30 minutes ago, Harrison FB said:

Mine didn't today, unfortunately. Maybe due to heavy traffic... 😔

You ordered yours from the Now site?

16 minutes ago, Hadji said:

You ordered yours from the Now site?

Yes

1 hour ago, Hadji said:

They arrive on time too?

It’s Royal Mail and they can be hit or miss. I expect to get mine tomorrow.

Oh it's the album versions of Better Best Forgotten and I Have A Dream on Disc 2, possibly A Little Bit More too?

21 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

Oh it's the album versions of Better Best Forgotten and I Have A Dream on Disc 2, possibly A Little Bit More too?

And also the dance mix of 'That Don't Impress Me Much', back from NOW 44!

Ah the 2001 album re-record of Right Now featuring Jenny too! Oops

2 hours ago, Tylky said:

It’s Royal Mail and they can be hit or miss. I expect to get mine tomorrow.

I think I’ll stick to HMV, and Amazon as a last resort

Edited June 26Jun 26 by Hadji

Saltwater, King Of My Castle and Hey Boy Hey Girl all aren't quite right either. I think the former is a 2008 vocal re-record (Chicane finally added the original 1999 version to streaming last week), Wamdue Project and Chemical Brothers just aren't the versions on now 44/Now 43.

Sometimes and Secret Smile also aren't the single versions.

Interesting that Shania is the correct UK mix though after being listed as the album version.

Edited June 26Jun 26 by gooddelta

56 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

Ah the 2001 album re-record of Right Now featuring Jenny too! Oops

This is the worst one, surely! Jenny wasn't even in the band until 2001.

But yeah, you're right on Steps, Westlife and 911 too (oops at the album versions that don't have as much oomph).

Thank goodness they used the hit versions of ATB and The Corrs <3 The latter deserved a spot on the vinyl.

I been watching TOTP and they’re up to 2000. If they have no intention of doing 00s yearbooks, they should include some songs on extra 1999 that were hits in 1999 and peaked in 2000 such as

S Club 7 - Two In A Million/You're My Number One

Steps - Better The Devil You Know/Say You’ll Be Mine

DJ Luck & MC Neat - A Little Bit Of Luck

Edited June 26Jun 26 by Hadji

Saltwater didn't sound any different to me but I think that's probably because I'm so used to the version that's been available digitally this whole time.

Hey Boy Hey Girl is a radio edit but the single release and Now 43 version used the album version so it does sound different.

Went past my local HMV today and it looks like the issues with the CD versions of the 1999 yearbook have been resolved. I would’ve popped in to get my copy if I didn’t order it from Amazon

Speaking of HMV, I would've got my selection of NOW CDs from there, but Wrexham don't have an HMV anymore.

So a mixed bag on the whole regarding versions then. Good to hear it’s the right version of ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ and ‘9pm (Till I Come)’ but a bit sad on the ones that are album/not-single versions. IMO, it cheapens the experience.

2 hours ago, lewistgreen said:

Saltwater didn't sound any different to me but I think that's probably because I'm so used to the version that's been available digitally this whole time.

Hey Boy Hey Girl is a radio edit but the single release and Now 43 version used the album version so it does sound different.

Yeah it's mainly the intro vocals on Saltwater that changed, if you compare it to the Now 43 version. It got replaced on streaming by that other version years ago but isn't the hit version.

This was the hit version in 1999, I recently replaced it on BuzzJack Presents 1999 as the version Now used was only available at the time we compiled that.

Weird, because the version on Now 43 of Hey Boy Hey Girl was definitely on the radio at the time with that intro, strange they were playing an album version if this radio edit was available.

I don't like when any track changes the vocals compared to the original, the main annoying one I have found so far is the Maxx - Get-A-Way chorus vocalist being changed for the Spotify version.

Fragma - Toca's Miracle was changed for the Spotify version too because of the Coco row but the new vocalist did well mimicing the original vocal iirc.

Pretty sure the version of Heartbroken by T2 on streaming is a re-recorded vocal too, certainly doesn’t sound quite right to me.

17 hours ago, Harrison FB said:

And also the dance mix of 'That Don't Impress Me Much', back from NOW 44!

I'm actually glad that the dance version of That Don't Impress Me Much is on there. I hear that version a lot on Greatest Hits Radio, when I stop for PopMaster.

No issue getting Yearbook 99 from my local HMV this morning. Glad it’s got the good version of Shania on it. But surprised to see Scott Mills get a shout out in the booklet.

Yet again, my order didn't arrive today!