Various Now Presents Electronic 5 x Vinyl LP Box Set Numbered
NOW Presents… Electronic’ is strictly limited to 1200 numbered copies.
NOW Music is proud to announce the second release in the ‘NOW Presents…’ series, following ‘The 1970s’ with ‘NOW Presents… Electronic’.
The 5-LP box set highlights some of the most innovative and enduringly popular tracks of the genre, and includes some era-defining 12”, extended, and full-length versions alongside the single versions.
‘NOW Presents…Electronic’ is presented in a rigid slip case, with complementary design extending across the 5 individual LPs, with the reverse of the covers featuring track by track annotations that include chart positions, and facts about both song and artist(s).
LP 1 kicks off with an 80’s signature synth pop hit from Queen with ‘Radio Ga Ga’, followed by extended 12” versions of Eurythmics’ ‘Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)’ and ‘Torch’ by Soft Cell, and ‘Together In Electric Dreams’, the collaboration between Philip Oakey, and one of the key architects of electronic pop music, Giorgio Moroder. ‘Diversion 10’ of Art Of Noise’s ‘Beat Box’ is found on the Side 2, along with huge chart hits from Paul Hardcastle, Phil Lynott, the 12” version of a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, and ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’ the electro/Hi-NRG No. 1 from Dead Or Alive.
Laurie Anderson’s epic ‘O Superman’ opens LP 2 and continues with Kate Bush’s (still) stunningly original ‘The Dreaming’. Produced and co-written with David Bowie, Iggy Pop’s ‘Nightclubbing’ features next, and finishing this first side, two influential album tracks from Japan (‘Taking Islands In Africa’) and Duran Duran (‘The Chauffeur’) both using electronic music to beautiful cinematic effect. The second side for LP 2 brings together (amongst others) debut chart hits from Tears For Fears, Howard Jones, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and The Buggles with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’.
LP 3 starts with the iconic ‘Blue Monday’ from New Order, before moving onto another Bernard Sumner hit project Electronic, with their 1993 hit ‘Disappointed’, where Neil Tennant features on vocals. Pet Shop Boys link the next three tracks on this side: Liza Minnelli’s ‘Losing My Mind’ (produced by them), Eighth Wonder’s ‘I’m Not Scared’ and Dusty Springfield’s ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ (both composed & produced by Pet Shop Boys). The second side includes Gary Numan’s first solo single ‘Cars’, and features synth-pop classics from John Foxx and The Cure, before closing with another band that featured Bernard Sumner – Joy Division with their defining ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.
Sparks open LP 4 with the full-length version of the seminal ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’, produced by Giorgio Moroder, who also co-produced the next track, ‘Working The Midnight Shift’ by Donna Summer. Late ‘70’s European disco from Amanda Lear and Telex follows. The second side of LP 4 highlights the huge electro dance tracks of the ‘80s from Chaka Khan, Malcolm McLaren, Freeez and Company B.
The final LP showcases 1981 with a side of timeless synth-pop from that year, including hits from Ultravox, Visage, The Human League, and Spandau Ballet. Yello commence our final side with one of the greatest 12”s ever with 1988s ‘The Race’, followed by the outstanding ‘Dr Mabuse’ from Propaganda and Peter Schilling’s 1983 ‘Major Tom (Coming Home)’ … closing with Falco’s global No. 1 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’.
TRACKLISTING
Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
Atomic – Blondie
Dog Eat Dog – Adam & The Ants
Babooshka – Kate Bush
Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police
Brass In Pocket – The Pretenders
Start! – The Jam
I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Baggy Trousers – Madness
Super Trouper – ABBA
Spacer – Sheila & B. Devotion
Upside Down – Diana Ross
Funkytown – Lipps, Inc
Use It Up And Wear It Out – Odyssey
Dance Yourself Dizzy – Liquid Gold
Feels Like I’m In Love – Kelly Marie
(Just Like) Starting Over – John Lennon
It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel
Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones
Coming Up – Paul Mccartney
What You’re Proposing – Status Quo
All Night Long – Rainbow
Me Myself I – Joan Armatrading
Suicide Is Painless – The MASH
Enola Gay – Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
I Die: You Die – Gary Numan
Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
Echo Beach – Martha And The Muffins
To Cut A Long Story Short – Spandau Ballet
Too Much Too Young – The Special AKA
Food For Thought – UB40
Geno – Dexys Midnight Runners
London Calling – The Clash
Going Underground – The Jam
Talk Of The Town – The Pretenders
Baby, I Love You – Ramones
Happy House – Siouxsie & The Banshees
Eighth Day – Hazel O’Connor
Over You – Roxy Music
It’s Different For Girls – Joe Jackson
The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
Magic – Olivia Newton-John
The Tide Is High – Blondie
Medley: Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl – The Spinners
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
One Day I’ll Fly Away – Randy Crawford
With You I’m Born Again – Billy Preston & Syreeta