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Title: NOW Yearbook 1974
Condition: New
Format: Vinyl
Type: Album
No Of Discs: 3
MPN: LPYBNOW74
Release Date: 03/05/2024
Record Label: NOW
EAN: 0196588424014
Artist: Various Artists
Edition: 12" Album Coloured Vinyl
Colour: Green coloured vinyl
Genre: Rock/Pop
Style: Compilation
Release Year: 2024
Description: NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing 'Yearbook' series - and take a trip back 50 Years in Pop history - with 48 tracks on 3 LPs, pressed on Green Vinyl, to celebrate a stellar year of Pop singles. Opening with 'Killer Queen' the first Top 5 single for Queen, and followed by the classic 'Jet' by Paul McCartney & Wings, and the still breathtakingly original, and hugely influential 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us' from Sparks. This epic beginning to the 1974 Yearbook continues with a run of 'glamtastic' pop from Sweet and Roxy Music, and including #1s from Suzi Quatro, and the years' biggest seller 'Tiger Feet' from Mud, before closing with Slade's 'Far Far Away'. Flip the LP over for legendary singers: Elton John with one of his signature tracks 'Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me', before some of '74's biggest Rock hits, including 'You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet', 'Radar Love', 'Dance With The Devil' and Rod Stewart's vocals on the Faces' 'Pool Hall Richard'. This LP signs off with 'Mike Oldfield's Single' - the 'theme' from his era defining album 'Tubular Bells'. LP2s first side is packed with huge hits including 6 #1's - with chart-toppers from David Essex, The Rubettes, Alvin Stardust and Paper Lace, plus a huge hit from Pilot and the first Top 3 single for the Bay City Rollers with 'Shang-A-Lang'. 1974's biggest selling singles act was The Wombles, and their debut 'The Wombling Song' is up next along with the #1 global smash 'Kung Fu Fighting' from Carl Douglas, before closing with the Reggae-Pop #1 'Everything I Own' from Ken Boothe. 1974 was a landmark year for Soul music, and it included the first global 'Disco' smashes. The next side opens with Barry White's #1 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything' before a run of iconic floor-fillers from The Hues Corporation, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and a further #1 'Rock Your Baby' from George McCrae. The remainder of the side features four of the greatest Soul ballads of all-time from The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye and 'You Make Me Feel Brand New' from The Stylistics. The final LP kicks off with the title track from the year's biggest selling album, 'Band On The Run' from Paul McCartney & Wings - followed by the timeless 'Candle In The Wind' from Elton John, the beautiful 'I Honestly Love You' by Olivia Newton-John - her first US #1, and the sublime 'The Air That I Breathe' from The Hollies, before a run of four songs: John Denver's 'Annie's Song', 'She' from Charles Aznavour', 'The Three Degrees with 'When Will I See You Again' and 'Sad Sweet Dreamer' from Sweet Sensation - all of which hit #1 in 1974. The last side is an eclectic line-up of pure Pop heaven led by the #1s 'Seasons In The Sun' from Terry Jacks and 'You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me' from The New Seekers, and including Stephanie De Sykes, 10cc, and Lulu with 'The Man Who Sold The World', featuring it's writer David Bowie on backing vocals and production, before a second appearance from Sparks with 'Amateur Hour', plus Cockney Rebel's 'Mr Soft', and Leo Sayer closing the collection with his debut hit 'The Show Must Go On'. NOW - Yearbook 1974 - A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly magnificent year in Pop.
Tracks:
Disc 1
1: Killer Queen (Remastered 2011) - Queen
2: Jet (2010 Remaster) - Paul McCartney & Wings
3: This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us - Sparks
4: Teenage Rampage - Sweet
5: Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro
6: Tiger Feet - Mud
7: All I Want Is You (Remastered 2012) - Roxy Music
8: Far Far Away - Slade
9: Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me (Remastered 2017) - Elton John
10: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night (Remastered 2010) - John Lennon
11: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
12: Radar Love (UK Single Version) - Golden Earring
13: Dance With the Devil - Cozy Powell
14: Pool Hall Richard (Single Version) [2006 Remaster] - Faces
15: Mike Oldfield's Single (Theme from Tubular Bells) - Mike Oldfield
Disc 2
1: Gonna Make You a Star - David Essex
2: Magic - Pilot
3: Shang-a-lang - Bay City Rollers
4: Sugar Baby Love - The Rubettes
5: Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust
6: Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Paper Lace
7: The Wombling Song - The Wombles
8: Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
9: Everything I Own (7" Mix) - Ken Boothe
10: You're the First, the Last, My Everything (Edit) - Barry White
11: Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
12: Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation
13: The Love I Lost (Feat. Teddy Pendergrass) [single Version] - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
14: Summer Breeze, Pt. 1 - The Isley Brothers
15: You Are My Everything - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
16: Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin
17: You Make Me Feel Brand New (Let's Put It All Together Version) - The Stylistics
Disc 3
1: Band On the Run (2010 Remaster) - Paul McCartney & Wings
2: Candle in the Wind (Remastered 2014) - Elton John
3: Honestly I Love You (Remastered 2022) - Olivia Newton-John
4: The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
5: Annie's Song - John Denver
6: She (Tous Les Visages De L'amour) - Charles Aznavour
7: When Will I See You Again (Single Version) - The Three Degrees
8: Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
9: Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
10: You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me - The New Seekers
11: Born With a Smile On My Face - Stephanie De Sykes
12: Man Who Sold the World - Lulu
13: The Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc
14: Amateur Hour - Sparks
15: Mr. Soft - Cockney Rebel
16: The Show Must Go On - Leo Sayer
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