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Posted by: adrianreavill83 Feb 3 2021, 09:45 AM

Which UK number one singles have never appeared on a Now That's What I Call Music album from 1983 to present. Feel free to comment.

Posted by: adrianreavill83 Feb 3 2021, 12:48 PM

Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven
Drake - One Dance

Posted by: Mangø Feb 3 2021, 12:57 PM

Have Madonna or Michael Jackson ever appeared on a NOW album? If not there's a load of number ones right there.

Posted by: adrianreavill83 Feb 3 2021, 01:05 PM

Most of Madonna's hits, of not all I think now.

Posted by: BillyH Feb 3 2021, 03:46 PM

Seem to remember 2007 was one of the few years where every single #1 that year made it on a Now.

Posted by: Hadji Feb 3 2021, 04:03 PM

One Dance was on NOW 95

Posted by: Hadji Feb 3 2021, 04:04 PM

And 2012

Posted by: Maestro Feb 3 2021, 04:05 PM

I believe Shape of You was never on one, Now rightfully chose Castle on the Hill instead

Posted by: Bré Feb 3 2021, 04:16 PM

I'd imagine it's a case of licensing issues rather than them 'choosing' 'Castle On The Hill'.

Posted by: garyfeld Feb 3 2021, 04:55 PM

I only saw "Dress You up" by Madonna on a NOW album (4, i think), so all her 12 number ones aren't one any NOW album

Posted by: T Boy Feb 3 2021, 06:37 PM

Madonna has never appeared on a numbered Now. Hung Up and Into The Groove have appeared on spin offs though.

Michael Jackson has two Now appearances though neither song was no.1. Same is true for the two appearances Whitney Houston has made. Ditto Celine Dion.

Mariah Carey has also never had a no.1 on a Now despite 4 appearances.

Posted by: Spice Girls Net Feb 3 2021, 06:44 PM

Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (SYBT was on Now 35 and by the time Now 36 came out in Spring 1997 Mama was the opening track)

Posted by: Colm Feb 3 2021, 07:02 PM

Going off topic -



I dare say that most number 1s that appeared on the Hits compilations did not appear on Nows.

There have been a few that appeared on both. Theme from S-Express, I think was on both.

In the 80s it was harder to predict what would be on a Now album. For example, Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind and Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky were on Now 11. The follow ups (Heart and Got to Be Certain - which were big hits) - did not appear on Now 12.

Some artists wandered from Hits to Now or from Now to Hits. Wet Wet Wet and Johnny Hates Jazz were both on Hits 6 but later featured on Now 11 with follow up hits.

Posted by: fiesta Feb 3 2021, 07:23 PM

Fugees killing me softly comes to mind and Thier other chart topper ready or not iirc

Posted by: gavindeejay Feb 3 2021, 09:42 PM

‘Perfect’ never made it either but ‘Galway Girl’ did.

Posted by: IdentFan101 Feb 4 2021, 10:25 AM

Neither did I Don't Care or Beautiful People only Take Me Back to London from the No. 6 Collaborations Project album did.

Posted by: IdentFan101 Feb 4 2021, 10:32 AM

There is a few I can think of:
Freaky Friday - Lil Dicky feat. Chris Brown
Do the Bartman - The Simpsons
Teletubbies Say "Eh-Oh!" - Teletubbies
Godzilla - Eminem feat. Juice WRLD
Toosie Slide - Drake
God's Plan - Drake
Nice for What - Drake
In My Feelings - Drake
Times Like These - BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Allstars
No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
Look What You Made Me Do - Taylor Swift

Posted by: garyfeld Feb 4 2021, 10:20 PM

My bad...Dress You up was Madonna's only hit on any of these compilation albums....HITS 3 !

Posted by: Houdini Feb 5 2021, 01:09 PM

Eminem has had loads of songs that didn't appear including "The Real Slim Shady", "Lose Yourself", "Just Lose It", "Like Toy Soldiers", "The Monster"

Posted by: awardinary Feb 5 2021, 01:25 PM

I think I had a spreadsheet containing a list of such songs once but it has been lost a long time ago. I could probably recall a lot of the songs though.

