{"product_id":"now-dance-the-80s","title":"NOW Dance - The 80s","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1985, \u003cstrong\u003eNOW Music\u003c\/strong\u003e released \u003cem\u003eNOW Dance: The 12” Mixes\u003c\/em\u003e, a 20-track compilation that included the extended or remix versions of some of the biggest recent hits and popular club tracks. This was followed a year later by a second 20-track volume, and in 1989, a third…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOW Music\u003c\/strong\u003e proudly present \u003cem\u003eNOW Dance – The 80s\u003c\/em\u003e; a selection of 48 tracks that appeared on those three original ‘NOW Dance’ albums - all in their 12”, extended or remixed versions. From the first (1985) ‘NOW Dance’ release – \u003cem\u003ePhilip Bailey\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhil Collins’\u003c\/em\u003e #1 smash ‘Easy Lover’ kicks off the album, with \u003cem\u003eThe Power Station\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEurythmics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStephen Tin Tin Duffy\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBelouis Some\u003c\/em\u003e following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLess compiled cuts from \u003cem\u003eEddy And The Soulband\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMahogany\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLillo Thomas\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eT.C. Curtis\u003c\/em\u003e are up next, along with huge chart and club hits from \u003cem\u003eLoose Ends\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCool Notes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJermaine Jackson\u003c\/em\u003e, and the #1 ‘Move Closer’ from \u003cem\u003ePhyllis Nelson\u003c\/em\u003e. Two 80s classics from \u003cem\u003eAshford \u0026amp; Simpson\u003c\/em\u003e (‘Solid’) and \u003cem\u003eDeBarge\u003c\/em\u003e (‘Rhythm Of The Night’) feature, before making way for a stellar line-up from the next ‘NOW Dance’ - from 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMassive club and Dance tracks that crossed over to become equally big chart hits from 1986 include ‘Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent’ from \u003cem\u003eGwen Guthrie\u003c\/em\u003e, (You Are My) All And All from \u003cem\u003eJoyce Sims\u003c\/em\u003e, and ‘Mine All Mine’ from \u003cem\u003eCa$hflow\u003c\/em\u003e, plus floor-fillers from \u003cem\u003eAretha Franklin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Star\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimex Social Club\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGrace Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eJaki Graham\u003c\/em\u003e, and slick Dance-Pop from \u003cem\u003eFive Star\u003c\/em\u003e – with our second disc finishing on another #1, ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’ from \u003cem\u003eBoris Gardiner\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur third disc continues the run of 1986 Dance gold opening with the year’s biggest hit, the #1 ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ from \u003cem\u003eThe Communards\u003c\/em\u003e with \u003cem\u003eSarah Jane Morris\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside the hottest dancefloor hits from \u003cem\u003eJermaine Stewart\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBronski Beat\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSinitta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhil Fearon \u0026amp; Galaxy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePaul Hardcastle\u003c\/em\u003e, a remixed Disco favorite from \u003cem\u003eTavares\u003c\/em\u003e, and ‘Holiday Rap’ - a huge summer hit from \u003cem\u003eMC Miker G.\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDJ Sven\u003c\/em\u003e saluting a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFine Young Cannibals\u003c\/em\u003e open the run of tracks from 1989’s third volume of ‘NOW Dance: The 12” Mixes’, with \u003cem\u003eDouble Trouble\u003c\/em\u003e feat. \u003cem\u003eRebel MC\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTone-Loc\u003c\/em\u003e, and the classic Soul of ‘Joy And Pain’ from \u003cem\u003eMaze\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrankie Beverly\u003c\/em\u003e completing our third disc… which leaves 12 slices of 1989’s dancefloor magic for our final disc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe peerless ‘Buffalo Stance’ from \u003cem\u003eNeneh Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e starts the run that also features \u003cem\u003eBobby Brown\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInner City\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCookie Crew\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Beatmasters\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eD-Mob\u003c\/em\u003e feat. \u003cem\u003eLRS\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDC Sarome\u003c\/em\u003e. ‘Straight Up’ from \u003cem\u003ePaula Abdul\u003c\/em\u003e was huge in both the UK and the US, and further smashes from \u003cem\u003eYazz\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eColdcut\u003c\/em\u003e feat. \u003cem\u003eLisa Stansfield\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKym Mazelle\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAdeva \u0026amp; Paul Simpson\u003c\/em\u003e keep the energy up, before we close with the timeless ‘Keep On Movin’’ from \u003cem\u003eSoul II Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, featuring the sublime vocals of \u003cem\u003eCaron Wheeler\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrating the 80s dance floor, and celebrating \u003cstrong\u003eNOW’s\u003c\/strong\u003e legacy - \u003cem\u003eNOW Dance – The 80s\u003c\/em\u003e; 48 12” and extended versions on 4 CDs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NOW","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50512012542283,"sku":"2007078","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50512012771659,"sku":"2007079","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/image_1_0c7814b6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727897050","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/now-dance-the-80s","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}