‘Europe After The Rain’ as the lead single from ‘The Garden’. Generation X released ‘Dancing With Myself’, a track that lead singer Billy Idol would revisit in his solo releases. Post-Punk new wave from Hazel O’Connor, Bow Wow Wow, Honey Bane and Altered Images feature along with the 1978 debut ‘Young Parisians’ from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. Squeeze, Split Enz and The Boomtown Rats are up next before the first disc closes with pop nuggets from Hot Chocolate and Boney M with ‘We Kill The World…’, their last original Top 40 single.\nBruce Springsteen opens Disc 2 with the title track from his #2 album ‘The River’ which gave him his first UK Top 40 single, and John Mellencamp – who would have to wait another year for his UK chart debut – with ‘Ain’t Even Done With The Night’, his first Top 20 hit in the US. Great tracks from Steve Winwood, Elton John and Joan Armatrading come ahead of a run of the years’ best rock including ‘Tom Sawyer’ from Rush, Rainbow, Girlschool, Thin Lizzy and Gillan, along with Foreigner with their US Top 5 smash ‘Urgent’ and Meat Loaf with the lead single from his album ‘Dead Ringer For Love’, ‘I’m Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us’.\nThe rest of CD2 celebrates some of ‘81’s best soul and disco featuring Commodores, Rick James, Chaka Khan, Evelyn ‘Champaign’ King, Sister Sledge, Odyssey, Voggue and the dance-floor essential ‘Can You Handle It’ from Sharon Redd.\nCD3 opens with an incredible run of alt-pop: The Creatures - Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie from Siouxsie And The Banshees - released their debut ‘Mad Eyed Screamer’ along with ‘Primary’, the single from The Cure’s ‘Faith’ album, New Order with ‘Procession’, plus The Psychedelic Furs, Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Undertones and The Stranglers. Dexys Midnight Runners \u0026amp; Kevin Rowland had a #1 in 1980 and would again in 1982, and in 1981 ‘Show Me’ made the Top 20. The Clash released the non-album single ‘This Is Radio Clash’, and reggae and new-wave fusion came from The Beat and Scritti Politti – whilst reggae artist Sheila Hylton made the Top 40 with her cover of The Police track ‘The Bed’s Too Big Without You’. More funk-pop genre melding from Freeez, Level 42 and Shakatak lead to The Manhattan Transfer – who had a huge US hit with their cover of doo-wop classic ‘Boy From New York City’, and the disc closes with Joe Jackson covering the jazz\/blues\/swing standard ‘Jumpin’ Jive’. \nThe final disc opens with the Pretenders from their second album, and a single ‘Louie Louie’ that got a US, but not a UK release. Pat Benatar led into her ‘Precious Time’ album with ‘Fire And Ice’, and Billy Joel released a live version of ‘Say Goodbye To Hollywood’, giving him a US Top 20 hit. 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We have included a fantastic selection of the year’s singles on the 1981 Yearbook and the 80-84 Final Chapter as part of our appreciation of the year.\n\nThose tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion – however – that’s not the whole singles story of the year, and our celebration of 1981 wouldn’t be complete without shining a light on some of the years’ singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years.\n\nWelcome to THE VAULT for 1981. Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1981. \n\n45 tracks across 3LPs – NOW Yearbook – The Vault: 1981, pressed in beautiful transparent purple vinyl.\n\nA year away from their Top 40 debut, LP1 opens with Simple Minds with ‘Sweat In Bullet’ from their ‘Sons And Fascination’ album and followed by Spandau Ballet with ‘Paint Me Down’ from their second album ‘Diamond’. Heaven 17 are up next with their debut single ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’, alongside the debut from Eurythmics ‘Never Gonna Cry Again’. John Foxx released ‘Europe After The Rain’ as the lead single from ‘The Garden’, and Gary Numan reunited with his former band members, now called Dramatis on the superb ‘Love Needs No Disguise’. Closing the side, Altered Images feature with their debut ‘Dead Pop Stars’, along with the 1978 debut ‘Young Parisians’ from Adam \u0026amp; The Ants – re-released to become a hit in 1981. Flip the LP over to celebrate some of ‘81’s best soul and disco featuring Rick James, Sister Sledge and Chaka Khan, ahead of funk-pop genre melding from Freeez, Shakatak and Level 42 before this first disc closes with reggae artist Sheila Hylton who made the Top 40 with her cover of The Police track ‘The Bed’s Too Big Without You’.\n\nBruce Springsteen opens LP2 with the title track from his #2 album ‘The River’ which gave him his first UK Top 40 single, and John Mellencamp – who would have to wait another year for his UK chart debut – with ‘Ain’t Even Done With The Night’, his first Top 20 hit in the US. REO Speedwagon are up next with a track, ‘In Your Letter’ from the years’ biggest-selling album in America, and Billy Joel released a live version of ‘Say Goodbye To Hollywood’, giving him a Top 20 hit there. Great singles from Elton John and Joan Armatrading lead to the side finishing with The Alan Parsons Project and another US hit, ‘Time’.\n\nSide B opens with the Pretenders from their second album, and a single ‘Louie Louie’ that got a US, but not a UK release. Pat Benatar led into her ‘Precious Time’ album with ‘Fire And Ice’, and Generation X released ‘Dancing With Myself’, a track that lead singer Billy Idol would revisit in his solo releases. Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, and Dexys Midnight Runners all feature ahead of Joe Jackson covering the jazz\/blues\/swing standard ‘Jumpin’ Jive’, and The Manhattan Transfer – who had a huge US hit with their cover of doo-wop classic ‘Boy From New York City’, which closes LP2.\n\nLP3 opens with an incredible run of alt-pop: The Creatures - Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie from Siouxsie And The Banshees - released their debut ‘Mad Eyed Screamer’ along with ‘Primary’, the single from The Cure’s ‘Faith’ album, New Order with ‘Procession’, plus The Psychedelic Furs with ‘Dumb Waiters’. The Clash released the non-album single ‘This Is Radio Clash’, and reggae and new-wave fusion from Scritti Politti with the sublime ‘The “Sweetest Girl”’. The side closes with two chart regulars The Undertones and Squeeze with ‘It’s Going To Happen’ and ‘Is That Love?’ and the final side kicks off with Debbie Harry, as 1981 saw her release her first solo album ‘KooKoo’, and from it here the second single ‘The Jam Was Moving’. Donna Summer released ‘Cold Love’ from her ‘The Wanderer’ album, and Commodores feature with ‘Lady (You Bring Me Up)’. Steve Winwood is up next with ‘While You See A Chance’, and the final three begin with Journey and their rock ballad ‘Who’s Crying Now’, Rush with the epic ‘Tom Sawyer’, and closing the collection, Meat Loaf with the lead single from his album ‘Dead Ringer For Love’, ‘I’m Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us’.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54305928970625,"sku":"2661682","price":24.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0198029011319_6826138F.png?v=1747326093"},{"product_id":"various-now-yearbook-1997-deluxe-cd","title":"Various - NOW - Yearbook 1997 (Deluxe) [CD]","description":"Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history – a time when boundary-pushing alternative anthems, flawless dancefloor fillers, global megastars and fresh faces all collided on the charts. 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Eternal feat. Bebe Winans hit #1 with ‘I Wanna Be The Only One’ and All Saints made their debut with ‘I Know Where It’s At’. En Vogue’s powerful ‘Don’t Let Go (Love)’ and Gabrielle’s remake of ‘Walk On By’ lead into the discs closing trio: - the atmospheric ‘Out Of My Mind’ from Duran Duran, the genre-blending #1 ‘Your Woman’ from White Town, and Pet Shop Boys’ brilliant version of the musical classic ‘Somewhere’.