Various Artists - NOW Presents Electronic LIMITED 5LP NEW/SEALED IN STOCK

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NOW PRESENTS...ELECTRONIC

VARIOUS ARTISTS

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION  5 x Vinyl LP Set NEW/SEALED
‘NOW Presents… Electronic’ is strictly limited to 1200 numbered copies.
NOW Music is proud to announce the second release in the ‘NOW Presents…’ series, following ‘The 1970s’ with ‘NOW Presents… Electronic’.
The 5-LP box set highlights some of the most innovative and enduringly popular tracks of the genre, and includes some era-defining 12”, extended, and full-length versions alongside the single versions.
‘NOW Presents…Electronic’ is presented in a rigid slip case, with complementary design extending across the 5 individual LPs, with the reverse of the covers featuring track by track annotations that include chart positions, and facts about both song and artist(s). LP 1 kicks off with an 80’s signature synth pop hit from Queen with ‘Radio Ga Ga’, followed by extended 12” versions of Eurythmics’ ‘Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-Four)’ and ‘Torch’ by Soft Cell, and ‘Together In Electric Dreams’, the collaboration between Philip Oakey, and one of the key architects of electronic pop music, Giorgio Moroder. ‘Diversion 10’ of Art Of Noise’s ‘Beat Box’ is found on the Side 2, along with huge chart hits from Paul Hardcastle, Phil Lynott, the 12” version of a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’, and ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’ the electro/Hi-NRG No. 1 from Dead Or Alive.
Laurie Anderson’s epic ‘O Superman’ opens LP 2 and continues with Kate Bush’s (still) stunningly original ‘The Dreaming’. Produced and co-written with David Bowie, Iggy Pop’s ‘Nightclubbing’ features next, and finishing this first side, two influential album tracks from Japan (‘Taking Islands In Africa’) and Duran Duran (‘The Chauffeur’) both using electronic music to beautiful cinematic effect. The second side for LP 2 brings together (amongst others) debut chart hits from Tears For Fears, Howard Jones, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and The Buggles with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’.
LP 3 starts with the iconic ‘Blue Monday’ from New Order, before moving onto another Bernard Sumner hit project Electronic, with their 1993 hit ‘Disappointed’, where Neil Tennant features on vocals. Pet Shop Boys link the next three tracks on this side: Liza Minnelli’s ‘Losing My Mind’ (produced by them), Eighth Wonder’s ‘I’m Not Scared’ and Dusty Springfield’s ‘Nothing Has Been Proved’ (both composed & produced by Pet Shop Boys). The second side includes Gary Numan’s first solo single ‘Cars’, and features synth-pop classics from John Foxx and The Cure, before closing with another band that featured Bernard Sumner - Joy Division with their defining ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’.
Sparks open LP 4 with the full-length version of the seminal ‘The Number One Song In Heaven’, produced by Giorgio Moroder, who also co-produced the next track, ‘Working The Midnight Shift’ by Donna Summer. Late ‘70’s European disco from Amanda Lear and Telex follows. The second side of LP 4 highlights the huge electro dance tracks of the ‘80s from Chaka Khan, Malcolm McLaren, Freeez and Company B. 
The final LP showcases 1981 with a side of timeless synth-pop from that year, including hits from Ultravox, Visage, The Human League, and Spandau Ballet. Yello commence our final side with one of the greatest 12”s ever with 1988s ‘The Race’, followed by the outstanding ‘Dr Mabuse’ from Propaganda and Peter Schilling’s 1983 ‘Major Tom (Coming Home)’ … closing with Falco’s global No. 1 ‘Rock Me Amadeus’.


TRACKLISTING Another One Bites The Dust - Queen     Atomic - Blondie     Dog Eat Dog - Adam & The Ants     Babooshka - Kate Bush     Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police     Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders     Start! - The Jam     I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Elvis Costello & The Attractions     Baggy Trousers - Madness     Super Trouper - ABBA     Spacer - Sheila & B. Devotion     Upside Down - Diana Ross     Funkytown - Lipps, Inc     Use It Up And Wear It Out - Odyssey     Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold     Feels Like I'm In Love - Kelly Marie     (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon     It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel     Emotional Rescue - The Rolling Stones     Coming Up - Paul Mccartney     What You're Proposing - Status Quo     All Night Long - Rainbow     Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading     Suicide Is Painless - The MASH     Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark     I Die: You Die - Gary Numan     Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division     Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins     To Cut A Long Story Short - Spandau Ballet     Too Much Too Young - The Special AKA     Food For Thought - UB40     Geno - Dexys Midnight Runners     London Calling - The Clash     Going Underground - The Jam     Talk Of The Town - The Pretenders     Baby, I Love You - Ramones     Happy House - Siouxsie & The Banshees     Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor     Over You - Roxy Music     It's Different For Girls - Joe Jackson     The Winner Takes It All - ABBA     Magic - Olivia Newton-John     The Tide Is High - Blondie     Medley: Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl - The Spinners     Celebration - Kool & The Gang     One Day I'll Fly Away - Randy Crawford     With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston & Syreeta