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4 CD compilation inside an 8-panel digifile, subtitled Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums.

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LC48653 BIEM/SDRM Made In The EU. CDNNNOW158 / 00198028945325

[Printing differences]:
CDs: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984
Cover - front: NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
Cover - spine: NOW That's What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980>1984

Inside the digifile, the following are promoted:
* NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
SELECTED TRACKS AVAILABLE ON TRIPLE COLOUR VINYL IN A TRIFOLD SLEEVE
* ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD AND TRIPLE VINYL
Now That's What I Call An Era The Sound Of The Suburbs 1977~1980

[Digifile - back: Taken from the album]:
Track 1-1: A Ray Of Sunshine is from Fantastic
Track 1-2: Lemon Firebrigade is from Pelican West
Track 1-3: Show Me is from The Lexicon of Love
Track 1-4: Black Money is from Colour by Numbers
Track 1-5: This City Never Sleeps is from Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Track 1-6: Where Hides Sleep is from Alf
Track 1-7: Frankie's First Affair is from Diamond Life
Track 1-8: The Space Between is from Avalon
Track 1-9: Talking Drum is from Tin Drum
Track 1-10: Anyone Out There is from Duran Duran
Track 1-11: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of is from Dare
Track 1-12: Reformation is from Journeys to Glory
Track 1-13: We Live So Fast is from The Luxury Gap
Track 1-14: New Europeans is from Vienna
Track 1-15: Protection is from Donna Summer
Track 1-16: I Might Have Been Queen is from Private Dancer
Track 1-17: The Ties That Bind is from The River
Track 1-18: Mystery Achievement is from Pretenders

Track 2-1: Heartbeat is from Make It Big
Track 2-2: Secret Life is from Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret
Track 2-3: Young At Heart is from Deep Sea Skiving
Track 2-4: Bogart is from Human Racing
Track 2-5: The Gap is from Into the Gap
Track 2-6: Equality is from Human’s Lib
Track 2-7: Junk is from The Age of Consent
Track 2-8: Don't Try To Change Me is from Friends
Track 2-9: All Night Loving is from In the Heat of the Night
Track 2-10: Jungles Of Jupiter is from Anthem
Track 2-11: Our Town is from Kim Wilde
Track 2-12: Boy Boy (I'm The Boy) is from Kissing to Be Clever
Track 2-13: Are You There With Another Girl? is from Showpeople
Track 2-14: Tracks Of My Tears is from The Drum Is Everything
Track 2-15: The Paris Match is from Café Bleu
Track 2-16: Hearts And Bones is from Hearts and Bones
Track 2-17: Turn Out The Light is from Me Myself I
Track 2-18: No Parlez is from No Parlez

Track 3-1: The Chauffeur is from Rio
Track 3-2: Taking Islands In Africa is from Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Track 3-3: The Hurting is from The Hurting
Track 3-4: Black Night White Light is from Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Track 3-5: She's Leaving is from Architecture & Morality
Track 3-6: From The Air is from Big Science
Track 3-7: Play For Today is from Seventeen Seconds
Track 3-8: Isolation is from Closer
Track 3-9: Harborcoat is from Reckoning
Track 3-10: President Gas is from Forever Now
Track 3-11: Game Above My Head is from Mange Tout
Track 3-12: Red Sails is from Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain
Track 3-13: Gloomy Sunday is from Sulk
Track 3-14: Ants Invasion is from Kings of the Wild Frontier
Track 3-15: Second Head is from Kilimanjaro
Track 3-16: Crystal Days is from Ocean Rain
Track 3-17: Man In The Corner Shop is from Sound Affects
Track 3-18: We Could Send Letters is from High Land, Hard Rain
Track 3-19: The Day It Rained Forever is from North of a Miracle

Track 4-1: Age Of Consent is from Power, Corruption & Lies
Track 4-2: Hard Times is from Love and Dancing
Track 4-3: Anvil Night Club School is from The Anvil
Track 4-4: New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) is from New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84)
Track 4-5: The Party's Over is from The Party’s Over
Track 4-6: Reach The Beach is from Reach the Beach
Track 4-7: Nostalgia is from Brilliant Trees
Track 4-8: Almost Blue is from Imperial Bedroom
Track 4-9: Shake Dog Shake is from The Top
Track 4-10: Angels On The Balcony is from Autoamerican
Track 4-11: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green is from Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Track 4-12: Overpowered By Funk is from Combat Rock
Track 4-13: When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around is from Zenyattà Mondatta
Track 4-14: Nightclubbing is from Nightclubbing
Track 4-15: Tyler is from Signing Off
Track 4-16: Too Much Pressure is from Too Much Pressure
Track 4-17: Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) is from More Specials

[Erratum]:
Track 2-12: Culture Club: Boy, Boy, (I'm The Boy) is printed as Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)
Track 2-13: Mari Wilson: Are You There (With Another Girl) is printed as Are You There With Another Girl?
Track 4-3: Visage: Anvil (Night Club School) is printed as Anvil Night Club School
Track 4-4: Simple Minds: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) is printed as New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
Other (CD 1 catalogue number): 00602475862444
Other (CD 2 catalogue number): 00602475862451
Other (CD 3 catalogue number): 00602475862468
Other (CD 4 catalogue number): 00602475862475
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): 58563839/00602475862444 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): 58563845/00602475862451 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): 58563862/00602475862468 21
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): 58563875/00602475862475 21
Matrix / Runout (CD1 to CD4, Inner mould ring): 4 x UNIVERSAL logo
Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI LP 73
Mastering SID Code (CD 4): IFPI LP 73
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 0736
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 0727
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 0765
Mould SID Code (CD 4): IFPI 0765