Taking 2020 as an example, 8 UK #1 singles (out of 21) did not feature;

Ellie Goulding – River
Eminem feat. Juice WRLD – Godzilla
Billie Eilish – No Time To Die
Live Lounge Allstars – Times Like These
Drake – Toosie Slide
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
LadBaby – Don’t Stop Me Eatin’
Wham – Last Christmas

The year before, 2019, only 2 UK #1’s (out of 12) did not feature;

Ed Sheeran feat. Khalid – Beautiful People
LadBaby – I Love Sausage Rolls

Posted by: The Hit Parade Feb 6 2021, 03:21 PM

Manic Street Preachers only show up once and not with either of their Number One singles.

Also football songs are never on there except 'Three Lions '98' and identifiable Christmas songs are understandably absent so that rules out all four versions of 'Do They Know it's Christmas?' plus Merry Christmas Everyone etc.

'West End Girls' and 'Heart' by the Pet Shop Boys didn't make it either.

Posted by: gavindeejay Feb 6 2021, 05:07 PM

Songs from 2000 - 2020 that reached Number 1, but didn't make it to a numbered NOW! album:

2000

Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes
Oasis - Go Let It Out
Madonna - American Pie
Westlife - Fool Again
Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da reload (Casualty)
The Corrs - Breathless
Eminem-The Real Slim Shady
Five / Queen - We Will Rock You
Madonna - Music
A1 - Take On Me
Mariah Carey & Westlife - Against All Odds
All Saints - Black Coffee
Westlife - My Love
A1 - Same Old Brand New You
Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part 1
Eminem - Stan

2001

Rui Da Silva featuring Cassandra - Touch Me
Jennifer Lopez - Love Don't Cost A Thing
Limp Bizkit - Rollin'
Shaggy feat. Rayvon - Angel
Christina Aguilera / Lil' Kim / Mya / Pink - Lady Marmalade
Blue - Too Close
Westlife - Queen Of My Heart

2002

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (Re-issue)
Westlife - World Of Our Own
Will Young - Anything Is Possible / Evergreen
Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody
Oasis - The Hindu Times
Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss
Will Young - Light My Fire
Elvis vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation
Gareth Gates - Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
Blazin' Squad - Crossroads
Pink - Just Like A Pill
Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds
Westlife - Unbreakable
Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - Dirrty
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Blue featuring Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

2003

Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Gareth Gates featuring The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky
Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul - Breathe
Busted - Crashed The Wedding
Westlife - Mandy

2004

Sam & Mark - With A Little Help From My Friends / Measure Of A Man
Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris - Yeah
Mario Winans featuring Enya & P Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know
Usher - Burn
The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
Brian McFadden - Real To Me
Ja Rule featuring R Kelly & Ashanti - Wonderful
Eminem Just Lose It
Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas?

2005

Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (re-issue)
Elvis Presley - One Night / I Got Stung (re-issue)
Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never (re-issue)
Eminem-Like Toy Soldiers
Jennifer Lopez - Get Right
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Madonna - Hung Up
Pussycat Dolls - Stickwitu

2006

Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Notorious BIG featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm - Nasty Girl
Madonna - Sorry
My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade

2007

All Number 1's from 2007 appear on a Now! album

2008

Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
Leona Lewis-Run

2009

Alexandra Burke Feat Flo Rida-Bad Boys
X Factor Finalists 2009 - You Are Not Alone
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band -The Official BBC Children In Need Medley
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name

2010

Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé - Telephone
Shout for England featuring Dizzee Rascal and James Corden - Shout
Alexandra Burke featuring Laza Morgan - Start Without You
JLS - Love You More
The X Factor Finalists 2010 - Heroes

2011

Nero - Promises
The X Factor Finalists 2011 - Wishing on a Star

2012

All Number 1's from 2012 appeared on a NOW! album

2013

Eminem featuring Rihanna - The Monster

2014

Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas?

2015

All Number 1's from 2015 appeared on a NOW! album

2016

All Number 1's from 2016 appeared on a NOW! album

2017

Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Artists for Grenfell - Bridge over Troubled Water
DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts
Ed Sheeran - Perfect

2018

Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran - River
Drake - God's Plan
Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown - Freaky Friday
Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions (Re-Entry)
Drake - In My Feelings
LadBaby - We Built This City

2019

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber - I Don't Care
Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid - Beautiful People
LadBaby -I Love Sausage Rolls
Ellie Goulding - River

2020

Eminem feat. Juice WRLD – Godzilla
Billie Eilish – No Time To Die
Live Lounge Allstars – Times Like These
Drake – Toosie Slide
Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
LadBaby – Don’t Stop Me Eatin’
Wham – Last Christmas

Posted by: Sour Candy Feb 6 2021, 05:23 PM

Ok what WAS on the NOW albums in 2000 then

Posted by: T Boy Feb 6 2021, 05:45 PM

Given the year had 43 different no.1s, still quite a lot!

