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4CD

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.

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…Diana Ross hit #1 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, New World, 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 #1 spot – and 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.

Tracklist

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) 

4CD DLX

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…Diana Ross hit #1 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, New World, 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 #1 spot – and 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.

Tracklist

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) 

3LP

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 50 amazing tracks across a 3-LP set, pressed on bright yellow vinyl.

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’. U.S. classics next: 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 the debut single from Carly Simon and to close the side, Judy Collins’ version of ‘Amazing Grace’ was massive hit and would end up spending an incredible 67 weeks on the UK charts!...flip the LP over for Rod Stewart with his first chart-topper ‘Maggie May’ alongside the second #1 for T.Rex with ‘Get It On’ and also the second chart-topper for Mungo Jerry with ‘Baby Jump’. The Kinks and Free follow leading to two of the defining anthems of the era, The Who’s epic ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, and closing LP1, Deep Purple with ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’.

LP2’s first side opens with some of ‘71’s most soulful ballads: Al Green’s ‘Tired Of Being Alone’ is followed by Diana Ross, who hit #1 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’. The Tams enjoyed a #1 with the re-released Northern Soul classic ‘Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me’, and leads a run including The Elgins, The Supremes and ‘I'm Gonna Run Away From You’ from Tami Lynn. The side winds down with two stunning ballads from The Delfonics with ‘La La Means I Love You’ and The Temptations with ‘Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)… whilst over on Side 2…’Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves’ gave Cher a U.S. #1 and Cilla Black was back in the UK Top 3 with ‘Something Tells Me…’. Up next, Tony Christie leading a run of pure-pop gems from Bay City Rollers, Middle Of The Road with their #1 ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’, The Mixtures, Clodagh Rodgers (with 1971’s UK Eurovision entry), and ‘Knock Three Times’, the first #1 for Tony Orlando & Dawn – and to complete the second LP a Top 10 hit, ‘I Believe (In Love)’ for Hot Chocolate.

The third LP kicks off with T.Rex and their first #1 ’Hot Love’, the first #1 from the ‘glam’ scene that would dominate the singles charts over the next few years. Peter Noone enjoyed a big hit covering David Bowie’s ‘Oh You Pretty Things’ and is followed by early glam-pop favourites from Sweet and Slade. Up next, Dave & Ansel Collins' groundbreaking chart-topper ‘Double Barrel’ which became the second ever reggae single to hit the UK #1 spot. Easy Listening gold up next from Perry Como, Andy Williams, Elvis Presley and to close the side ‘Till’ from Tom Jones… and over on the final side… a stellar run celebrating 1971’s groundbreaking soul classics, opening with Marvin Gaye’s landmark masterpiece ‘What’s Going On’, before the Oscar-winning ‘Theme From "Shaft"’ from Isaac Hayes and Ike & Tina Turner’s electrifying ‘Proud Mary’. Bill Withers’ sublime ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ leads to a final run of classics from Cat Stevens with ‘Wild World’, Joan Baez’s interpretation of ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’, and Janis Joplin’s posthumous hit – the timeless ‘Me And Bobby McGee’, and it’s left to Rod Stewart to sign off the year with his #1 ‘Reason To Believe’.

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

LP1 SIDE A:

1. Elton John - Your Song 
2. Paul McCartney - Another Day 
3. Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
4. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
5. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 
6. Olivia Newton-John - If Not For You 
7. Carly Simon - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
8. Judy Collins – Amazing Grace

LP1 SIDE B:

1. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2. T. Rex - Get It On
3. Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
4. The Kinks - Apeman
5. Free - My Brother Jake 
6. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 
7. Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman

LP2 SIDE A:

1. Al Green – Tired Of Being Alone
2. Diana Ross - I'm Still Waiting 
3. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There 
4. The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 
5. The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
6. The Supremes - Stoned Love
7. Tami Lynn - I'm Gonna Run Away from You
8. The Delfonics - La-La Means I Love You 
9. The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 

LP2 SIDE B:

1. Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves 
2. Cilla Black - Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
3. Tony Christie - I Did What I Did For Maria
4. Bay City Rollers - Keep On Dancing
5. Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 
6. The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song 
7. Tony Orlando & Dawn - Knock Three Times 
8. Clodagh Rodgers - Jack In The Box 
9. Hot Chocolate - I Believe (In Love)

LP3 SIDE A:

1. T. Rex - Hot Love
2. Peter Noone – Oh You Pretty Things
3. Slade - Coz I Luv You
4. Sweet - Co-Co 
5. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
6. Perry Como - It's Impossible 
7. Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story 
8. Elvis Presley - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 
9. Tom Jones - Till 

LP3 SIDE B:

1. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 
2. Isaac Hayes - Theme From "Shaft"
3. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary 
4. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 
5. Cat Stevens - Wild World 
6. Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
7. Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee 
8. Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe