Name: Now – Yearbook Extra 1979
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CDYBENOW79

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

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2022-10-21

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Universal

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0196587511128

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Now Music is thrilled to present more stellar tracks from the year with NOW – Yearbook Extra 1979. This limited edition 3CD highlights an additional 67 tracks from the charts of 1979, making it the perfect complement to any Yearbook, 70s pop or NOW music collection. Queen kicks the collection off with their huge hit ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ and are followed by the #1 ‘Message In A Bottle’ from The Police and the classic ‘Union City Blue’ from Blondie. New wave hits from Pretenders, Roxy Music, Squeeze, The Boomtown Rats, and Ian Dury &amp; The Blockheads are included, alongside Electric Light Orchestra and the live single version of ‘Them Heavy People’ from Kate Bush. A fabulous run of disco is up next including the synth-driven production of Sparks’ ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’, soulful vocals from Donna Summer, the timeless Chic and Sister Sledge, and Rose Royce’s ‘Is It Love You’re After’ – before the first disc closes with one of the years’ most unexpected hits from Fiddler’s Dram with ‘Daytrip To Bangor’. 1979 was incredibly rich for classic hit singles, and CD2 opens with a breath-taking sequence of punk and new wave classics including ‘The Sound Of The Suburbs’ from The Members, ‘Babylon’s Burning’ from The Ruts along with The Jam, The Clash, The Stranglers, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Sex Pistols. Early releases from some of the next decades’ most influential artists – Japan, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, and The Tourists featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart – are included, and the disc finishes with soul-inflected dancefloor gold from Shalamar, Edwin Starr, Diana Ross and Cher. The final disc opens with the sublime pop of the #1 ‘Sunday Girl’ from Blondie and ‘Painter Man’ from Boney M. before showcasing some of 1979’s most beautiful ballads, including ‘Sail On’ from Commodores, ‘After The Love Has Gone’ from Earth, Wind &amp; Fire and ‘Just The Way You Are’ from Barry White – plus that song’s writer Billy Joel, with ‘Honesty’, and the poignant ‘The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan’ from Marianne Faithfull. Radio friendly rock-pop from Toto, Thin Lizzy and Status Quo lead into some of the years’ quirkier hits from Driver 67, BA Robertson and Cats U.K. More pure pop from Dollar and Sally Oldfield, before concluding with the #1 ‘One Day At A Time’ from Lena Martell – and a true Christmas classic ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ from Paul McCartney. NOW – Yearbook Extra 1979; 67 further reasons to celebrate this stellar year in pop.

CD1 1. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 2. The Police - Message In A Bottle 3. Blondie - Union City Blue 4. Pretenders - Kid 5. Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London 6. Roxy Music - Angel Eyes 7. Kate Bush - Them Heavy People 8. Squeeze - Up The Junction 9. The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles 10. Ian Dury &amp; The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3) 11. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven 12. The Three Degrees - The Runner 13. Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights 14. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music 15. Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing 16. Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After 17. Boney M. - Gotta Go Home 18. Voyage – Lets Fly Away 19. Madness - The Prince 20. Darts - Duke Of Earl 21. Mike Oldfield - Blue Peter 22. Fiddler’s Dram - Daytrip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time)

CD2 1. The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs 2. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning 3. The Jam - Strange Town 4. The Clash - English Civil War 5. The Stranglers - Duchess 6. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Playground Twist 7. Public Image Limited - Death Disco 8. Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar 9. The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy 10. Sex Pistols - C'Mon Everybody 11. Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol

12. The Dickies - Banana Splits 13. Secret Affair - Time For Action 14. Jags - Back Of My Hand 15. The Tourists - The Loneliest Man In The World 16. Japan - Life In Tokyo 17. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity 18. Shalamar - Take That To The Bank 19. Dan Hartman - This Is It 20. Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio 21. The Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop) 22. Chic - My Forbidden Lover 23. Diana Ross - The Boss 24. Cher - Take Me Home

1. Blondie - Sunday Girl 2. Boney M. - Painter Man 3. The Three Degrees - My Simple Heart 4. Commodores - Sail On 5. Earth, Wind &amp; Fire - After The Love Has Gone 6. Barry White - Just The Way You Are 7. Billy Joel – Honesty 8. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan 9. Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time 10. Toto - Hold the Line 11. Status Quo - Whatever You Want 12. Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi 13. Driver 67 - Car 67 14. BA Robertson - Knocked It Off 15. Cats U.K. - Luton Airport 16. Racey - Some Girls 17. Darts - Get It 18. Dollar – Who Were You With In The Moonlight

19. Sally Oldfield - Mirrors 20. Lena Martell - One Day At A Time 21. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime