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 yesterday at 16:501 day 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

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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

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22 hours ago, gooddelta said:

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.

This One recently covered by The Fizz

Now that extra 1985-1989 has been finalised, I thought I’d make a list of songs likely to appear on the upcoming vaults. I also wonder if they’ll ever do vault final chapters?

1985

Elton John & Millie Jackson - Act Of War

Tina Turner - Show Some Respect

'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

Fine Young Cannibals - Blue

ABC - Vanity Kills

Eurythmics - Julia

Pat Benatar - Invincible

Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me

A-Ha - Love Is Reason

Teena Marie - Lovergirl

The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance

Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love

Corey Hart - Never Surrender

Five Star - RSVP

Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love

The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool

Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money

1986

Level 42 - World Machine

Eurythmics - The Miracle Of Love

Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly

David Sylvian - Silver Moon

Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street

The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants

Kenny Loggins - Playing With The Boys

Cheap Trick - Mighty Wings

Stevie Nicks - I Can’t Wait

Nik Kershaw - Radio Musicola

Doctor & The Medics & Roy Wood - Waterloo

Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You

The Cure - The Blood

Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Peter Cetera & Amy Grant - The Next Time I Fall

Paul Young - Some People

The The - Infected

Heavy D & The Boyz - Mr Big Stuff

The Stranglers - Always The Sun

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - We Love You

Go West - True Colours

Samantha Fox - I’m All You Need

Huey Lewis & The News - Hip To Be Square

Cutting Crew - I’ve Been In Love Before

Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time

The Pointer Sisters - Goldmine

Don Johnson - Heartbeat

Five Star - If I Say Yes

Aretha Franklin - Jumpin’ Jack Flash

Howard Jones - All I Want

Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out

Fuzzbox - Rules And Regulations

Talk Talk - Living In Another World

The Outfield - Your Love

Dee C Lee - Come Hell Or Waters High

1987

Level 42 - Children Say

Living In A Box - Scales Of Justice

Tina Turner - Paradise Is Here

Howard Jones - Little Bit Of Snow

The Hooters - Satellite

Bob Seger - Shakedown

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe

France Gall - Ella Elle L’a

Aswad - Hooked On You

Hue & Cry - Strength To Strength

Eurythmics - Shame

Belinda Carlisle - Dancing In The City

The Pointer Sisters - Be There

Five Star - Somewhere Somebody

Belinda Carlisle - Dancing In The City

Richard Marx - Should’ve Known Better

Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes

Climie Fisher - Keeping The Mystery Alive

Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (Christmas For The Broken Hearted)

Fuzzbox - What’s The Point

The Bangles - Following

Mick Karn featuring David Sylvian - Buoy

1988

Level 42 - Take A Look

Climie Fisher - I Won’t Bleed For You

Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights

Eric Carmen - Make Me Lose Control

Merry Clayton - Yes

Roxette - I Call Your Name

Belinda Carlisle - Love Never Dies

Spandau Ballet - Raw

Human League - Love Is All That Matters

Hue & Cry - Ordinary Angel

Cheap Trick - The Flame

The Bangles - The Real World

Eurythmics - I Need A Man

Annie Lennox & Al Green - Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Five Star - Let Me Be Yours

Johnny Hates Jazz - Don’t Say It’s Love

Breathe - How Can I Fall?

UB40 - Come Out To Play

Robert Palmer - Simply Irresistible

Huey Lewis & The News - World To Me

Talk Talk - I Believe In You

Sade - Turn My Back On You

LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali

David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise

1989

Level 42 - Take Care Of Yourself

Howard Jones - Everlasting Love

Richard Marx - Satisfied

Climie Fisher - Facts Of Love

Sharpe & Numan - I’m On Automatic

Kim Wilde - Love In The Natural Way

Transvision Vamp - Born To Be Sold

Wendy & Lisa - Waterfall

Eurythmics - Revival

Spandau Ballet - Empty Spaces

The Beautiful South - I’ll Sail This Ship Alone

The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums

Five Star - With Every Heartbeat

Chicago - Look Away

Elton John - A Word In Spanish

Fuzzbox - Self!

The Bangles - I’ll Set You Free

Sade - Haunt Me

Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel

Stevie Nicks - Rooms On Fire

Pixies - Here Comes Your Man

The Christians - Words

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5 minutes ago, Mark said:

This One recently covered by The Fizz

Yes, good cover. I have this album on CD as they never put it up for streaming.

23 hours ago, gooddelta said:

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

Highlights for me are as follows:

Swing Out Sister - You On My Mind

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

Gloria Estefan - Get On Your Feet

Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong

I'll be honest here, the ones that haven't been on numbered NOWs in the 80s I'm not really too familiar with (sans the above) but I'll give them a go.

Gutted that there's no Star Trekkin' (The Firm), Jack Your Body (Steve "Silk" Hurley), Midnight Radio (Taffy), Don't Know Much (Linda Ronstadt/Aaron Neville) and Lambada (Kaoma).

Seems there's another vinyl selection too, like they did for 1980-84.

Also due out 27th March for £99.99, I'll give that a miss.

8 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Seems there's another vinyl selection too, like they did for 1980-84.

Also due out 27th March for £99.99, I'll give that a miss.

I'll probably have this for my birthday this year.