The Now Thats What I Call Music team is to release NOW 12″ 80s: 1980 a new 4CD set of 12-inch mixes which will be the first instalment in a brand new series. The NOW teams intention is clearly to work through the decade and theres only one place to start and thats at the beginning in 1980 when the 12 single was an increasingly essential part of the release schedule and would become even more so as the decade progressed. Extended versions, remixes, re-inventions call them what you will gave the dancefloor a longer version and home listener an alternative take on a song. New 4CD set theres no vinyl edition offers 45 tracks with Disco still very much the dominant genre when it came to remixes. New compilation includes tracks from Lipps Inc., Change, Odyssey, Sparks, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge and more.
Free Download NOW 12” 80s 1980 (2023)
Eurodisco, Boogie, Funk, R&B, New Wave, Synth-pop, Dance-Rock, Post-Disco | Sony Music, Now Twic, EMI Records
320 kbps | MP3 | unmixed | 14th July 2023 | 05:03:22 | 732 Mb
Tracklist:
CD1 (11 / 1:14:47)
01. Blondie – Call Me (Theme From ”american Gigolo”) (Original 12” Version) 8:04
02. Lipps Inc. – Funkytown (12” Version) 7:50
03. Sheila And B. Devotion – Spacer (Full Length Version) 5:57
04. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out (Full Length Version) 5:25
05. Kool And The Gang – Celebration (12” Edit) 4:59
06. The Gap Band – Oops Up Side Your Head (12” Single Version) 8:40
07. Change – Searching (12” Version) 8:03
08. Narada Michael Walden – I Shoulda Loved Ya (12” Version) 6:37
09. Aretha Franklin – What A Fool Believes – 12” Version 6:07
10. Crown Heights Affair – You Gave Me Love (12” Mix) 5:50
11. Donna Summer – Walk Away (12” Version) 7:15
CD2 (12 / 1:17:56)
12. Spandau Ballet – To Cut A Long Story Short (12” Version) 6:32
13. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages (10” Single Version) 4:47
14. Sparks – When I’m With You (Full Length Version) 5:49
15. Toyah – Leya (Full Length Version) 5:20
16. Ub40 – The Earth Dies Screaming (12” Version) 8:21
17. Linx – You’re Lying (Long Version) 6:37
18. Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica (Remix) 5:52
19. Jermaine Jackson – Let’s Get Serious (12” Version) 7:57
20. Leon Haywood – Don’t Push It Don’t Force It (12” Version) 5:27
21. Bobby Thurston – Check Out The Groove (Full Length Version) 7:29
22. Teena Marie – Behind The Groove (12” Version) 6:13
23. Gladys Knight And The Pips – Taste Of Bitter Love (12” Version) 7:32
CD3 (11 / 1:16:11)
24. Ottawan – D.I.S.C.O (12” English Version) 7:05
25. Odyssey – Use It Up And Wear It Out (12” Single Edit) 4:59
26. Liquid Gold – Dance Yourself Dizzy (12” Mix) 7:32
27. Kelly Marie – Feels Like I’m In Love (12” Version) 6:20
28. Village People – Can’t Stop The Music (12” Version) 7:54
29. Grace Jones – Love Is The Drug (Long Version) 8:42
30. Amii Stewart – The Letter (Long Version) 6:59
31. Boney M. – My Friend Jack (Long Version) 8:26
32. Stacy Lattisaw – Jump To The Beat (12” Version) 5:20
33. Teddy Pendergrass – Love T.K.O. (Full Length Version) 5:00
34. Ub40 – Dream A Lie (12” Version) 7:54
CD4 (11 / 1:14:28)
35. Donna Summer – On The Radio (12” Version) 7:35
36. Change – Glow Of Love (Long Version) 8:17
37. The Spinners – Working My Way Back To You Forgive Me Girl (12” Version) 6:05
38. Gibson Brothers – Cuba (12” Version) 7:34
39. Viola Wills – If You Could Read My Mind (Extended Version) 5:34
40. Stephanie Mills – Never Knew Love Like This Before (12” Mix) 5:29
41. Loleatta Holloway – Love Sensation (A Tom Moulton Mix) 6:35
42. The S.O.S Band – Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Long Version) 7:41
43. Shalamar – I Owe You One (12” Version) 5:10
44. Sister Sledge – Got To Love Somebody (Extended Version) 6:54
45. The Whispers – And The Beat Goes On (Extended Version) 7:36