Various Artists – Now Yearbook The Vault 1981 – Purple Vinyl 3LP

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1981 was a seismic year in pop music, with a huge number of new artists making unforgettable chart debuts. The NOW series has included more than 160 tracks on the CDs of the 1981 Yearbook, the 80-84 Final Chapter, and their extras so far in their appreciation of the year. Those tracks were generally the bigger hits of the year, with their chart achievement a factor in their inclusion however thats not the whole singles story of the year, and the celebration of 1981 wouldnt be complete without shining a light on some of the years singles that have been compiled much less frequently over the past 40 years. Welcome to The Vault for 1981, 3 purple vinyl LPs featuring 45 tracks. Some of the tracks included were Top 40 hits, some missed the chart completely. Some were representative of massive selling albums, and some were big hits in the U.S. and not in the U.K but all are part of the wonderful pop story of 1981. Featuring songs from Simple Minds, John Foxx, Altered Images, Rick James, Freeez, Shakatak, Level 42, Bruce Springsteen, REO Speedwagon, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes,The Cure, The Psychedelic Furs, Squeeze, Journey,Rush, and more.