NOW Presents… 12” 80s: Volume Three: 1985-1986

In 2023 began the hugely successful 80s 12” series on CD – a year-by-year journey through the greatest 12” singles from the decade, and in 2024 a selection of tracks from 1980-1982 as the first volume in the collectible vinyl boxset series, followed by Volume Two celebrating 1983-1984 in 2025.

This year, Now Music is proud to announce the third instalment in this essential collection, NOW Presents…12" 80s: Volume Three: 1985-1986, as a stunning 5-LP boxset. A limited edition and numbered set with each of the 5-LPs pressed on a different colour vinyl – red, yellow, blue, hot pink and lime green – and for many of these tracks this marks the first time back on vinyl since their original 12” release!

Tracklist

LP 1 Side A

Queen - One Vision (Extended Version) 
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) (Special Dance Mix) 
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Performance Mix) 
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (An Alternative To Reality) 
 

LP1 Side B

Tears For Fears - Shout (UK Version / Extended Version) 
Go West - We Close Our Eyes (The Total Overhang Mix)
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (12" Version) 
Arcadia – Election Day (Consensus Mix)
 

LP2 Side A

Paul Hardcastle – 19 (The Destruction Mix)
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Extended Version) 
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme (Extended Version) 
Propaganda - Duel (Bitter-Sweet) 
 

LP2 Side B

Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) (Extended Version) 
Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent (12" Club Mix) 
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (Dance Mix) 
Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Extended Dance Mix) 
 

LP3 Side A

Philip Bailey And Phil Collins - Easy Lover (Extended Dance Remix) 
Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (Club Mix) 
Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield (Extended Version) 
Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me (Mixe Plural) 
The Human League - Human (Extended Version)
 

LP3 Side B

Duran Duran - Notorious (Extended Mix)
Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (Extended Version)
Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk (Dance Mix)
Maria Vidal - Body Rock (Dance Mix) 
Ashford & Simpson - Solid (Special Club Mix) 
 

LP4 Side A

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Dance Mix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Extended Dance Mix)
Red Box – For America (Bazooka Mix)
Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart (Extended Version)
 

LP4 Side B

The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris - Don’t Leave Me This Way (12” Version)
Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat (12” Version) 
Bananarama - Venus (Extended Version) 
Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute (M&M New York Remix) 
 

LP5 Side A

Whitney Houston - How Will I Know (Dance Remix) 
Steve Winwood - Higher Love (Remix)
Level 42 - Lessons In Love (Shep Pettibone Remix) 
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love (12" Remix)
 

LP5 Side B

Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (12 Inch Remix) 
Furniture - Brilliant Mind (12" Mix) 
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It (Extended Mix)
Spandau Ballet - Through The Barricades (Extended Version)