Various Artists - NOW - Yearbook 1971 - Deluxe 4CD | Pre-Order 28.8.26

Step back to the early ’70s - an unforgettable era of pure pop, rock, soul, easy listening and singer-songwriter classics with NOW Yearbook 1971, featuring 80 amazing tracks across 4 CDs. Available as a deluxe 4CD set housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year and a track-by-track guide.

Opening with an incredible run of truly timeless classics… Elton John’s signature ‘Your Song’ leads, followed by Paul McCartney’s debut solo single ‘Another Day’, and Rod Stewart with his first chart-topper ‘Maggie May’ alongside the second #1 for T.Rex with ‘Get It On’. U.S. classics; Neil Diamond’s ‘Sweet Caroline’ is as popular today as it was in ’71, as is John Denver’s ‘Take Me Home Country Roads’. Country-pop hits for Lynn Anderson and Olivia Newton-John come ahead of singer-songwriter gold from Cat Stevens and Carly Simon… with ‘I’m Still Waiting’ and the Jackson 5 hit the top in the U.S. with one of their most beloved tracks, ‘I’ll Be There’. Next up, peerless soul ballads from The Delfonics and Al Green along with big pop hits for R. Dean Taylor, Blue Mink, The Fortunes, Sweet and The Kinks before Tom Jones completes the first disc with ‘She’s A Lady’. Judy Collins’ version of ‘Amazing Grace’ was massive hit and would end up spending an incredible 67 weeks on the UK charts! …and opens CD2… Peter Noone enjoyed a big hit covering David Bowie’s ‘Oh You Pretty Things’ and Cilla Black was back in the Top 3 with ‘Something Tells Me…’.’Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves’ gave Cher a U.S. #1 and comes ahead of a run of pure- pop gems from Clodagh Rodgers (with 1971’s UK Eurovision entry), The Mixtures, Jackie Lee, Lobo and ‘Knock Three Times’, the first #1 for Tony Orlando & Dawn. Easy Listening gold up next from Andy Williams, Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones and Tony Christie, plus more of the years’ pop hits from Bay City Rollers, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Marmalade, Hurricane Smith and to close the disc a Top 10 hit, ‘I Believe (In Love)’ for Hot Chocolate.

CD3 celebrates 1971’s groundbreaking soul, rock and singer-songwriter classics, opening with Marvin Gaye’s landmark masterpiece ‘What’s Going On’, before the Oscar-winning ‘Theme From "Shaft"’ from Isaac Hayes. Ike & Tina Turner’s electrifying ‘Proud Mary’ is followed by the sublime ‘Spanish Harlem’ from Aretha Franklin, while Diana Ross and Gladys Knight & The Pips deliver two of the year’s finest Motown ballads with ‘Remember Me’ and ‘If I Were Your Woman’. The second half of the disc turns up the volume with a superb run of rock classics, from Titanic’s international smash ‘Sultana’ and Deep Purple’s ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’ to Badfinger’s ‘No Matter What’, before one of the defining anthems of the era, The Who’s epic ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’. Three Dog Night’s U.S. #1 ‘Joy To The World’ leads into further highlights from Curved Air, Family, C.C.S. and Atomic Rooster, while Redbone’s ‘The Witch Queen Of New Orleans’ and Free’s ‘My Brother Jake’ showcase two more unforgettable rock-oriented chart hits. The collection closes with three timeless recordings: Buffy Sainte-Marie’s powerful ‘Soldier Blue’, Joan Baez’s interpretation of ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, and finally Janis Joplin’s posthumous hit - the classic ‘Me And Bobby McGee’.

CD4 opens with another run of unforgettable chart smashes and #1s from Rod Stewart with ‘Reason To Believe’ and T. Rex with ‘Hot Love’, plus early glam-pop favourites from Sweet and Slade. Mungo Jerry keep the #1s coming before Dave & Ansel Collins' groundbreaking chart-topper ‘Double Barrel’ became the second ever reggae single to hit the UK # another #1 for The Tams with the re-released Northern Soul classic ‘Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me’. Legends, the Four Tops, The Temptations, Bill Withers, The Delfonics, Jackson 5 and The Supremes deliver a stunning run of timeless Soul classics, joined by the Northern Soul favourites ‘I'm Gonna Run Away From You’ from Tami Lynn, and ‘Heaven Must Have Sent You’ from The Elgins. Pop favourites from Middle Of The Road with their #1 ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’, Tony Orlando & Dawn and The New Seekers lead into two of the year's most memorable #1s - both tv-personality led - that book-ended the year as Clive Dunn's ‘Grandad’ is followed by Benny Hill's ‘Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)’ - the Xmas #1 for 1971- to bring this spectacular Yearbook collection to a smile-inducing close.

NOW Yearbook 1971 - a celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a magical year in pop.

Track Listing

CD1
1. Elton John - Your Song
2. Paul McCartney - Another Day
3. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
4. T. Rex - Get It On
5. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
6. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
7. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
8. Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You
9. Cat Stevens - Wild World
10. Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
11. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting
12. Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
13. The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You
14. Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
15. R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
16. Blue Mink - The Banner Man
17. The Fortunes - Freedom Come, Freedom Go
18. Sweet - Co-Co
19. The Kinks - Apeman
20. Tom Jones - She’s A Lady

CD2
1. Judy Collins - Amazing Grace
2. Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Things
3. Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
4. Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
5. Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box
6. Tony Orlando & Dawn - Knock Three Times
7. The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song
8. Jackie Lee - Rupert
9. Lobo - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
10. Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story
11. Perry Como - It's Impossible
12. Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
13. Tom Jones - Till
14. Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
15. Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
16. Gilbert O'Sullivan - No Matter How I Try
17. Marmalade - Cousin Norman
18. New World - Tom Tom Turnaround
19. Hurricane Smith - Don't Let It Die
20. Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love)

CD3
1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
2. Isaac Hayes - Theme From "Shaft"
3. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
4. Aretha Franklin - Spanish Harlem
5. Diana Ross - Remember Me
6. Gladys Knight & The Pips - If I Were Your Woman
7. Titanic - Sultana
8. Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
9. Badfinger - No Matter What
10. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
11. Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
12. Curved Air - Back Street Luv
13. Family - In My Own Time
14. C.C.S. - Tap Turns On The Water
15. Atomic Rooster - Devil's Answer
16. Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans
17. Free - My Brother Jake
18. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Soldier Blue
19. Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
20. Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee

CD4
1. Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe
2. T. Rex - Hot Love
3. Sweet - Funny Funny
4. Slade - Coz I Luv You
5. Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
6. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
7. The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
8. Four Tops - A Simple Game (Single Version)
9. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
10. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
11. The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
12. Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
13. The Supremes - Stoned Love
14. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
15. Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away From You
16. Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
17. Tony Orlando & Dawn - What Are You Doing Sunday
18. The New Seekers - Never Ending Song Of Love
19. Clive Dunn - Grandad
20. Benny Hill - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)

Specifications

• Artist: Various Artists
• Album: NOW - Yearbook 1971
• Format: 4CD
• Edition: Dlx 4CD
• Label: NOW
• Catalogue Number: CDYBXNOW71
• Barcode: 0199584531922

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