Various Artists NOW Yearbook 1972 DELUXE 4CD SET
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| Artist: | Various Artists |
| Title: | Various NOW Yearbook 1972 DELUXE 4CD SET |
| Released: | 08/05/2026 |
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| Format: | DELUXE 4CD SET |
| Country | EU/US |
| Barcode: | 199584187020 |
| Catalogue number: | CDYBXNOW72 |
| SKU: | WLF25126 |
| Condition: | NEW |
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NOW is proud to present the next instalment in their ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series. It’s back to 1972 with 80 stellar tracks… this special edition 4-CD is housed in ‘hardback-book’ packaging featuring a 28-page booklet which includes notes about each track. NOW – Yearbook 1972: Celebrating a brilliant year of pop singles.
Opening with an all-time favourite, usually reserved for Christmas-time listening, ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ by John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir – and it leads an opening run of classics including Rod Stewart’s #1 ‘You Wear It Well’, Don McLean with ‘American Pie’, ‘A Horse With No Name’ from America and a song by the same name ‘America’ from Simon & Garfunkel, released as a single in 1972 to promote the duo’s ‘Greatest Hits’ collection. More legendary U.S. artists follow including Carly Simon, Bread, Harry Nilsson with his #1 ‘Without You’, and Neil Diamond with one of his signature tracks, U.S. #1, and the title of recent biopic ‘Song Sung Blue’. Gilbert O’Sullivan enjoyed his first chart-topper with ‘Clair’ while Colin Blunstone hit with ‘Say You Don’t Mind’ and Cat Stevens scored a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic with ‘Morning Has Broken’… Ten years before ‘Thriller’, Michael Jackson had his first solo hit with ‘Got To Be There’, and is followed by timeless ballads from Bill Withers and Labi Siffre with ‘It Must Be Love’. Johnny Nash enjoyed a massive hit with ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ and leads into Disc One’s closing run from four of the most celebrated artists of all time; Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney (& Wings), and finishes with Elvis Presley’s Top 10 ‘I Just Can’t Help Believin’.
1972 saw Glam Rock become hugely popular, and the second disc kicks off at the rock end of glam with Alice Cooper and the anthemic #1 ‘School’s Out’, and followed by the superb art-rock of Roxy Music on their debut ‘Virginia Plain’ – and Mott The Hoople with the David Bowie written and produced ‘All The Young Dudes’ hitting the Top 3. Ahead of their biggest commercial year in ’73, Sweet scored their third Top 5 hit with ‘Wig Wam Bam’ and Slade follow with the second of two #1’s in 1972, ‘Mama Weer All Crazee Now’. Elton John had a huge year and Top 5 smash ‘Crocodile Rock’ is up next alongside another glam-flavoured chart-topper ‘Son Of My Father’ by Chicory Tip and co-written by Giorgio Moroder. Jeff Beck had a hit with the re-released ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’ and Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs made #2 with ‘Seaside Shuffle’…. The second half of the disc celebrates the year’s biggest rock-pop hits including from Blackfoot Sue, Family, Argent, Free, Lindisfarne, Marmalade, Jo Jo Gunne and The Move – plus the debut hit from Electric Light Orchestra, ‘10538 Overture’, which reached #9 and became the first of 13 Top 10 smashes they would enjoy in the ‘70s – and the huge ‘Silver Machine’ from Hawkwind featuring a pre-Motörhead Lemmy on lead vocals. The disc ends on a lighter note from a Rock ‘n’ Roll legend Chuck Berry, who hit #1 in both the UK and US with the novelty track ‘My Ding-A-Ling’.
CD3 celebrates ‘72’s easy listening and pure pop classics opening in style with Shirley Bassey and her second ‘Bond’ theme ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ ahead of Andy Williams’ ‘Speak Softly Love’ – the theme from the year’s biggest film ‘The Godfather’. ‘The Way Of Love’ from Cher comes ahead of joyful pop nuggets from Sammy Davis Jr, Tom Jones and Tony Christie with ‘(Is This The Way To) Amarillo’ reaching #18 in 1972 but hitting #1 33 years later!... Middle Of The Road had a Top 5 hit, while The New Seekers’ ‘Beg Steal Or Borrow’ reached #2 and came 2nd at 1972’s Eurovision Song Contest, losing out to Vicky Leandros with ‘Come What May’ which is next… It was a great year for soul music on the charts with Love Unlimited’s sublime ‘Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love’ leading an incredible run that features The Stylistics, Diana Ross, The Supremes, Jackson 5, The Drifters and The Staple Singers, plus Northern Soul favourites Donnie Elbert and Archie Bell And The Drells, with ‘Back Stabbers’ from The O’Jays announcing their ‘70s Philadelphia International era, while the disc closes with ‘Family Affair’ a huge hit and a massively-influential track from Sly & The Family Stone.