I’ve noticed a few errors in those lists though. Both Changes (2003) and Thunderbirds (2004) did appear on Now albums.

Also I noted the following omissions that did not appear:

Eminem-The Real Slim Shady (2000)
Eminem-Like Toy Soldiers (2005)
Leona Lewis-Run (2008)
Alexandra Burke Feat Flo Rida-Bad Boys (2009)

Posted by: gavindeejay Feb 6 2021, 06:09 PM

Thanks for that, I've edited them in now

Posted by: gavindeejay Feb 6 2021, 06:12 PM

Unfortunately in the early 2000's, the Hits albums stopped Now! from getting the rights to alot of the Number 1's. They were very cheap and tacky albums as they used to feature 50+ hits on one disc, great value for money granted, but they used to fade tracks out about 2:30 through to squeeze all the songs on.

Posted by: T Boy Feb 6 2021, 06:27 PM

The Hits albums were hit and miss by the 00s but they always stole some massive hits. I loved Hits 55, I got that in the Easter holidays in 2003 when my sister got Now 54. It was one of the better albums. Hits 56 however had about 15 great tracks that could have been on Now 55 and loads of filler. Now 55’s filler was simply better.

Posted by: Hadji Feb 6 2021, 06:47 PM

Johnny Hates Jazz and Wet Wet Wet only appeared on Hits 6 because there was no NOW release in summer 1987 otherwise they’d have appeared on NOW had there been a release then

Posted by: ThePensmith Feb 8 2021, 04:01 PM

None of B*Witched's number ones made it to a Now (or indeed, any of their singles outside of that) but they were on the BRITS Abba tribute 'Thank Abba for the Music' that was on Now 42.

Posted by: jimwatts Feb 8 2021, 07:45 PM

Going by The Now That's What I Call Music Book and not counting double A-sides where one side featured, I think these were the #1s from 1983-89 that didn't feature:

1983 (w/e 15/01/83 onwards)

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Spandau Ballet - True
Police - Every Breath You Take
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

1984

George Michael - Careless Whisper
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You
Wham! - Freedom
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love [remix made Now 46, 2000]
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

1985

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round [until re-release made Now 63, 2006]
Philip Bailey with Phil Collins - Easy Lover
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone
Madonna - Into The Groove
David Bowie and Mick Jagger - Dancing In The Street
Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love
Wham! - I'm Your Man
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone

1986

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction
Cliff Richard and the Young Ones - Living Doll
George Michael - A Different Corner
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Spitting Image - The Chicken Song
Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
Madonna - True Blue

1987

George Michael and Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Mel and Kim - Respectable
Ferry Aid - Let It Be
Madonna - La Isla Bonita
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Firm - Star Trekkin'
Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin
Madonna - Who's That Girl
Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Bee Gees - You Win Again

1988

Aswad - Don't Turn Around
Pet Shop Boys - Heart
Fairground Attraction - Perfect
Bros - I Owe You Nothing
U2 - Desire
Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time
Enya - Orinoco Flow
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine

1989

Kylie and Jason - Especially For You
Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Bangles - Eternal Flame
Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart
Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss
Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You
Black Box - Ride On Time
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - That's What I Like
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
New Kids On The Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - Let's Party
Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Posted by: The Hit Parade Feb 8 2021, 10:19 PM

Also 'Every Breath You Take' by the Police (the notes for the first album actually list the 5 missing!)


Paul Hardcastle didn't believe this when I told him!



Should be 'Dancing In The Street', surely?

Posted by: Charis Feb 8 2021, 10:52 PM

I see Westlife topping this list too! And still in the EU

Posted by: Bré Feb 8 2021, 11:00 PM

This isn't a list that you want to top x

Posted by: jimwatts Feb 8 2021, 11:12 PM

Thanks, I've edited that in. Two other Paul Hardcastle songs appeared on NOWs (Just For Money and The Wizard) but apparently not 19!