Annotation last modified on 2025-08-06 07:34 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Ray of Sunshine
engineer:
Tony Taverner
producer:
Steve Brown (engineer/music producer) and George Michael
recording of:
A Ray of Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
George Michael
publisher:
Morrison Leahy Music Ltd.
Wham!54:49
2Lemon Firebrigade
producer:
Bob Sargeant
recording of:
Lemon Firebrigade
lyricist and composer:
Nick Heyward
Haircut 1003:57
3Show Me
recording of:
Show Me
writer:
Martin Fry, Mark Lickley, Stephen Singleton and Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa)
publisher:
Neutron Music Ltd. and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
part of:
Mantrap (ABC long-form film)
ABC4:04
4Black Money
engineer:
Simon Humphrey, Gordon Milne (engineer) and Mike Ross‐Trevor (engineer)
producer:
Steve Levine (producer)
mixer:
Steve Levine (producer) and Jon Moss
bass guitar:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist) (in 1983)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Jon Moss (in 1983)
electric sitar, guitar, keyboard, piano and sitar:
Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) (in 1983)
lead vocals:
Boy George (in 1983)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1983, in 2003)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (London, 1972–1989) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983) and Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983)
recording of:
Black Money (in 1983)
writer:
Mikey Craig (Culture Club bassist), George O’Dowd, Roy Hay (Member of Culture Club and composer for film and television) and Jon Moss
Culture Club35:19
5This City Never Sleeps
recording of:
This City Never Sleeps
writer:
Annie Lennox (Scottish singer-songwriter, member of Eurythmics and The Tourists) and Dave Stewart (UK guitarist/singer for Eurythmics)
publisher:
Sunbury Music Ltd.
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart6:39
6Where Hides Sleep
recording of:
Where Hides Sleep
writer:
Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet and Tony Swain (songwriter, producer)
Alison Moyet4:18
7Frankie’s First Affair
producer:
Robin Millar
bass guitar:
Paul S. Denman (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
guitar and saxophone:
Stuart Matthewman (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
keyboard:
Andrew Hale (keyboardist/composer) (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
vocals:
Sade Adu (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1984)
recorded at:
Power Plant in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
recording of:
Frankie’s First Affair (from 1983-10 until 1983-11)
lyricist:
Sade Adu
composer:
Sade Adu and Stuart Matthewman
publisher:
Angel Music Ltd., SM Publishing (UK) Limited (Sony Music, 2009–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
Sade34:36
8The Space Between
recording of:
The Space Between
lyricist and composer:
Bryan Ferry
publisher:
E.G. Music Inc.
Roxy Music4:30
9Talking Drum
recording of:
Talking Drum
lyricist and composer:
David Sylvian
publisher:
Chadwick-Nomis Ltd and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Japan3:35
10Anyone Out There
recording of:
Anyone Out There
writer:
Duran Duran (English rock band)
Duran Duran4:03
11The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
recording of:
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of
lyricist:
Philip Adrian Wright (Human League)
composer:
Philip Oakey and Philip Adrian Wright (Human League)
The Human League4:14
12Reformation
recording of:
Reformation
lyricist and composer:
Gary Kemp
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Reformation Publishing Co. Ltd.
Spandau Ballet4:53
13We Live So Fast
recording of:
We Live So Fast
writer:
Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh and Martyn Ware
publisher:
Sound Diagrams (publisher), Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23)
Heaven 173:49
14New Europeans
recording of:
New Europeans
writer:
Warren Cann, Chris Cross (UK bassist for Ultravox), Billy Currie and Midge Ure
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Ultravox4:03
15Protection
synthesizer programming:
Steve Porcaro
alto saxophone [alto sax], baritone saxophone [baritone sax] and solo alto saxophone [alto]:
Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist)
bass [electric bass]:
Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Jeff Porcaro
guitar [guitars]:
Steve Lukather (guitarist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger) and Bruce Springsteen (in 1982-03)
guitar [solo]:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1982-03)
piano [acoustic piano]:
Roy Bittan (in 1982-03)
synthesizer:
David Paich and Greg Phillinganes
recorded at:
1982‐03: Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA (1982-03) (Donna Summer studio session)
recorded at:
Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1982-03)
cover recording of:
Protection (in 1982-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979 until 1982)
Donna Summer3:37
16I Might Have Been QueenTina Turner4:20
17The Ties That Bind
recording engineer:
Bob Clearmountain (from 1979-04-09 until 1979-04-11) and Neil Dorfsman (on 1980-04-10)
assistant engineer:
James A. Farber (sound engineer), Jeff Hendrickson (sound engineer), Garry Rindfuss and Raymond Willard (sound engineer)
producer:
Jon Landau, Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen
assistant mixer:
Dana Bisbee (in 1980)
mixer:
Bob Clearmountain (in 1979-09), Chuck Plotkin (in 1980) and Toby Scott (in 1980)
12 string guitar, electric guitar and harmonica:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Little Steven (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
bass guitar:
Garry Tallent (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
drums (drum set):
Max Weinberg (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
organ:
Danny Federici (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
percussion and saxophone:
Clarence Clemons (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
piano:
Roy Bittan (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
background vocals:
Roy Bittan (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10), Clarence Clemons (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10) and Little Steven (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
vocals:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1980)
recorded at:
Power Station Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
mixed at:
Clover Recording Studios (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Ties That Bind (from 1979-04-09 until 1980-04-10)
publisher:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (from 1978-09 until 1979-04)
publisher:
Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
Bruce Springsteen33:34
18Mystery Achievement
recording of:
Mystery Achievement
lyricist and composer:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., Hynde House of Hits Music and Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
Pretenders5:24
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design:nickchapmanstudio.co.uk
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Now That's What I Call Music Llp (British holding company)
glass mastered at:Sonopress in Gütersloh, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/34131361 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0F585M7VT [info]