The tie-in television programmes are a month by month video playlist of tracks, from one year previously featured on a Now Yearbook album, with Bruno Brookes presenting. The original Now Dance series began in 1985 and has been released in a variety of titles, formats, and release frequency. The Special Editions series includes a wide range of Now anniversary collections, different music genres, eras, and decades, as well as commercial tie-ins with Smash Hits, Disney, Eurovision, HMV and the Official Chart Company. Stellar ballads from Harry Nilsson and Terry Jacks give way to another beloved 60’s Soul track – ‘Stand By Me’ from Ben E. In November 2018, the Now team took over the " 100 Hits" brand from Demon Music Group, and in 2019 and 2020, the Special Editions series was effectively rested while 24 different Now 100 Hits compilations were issued in very quick succession, until the end of November 2020.

The presentation of each release has evolved notably over time: from 1986 through to 2013, all double and triple CD sets were released in chubby Jewel cases which could hold up to 6 discs. They all vary from one to five disc compilations (occasionally six disc), starting in 1986 and continuing to the present day (Jan 2023). USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Universal Music Publishing ( Belgium), Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.Genius is the ultimate source of music knowledge, created by scholars like you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love. A further release, The Final Chapter, a deluxe 4-CD and 3-LP set, was issued in December 2022, rounding off the Yearbook years 1980 to 1984. Read more about the condition New: An item that is still in its original shrink wrap from the manufacturer and the original manufacturer’s seal (if applicable) has not been removed. Due to the higher cost of pressing vinyl and the limited time they are available, they are at least three times more expensive than their compact disc counterparts. CD1 kicks off with the incomparable collaboration ‘Under Pressure’ from two of the most beloved acts the UK has ever produced – Queen and David Bowie.

Towards the end of the series, 3-CD digipak sets were issued, but in 2010, the long-running title was retired, and all subsequent dance-themed Now collections have been issued under the Special Editions series. November 2023) 33 tracks with only Kate Bush and Lil Louis missing, although Lil Louis was just a bonus track on the original CD version and did not appear on the vinyl and magnetic cassette versions. Tom Odell's 'Another Love' is here and a hit for the second time, and leads into a pair of legendary artists to close this album; Robbie Williams with 'Lost - XXV', and the newly discovered 'Face It Alone' from Queen, with Freddie Mercury's vocals an amazing way to close this volume.The latter contains a new retro-70s Now logo design and artwork which complements its 80s sister Yearbook series. The term Various Artists is used in the record industry when numerous singers and musicians collaborate on a song or collection of songs. Once used to, surprising as not really a track that I am forwarding passed, so in that regard quite exceptional. The Now Yearbook series also releases a vinyl selection of its primary release, with an Extra round-up vinyl boxset featuring tracks from the CD-only series, released at the end of 2022.

The year 1984 followed, but after this, the series rewound its year of focus, issuing collections that went from 1982 and backwards into the late 1970s. Generally, a reasonable amount of feel good stuff (thank you) but Anne-Marie taking on a thorny modern issue with a degree of aplomb (okay with one or two stop and think songs).The series is then moved forward again, with the release of Now Yearbook 1992 in July 2023 (an Extra followed in August). or Now 113 is a double-disc compilation album that was released in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2022 on CD and downloadable formats. fm, compilation album tracks appear under the name of Various Artists erroneously because the individual artist is not listed in the album's ID3 information. Originally, the series captured extended 12" mixes of dance hits of the time, but from 1991 onwards, all Now Dance compilations featured 7" edits with only occasional extended versions or mixes included. In February 2023, 12" mixes all taken from the first three Now Dance compilations, originally released in 1985, 1986 and 1989, were collected on a special 4CD and 3LP set, Now Dance: The 80s, with artwork inspired by the original Now Dance 86.

The disc closes with the inspirational 60’s classics ‘Moon River’ from Danny Williams and ‘What A Wonderful World’ from Louis Armstrong.Due to licensing issues, these re-compiled versions often use alternative mixes such as album versions.