2 hours ago, SuperWooper said:

Regarding NOW 123 - I would LOVE Zara to appear with Midnight Sun and also with Stateside. All her singles deserve an appearance really

We did have Lush Life on Now 93 and as I said before if any of the old songs don’t appear, then they’re obviously ignoring the old songs and focusing on new songs. In my opinion, they should only include the old songs that haven’t appeared before. Tom Odell single handily ruined Now 113 with his reappearance

Edited February 11Feb 11 by Hadji

33 minutes ago, Hadji said:

We did have Lush Life on Now 93 and as I said before if any of the old songs don’t appear, then they’re obviously ignoring the old songs and focusing on new songs. In my opinion, they should only include the old songs that haven’t appeared before. Tom Odell single handily ruined Now 113 with his reappearance

Personally I was glad that Tom Odell appeared on Now 113, Another Love is a great song and I actually heard it played more in 2022 than in 2013.

I’d love for Just The Way You Are to appear on Now 123 seeing as it missed Now 53. If they include it, I wonder if it will be the original version or the Mall Grab remix? I reckon it will be the latter

It's been reported that Britney Spears has sold her catalogue so that might be another artist NOW lose access to.

BBC News

Britney Spears sells rights to entire music catalogue

She is said to have sold to independent music publisher Primary Wave on 30 December for around $200m.

14 hours ago, awardinary said:

Also @Hadji whats your shortlist for the Final Chapter Extra?

I’ve made two lists. The first list is artists on 1985-1989 who have other hits that could potentially appear on extra

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots Of Money)

Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia

Pet Shop Boys - Rent

Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?

A-Ha - The Blood That Moves The Body

Go West - Goodbye Girl

Bananarama - More Than Physical

Five Star - If I Say Yes

Five Star - Whenever You’re Ready

Five Star - Strong As Steel

Level 42 - Heaven In My Hands

T'Pau - Secret Garden

Tina Turner - One Of The Living

The Stranglers - Always The Sun

Big Country - One Great Thing

Big Country - King Of Emotion

Simple Minds - Kick It In

R.E.M - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

The Cure - Just Like Heaven

New Order - Subculture

Fuzzbox - Self!

Amazulu - Montego Bay

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days

Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

Bon Jovi - I’ll Be There For You

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants

Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn

Art Of Noise featuring Max Headroom - Paranoimia

Cameo - Candy

Midnight Star - Headlines

Communards - You Are My World

Sonia - Listen To Your Heart

Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart Of Gold

Swing Out Sister - You On My Mind

Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice

Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There

The other list is songs from artists who don’t appear on 1985-1989

George Michael - Monkey

George Michael - Kissing A Fool

Wham! - Everything She Wants

David Sylvian - Taking The Veil

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief

Squeeze - Hourglass

ABC - Be Near Me

Europe - Rock The Night

Survivor - Burning Heart

Duran Duran - A View To A Kill

Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way

The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver

The Firm - Star Trekkin’

Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin’

The Style Council - The Lodgers

The Style Council - It Didn’t Matter

Huey Lewis & The News - Stuck With You

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

Howard Jones - Life In One Day

Damian - The Time Warp

Edited February 17Feb 17 by Hadji

Here’s a clue to the extra 1985-1989 tracklist as spotted on the Now collectors page and here’s my guess of which songs they are

CD 1

1. GEORGE MICHAEL - Monkey

2. PET SHOP BOYS - Suburbia

3. A-HA - The Blood That Moves The Body

4. EURYTHMICS - Would I Lie To You?

5. ALISON MOYET -

6. COMMUNARDS - You Are My World

7. NIK KERSHAW - When A Heart Beats

8. HOWARD JONES - Life In One Day

9. ARCADIA -

10. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK -

11. THE COLOURFIELD - Thinking Of You

12. THE CURE - Just Like Heaven

13. THE DARLING BUDS -

14. SIMPLE MINDS - Kick It In

15. PAUL MCCARTNEY -

16. STING -

17. SWING OUT SISTER - You On My Mind

18. SADE -

19. GO WEST - Goodbye Girl

20. SUZANNE VEGA -

CD 2

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The USA

2. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Calling America

3. TINA TURNER - One Of The Living

4. HEART - What About Love

5. EUROPE - Rock The Night

6. BON JOVI - I’ll Be There For You

7. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Stuck With You

8. KATRINA & THE WAVES - Sun Street

9. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS -

10. THE PASADENAS -

11. THE FOUR TOPS -

12. FIVE STAR - Whenever You’re Ready

13. BANANARAMA - More Than Physical

14. HAZELL DEAN - Turn It Into Love

15. LAURA BRANIGAN -

16. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

17. BEATMASTERS FEATURING MC MERLIN - Who’s In The House

18. RENÉ & ANGELA - I’ll Be Good

19. RAY PARKER JR. -

20. MICA PARIS -

CD 3

1. PET SHOP BOYS - Rent

2. NEW ORDER - Subculture

3. THE CURE - Hot Hot Hot

4. THE MISSION -

5. BOY GEORGE - Sold

6. KING -

7. TRANSVISION VAMP -

8. TIFFANY - I Saw Him Standing There

9. BROS - Chocolate Box

10. WET WET WET - Temptation

11. RICK ASTLEY - She Wants To Dance With Me

12. LEVEL 42 - Heaven In My Hands

13. KIM WILDE -

14. WATERFRONT - Cry

15. HUE & CRY - Looking For Linda

16. HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Don’t Go

17. THE CHRISTIANS - Forgotten Town

18. DEBBIE GIBSON -

19. WHITNEY HOUSTON -

20. LABI SIFFRE - (Something Inside) So Strong

Some of the usual suspects are missing off this album ie ABC, Duran Duran, David Sylvian, R.E.M, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John

Edited February 18Feb 18 by Hadji

18 hours ago, Hadji said:

Here’s a clue to the extra 1985-1989 tracklist as spotted on the Now collectors page and here’s my guess of which songs they are

CD 1

1. GEORGE MICHAEL - Monkey

2. PET SHOP BOYS - Suburbia

3. A-HA - The Blood That Moves The Body

4. EURYTHMICS - Would I Lie To You?

5. ALISON MOYET -

6. COMMUNARDS - You Are My World

7. NIK KERSHAW - When A Heart Beats

8. HOWARD JONES - Life In One Day

9. ARCADIA -

10. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK -

11. THE COLOURFIELD - Thinking Of You

12. THE CURE - Just Like Heaven

13. THE DARLING BUDS -

14. SIMPLE MINDS - Kick It In

15. PAUL MCCARTNEY -

16. STING -

17. SWING OUT SISTER - You On My Mind

18. SADE -

19. GO WEST - Goodbye Girl

20. SUZANNE VEGA -

CD 2

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The USA

2. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Calling America

3. TINA TURNER - One Of The Living

4. HEART - What About Love

5. EUROPE - Rock The Night

6. BON JOVI - I’ll Be There For You

7. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Stuck With You

8. KATRINA & THE WAVES - Sun Street

9. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS -

10. THE PASADENAS -

11. THE FOUR TOPS -

12. FIVE STAR - Whenever You’re Ready

13. BANANARAMA - More Than Physical

14. HAZELL DEAN - Turn It Into Love

15. LAURA BRANIGAN -

16. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

17. BEATMASTERS FEATURING MC MERLIN - Who’s In The House

18. RENÉ & ANGELA - I’ll Be Good

19. RAY PARKER JR. -

20. MICA PARIS -

CD 3

1. PET SHOP BOYS - Rent

2. NEW ORDER - Subculture

3. THE CURE - Hot Hot Hot

4. THE MISSION -

5. BOY GEORGE - Sold

6. KING -

7. TRANSVISION VAMP -

8. TIFFANY - I Saw Him Standing There

9. BROS - Chocolate Box

10. WET WET WET - Temptation

11. RICK ASTLEY - She Wants To Dance With Me

12. LEVEL 42 - Heaven In My Hands

13. KIM WILDE -

14. WATERFRONT - Cry

15. HUE & CRY - Looking For Linda

16. HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Don’t Go

17. THE CHRISTIANS - Forgotten Town

18. DEBBIE GIBSON -

19. WHITNEY HOUSTON -

20. LABI SIFFRE - (Something Inside) So Strong

Some of the usual suspects are missing off this album ie ABC, Duran Duran, David Sylvian, R.E.M, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John

I did some research on the blank tracks for NOW Yearbook Extra 1985-1989 via the nowmusicwiki.com website and found these:

Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl

Arcadia - The Promise

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Secret

The Darling Buds - Hit the Ground

Paul McCartney - This One

Sting - Love is the Seventh Wave

Sade - Nothing Can Come Between Us

Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing

Dexys Midnight Runners - Because of You

The Pasadenas - Riding on a Train

Four Tops feat. Smokey Robinson - Indestructible

Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass

Ray Parker Jr. - I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone

Mica Paris and Will Downing - Where is the Love

The Mission - Wasteland

King - Won't You Hold My Hand Now

Transvision Vamp - The Only One

Kim Wilde - Say You Really Want Me

Debbie Gibson - Lost in Your Eyes

Whitney Houston - Where Do Broken Hearts Go

You should probably update that post, since I did some valiant research on those missing tracks. All I did was search the artists' name, only to find certain songs (which has the album featured which is currently undisplayed) assuming that they're going to appear on the album.

Also, I hope Yearbook 1975 gets announced as the next yearbook after this one...

19 hours ago, Hadji said:

Here’s a clue to the extra 1985-1989 tracklist as spotted on the Now collectors page and here’s my guess of which songs they are

CD 1

1. GEORGE MICHAEL - Monkey

2. PET SHOP BOYS - Suburbia

3. A-HA - The Blood That Moves The Body

4. EURYTHMICS - Would I Lie To You?

5. ALISON MOYET -

6. COMMUNARDS - You Are My World

7. NIK KERSHAW - When A Heart Beats

8. HOWARD JONES - Life In One Day

9. ARCADIA -

10. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK -

11. THE COLOURFIELD - Thinking Of You

12. THE CURE - Just Like Heaven

13. THE DARLING BUDS -

14. SIMPLE MINDS - Kick It In

15. PAUL MCCARTNEY -

16. STING -

17. SWING OUT SISTER - You On My Mind

18. SADE -

19. GO WEST - Goodbye Girl

20. SUZANNE VEGA -

CD 2

1. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born In The USA

2. ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Calling America

3. TINA TURNER - One Of The Living

4. HEART - What About Love

5. EUROPE - Rock The Night

6. BON JOVI - I’ll Be There For You

7. HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS - Stuck With You

8. KATRINA & THE WAVES - Sun Street

9. DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS -

10. THE PASADENAS -

11. THE FOUR TOPS -

12. FIVE STAR - Whenever You’re Ready

13. BANANARAMA - More Than Physical

14. HAZELL DEAN - Turn It Into Love

15. LAURA BRANIGAN -

16. GLORIA ESTEFAN - Oye Mi Canto (Hear My Voice)

17. BEATMASTERS FEATURING MC MERLIN - Who’s In The House

18. RENÉ & ANGELA - I’ll Be Good

19. RAY PARKER JR. -

20. MICA PARIS -

CD 3

1. PET SHOP BOYS - Rent

2. NEW ORDER - Subculture

3. THE CURE - Hot Hot Hot

4. THE MISSION -

5. BOY GEORGE - Sold

6. KING -

7. TRANSVISION VAMP -

8. TIFFANY - I Saw Him Standing There

9. BROS - Chocolate Box

10. WET WET WET - Temptation

11. RICK ASTLEY - She Wants To Dance With Me

12. LEVEL 42 - Heaven In My Hands

13. KIM WILDE -

14. WATERFRONT - Cry

15. HUE & CRY - Looking For Linda

16. HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - Don’t Go

17. THE CHRISTIANS - Forgotten Town

18. DEBBIE GIBSON -

19. WHITNEY HOUSTON -

20. LABI SIFFRE - (Something Inside) So Strong

Some of the usual suspects are missing off this album ie ABC, Duran Duran, David Sylvian, R.E.M, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John

Are those artist names all confirmed by Now's usual mole? I really hope it's This One by Paul McCartney, great track. It's taken a very long time for The Colourfield to appear, I was hoping that would be on Yearbook 1985 or the Extra.

From the Now Collectors Group on FB, not sure of release date.

Wouldn't say I'm loving the tracklist, which I had a feeling would be the case after the main Final Chapter release was so good, and we knew there were still lots of licensing issues.

Lots of Vault fare on here imo, nevertheless it's a good mop up to get the other PSB songs, The Colourfield, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Hothouse Flowers, plus Labi Siffre, who I'd have expected to see a lot earlier with that track.