\n \nCD2 opens with another George Michael classic from his ‘Older’ album, the beautiful ‘You Have Been Loved’, ahead of a second contemporary masterpiece ‘Secret Garden’ from Bruce Springsteen. Next Up, Paul McCartney’s ‘Young Boy’ and Sheryl Crow’s top 10 hit ‘A Change Would Do You Good’. Meredith Brooks makes her debut with ‘Bitch’ and Robbie Williams’ ‘Old Before I Die’, became his second smash as a solo artist. Different styles of dance pop are celebrated in a run of floor fillers including Jamiroquai’s groovy ‘Alright’, and from Tina Moore (‘Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G. Bump-N-Go Vocal Mix)’), Whitney Houston (‘Step By Step’) and Lutricia McNeal (‘Ain’t That Just The Way’). Finley Quaye and Ginuwine feature before rap from LL COOL J enjoying his first UK #1 with ‘Ain’t Nobody’, and Coolio with the ear-worm ‘C U When U Get There’. Soulful vocals close this disc with Mary J. Blige’s ‘Everything’, ahead of great covers from Shola Ama with You Might Need Somebody’, and ‘Wonderful Tonight’ from Damage.\n \nCD3 kicks off with Radiohead’s defining ‘Paranoid Android’, and Oasis’s huge #1 ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ – the lead single from their third album ‘Be Here Now’. Indie-pop anthems follow from The Seahorses (‘Love Is The Law’), Supergrass (‘Richard III’), The Charlatans (‘North Country Boy’) and Ocean Colour Scene (‘Hundred Mile High City’). 90s alt-pop continues with Cast’s ‘Free Me’, Kula Shaker’s hit cover of ‘Hush’ and Embrace’s ‘All You Good Good People’. Echo \u0026amp; The Bunnymen returned in ‘97 with ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, and James also scored a Top 10 hit with ‘She’s A Star’. The Cardigans had a #2 smash with ‘Lovefool’ and ‘Ready To Go’ gave Republica a Top 20 chart debut. Next up, some of the years’ electronic dance music highlights: - The Chemical Brothers with the massive ’Block Rockin’ Beats’ ahead of Moby with his re-imagining of the classic film-series theme: ‘James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version)’. Orbital provided the theme to the remake of ‘The Saint’ and Smoke City provide trip-hop brilliance with ‘Underwater Love’, ahead of the disc finishing with the atmospheric version of 'You Showed Me’ by The Lightning Seeds’ and Suede’s plaintive ‘Saturday Night’.\n \nThe final disc opens with a stellar run of 1997’s dancefloor gold. Opening with the club juggernaut and #1 ‘Professional Widow’ from Tori Amos, remixed for single release by Armand Van Helden, ahead of the collaboration between Lisa Stansfield and The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on the remix of ‘People Hold On’, Olive’s UK #1 ‘You’re Not Alone’, the huge ’97 ‘Now Voyager’ remix of ‘You Got The Love’ from The Source feat. Candi Staton, and ‘Remember Me’ from Blue Boy. Ultra Naté and Dannii Minogue had euphoric dance-pop smashes with ‘Free’ and ‘All I Wanna Do’, which are featured before pan-European hits from Sash! (‘Encore Une Fois’) and Dario G (‘Sunchyme’). Eurovision glory happened for the UK in 1997, and winners Katrina And The Waves with ‘Love Shine A Light’ are up next before gems from Céline Dion, Backstreet Boys and the second solo #1 for Gary Barlow with ‘Love Won’t Wait’. Gina G keeps things ‘Fresh’, No Mercy hit #2 with the infectious ‘Where Do You Go’, and N-Trance (featuring Rod Stewart) reimagined the classic: ‘Da Y Think I’m Sexy’. Five achieved a Top 10 debut with ‘Slam Dunk (Da Funk)’, East 17 enjoyed their 11th visit to the Top 10 with ‘Hey Child’, and Wet Wet Wet’s ‘If I Never See You Again’ was another Top 5 hit for the enduringly popular band celebrating their 10th anniversary. The journey back to 1997 closes with the huge #1 ballad from the Spice Girls – ‘Too Much’ – the year’s Christmas #1 and their 6th chart-topper in an unbroken run to date…which ends the collection on a perfect pop high.\n \nNOW – Yearbook 1997: A celebration of the diversity and creativity in the charts of a truly magical year in pop.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54354046779777,"sku":"2671406","price":11.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/0198029012026_68398046.png?v=1748599432"}],"url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/collections\/now-thats-what-i-call-music-sale.oembed","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}