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Which "Now that's what I call music" album were you first aware of? The earliest one I remember (and indeed only one I've ever purchased!) was Now 37. Just curious, as saw one in a supermarket the other day and they seem to be up to a very high number now!

In reply to Flicka@work:

Number one...<sigh>

I have no.3 and a few others, but didn't collect many of them...

In reply to Flicka@work:

number 1 and have never bought one.

In reply to Flicka@work:

Are they in three figures yet? I had the first one on tape when it came out, no idea why, it just seemed a good idea at the time like all those Ronco compilation albums. Must have been sometime in the eighties.

In reply to Clarence:

I have number 1 on vinyl. Lovely.

In reply to Removed User: I have 3 on double tape....swop yer.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I got the one with Always the Sun by The Stranglers and For America (Red Box?) on it for a birthday or christmas present.
It was awful.

In reply to Flicka@work: Got the first 3 on vinyl. Think the first one covered a whole year, not just a few months, which meant they had a wider range of cr*p to choose from!

In reply to TN:

something akin to Stars on 45

In reply to Flicka@work:

number 7.

"We don't have to take our clothes off, to have a good time, oh oh"

In reply to skeev: I thought that. I thought the first few were annually, but now they seem to be quarterly :oS

In reply to Flicka@work:
"Now thats what I call quite good" by the Housemartins

In reply to Flicka@work: Now 33?!? i think, i still have it on cd at home too! have about 15 of them! non of the newer ones, dont really do comp albums now, currently Mamma Mia is rocking the car when not on Radio 2! go i feel so old!!!!

Jess.x

In reply to Removed User:

It was actually Hits 5, rather Now....
It was still crap.

In reply to Flicka@work:

18. Still got it, on double tape.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I have them all on tape up until about Now 10, apart from Now 7 which is on vinyl. Marillion and Kayleigh was a classic off that one I seem to remember.

In reply to TN: Defo, the Hits ones were shite... :oS

Not that they had more or less the same music on them or anything... ;oS

In reply to Flicka@work:

First one. Never touched one.

They only started them in the USA a couple of years ago, I got confused seeing international ads for "Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 2" etc

In reply to Flicka@work:

This thread's inspiring a frighteningly fast rate of, er, hits.

In reply to Flicka@work:

Sadly, I remember when they first started. I think I still have the first few on cassette...

In reply to Little Brew: sorry i have this one! released n my birthday apparently! i was probably on scout camp so get it when i got back from my mom and dad!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_31_(UK_series)

Jess.x

In reply to Flicka@work:

This one... http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8030/now1frontag8.jpg

And their predecessors... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops_(record_series) (by Pickwick) sung by soundalikes or should that be notverysoundalike?

In reply to galpinos:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now!_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music_18_(UK_series)

What a track listing!

In reply to Flicka@work: I had the first 'Hits' album on tape (which my kid sister rather annoyingly unspooled one day) and the first and only 'Now' I bought was 6....those were the days!

In reply to Flicka@work: so...what number are they up to now?

In reply to Flicka@work:
10. 1987 wedding present for the wife as I recall.

In reply to Removed User:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music!_72_(UK_series)

72!!!

Jess.x

In reply to Flicka@work:

Just dug out the one we have, no 18. Double cassette of music my wife liked mostly. Certainly last century anyway.

Lots of other compilations, ABBA gold etc.

In reply to graeme jackson:

I'm assuming she opened it *after* she'd said 'I do'...

In reply to muppetfilter: I had 1 and 2 on double cassette. Didn't bother after that. There must be a saddo out there somewhere with the entire collection.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I think mine was Now 37...the one with the Notting Hill song on; You say it best (when you say nothing at all).

In reply to Chris F:

There was an article just the other day about people who collect them. Must have been on the BBC, but I can't be bothered to go looking.

I've never bought or owned one.

In reply to Chris F: apparently lots according to Wiki! as they were so popular, the earlier ones are supposed to be easy to find! cant say that is high on my collection list! but maybe to some! sure iTunes will release the older ones soon.

Jess.x

In reply to Flicka@work:

Now 1

In reply to Flicka@work:

The very first one that I bought was Now That's What I Call Big Band! on 78.

In reply to Flicka@work: It it did not have a number it was the first one, 1984 I think.

In reply to Mike Hartley: that Mr Hartley would be 44 (hangs head in shame)
first one i owned was 37, bought by granny for long car journey to cornwall. probably still at dads house somewhere on double tape

In reply to Flicka@work:

I 'borrowed' Now 21 off a friend in my 2nd year at secondary school - it had Wet Wet Wet, Shakespeare's Sister and Right Said Fred on it. I've still got it somewhere...

