YEARBOOK 1978

TRACKLIST LP 1 Side A 1. Electric Light Orchestra - Mr. Blue Sky 2. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 3. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? 4. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday 5. Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn 6. Wings  With A Little Luck 7. Kate Bush - The Man With The Child In His Eyes LP 1 Side B 1. Bonnie Tyler - It™s A Heartache 2. Suzi Quatro - If You Can't Give Me Love 3. Clout - Substitute 4. Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 5. Elton John - Part-Time Love 6. Billy Joel - Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) 7. Joe Walsh - Life's Been Good 8. Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper LP 2 Side A 1. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park 2. Chic - Le Freak 3. A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie 4. The Three Degrees - Givin' Up Givin' In 5. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman 6. Yvonne Elliman - If I Can't Have You 7. Odyssey - Native New Yorker 8. Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy LP 2 Side B 1. The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap 2. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 3. Buzzcocks  Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn™t™ve) 4. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden 5. The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops 6. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea 7. The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight 8. Patti Smith - Because The Night LP 3 Side A 1. ABBA  Take A Chance On Me 2. Baccara - Sorry, I'm A Lady 3. Boney M. - Rivers Of Babylon 4. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking 5. Blondie - Denis 6. Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You 7. Renaissance  Northern Lights 8. Dean Friedman w/ Denise Marsa - Lucky Stars LP 3 Side B 1. Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City 2. Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain 3. Dee D. Jackson - Automatic Lover 4. Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip - I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper 5. Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner 6. Commodores - Three Times A Lady 7. Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star INFO NOW Music is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ˜Yearbook™ series, NOW  Yearbook 1978; 46 tracks on a 3LP set pressed on translucent pink vinyl - from a magical year in Pop! Opening with the epic ˜Mr. Blue Sky™ from Electric Light Orchestra, the timeless ˜Baker Street™ from Gerry Rafferty, and Rod Stewart™s massive #1 ˜Da Ya Think I™m Sexy?™ #1 Reggae influenced Pop from 10cc follows, plus Justin Hayward™s ˜Forever Autumn™ from the massive ˜Jeff Wayne™s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds™ album. The first side closes with sophisticated Pop from Wings, before the peerless ˜The Man With The Child In His Eyes™ from Kate Bush. Flipping over to Side Two, a stack of Pop classics from Bonnie Tyler, Clout and Suzi Quatro, before Rock-infused Pop from Billy Joel, Elton John, and the classic ˜(Don™t Fear) The Reaper™ from Blue Öyster Cult. LP2 is a celebration of Disco in 1978. A floor-filling run of Disco gold, led by the stunning version of ˜Macarthur Park™ from Donna Summer alongside the sophisticated groove of ˜Le Freak™ from Chic, ˜Boogie Oogie Oogie™, ™I™m Every Woman™, and Odyssey™s ˜Native New Yorker™, whilst the other side pays tribute to the incredible line-up of artists in the charts of 1978 with their roots in Punk and beginning the burgeoning New Wave movement , kicking off here with the stunning #1 ˜Rat Trap™ from The Boomtown Rats, the era-defining ˜Teenage Kicks™ from The Undertones, and ˜Ever Fallen In Love„™ from Buzzcocks, alongside classic singles from Siouxsie And The Banshees, The Rezillos, The Jam, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, and Patti Smith. The final LP™s first side is all about the pure Pop smashes of the year  starting with the Pop brilliance of #1 ˜Take A Chance On Me™ from ABBA, the year™s biggest seller in the UK ˜Rivers Of Babylon™ from Boney M., and Althea & Donna™s Reggae-Pop #1 ˜Uptown Top Ranking™, along with Blondie™s breakthrough ˜Denis™, Olivia Newton-John™s smash ˜Hopelessly Devoted To You™ from the film sensation ˜Grease™, Pop gems from Baccara and Renaissance, finishing with the sublime Easy Listening Pop of ˜Lucky Stars™ from Dean Friedman w/ Denise Marsa„ which leaves the final side to round-up further Dance oriented smashes from Marshall Hain, Eruption, and Hot Chocolate, tributes to the sci-fi craze of the time: ˜I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper™, and ˜Automatic Lover™, and drawing to a close with two of 1978™s biggest ballads  the #1 ˜Three Times A Lady™ from the Commodores, and the timeless ˜Wishing On A Star™ from Rose Royce. NOW  Yearbook 1978  A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of the year in Pop.