Post by ©DURANMANIA Board Team on Mar 5, 2005 18:21:40 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A REALLY LOOOOONG PLAYER[/glow] 
Mar 5 2005/By Brian Mcive for (c)DAILY RECORD
AsThat's What I Call Music 60 hits the shops, we take a nostalgic look back at long-running compilation albums.
THE Now That's What I Call Music compilation albums have featured on Christmas and birthday wish lists for generations of music lovers.
Now the music institution has reached its 60th edition, after more than 80million album sales.
While the first edition kicked off with Phil Collins, Culture Club, Duran Duran und Kajagoogoo, Now 60 will feature the dance beats of the Chemical Brothers and The Scissor Sisters as well as modern solo stars such as Gwen Stefani and Joss Stone.
The franchise was started way back in 1983 by music industry giants EMI and Virgin Records, who brought together the best of their artists in a compilation for the first time.
Prior to that, there had been no contemporary collections of pop songs, other than the odd genre specific K-Tel offerings, and the music executives thought there might be a market for a modern chart selection.
The name was inspired by a bizarre poster advertising Danish farm produce, which Virgin boss Simon Draper loved. It showed a pig listening to a chicken singing a song while laying an egg and, in appreciation of the tune, the pop pig says in a cartoon speech bubble, 'Now, that's what I call music'.
The poster was reproduced on the back cover of the first album and was the reason behind the rock and roll pig mascot who featured on most of the early records - replaced in modern times by ever flashier graphics.
While it started off as only EMI and Virgin acts, it has expanded to include artists from other labels. Though some acts have never been included - there has never been a Madonna song and only one Michael Jackson record, Farewell My Summer Love.
Now That's What I Call Music 60 is out on March 21, until then, take a trip down memory lane with this selection of Now track listings from the last two decades.
NOW -disc one:
[sup1You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins. *2 Is There Something Should Know? Duran Duran. 3Red Red Wine UB40. 4Only For Love Limahl. 5Temptation Heaven 17. 6Give It Up K.C. and the Sunshine Band. 7Double Dutch Malcolm McClaren. 8Total Eclipse Of The Heart Bonnie Tyler. 9Karma Chameleon Culture Club. 10 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats. 11 Too Shy Kajagoogoo. 12 Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield. 13Down Under Men At Work. 14 Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)Rock Steady Crew. 15 Baby Jane Rod Stewart.16 Wherever I Lay My Hat Paul Young. 17 Candy Girl New Edition. 18 Big Apple Kajagoogoo. 19 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner. 20 Fascination Human League. 21New Song Howard Jones. 22 Please Don't Make Me Cry UB40. 23 Tonight Celebrate My Love Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack.24 They Don't Know Tracy Ullman. 25 Kissing With Confidence Will Powers. 26 That's All Genesis. 27 The Love Cats The Cure. 28Waterfront Simple Minds. 29 The Sun And The Rain Madness. 30 Victims Culture Club.[/sup]
for the complete info and list, CLICK HERE
DEUTSCH:
eine sehr legendaerer CD compilation in England (auch in den USA), das schon seit 1983 -die besten wichtigsten hits des jahres beinhaltet, veroeffentlicht nun ein Jubilaeums pack! mit all den groessten super hits, seit 1983 wie z.B Phil Collins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Limahl und Kajagoogoo, "Now 60" wird auch die dance beats von Chemical Brothers und dem aktuellen The Scissor Sisters sowohl auch stars wie Gwen Stefani and Joss Stone mitdrauf haben.
CLICK OBEN AUF: das rote HERE, um an all die info und liste zu gelangen!
Mar 5 2005/By Brian Mcive for (c)DAILY RECORD
AsThat's What I Call Music 60 hits the shops, we take a nostalgic look back at long-running compilation albums.
THE Now That's What I Call Music compilation albums have featured on Christmas and birthday wish lists for generations of music lovers.
Now the music institution has reached its 60th edition, after more than 80million album sales.
While the first edition kicked off with Phil Collins, Culture Club, Duran Duran und Kajagoogoo, Now 60 will feature the dance beats of the Chemical Brothers and The Scissor Sisters as well as modern solo stars such as Gwen Stefani and Joss Stone.
The franchise was started way back in 1983 by music industry giants EMI and Virgin Records, who brought together the best of their artists in a compilation for the first time.
Prior to that, there had been no contemporary collections of pop songs, other than the odd genre specific K-Tel offerings, and the music executives thought there might be a market for a modern chart selection.
The name was inspired by a bizarre poster advertising Danish farm produce, which Virgin boss Simon Draper loved. It showed a pig listening to a chicken singing a song while laying an egg and, in appreciation of the tune, the pop pig says in a cartoon speech bubble, 'Now, that's what I call music'.
The poster was reproduced on the back cover of the first album and was the reason behind the rock and roll pig mascot who featured on most of the early records - replaced in modern times by ever flashier graphics.
While it started off as only EMI and Virgin acts, it has expanded to include artists from other labels. Though some acts have never been included - there has never been a Madonna song and only one Michael Jackson record, Farewell My Summer Love.
Now That's What I Call Music 60 is out on March 21, until then, take a trip down memory lane with this selection of Now track listings from the last two decades.
NOW -disc one:
[sup1You Can't Hurry Love Phil Collins. *2 Is There Something Should Know? Duran Duran. 3Red Red Wine UB40. 4Only For Love Limahl. 5Temptation Heaven 17. 6Give It Up K.C. and the Sunshine Band. 7Double Dutch Malcolm McClaren. 8Total Eclipse Of The Heart Bonnie Tyler. 9Karma Chameleon Culture Club. 10 The Safety Dance Men Without Hats. 11 Too Shy Kajagoogoo. 12 Moonlight Shadow Mike Oldfield. 13Down Under Men At Work. 14 Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)Rock Steady Crew. 15 Baby Jane Rod Stewart.16 Wherever I Lay My Hat Paul Young. 17 Candy Girl New Edition. 18 Big Apple Kajagoogoo. 19 Let's Stay Together Tina Turner. 20 Fascination Human League. 21New Song Howard Jones. 22 Please Don't Make Me Cry UB40. 23 Tonight Celebrate My Love Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack.24 They Don't Know Tracy Ullman. 25 Kissing With Confidence Will Powers. 26 That's All Genesis. 27 The Love Cats The Cure. 28Waterfront Simple Minds. 29 The Sun And The Rain Madness. 30 Victims Culture Club.[/sup]
for the complete info and list, CLICK HERE
DEUTSCH:
eine sehr legendaerer CD compilation in England (auch in den USA), das schon seit 1983 -die besten wichtigsten hits des jahres beinhaltet, veroeffentlicht nun ein Jubilaeums pack! mit all den groessten super hits, seit 1983 wie z.B Phil Collins, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Limahl und Kajagoogoo, "Now 60" wird auch die dance beats von Chemical Brothers und dem aktuellen The Scissor Sisters sowohl auch stars wie Gwen Stefani and Joss Stone mitdrauf haben.
CLICK OBEN AUF: das rote HERE, um an all die info und liste zu gelangen!