5 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

From the Now Collectors Group on FB, not sure of release date.

I'm going to guess 27 March.

Monkey should’ve opened the album instead of Kissing A Fool and save the latter for vault 1988. As for Sting, Love Is The Seventh Wave should’ve been saved for vault 1985 and have Moon Over Bourbon Street on here instead. If they’d have included Moon Over Bourbon Street on here, then they could’ve had Love Is The Seventh Wave on vault 1985 and We Work The Black Seams on vault 1986 but Moon Over Bourbon Street is the Sting song now looking likely to appear on vault 1986. As for Pet Shop Boys, they should’ve put Opportunities instead of Rent because they had the opportunity to put Rent on extra 1987 but they chose not to

I guess now we wait for "The Definitive 1980's Yearbook" covering the whole decade, though I can't see many good songs being left to mop up from tbh.

11 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Monkey should’ve opened the album instead of Kissing A Fool and save the latter for vault 1988. As for Sting, Love Is The Seventh Wave should’ve been saved for vault 1985 and have Moon Over Bourbon Street on here instead. If they’d have included Moon Over Bourbon Street on here, then they could’ve had Love Is The Seventh Wave on vault 1985 and We Work The Black Seams on vault 1986 but Moon Over Bourbon Street is the Sting song now looking likely to appear on vault 1986. As for Pet Shop Boys, they should’ve put Opportunities instead of Rent because they had the opportunity to put Rent on extra 1987 but they chose not to

I would argue that Kissing A Fool is by a country mile the better remembered/more highly regarded track, despite the slightly lower peak, so I think it's a fair choice (76m streams vs 12m on Spotify or 28m YouTube views vs just 1m). Also it no doubt sold about the same at the time as it was charting throughout December.

What are your key highlights of the album?

Edited February 18Feb 18 by gooddelta

7 minutes ago, awardinary said:

I guess now we wait for "The Definitive 1980's Yearbook" covering the whole decade, though I can't see many good songs being left to mop up from tbh.

No doubt we will get a best of Yearbook 80s featuring about seven songs from each year and 10 they couldn't license before.

2 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

No doubt we will get a best of Yearbook 80s featuring about seven songs from each year and 10 they couldn't license before.

Michael Jackson and David Bowie as a minimum who defined the decade.

22 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

I would argue that Kissing A Fool is by a country mile the better remembered/more highly regarded track, despite the slightly lower peak, so I think it's a fair choice (76m streams vs 12m on Spotify or 28m YouTube views vs just 1m). Also it no doubt sold about the same at the time as it was charting throughout December.

What are your key highlights of the album?

Key moments is having songs that I don’t have or haven’t heard. I don’t think there was any need for two Cure songs though. Hot Hot Hot should’ve been saved for vault 1988 and as for George Michael, there was room for both Monkey and Kissing A Fool on disc 2 of both 1988 yearbooks. Shame ABC aren’t on there as Be Near Me went top 30

3 hours ago, geraintlewis268 said:

Also, I hope Yearbook 1975 gets announced as the next yearbook after this one...

No. We’ve had enough late 70s lately. I’d rather they did early 70s for a change than rush the late 70s as we haven’t had early 70s since May 2024. I’m hoping 1972 is next and for the 90s, I hope 1995 or 1996 is next

Edited February 18Feb 18 by Hadji

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

Key moments is having songs that I don’t have or haven’t heard. I don’t think there was any need for two Cure songs though. Hot Hot Hot should’ve been saved for vault 1988 and as for George Michael, there was room for both Monkey and Kissing A Fool on disc 2 of both 1988 yearbooks. Shame ABC aren’t on there as Be Near Me went top 30

But you still haven't said what your actual highlights are? Rather than saying what should / shouldn't have been included, what do you actually like??? :)

Just now, lewistgreen said:

But you still haven't said what your actual highlights are? Rather than saying what should / shouldn't have been included, what do you actually like??? :)

Heaven In My Hands appearing as it’s one of their best tunes and rarely appears on compilations. After tomorrow’s announcement, we should go 2 weeks without an announcement before they announce Now 123 on 12th March which in my opinion, they should move the spring Nows to the last Friday in March rather than the first Friday in April

Edited February 18Feb 18 by Hadji