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NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – and take a trip back 50 Years in Pop history – with 48 tracks on 3 LPs, pressed on Green Vinyl, to celebrate a stellar year of Pop singles. NOW – Yearbook 1974.Opening with ‘Killer Queen’ the first Top 5 single for Queen, and followed by the classic ‘Jet’ by Paul McCartney & Wings, and the still breathtakingly original, and hugely influential ‘This Town Ain’ t Big Enough For Both Of Us’ from Sparks. This epic beginning to the 1974 Yearbook continues with a run of ‘glamtastic’ pop from Sweet and Roxy Music, and including 1s from Suzi Quatro, and the years’ biggest seller ‘Tiger Feet’ from Mud, before closing with Slade’ s ‘Far Far Away’. Flip the LP over for Elton John with one of his signature tracks ‘Don’ t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’, before some of ‘74’ s biggest Rock hits, including ‘You Ain’ t Seen Nothing Yet’, ‘Radar Love’, ‘Dance With The Devil’ and Rod Stewart’ s vocals on the Faces’ ‘Pool Hall Richard’. This LP signs off with ‘Mike Oldfield’ s Single’ – the ‘theme’ from his era defining album ‘Tubular Bells’.LP2s first side is packed with huge hits including 6 1’ s with charttoppers from David Essex, The Rubettes, Alvin Stardust and Paper Lace, plus a huge hit from Pilot and the first Top 3 single for the Bay City Rollers with ‘ShangALang’. 1974’ s biggest selling singles act was The Wombles, and their debut ‘The Wombling Song’ is up next along with the 1 global smash ‘Kung Fu Fighting’ from Carl Douglas, before closing with the ReggaePop 1 ‘Everything I Own’ from Ken Boothe. 1974 was a landmark year for Soul music, and it included the first global ‘Disco’ smashes. The next side opens with Barry White’ s 1 ‘You’ re The First, The Last, My Everything’ before a run of iconic floorfillers from The Hues Corporation, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and a further 1 ‘Rock Your Baby’ from George McCrae. The remainder of the side features four of the greatest Soul ballads of alltime from The Isley Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye and ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’ from The Stylistics.The final LP kicks off with the title track from the year’ s biggest selling album, ‘Band On The Run’ from Paul McCartney & Wings – followed by the timeless ‘Candle In The Wind’ from Elton John, the beautiful ‘I Honestly Love You’ by Olivia NewtonJohn – her first US 1, and the sublime ‘The Air That I Breathe’ from The Hollies, before a run of four songs John Denver’ s ‘Annie’ s Song’, ‘She’ from Charles Aznavour’, ‘The Three Degrees with ‘When Will I See You Again’ and ‘Sad Sweet Dreamer’ from Sweet Sensation – all of which hit 1 in 1974. The last side is an eclectic lineup of pure Pop heaven led by the 1s ‘Seasons In The Sun’ from Terry Jacks and ‘You Won’ t Find Another Fool Like Me’ from The New Seekers, and including Stephanie De Sykes, 10cc, and Lulu with ‘The Man Who Sold The World’, featuring it’ s writer David Bowie on backing vocals and production, before a second appearance from Sparks with ‘Amateur Hour’, plus Cockney Rebel’ s ‘Mr Soft’, and Leo Sayer closing the collection with his debut hit ‘The Show Must Go On’.NOW – Yearbook 1974 – A celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly magnificent year in Pop.
