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NOW – Yearbook Extra 1979 CD

NOW
CDYBENOW79
Funk / Soul / Disco, Indie, Metal, Pop, Punk, Rock
3xCD

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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 & 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 Royces Is It Love Youre After before the first disc closes with one of the years most unexpected hits from Fiddlers 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, Babylons 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 1979s most beautiful ballads, including Sail On from Commodores, After The Love Has Gone from Earth, Wind & Fire and Just The Way You Are from Barry White plus that songs 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.TracklistCD11. Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love2. The Police - Message In A Bottle3. Blondie - Union City Blue4. Pretenders - Kid5. Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London6. Roxy Music - Angel Eyes7. Kate Bush - Them Heavy People8. Squeeze - Up The Junction9. The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles10. Ian Dury & The Blockheads- Reasons To Be Cheerful (Pt. 3)11. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven12. The Three Degrees - The Runner13. Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights14. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music15. Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing16. Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After17. Boney M. - Gotta Go Home18. Voyage Lets Fly Away19. Madness - The Prince20. Darts - Duke Of Earl21. Mike Oldfield - Blue Peter22. Fiddlers Dram - Daytrip To Bangor (Didn't We Have A Lovely Time)CD21. The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs2. The Ruts - Babylon's Burning3. The Jam - Strange Town4. The Clash - English Civil War5. The Stranglers- Duchess6. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Playground Twist7. Public Image Limited - Death Disco8. Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar9. The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy10. Sex Pistols - C'Mon Everybody11. Dr. Feelgood - Milk And Alcohol12. The Dickies - Banana Splits13. Secret Affair - Time For Action14. Jags - Back Of My Hand15. The Tourists - The Loneliest Man In The World16. Japan - Life In Tokyo17. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity18. Shalamar - Take That To The Bank19. Dan Hartman - This Is It20. Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio21. The Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)22. Chic - My Forbidden Lover23. Diana Ross - The Boss24. Cher - Take Me HomeCD31. Blondie - Sunday Girl2. Boney M. - Painter Man3. The Three Degrees - My Simple Heart4. Commodores - Sail On5. Earth, Wind & Fire - After The Love Has Gone6. Barry White - Just The Way You Are7. Billy Joel Honesty8. Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan9. Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time10. Toto - Hold the Line11. Status Quo - Whatever You Want12. Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi13. Driver 67 - Car 6714. BA Robertson - Knocked It Off15. Cats U.K. - Luton Airport16. Racey - Some Girls17. Darts - Get It18. Dollar Who Were You With In The Moonlight19. Sally Oldfield - Mirrors20. Lena Martell - One Day At A Time21. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime