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A triple blue vinyl copy of the Now Yearbook LP ‘77. 
2024 - Sony Music – LPYBNOW77 
New and sealed with minor creases please see photo's
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Now is going back to the 1970s to proudly present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – across 3 LPS, celebrating a magnificently diverse year of Pop singles…Now Yearbook 1977. 
Kicking off with a timeless anthem from Queen with ‘We Are The Champions’ and followed by the huge instrumental rock of ‘Fanfare For The Common Man’ by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. The song that would open ‘Live Aid’ years later is next up from Status Quo with their signature ‘Rockin’ All Over The World’, and 1977 saw ‘Way Down’ from Elvis Presley go to #1 in the wake of his death. Classic pop-rock from 10CC with ‘Good Morning Judge’ is followed by a trio of ballads from Electric Light Orchestra with ‘Telephone Line’, Leo Sayer with his trans-Atlantic chart topper ‘When I Need You’, and David Soul with another UK and US #1 ‘Don’t Give Up On Us’. Hot Chocolate enjoyed their first #1 with ‘So You Win Again’ and is followed by a superb run of dance-pop from Candi Staton, Patsy Gallant, Donna Summer, Boney M. and The Rah Band. More pop-rock from Suzi Quatro, Smokie and a hit from the soundtrack of the tv series ‘Rock Follies’ lead toward the emotionally charged closing tracks on the first disc – from Elkie Brooks with ‘Pearl’s A Singer’, Liverpool Express and ‘Every Man Must Have A Dream’, and the #1 ‘Don’t Cry For Me Argentina’ from the concept album for the upcoming musical ‘Evita’ by Julie Covington along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. 
Disc Two opens with an amazing run of punk and new wave classics: The Stranglers with ‘No More Heroes’, Ramones with ‘Sheena Is A Punk Rocker’, The Clash with their debut ‘White Riot’, and The Jam with their first Top 20 hit ‘All Around The World’. The Boomtown Rats debuted with ‘Lookin’ After No.1’ and defining hits are featured from Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, Mink DeVille and Elvis Costello with the peerless ‘Watching The Detectives’. A genre defying hit from the Tom Robinson Band leads into a sequence of hits that includes singer-songwriters Paul Simon, Boz Scaggs and Bryan Ferry, rock smashes from Boston and Santana, and to close the disc softer rock from Thin Lizzy and beautiful ballads from Racing Cars with ‘They Shoot Horses Don’t They’, and Yes with ‘Wonderous Stories’. 
The charts in 1977 were fantastically diverse, and one of the biggest genres of hits was Disco. Arguably one of pop music’s defining moments came in 1977 with Donna Summer’s #1 ‘I Feel Love’ with it’s production showcasing the role of the synthesiser. European disco smashes found huge success: Baccara topped the charts with ‘Yes Sir, I Can Boogie’, along-side massive tracks from Belle Epoque and the debut ‘Daddy Cool’ for Boney M. – who a year later would become the biggest selling singles act of 1978. Meco re-worked the ‘Star Wars’ theme into a US disco chart topper, and The Trammps, Heatwave, The Emotions, Rose Royce, Thelma Houston and chart newcomers Chic all feature here in a stellar run of floor-filling hits. Marvin Gaye had a massive track with ‘Got To Give It Up – Pt.1’ and Gladys Knight & The Pips continued their run of hits with ‘Baby, Don’t Change Your Mind’. The disc finishes with 3 of 1977’s greatest soul tracks: Deniece Williams took ‘Free’ to #1, and the Commodores released an all-time classic, with ‘Easy’, featuring Lionel Richie on vocals, whilst Detroit R&B vocal group The Floaters scored their only UK hit in style with ‘Float On’ reaching #1 in August. 
The final disc opens with 1977’s biggest seller – the first single to sell over two million copies! – and the years’ Christmas #1, ‘Mull Of Kintyre’ from Paul McCartney & Wings. Two more #1s follow: Manhattan Transfer with ‘Chanson D’Amour’, and the second chart-topper in the year for David Soul with ‘Silver Lady’. Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Sam’ continues the run of ‘easy-listening’ pop that also includes #1 ‘Angelo’ from Brotherhood Of Man’, sublime tracks, ‘The Things We Do For Love’, from 10CC, ‘Oh Lori’ from Alessi Brothers, and the Boz Scaggs penned ‘We’re All Alone’ by Rita Coolidge, plus pop gems from Carole Bayer Sager and Meri Wilson all feature. Kenny Rogers hit #1 with ‘Lucille’, Billy Ocean enjoyed his second #2 smash with ‘Red Light Spells Danger’, while The Dooleys and Andrew Gold made their chart debuts.  
Rock ‘n’ roll was enjoying a revival and two contemporary groups both enjoyed massive success - Showaddywaddy continued their run of hits with ‘Dancin’ Party’, and Darts arrived with a medley of ‘Daddy Cool’ and ‘The Girl Can’t Help It’….and the collection finishes with two instrumental hits, ‘Portsmouth’ from Mike Oldfield reached #3 in the first week of the year, whilst unexpectedly ‘The Floral Dance’ became a massive seller for the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band, spending the last four weeks of 1977 at #2 behind ‘Mull Of Kintyre’. 
  Track Listing   
A1, Queen–, We Are The Champions 
A2, Emerson, Lake & Palmer–, Fanfare For The Common Man (Single Edit) 
A3, Status Quo–, Rockin' All Over The World 
A4, 10cc–, Good Morning Judge 
A5, Yes–, Wonderous Stories 
A6, Hot Chocolate–, So You Win Again 
A7, Donna Summer–, Love's Unkind 
A8, Boney M.–, Ma Baker 
B1, The Manhattan Transfer–, Chanson D'Amour 
B2, David Soul–, Don't Give Up On Us 
B3, Leo Sayer–, When I Need You 
B4, Deniece Williams–, Free (Single Version) 
B5, Olivia Newton-John–, Sam 
B6, Brotherhood Of Man–, Angelo 
B7, Carole Bayer Sager–, You're Moving Out Today 
B8, Meri Wilson–, Telephone Man 
B9, Elkie Brooks–, Pearl's A Singer 
C1, The Stranglers–, No More Heroes 
C2, The Clash–, White Riot 
C3, Ramones–, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 
C4, The Jam–, All Around The World 
C5, Elvis Costello–, Watching The Detectives (Single Version) 
C6, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers–, Roadrunner (Once) 
C7, Boz Scaggs–, Lido Shuffle 
C8, Rock Follies–, OK? 
C9, Ram Jam–, Black Betty 
D1, Baccara–, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 
D2, Belle Epoque–, Black Is Black 
D3, Boney M.–, Daddy Cool 
D4, The RAH Band*–, The Crunch 
D5, Meco*–, Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band (7" Radio Version) 
D6, The Floaters–, Float On (Single Version) 
D7, Commodores–, Easy (Album Version) 
E1, Donna Summer–, I Feel Love (Edit) 
E2, The Trammps–, Disco Inferno (Single Edit) 
E3, Chic–, Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) (7" Edit) 
E4, The Emotions–, Best Of My Life 
E5, Heatwave–, Boogie Nights (Single Version) 
E6, Rose Royce–, Car Wash (Single Version) 
E7, Candi Staton–, Nights On Broadway 
E8, Thelma Houston–, Don't Leave Me This Way (Single Version) 
F1, Electric Light Orchestra–, Telephone Line 
F2, David Soul–, Silver Lady 
F3, Smokie–, Living Next Door To Alice 
F4, 10cc–, The Things We Do For Love 
F5, Liverpool Express–, Every Man Must Have A Dream 
F6, Alessi Brothers–, Oh Lori 
F7, Elvis Presley–, Way Down 
F8, Paul McCartney & Wings*–, Mull Of Kintyre