NOW Presents… Electronic Vinyl LP 5 Disc Compilation Boxset 2022

Tracklist:

1. Queen - Radio Ga Ga
2. Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four) (Extended Mix)
3. Soft Cell - Torch (Extended Version)
4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
5. Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together In Electric Dreams
6. aha - Take On Me (Extended Mix)
7. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
8. Paul Hardcastle - 19
9. The Art Of Noise - Beat Box (Diversion 10)
10. Phil Lynott - Yellow Pearl
11. Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go
12. Godley & Creme - Cry
13. China Crisis - Christian
14. Laurie Anderson - O Superman
15. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
16. Iggy Pop - Nightclubbing
17. Japan - Taking Islands In Africa
18. Duran Duran - The Chauffeur
19. Tears For Fears - Mad World
20. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Messages
21. A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)
22. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
23. Howard Jones - New Song
24. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
25. M - Pop Muzik
26. Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love
27. Gary Numan - Cars
28. John Foxx - Underpass
29. The Cure - The Walk
30. Our Daughter's Wedding - Lawnchairs
31. Talk Talk - It's My Life
32. Furniture - Brilliant Mind
33. Swansway - Soul Train
34. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
35. Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
36. Donna Summer - Working The Midnight Shift
37. Lipps Inc. - Funkytown
38. Amanda Lear - Follow Me
39. Telex - Moskow Diskow
40. The Human League - Hard Times
41. Freeez - I.O.U.
42. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
43. Company B - Fascinated
44. Dazz Band - Let It All Blow
45. Malcolm McLaren, The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals
46. Rock Steady Crew - (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew
47. Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (From "Beverly Hills Cop")
48. Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (From "Miami Vice" Soundtrack)
49. Ultravox - Vienna
50. Visage - Fade To Grey
51. Japan - Quiet Life
52. Duran Duran - Planet Earth
53. The Human League - The Sound Of The Crowd
54. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
55. Spandau Ballet - Glow
56. Heaven 17 - Play To Win
57. Yello - The Race (Extended Version)
58. Propaganda - Dr Mabuse
59. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home)
60. Trio - Da Da Da I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha
61. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (The American Edit)
62. New Order - Blue Monday
63. Electronic - Disappointed
64. Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind
65. Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared
66. Dusty Springfield - Nothing Has Been Proved
67. Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out

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’.