Posted by: Charis Feb 8 2021, 11:21 PM

It is assuming they have the no1’s but some business men decided to i push for other songs on those cd’s. Imagine World of our own not making it to any NOW cd. This is a crime

Posted by: Sour Candy Feb 9 2021, 08:06 AM

Posts of the year already

Posted by: jimwatts Feb 9 2021, 08:39 AM

And here are the #1s from 1990-99 which I don't think appeared, again not counting double A-sides where one side featured (and if neither side featured, I've only listed the first):

1990

New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow
Snap! - The Power
Madonna - Vogue
EnglandNewOrder - World In Motion
Partners In Kryme - Turtle Power
Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day

1991

Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
Simpsons - Do The Bartman
Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only
Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
Michael Jackson - Black Or White

1992

Boyz II Men - End Of The Road
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

1993

Take That featuring Lulu - Relight My Fire
Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby
Take That - Babe

1994

Mariah Carey - Without You
Take That - Everything Changes
Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
Manchester United Football Squad - Come On You Reds
Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy

1995

Celine Dion - Think Twice
Take That - Back For Good
Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody
Take That - Never Forget
Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone
Robson & Jerome - I Believe
Michael Jackson - Earth Song

1996

Take That - How Deep Is Your Love
Prodigy - Firestarter
Baddiel and Skinner / Lightning Seeds - Three Lions ['98 version made Now 40, 1998]
Fugees - Killing Me Softly
Gary Barlow - Forever Love
Fugees - Ready Or Not
Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
Robson & Jerome - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Peter Andre - I Feel You
Dunblane - Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Spice Girls - 2 Become 1

1997

Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got To Be Big)
LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody
Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dancefloor
Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait
Olive - You're Not Alone
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?
Will Smith - Men In Black
Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight [live version of the original Candle In The Wind made Now 11, 1988]
Teletubbies - Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!

1998

Oasis - All Around The World
Usher - You Make Me Wanna
Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
Madonna - Frozen
B*Witched - C'est La Vie
Another Level - Freak Me
Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground
Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
B*Witched - Rollercoaster
Spacedust - Gym And Tonic
B*Witched - To You I Belong
Chef - Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)

1999

Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Blondie - Maria
B*Witched - Blame It On The Weatherman
Westlife - Swear It Again
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Westlife - If I Let You Go
Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
Westlife - Flying Without Wings
Five - Keep On Movin'
Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer
Westlife - I Have A Dream

Posted by: Dobbo. Feb 9 2021, 09:08 AM

Some of these are very bizarre omissions.

Posted by: Mangø Feb 9 2021, 09:12 AM

I guess many of them would have been due to licensing rights and a few of them were probably down to bad timing but I'd be interested to know why some of the others were omitted. There's some pretty huge number ones in that list!

Posted by: Colm Feb 9 2021, 09:31 AM

Isn't that speculation?

Posted by: gooddelta Feb 9 2021, 09:36 AM

Interesting to know, I know a lot will have made the Hits series instead but a handful won't have made it to either due to what I assume were licensing issues (Blood On The Dancefloor, Candle In The Wind 1997, Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) and possibily Teletubbies) or simply because they weren't chosen. I can't think of many examples of the latter, but I'm sure if Hits had wanted To You I Belong they could have had it, seeing as all of B*Witched's other big singles made it. Also, it's debateable whether either Now or Hits ever even asked for The Millennium Prayer, I can't imagine they were fighting over it but not sure if it would have been licensed anyway.

Posted by: Colm Feb 9 2021, 09:44 AM

The Take That ones of the mid-90s were odd omissions seeing as they did appear on some of them and not on others. Now 26 and Now 29 had Pray and Sure but neither Now 27 or 28 had Everything Changes.

Posted by: AcerBen Feb 9 2021, 09:54 AM

It did make the original Now 1994 though

Posted by: robbied Feb 9 2021, 11:02 AM

Definitely some bizarre omissions. For example Shaggy ‘angel’ and Busted ‘crashed the wedding’. Both acts had previous songs that were on Now albums and both of these songs would have easily fitted on the upcoming Now 49 and 56.

Posted by: AcerBen Feb 9 2021, 11:07 AM

Just because they were on previous Nows doesn't mean they were always available though.

Posted by: robbied Feb 9 2021, 11:11 AM

True. But you would have thought in the case of Busted it might have been as all of their previous songs had been, as were subsequent songs.

Posted by: AcerBen Feb 9 2021, 11:49 AM

With a really big hit, I'd always go with it being unavailable (because the label didn't want to hurt sales of the artist's single or album at that time) or wanting too much money for the licence, over it just being forgotten about or overlooked.

