Now Yearbooks
The Yearbook series, launched in June 2021, offers music enthusiasts a nostalgic journey through time with its 4-CD and 3-LP vinyl sets, each dedicated to a specific year of music. These collections coincide with special programming on Now 80s and are presented as limited edition mini-hardback books. Each book features CDs tucked into sleeves that form the pages of the 'yearbook,' providing an introductory overview of the year, original 7" single artwork, trivia, chart positions, and a quiz. The 3-LP sets are pressed on bright coloured vinyl, while the more affordable 4-CD sets are housed in a gatefold "wallet" design.
The series began with a focus on 1983, the inaugural year of the Now That's What I Call Music! series, followed by 1984. Subsequent releases journeyed backwards to 1982 and earlier years, reaching into the late 1970s. In addition to the main releases, a triple-CD collection titled Yearbook Extra: The Collectors Edition is released a few weeks later. These extras include lesser-known tracks and additional songs by major artists featured on the main albums, packaged in a standard gatefold wallet design.
December 2022 saw the release of "The Final Chapter," a deluxe 4-CD and 3-LP set that concluded the Yearbook series covering 1980 to 1984. Simultaneously, a deluxe 5-LP box set, Now Yearbook 1980-1984: Vinyl Extra, was issued, marking the first time Extra CD tracks were available on vinyl.
In August 2022, the series took an experimental turn with the release of a limited edition 7" vinyl single, featuring two tracks each from the 1983 and 1984 Yearbooks. This marked the Now That's What I Call Music! brand's debut in the 7" vinyl format.
The 1979 release introduced a new retro-70s Now logo and artwork that complements the 80s Yearbook series. Moving forward again, the 1990s Yearbook series features a new retro-90s logo and artwork, maintaining consistency with its sister decade series.
Tie-in television programs accompany these releases, featuring month-by-month video playlists of tracks from the years covered by the Now Yearbook albums, presented by Bruno Brookes.
- Now Yearbook 1983 (Jun 2021)
- Now Yearbook 1984 (Oct 2021)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1983 (Dec 2021)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1984 (Jan 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1982 (Feb 2022)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1982 (Mar 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1981 (May 2022)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1981 (Jul 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1980 (Jul 2022)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1980 (Aug 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1979 (Sep 2022)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1979 (Oct 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1985 (Nov 2022)
- Now Yearbook 1980 - 1984 (Dec 2022)
- Now Yearbook 80-84 Vinyl Extra (Dec 2022)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1985 (Jan 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1980 - 1984 (Feb 2023)
- Now Yearbook 1986 (Feb 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1986 (Apr 2023)
- Now Yearbook 1978 (Apr 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1978 (Jun 2023)
- Now Yearbook 1992 (Jul 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1992 (Aug 2023)
- Now Yearbook 1973 (Sep 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1973 (Oct 2023)
- Now Yearbook 1988 (Nov 2023)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1988 (Jan 2024)
- Now Yearbook 1990 (Feb 2024)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1990 (Mar 2024)
- Now Yearbook 1974 (May 2024)
- Now Yearbook Vault 1983 (May 2024)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1974 (Jun 2024)
- Now Yearbook 80-84 Vinyl Extra 2 (Jun 2024)
- Now Yearbook 1993 (Jun 2024)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1993 (Aug 2024)
- Now Yearbook 1987 (Aug 2024)
- Now Yearbook Vault 1984 (Oct 2024)
- Now Yearbook Extra 1987 (Oct 2024)
- Now Yearbook 1977 (Nov 2024)
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