In reply to Flicka@work: I bought Now 18

In reply to Flicka@work: I've definately got now 10 and 11 lurking at home and I may even have Now 7 as well....

In reply to Flicka@work:

I still own Now 2 and Now 4 on vinyl, and my little brother had Now 1 and 3. Was tempted to buy Now 1 when I saw it in Asda at the weekend for nostalgia value, but changed my mind when I realised most of the songs on it were actually crap.

In reply to Flicka@work:

I have No1 to No5 on vinyl....I vividly remember "Hole in my Shoe" by Neil from The Young Ones on one of them lol! Do you think they're worth something yet?

In reply to The New NickB:

1983 !! bu**er me was it that long ago?

Track list

Record 1
01. Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
02. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know
03. UB40 - Red Red Wine
04. Limahl - Only For Love
05. Heaven 17 - Temptation
06. K.C. & The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
07. Malcolm McClaren - Double Dutch
08. Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
09. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
10. Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
11. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
12. Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
13. Men At Work - Down Under
14. Rock Steady Crew - Hey You (Rock Steady Crew)
15. Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
16. Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat

Record 2

01. New Edition - Candy Girl
02. Kajagoogoo - Big Apple
03. Tina Turner - Let's Stay Together
04. Human League - Fascination
05. Howard Jones - New Song
06. UB40 - Please Don't Make Me Cry
07. Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack - Tonight I Celebrate My Love
08. Tracey Ullman - They Don't Know
09. Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence
10. Genesis - That's All
11. The Cure - The Love Cats
12. Simple Minds - Waterfront
13. Madness - The Sun And The Rain
14. Culture Club - Victims

Still got most of these on my MP3

In reply to Southampton Tom:


As well you should...tut tut.

In reply to Flicka@work:
Now One; I'm that old .

In reply to Flicka@work: remember the first one, made a tape of the second. The only tracks I recall are 'Relax' and 'Undercover of the Night'.

In reply to Flicka@work: The first one - and I was naive enough to think that would be 'it'

In reply to Flicka@work: 44 and never bought one

In reply to Flicka@work:

27. Probably still exists on tape at my parents house somewhere...

In reply to monkey kong:

I vaguely remember it had Primal Scream on it, so they weren't quite /full/ of crap...

In reply to Removed User:

Ditto, but it's stuck in the parents attic atm :0)

In reply to Flicka@work:

"Can you pig it?"

My younger sister had 1 and 2 and I taped the best bits. I used to drive around Stockport at night in my Mums white XR3i smokin fags with a mullet listening to them..

In reply to Flicka@work:

I have 4, 9, 12 and a few others

In reply to Flicka@work:
The first one - which didn't have a number......I had numbers 1-8 and none since. Oh god I am old....

In reply to Derbyshire Ben:

Can't imagine you with a mullet, but then I used to have one too. I think we've matured well!

In reply to LastBoyScout:

Actually, I think I even have Now 13 on vinyl!

In reply to Little Brew:

Doesn't quite hold the same credibility as having the entire collection of original 2 Tone recored releases or the entire Postcard or Factory records collections does it.

In reply to Stuart S and derbyshire ben:

You've seen photos of my mullet (and made t shirts with them!) but I have never seen yours?

In reply to Flicka@work:

Hmm, feeling old now. The first one I bought was the original "Now that's what I call music". Dont remember if it was on LP or double casset though.

it fitted in with the rest of my 'Hits' collection - and my top of the pops album.

In reply to LastBoyScout:

Now 13 was my first!

The only way is up ... Yazz

KISS Tom Jones? (or have i mixed that ne up?)

the hotdog albert kurky one was on it (or thats what i thought it was called)

In reply to Flicka@work: I have a copy of Now 3 (i think) on vinyl. Not quite as good as Clare's 1 but still pretty worthy non the less me thinks.

In reply to Angie Lester:

Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones i seem to recall.

In reply to Flicka@work: First one owned was now 12 on vinyl still own it but not a record player. The number 12 at the bottom of a swimming pool for those old enough to remeber 1988 track listed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_That%27s_What_I_Call_Music_12_(U.K._series... A change for us all to remenis how rubbish late 80's music really was.

In reply to Flicka@work: Had the first one on vinyl. Oh I'm so so old.

In reply to Flicka@work:
I remember buying Now 24 on cassette.

It had a sort of greeny-browny-blue colour case.

In reply to teflonpete:

That's what I thought, all those who had the first, must be so old

In reply to Flicka@work:

I have the first one but I'm only youg, I pinched it from my dad - it's ACE!

I've got Now 2- missed out on the top spot!