Various - NOW Yearbook THE VAULT 1983 [CD]

The year that NOWs story began and where we started our Yearbook series back in 2021. An incredible year in Pop music and between that first Yearbook its Extra and more of the years hits featuring on the 80-84 Final and its Extra we have featured over 150 tracks on CD so far in our appreciation of 1983. Those tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year with their Chart achievement a factor in their inclusion - however thats not the whole story and our celebration of 1983 wouldnt be complete without shining a light on some of the years singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years Welcome to the THE VAULT for 1983Some of the tracks were Top 40 hits some missed the Chart completely and some were huge in the U.S. and not in the U.K. but all are part of the wonderful Pop story of 1983. 80 tracks across 4-CDs - NOW Yearbook - The Vault 1983 CD1 kicks off with a run of Synth-Pop gems from established artists Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Blancmange Gary Numan and Talk Talk alongside some newer bands The Lotus Eaters H20 Freur and After The Fire Japan released a live instrumental and Yello Divine Rockers Revenge and Freeez presented fantastic Electronic club tracks. Level 42 and Animal Nightlife produced sophisticated Jazz-Funk-Pop and Joe Jacksons hit Night And Day album included the final track on the first disc Breaking Us In Two. The second disc opens with a stunning collection of Indie-Pop singles from Bauhaus Marc And The Mambas The Stranglers and The Glove featuring members of both The Cure and Siouxsie And The Banshees. US Indie-Pop from The B-52s and Wall Of Voodoo leads into a run of pure Pop from Kim Wilde Adam Ant Bow Wow Wow Altered Images The Belle Stars and The Bluebells - before the CD moves towards its close with the Retro-Pop of Roman Holliday and Tracie plus Fun Boy Three and UB40 before finishing with Mari Wilsons gorgeous take on Cry Me A River. CD3 features some huge and long-established superstars including Billy Joel with the stunning opener Goodnight Saigon Bonnie Tyler Electric Light Orchestra Lionel Richie Earth Wind Fire Mike Oldfield The Kinks Olivia Newton-John and a massive U.S. hit for Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton with a cover of Bob Segers Weve Got Tonite. Great tracks from Chris Rea Robert Palmer and Marillion are followed by a run of influential floor-fillers including Man Parrish with Hip Hop Be Bop (Dont Stop) Magics Wand from Whodini and Get Down Saturday Night from Oliver Cheatham which would be sampled on the 2003 1 single Make Luv by Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham. And the disc concludes with Lady Lady by Giorgio Moroder Joe Esposito taken from the soundtrack of one of 1983s biggest movies Flashdance. The final disc focuses on singles that found Chart success in the U.S and opening with Culture Club and Ill Tumble 4 Ya a U.S. single that wasnt released in the UK before a sequence of tracks that were all U.S. New-Wave hits led by the collaboration between Sparks and the Go-gos Jane Wiedlin and including The Romantics The Fixx The Motels Modern English Missing Persons and Naked Eyes. Tacos Synth cover of Puttin On The Ritz is up next before a run of Rock and FM radio hits from Pat Benatar Styx Asia Journey and John Mellencamp and to close this amazing collection 3 of 1983s most beautiful ballads from Daryl Hall John Oates Toto and It Might Be You the theme from another smash hit film Tootsie. NOW Yearbook The Vault 1983 A continued celebration of the magical year in Pop!