Posted by: robbied Feb 9 2021, 12:04 PM

It can of course sometimes be the other way. There are of course examples of massive hits being on Now albums some time before their single release (Groovejet and Mad World for example).

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Feb 9 2021, 12:12 PM

I remember no Wasteoflife songs appearing on NOW albums back when I used to buy them, did any later ones get included?

Posted by: gooddelta Feb 9 2021, 12:17 PM

I agree. It may then be available for the edition after, but by that point it's either deemed too old or the artist has moved onto another big single so the compilers use that instead. I believe that's probably what happened with Busted in that example, and also why To You I Belong was never on a Hits album, as Blame It On The Weatherman was available to them at that point instead.

The Smash Hits compilations also used to pick up a few of the songs missed by both Now and Hits, presumably again due to timing. Crashed The Wedding was on a Smash Hits album released in early 2004, by which point the record company were probably happier to license it out as it had been and gone.

Posted by: gooddelta Feb 9 2021, 12:21 PM

From 2005 (You Raise Me Up) onwards I think they started to appear more regularly. I can only assume it's because the Hits series was floundering at this point and Sony and its subsidiaries were happier to license to Now than they had been before. Prior to that was it just Uptown Girl that was used on Now 50? That featured a few other artists that Now rarely got (J.Lo, Five), so they must have had a one-off deal with Sony as it was a landmark.

Posted by: robbied Feb 9 2021, 12:35 PM

Yeah I see why some record labels would want to push more sales onto the single. Although in the late nineties/early 2000s there’s lots of cases of songs featuring on Now albums at the height of their popularity - often songs that were out that week or had been released a week or two before. It would be interesting to see what caused the decision from the record label. More money perhaps?

Posted by: jimwatts Feb 9 2021, 12:35 PM

Yes, Uptown Girl was their only appearance until You Raise Me Up, then a few more of their songs including The Rose were featured, so they had 11 #1s not featured - which is two fewer than Madonna.

Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn Feb 9 2021, 12:52 PM

That's really interesting!

Thanks

Posted by: AcerBen Feb 9 2021, 01:25 PM

Yeah Will Young & Gareth Gates spring to mind too.. their early hits were only on Hits too.

Some of the Hits comps in the late 90s and early 00s were actually better than the equivalent Now

Posted by: stebags Feb 9 2021, 04:06 PM

Kylie & Jason - Especially for you
Kylie - Hand on your heart
Kylie - Tears on my pillow
Jason - Too many broken hearts
Jason - Sealed with a kiss

Has any of the Band Aid versions ever been on a regular NOW album?

Posted by: Everton Feb 9 2021, 05:10 PM

1990 was wired year only 2 now not 3

Posted by: Colm Feb 9 2021, 05:51 PM

Same with 1987 and 1991.

In my opinion that led to much stronger Christmas Nows in 1990 and 1991 as there were twice as many potential inclusions in each.

Posted by: Mangø Feb 10 2021, 03:56 PM

This is slightly off topic but is there anyone here who owns every single NOW album physically? Or at least most of them? I'd be interested to know, as I started collecting them a couple of years ago as you can get them for as little as 50p in charity shops (obviously not the older ones as they're much rarer), but obviously my collection stopped when the pandemic hit!

Posted by: Everton Feb 10 2021, 04:21 PM

Got 1 to 7 re realise Cd
And now 10 to 107 cd

Now 100 hits

Posted by: Mangø Feb 10 2021, 04:33 PM

So with the next two releases you'll have the full collection - that's pretty impressive!

Posted by: Hadji Feb 10 2021, 05:19 PM

Same also with 1985 and 1986

Posted by: AcerBen Feb 10 2021, 05:23 PM

I'm getting there.. once I've got the re-issues of 8 and 9 I just need to buy the originals of 10-16 and I'm done.

I don't tend to bother with all the spin-offs though. Except for the Now Dance ones in the 90s, and the 10th anniversary specials. There's one guy who's been on the news who has everything.

Posted by: common sense Feb 11 2021, 10:35 AM

There's a Now Facebook group if anyone's interested. Some there have every release including spin-offs.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/nowcollectorsUK/?multi_permalinks=808527240013843&notif_id=1612515583397709&notif_t=group_highlights&ref=notif