I got the 1980-84 one (and the second edition) when they dropped under £50 in the sale as these boxsets often do eventually.

Not having "Jack Your Body" is really weak - is this so difficult to license?

It was on this in 2022:

https://www.discogs.com/release/23085551-Various-Now-Eighties-Dancefloor

But then again, it was also on the Now 9 reissue in 2021, along with Taffy, who has also missed the yearbooks, and the seemingly hard to get Erasure and Genesis (maybe they agree to be on the earlier reissues but not general/new compilations).

Edited February 19Feb 19 by gooddelta

I reckon So Easy will be track 1 on Now 123 whether it hits number 1 or not and Olivia’s label should now focus on getting So Easy to number 1 now that Rein Me In which is already on Now 122 will get it and considering the period between Now 122 and Now 123 has seen one of the fastest turnovers in number 1s recently, it looks like Now 123 is gonna go without a number 1 unless they decide to include Golden or So Easy finally reaches number 1

Edited February 20Feb 20 by Hadji

If not then hopefully Harry will take pity on the compilers and get them out of a hole with a No.1. I can see why he didn't want to license As It Was but it feels like Aperture needs all the ears on it that it can get. Not that I'm expecting him to, although Ed did soften his approach to licensing once he passed his imperial phases.

I'm sure Kylie would be delighted for Now to include XMAS. If we overlook the optics of having a Christmas song on the spring edition 😂

4 hours ago, gooddelta said:

If not then hopefully Harry will take pity on the compilers and get them out of a hole with a No.1. I can see why he didn't want to license As It Was but it feels like Aperture needs all the ears on it that it can get. Not that I'm expecting him to, although Ed did soften his approach to licensing once he passed his imperial phases.

I'm sure Kylie would be delighted for Now to include XMAS. If we overlook the optics of having a Christmas song on the spring edition 😂

Probably not as he seems to not allow any of his music onto compilations, not just the Harry’s House era. With Ed, he wouldn’t license his number 1 singles hence why we had Castle On The Hill on Now 96 instead of Shape Of You. As for Christmas songs appearing on numbered volumes, it would’ve also happened with Now 88 if they class Let It Go as a Christmas song and if we don’t get any old songs on Now 123, then it proves that they are deciding to snub the old songs and only focus on the new songs due to the amount of old songs showing up in the chart lately

Edited February 20Feb 20 by Hadji

I think they might go for the Mall Grab remix of Milky, which counts as new/old at the same time I suppose. But not sure they'll go for the other revivals.

Milky was on Hits 53, but not Now, I can't remember what label the song was on back then.

42 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

I think they might go for the Mall Grab remix of Milky, which counts as new/old at the same time I suppose. But not sure they'll go for the other revivals.

Milky was on Hits 53, but not Now, I can't remember what label the song was on back then.

It was something owned by Warner or Sony who back then would not license their songs to Now albums due to the Hits and I reckon they’ll go for the Mall Grab version and shame 1985-1989 yearbook has stalled at number 2 behind Demon Hunters

It was on Multiply Records, owned by Telstar, at the time. Only now do Sony hold the rights to it several years later.

Now that artists are having double appearances on the final chapter yearbooks and extras even, it makes me wonder if artists will start getting double appearances on the vaults? If so, I hope ABC get a double appearance on vault 1985 (Be Near Me and Vanity Kills), David Sylvian gets a double appearance on vault 1986 (Taking The Veil and Silver Moon) and Level 42 get a double appearance on vault 1989 (Tracie and Take Care Of Yourself)

42 minutes ago, Hadji said:

Now that artists are having double appearances on the final chapter yearbooks and extras even, it makes me wonder if artists will start getting double appearances on the vaults? If so, I hope ABC get a double appearance on vault 1985 (Be Near Me and Vanity Kills), David Sylvian gets a double appearance on vault 1986 (Taking The Veil and Silver Moon) and Level 42 get a double appearance on vault 1989 (Tracie and Take Care Of Yourself)

Rest assured we'll likely see David Sylvian on at least one of these Vaults!

3 hours ago, Tylky said:

Rest assured we'll likely see David Sylvian on at least one of these Vaults!

He’ll only be on vault 1986 as a lead artist. Maybe they might include both his songs on vault 1986 and he features on Buoy by Mick Karn which could appear on vault 1987. I’d like to see artists getting double appearances on vaults so we can have both ABC songs on vault 1985 and I’m surprised Sade who they like milking to death missed vault 1984; Hang On To Your Love was released in 1984 but missed vault 1984

Does anyone know when the 90s Year Books normally come out? I assume one will be due in the coming months?

4 hours ago, simonf said:

Does anyone know when the 90s Year Books normally come out? I assume one will be due in the coming months?

We get 5 yearbooks a year. We just had 1985-1989, the next one in April will be 70s meaning that the one after that in June will be 90s

Fingers crossed it's 99 though I reckon it'll be a mid 90s one like 96 (which would make sense given 30 years)

I have a feeling that 1999 may be last, since that year closes the 20th century.

I hope anything but 1994 is the next 90s yearbook because it feels like they’re rushing the early 90s

51 minutes ago, Hadji said:

I hope anything but 1994 is the next 90s yearbook because it feels like they’re rushing the early 90s

So, you're thinking either 1970, 1971, 1972, 1995 or 1996?

1 hour ago, geraintlewis268 said:

So, you're thinking either 1970, 1971, 1972, 1995 or 1996?

I’m hoping anything but 1975 for next 70s and anything but 1994 for next 90s. I wish they’d have mixed the 80s up rather than completing the early 80s before going to the late 80s. I just want them to balance the decades out rather than rushing one half of the decade like they’re doing with late 70s and early 90s. For the 70s, I want it to go 1972, 1971, 1975 and 1970 and for the 90s, I want it to go 1996, 1995, 1994 and 1999

Edited February 22Feb 22 by Hadji

2 hours ago, Hadji said:

I’m hoping anything but 1975 for next 70s and anything but 1994 for next 90s. I wish they’d have mixed the 80s up rather than completing the early 80s before going to the late 80s. I just want them to balance the decades out rather than rushing one half of the decade like they’re doing with late 70s and early 90s. For the 70s, I want it to go 1972, 1971, 1975 and 1970 and for the 90s, I want it to go 1996, 1995, 1994 and 1999

Sounds respectable.