The final disc is packed with huge hits and launches with one of Elton John’s signature songs, the #2, ‘Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)’. Rod Stewart provided the stunning vocal on Python Lee Jackson’s ‘In A Broken Dream’ and Slade’s other #1 in ’72 ‘Take Me Bak ‘Ome’ is next, alongside a second appearance from Sweet. More second features from Elvis Presley, Gilbert O’Sullivan and Michael Jackson are included along with #1’s from Don McLean with ‘Vincent’ and The New Seekers with their massive selling ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’. Melanie enjoyed a Top 5 hit with ‘Brand New Key’ – and Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show reached #2 with ‘Sylvia’s Mother’.
Artists enjoying a later-in-career renaissance included Johnny Cash, Faron Young and The Fortunes whilst newer artists Junior Campbell and Hurricane Smith are up next. The disc closes with singer/songwriter Peter Skellern’s ‘You’re A Lady’ reaching #3 and featuring backing vocals by The Congregation who are featured next with their own Top 5 hit ‘Softly Whispering I Love You’. U.S. talk show host and actor Les Crane’s spoken word reading of the poem ‘Desiderata’ was a Top 10 hit both here and in his home country – and it’s an instrumental that closes this collection – and 1972’s biggest selling single: Based on the arrangement of the previous year’s hit for Judy Collins, The Pipes and Drums Of The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards celebrated a huge selling version – featuring a bagpipe solo – of ‘Amazing Grace’.
NOW – Yearbook 1972 – a celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly fabulous year in pop.
CD1:
1. John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
2. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well
3. Don McLean - American Pie
4. America - A Horse With No Name
5. Simon & Garfunkel - America
6. Carly Simon - Anticipation
7. Bread - Baby I'm-A Want You
8. Harry Nilsson - Without You
9. Neil Diamond - Song Sung Blue
10. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair
11. Colin Blunstone - Say You Don't Mind
12. Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
13. Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
14. Bill Withers - Lean On Me
15. Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love
16. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
17. Paul Simon - Mother And Child Reunion
18. Bob Dylan - If Not For You
19. Paul McCartney & Wings - Mary Had A Little Lamb
20. Elvis Presley - I Just Can't Help Believin'
CD2:
1. Alice Cooper - School's Out
2. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
3. Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
4. Sweet - Wig Wam Bam
5. Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
6. Elton John - Crocodile Rock
7. Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father
8. Jeff Beck - Hi Ho Silver Lining
9. Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs – Seaside Shuffle
10. Blackfoot Sue - Standing In The Road
11. Family – Burlesque
12. Argent - Hold Your Head Up
13. Free - Little Bit Of Love
14. Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture
15. Hawkwind - Silver Machine
16. Lindisfarne - Lady Eleanor
17. Marmalade - Radancer
18. Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run
19. The Move - California Man
20. Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling (Live At Lanchester Arts Festival, 1972)
CD3:
1. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
2. Andy Williams - Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From "The Godfather")
3. Cher - The Way Of Love
4. Sammy Davis Jr. - The Candy Man
5. Tom Jones - The Young New Mexican Puppeteer
6. Tony Christie - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
7. Middle Of The Road - Soley Soley
8. The New Seekers - Beg, Steal Or Borrow
9. Vicky Leandros - Come What May
10. Love Unlimited - Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love
11. The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
12. Diana Ross - DoobeDood'nDoobe, DoobeDood'nDoobe, DoobeDood'nDoo
13. The Supremes - Floy Joy
14. Donnie Elbert - Where Did Our Love Go?
15. The Drifters - Saturday Night At The Movies
16. Archie Bell And The Drells - Here I Go Again
17. Jackson 5 - Lookin' Through The Windows
18. The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
19. The Staple Singers - I’ll Take You There
20. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
CD4:
1. Elton John - Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
2. Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart - In A Broken Dream
3. Slade - Take Me Bak 'Ome
4. Sweet - Little Willy
5. Elvis Presley - Burning Love
6. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
7. Don McLean - Vincent
8. Michael Jackson - Ben
9. The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
10. Melanie - Brand New Key
11. Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Sylvia's Mother
12. Johnny Cash - A Thing Called Love
13. Faron Young - It's Four In The Morning
14. The Fortunes - Storm In A Teacup
15. Junior Campbell - Hallelujah Freedom
16. Hurricane Smith - Oh, Babe What Would You Say
17. Peter Skellern - You're A Lady
18. The Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You
19. Les Crane - Desiderata
20. The Pipes And Drums Of The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Amazing Grace
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