Various Artists - Now Yearbook The Vault: 1983 / Various - Deluxe Edition (CD)

Details: The year that NOW's story began, and where we started our 'Yearbook' series back in 2021. An incredible year in Pop music, and between that first 'Yearbook', it's 'Extra', and more of the year's hits featuring on the '80-84 Final' and it's '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 - that's not the whole story, and our celebration of 1983 wouldn't be complete without shining a light on some of the year's singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years... Welcome to the THE VAULT for 1983... Some 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 in 'hardback book' packaging featuring a 28-page track by track guide, original singles artwork and a quiz - '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 Jackson's 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-52's 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 it's close with the Retro-Pop of Roman Holliday and Tracie, plus Fun Boy Three and UB40 before finishing with Mari Wilson's 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 Seger's 'We've 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 (Don't Stop)', 'Magic's 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 1983's biggest movies, 'Flashdance'. The final disc focuses on singles that found Chart success in the U.S, and opening with Culture Club and 'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' - a U.S. single that wasn't 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-go's Jane Wiedlin and including The Romantics, The Fixx, The Motels, Modern English, Missing Persons and Naked Eyes. Taco's 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 1983's 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!

Tracklist:

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Telegraph
2. Blancmange - That's Love That It Is
3. Thompson Twins - Watching
4. Talk Talk - My Foolish Friend
5. A Flock of Seagulls - Nightmares
6. After the Fire - Der Kommissar
7. Gary Numan - Sister Surprise
8. John Foxx - Endlessly
9. The Lotus Eaters - You Don't Need Someone New
10. China Crisis - Tragedy and Mystery
11. H2O - Just Outside Heaven
12. Freur - Doot Doot
13. Japan - Canton
14. Yello - I Love You
15. Divine - Love Reaction
16. Rockers Revenge - the Harder They Come
17. Freeez - Pop Goes My Love
18. Level 42 - Out of Sight Out of Mind
19. Animal Nightlife - Native Boy '83
20. Joe Jackson - Breaking Us in Two
21. Bauhaus - Lagartija Nick
22. Marc and the Mambas - Black Heart
23. The Stranglers - Midnight Summer Dream
24. Spear of Destiny - the Wheel
25. The Glove - Like An Animal
26. The B-52's - Song for a Future Generation
27. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
28. The Teardrop Explodes - You Disappear from View
29. Kim Wilde - Dancing in the Dark
30. Haysi Fantayzee - Sister Friction
31. Adam Ant - Strip
32. Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me?
33. Altered Images - Bring Me Closer
34. The Belle Stars - Indian Summer
35. XTC - Love on a Farmboy's Wages
36. The Bluebells - Cath
37. Roman Holliday - Motor Mania
38. Tracie - Give It Some Emotion
39. Fun Boy Three - the More I See (The Less I Believe)
40. Ub40 - I've Got Mine
41. Mari Wilson - Cry Me a River
42. Billy Joel - Goodnight Saigon
43. Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night
44. Men at Work - Overkill
45. Chris Rea - I Can Hear Your Heartbeat
46. Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages
47. Robert Palmer - You Are in My System
48. Mike Oldfield - Shadow on the Wall
49. Marillion - He Knows You Know
50. The Kinks - Don't Forget to Dance
51. Kenny Rogers ; Sheena Easton - We've Got Tonight
52. Lionel Richie - You Are
53. Earth Wind ; Fire - Fall in Love with Me
54. Oliver Cheatham - Get Down Saturday Night
55. Malcolm McLaren - Soweto
56. Set the Tone - Dancesucker
57. Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)
58. Whodini - Magic's Wand
59. Olivia Newton-John - Twist of Fate
60. Giorgio Moroder ; Joe Esposito - Lady Lady
61. Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
62. Sparks ; Jane Wiedlin - Cool Places
63. The Romantics - Talking in Your Sleep
64. The Fixx - Saved By Zero
65. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
66. Modern English - I Melt with You
67. Missing Persons - Walking in L.A
68. Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me
69. Taco - Puttin on the Ritz
70. Styx - Mr. Roboto
71. Laura Branigan - Solitaire
72. Pat Benatar - Little Too Late
73. Rick Springfield - Affair of the Heart
74. Huey Lewis ; the News - Heart and Soul
75. Asia - Don't Cry
76. Journey - Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
77. John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down
78. Daryl Hall ; John Oates - One on One
79. Toto - I Won't Hold You Back
80. Stephen Bishop - It Might Be You