NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980 > 1984 (Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums) (special edition with booklet)

4 CD special edition compilation in hardback book packaging, including 28 pages of comprehensive information about each track and its history, subtitled Essential Tracks From Iconic Albums.

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LC48653 BIEM/SDRM Made In The EU. CDXNNNOW158 / 00198028945424

Printing differences:
CDs: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984
Cover – front: NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
Cover – spine: NOW That’s What I Call An Era: The Albums 1980>1984

Inside the hardback book, the following are promoted:
* NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL AN ERA the albums 1980 > 1984 ESSENTIAL TRACKS FROM ICONIC ALBUMS
SELECTED TRACKS AVAILABLE ON TRIPLE COLOUR VINYL IN A TRIFOLD SLEEVE

Hardback book - back: Taken from the album:
Track 1–1: A Ray Of Sunshine is from Fantastic
Track 1–2: Lemon Firebrigade is from Pelican West
Track 1–3: Show Me is from The Lexicon Of Love
Track 1–4: Black Money is from Colour By Numbers
Track 1–5: This City Never Sleeps is from Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Track 1–6: Where Hides Sleep is from Alf
Track 1–7: Frankie’s First Affair is from Diamond Life
Track 1–8: The Space Between is from Avalon
Track 1–9: Talking Drum is from Tin Drum
Track 1–10: Anyone Out There is from Duran Duran
Track 1–11: The Things That Dreams Are Made Of is from Dare
Track 1–12: Reformation is from Journeys To Glory
Track 1–13: We Live So Fast is from The Luxury Gap
Track 1–14: New Europeans is from Vienna
Track 1–15: Protection is from Donna Summer
Track 1–16: I Might Have Been Queen is from Private Dancer
Track 1–17: The Ties That Bind is from The River
Track 1–18: Mystery Achievement is from Pretenders

Track 2–1: Heartbeat is from Make It Big
Track 2–2: Secret Life is from Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret
Track 2–3: Young At Heart is from Deep Sea Skiving
Track 2–4: Bogart is from Human Racing
Track 2–5: The Gap is from Into The Gap
Track 2–6: Equality is from Human’s Lib
Track 2–7: Junk is from The Age Of Consent
Track 2–8: Don’t Try To Change Me is from Friends
Track 2–9: All Night Loving is from In The Heat Of The Night
Track 2–10: Jungles Of Jupiter is from Anthem
Track 2–11: Our Town is from Kim Wilde
Track 2–12: Boy Boy (I’m The Boy) is from Kissing To Be Clever
Track 2–13: Are You There With Another Girl? is from Showpeople
Track 2–14: Tracks Of My Tears is from The Drum Is Everything
Track 2–15: The Paris Match is from Café Bleu
Track 2–16: Hearts And Bones is from Hearts And Bones
Track 2–17: Turn Out The Light is from Me Myself I
Track 2–18: No Parlez is from No Parlez

Track 3–1: The Chauffeur is from Rio
Track 3–2: Taking Islands In Africa is from Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Track 3–3: The Hurting is from The Hurting
Track 3–4: Black Night White Light is from Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Track 3–5: She’s Leaving is from Architecture & Morality
Track 3–6: From The Air is from Big Science
Track 3–7: Play For Today is from Seventeen Seconds
Track 3–8: Isolation is from Closer
Track 3–9: Harborcoat is from Reckoning
Track 3–10: President Gas is from Forever Now
Track 3–11: Game Above My Head is from Mange Tout
Track 3–12: Red Sails is from Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms – Some People Think It’s Fun To Entertain
Track 3–13: Gloomy Sunday is from Sulk
Track 3–14: Ants Invasion is from Kings Of The Wild Frontier
Track 3–15: Second Head is from Kilimanjaro
Track 3–16: Crystal Days is from Ocean Rain
Track 3–17: Man In The Corner Shop is from Sound Affects
Track 3–18: We Could Send Letters is from High Land, Hard Rain
Track 3–19: The Day It Rained Forever is from North Of A Miracle

Track 4–1: Age Of Consent is from Power, Corruption & Lies
Track 4–2: Hard Times is from Love And Dancing
Track 4–3: Anvil Night Club School is from The Anvil
Track 4–4: New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) is from New Gold Dream (81‒82‒83‒84)
Track 4–5: The Party’s Over is from The Party’s Over
Track 4–6: Reach The Beach is from Reach The Beach
Track 4–7: Nostalgia is from Brilliant Trees
Track 4–8: Almost Blue is from Imperial Bedroom
Track 4–9: Shake Dog Shake is from The Top
Track 4–10: Angels On The Balcony is from Autoamerican
Track 4–11: Tell Me When My Light Turns Green is from Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Track 4–12: Overpowered By Funk is from Combat Rock
Track 4–13: When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What’s Still Around is from Zenyatta Mondatta
Track 4–14: Nightclubbing is from Nightclubbing
Track 4–15: Tyler is from Signing Off
Track 4–16: Too Much Pressure is from Too Much Pressure
Track 4–17: Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) is from More Specials

Erratum:
Track 2–12: Culture Club: Boy, Boy, (I’m The Boy) is printed as Boy Boy (I’m The Boy)
Track 2–13: Mari Wilson: Are You There (With Another Girl) is printed as Are You There With Another Girl?
Track 4–3: Visage: Anvil (Night Club School) is printed as Anvil Night Club School
Track 4–4: Simple Minds: New Gold Dream (81‒82‒83‒84) is printed as New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 1 98028 94542 4
Barcode (Scanned): 198028 945424
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
Other (CD 1 catalogue number): 00602475862444
Other (CD 2 catalogue number): 00602475862451
Other (CD 3 catalogue number): 00602475862468
Other (CD 4 catalogue number): 00602475862475
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): UNIVERSAL logo A0103515709-0104 14 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): UNIVERSAL logo A0103515710-0204 13 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): UNIVERSAL logo A0103515711-0304 24 A00
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): UNIVERSAL logo A0103515712-0404 12 A00
Mastering SID Code (CD 1): IFPI L551
Mastering SID Code (CD 2): IFPI L552
Mastering SID Code (CD 3): IFPI L551
Mastering SID Code (CD 4): IFPI L556
Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 94K3
Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 94K3
Mould SID Code (CD 3): IFPI 94K8
Mould SID Code (CD 4): IFPI 94K3