Relive the 80s dance scene with 48 extended 12-inch mixes from the iconic NOW Dance series. This triple CD compilation features the biggest club and chart hits from 1985-1986, including classics like Easy Lover and Don't Leave Me This Way. It is a British compilation from the trusted NOW Music series.
In 1985, NOW Music released 'NOW Dance: The 12 Mixes', 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...
NOW Music proudly present 'NOW Dance - The 80s'; 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 - Philip Bailey & Phil Collins' #1 smash 'Easy Lover' kicks off the album, with The Power Station, Eurythmics, Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, and Belouis Some following. Less compiled cuts from Eddy And The Soulband & Mahogany, Lillo Thomas, and T.C. Curtis are up next, along with huge chart & club hits from Loose Ends, Cool Notes, Jermaine Jackson, and the #1 'Move Closer' from Phyllis Nelson. Two 80s classics from Ashford & Simpson ('Solid') and DeBarge ('Rhythm Of The Night') feature, before making way for a stellar line-up from the next 'NOW Dance' - from 1986.
Massive 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 Gwen Guthrie, '(You Are My) All And All' from Joyce Sims , and 'Mine All Mine' from Ca$hflow, plus floor-fillers from Aretha Franklin, Midnight Star, Timex Social Club, Grace Jones, and Jaki Graham, and slick Dance-Pop from Five Star - with our second disc finishing on another #1, 'I Want To Wake Up With You' from Boris Gardiner. Our 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 The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris, alongside the hottest dancefloor hits from Jermaine Stewart, Bronski Beat, Sinitta, Phil Fearon & Galaxy, Paul Hardcastle, a remixed Disco favourite from Tavares, and 'Holiday Rap' - a huge summer hit from MC Miker G. & DJ Sven saluting a classic.
