Various – Now 12" 80s: 1981

Various

Various –Now 12" 80s: 1981

Version Information

Labels
Sony Music
EMI
Catalog numbers
CDNOW1281
0196588270925
Version year
2023
Region
UK & Europe
Format

4 x CD
Compilation

Version notes

UK & European 8-panel digifile 4 CD compilation.

℗ 2023 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Now That's What I Call Music LLP. © 2023 Now That's What I Call Music LLP. LC48653 BIEM/SDRM Made In The EU. CDYBENOW1281 / 0196588270925

The title is listed differently on the CDs, front and the spine of the digifile:

* CDs: NOW 12"80s 1981
* Front of digifile: NOW 12"80s 1981
* Spine of digifile: NOW 12" 80s: 1981

Inside the digisleeve, compilations as part of the series are promoted:

* this version
* this release
* this release

1-2: 2012 Remaster
1-13: 2003 Digital Remaster
2-10: Remastered 2003
3-1: Remastered 2021
4-3: Remastered 2021
4-5: 2010 Remaster

Mix titles were different to those on release (as labelled on original 12", artist compilations, etc.; 12" version where no mix name found):

1-2 The Sound Of The Crowd (Complete)
1-3 Quiet Life (Album Version)
1-4 Visage (Dance Mix)
1-8 Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (Extended Version) - Not the original 12" version
1-9 Tears Are Not Enough (12" Version)
1-11 Bedsitter (12" Version)

2-2 Wordy Rappinghood (Album Version)
2-3 Don't Slow Down (12" Version)
2-9 The American (12" Version)

3-2, 3-3, 3-6, 3-9, 3-10, 3-11 and 3-12 are all Album versions
3-7 Let's Groove (Special Remixed Holiday Version)

4-1 Fade To Grey (Dance Mix)
4-2 Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go (12" Version)
4-6 I Could Be Happy (Dance Mix)

Track 2-5 is from 1982: this release, which is not the original 1981 UK 12" version.

:
Track 3-2: this release, printed as, Can You Handle It?
Track 4-9: this release, printed as Hands Up
Track 4-10: this release, printed as Stars On 45 Volume 2

Tracklist
1-1.Planet Earth (Night Version) - Duran Duran6:16
1-2.The Sound Of The Crowd (12" Version) - The Human League6:29
1-3.Quiet Life (Extended Version) - Japan4:50
1-4.Visage (12" Dance Mix) - Visage6:03
1-5.All Stood Still (12" Version) - Ultravox5:06
1-6.Glow (12" Version) - Spandau Ballet8:08
1-7.Southern Freeez (12" Version) - Freeez5:41
1-8.Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (12" Version) - Haircut One Hundred7:08
1-9.Tears Are Not Enough (12" Remix) - ABC7:45
1-10.Play To Win (12" Version) - Heaven 177:24
1-11.Bedsitter (Extended Version) - Soft Cell7:52
1-12.Extended Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark4:13
2-1.Rapture (Special Disco Mix) - Blondie9:59
2-2.Wordy Rappinghood (Extended Version) - Tom Tom Club6:29
2-3.Don't Slow Down (Extended Version) - UB407:14
2-4.Ghost Town (Extended Version) - The Specials6:01
2-5.Aie A Mwana (US Extended Version) - Bananarama6:52
2-6.Happy Birthday (Dance Mix) - Altered Images7:02
2-7.Chihuahua (12" Version) - Bow Wow Wow5:46
2-8.Spellbound (12" Mix) - Siouxsie & The Banshees4:40
2-9.The American (Extended Remix) - Simple Minds6:55
2-10.The Art Of Parties (12" Version) - Japan6:44
2-11.Mind Of A Toy (Dance Mix) - Visage5:14
3-1.Physical (Long Version) - Olivia Newton-John7:04
3-2.Can You Handle It? (Full Length Version) - Sharon Redd6:23
3-3.You'll Never Know (Full Length Version) - Hi-Gloss5:24
3-4.Pull Up To The Bumper (Party Version) - Grace Jones4:56
3-5.Backfired (Extended Version) - Deborah Harry6:19
3-6.Don't Stop The Music (Long Version) - Yarbrough & Peoples7:50
3-7.Let's Groove (Holiday Version Remix) - Earth, Wind & Fire6:42
3-8.Going Back To My Roots (12" Version) - Odyssey5:25
3-9.Make That Move (12" Version) - Shalamar6:15
3-10.It's A Love Thing (12" Version) - The Whispers5:07
3-11.Nights Over Egypt (12") - The Jones Girls4:38
3-12.How 'Bout Us (12" Version) - Champaign4:33
4-1.Fade To Grey (12" Version) - Visage6:41
4-2.Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go (Extended Version) - Soft Cell8:55
4-3.Don't You Want Me (Extended Dance Mix) - The Human League7:30
4-4.Girls On Film (Night Version) - Duran Duran5:28
4-5.The Freeze (Special Mix) - Spandau Ballet6:31
4-6.I Could Be Happy (12" Mix) - Altered Images5:39
4-7.Hand Held In Black And White (Extended Version) - Dollar5:04
4-8.Everybody Salsa / Salsa Rappsody (Disco Mix) - Modern Romance7:06
4-9.Hands Up (12" Version) - Ottawan4:48
4-10.Stars On 45 Volume 2 / More Stars (12" Version) - Stars On 4511:55
4-11.Hooked On Classics (Long Version) - Louis Clark Conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra5:04

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