Blondie - "Call Me" (Theme From "American Gigolo" - original 12" version)
Lipps Inc - "Funkytown" (12" version)
Sheila And B Devotion - "Spacer" (Full Length version)
Diana Ross - "I'm Coming Out" (Full Length version)
Kool & The Gang - "Celebration" (12" edit)
The Gap Band - "Oops Up Side Your Head" (12" single version)
Change - "Searching" (Searching)
Narada Michael Walden - "I Shoulda Loved YA" (12" version)
Aretha Franklin - "What A Fool Believes" (12" version)
Crown Heights Affair - "You Gave Me Love" (12" mix)
Donna Summer - "Walk Away" (12" version)
Spandau Ballet - "To Cut A Long Story Short" (12" version)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - "Messages" (10' single version)
Sparks - "When I'm With You" (Full Length version)
Toyah - "Ieya" (Full Length version)
UB40 - "The Earth Dies Screaming" (12" version)
Linx - "You're Lying" (long version)
Tom Browne - "Funkin' For Jamaica" (remix)
Jermaine Jackson - "Let's Get Serious" (12" version)
Leon Haywood - "Don't Push It Don't Force It" (12" version)
Bobby Thurston - "Check Out The Groove" (Full Length version)
Teena Marie - "Behind The Groove" (12" version)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - "Taste Of Bitter Love" (12" version)
Ottawan - "DISCO" (12" English version)
Odyssey - "Use It Up & Wear It Out" (12" single edit)
Liquid Gold - "Dance Yourself Dizzy" (12" mix)
Kelly Marie - "Feels Like I'm In Love" (12" version)
Village People - "Can't Stop The Music" (12" version)
Grace Jones - "Love Is The Drug" (long version)
Amii Stewart - "The Letter" (long version)
Boney M - "My Friend Jack" (long version)
Stacy Lattisaw - "Jump To The Beat" (12" version)
Teddy Pendergrass - "Love TKO" (Full Length version)
UB40 - "Dream A Lie" (12" version)
Donna Summer - "On The Radio" (12" version)
Change - "Glow Of Love" (long version)
The Spinners - "Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl" (12" version)
Gibson Brothers - "Cuba" (12" version)
Viola Wills - "If You Could Read My Mind" (extended version)
Stephanie Mills - "Never Knew Love Like This Before" (12" mix)
Loleatta Holloway - "Love Sensation" (Tom Moulton mix)
The SOS Band - "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" (long version)
Shalamar - "I Owe You One" (12" version)
Sister Sledge - "Got To Love Somebody" (extended version)
The Whispers - "And The Beat Goes On" (extended version)
Review: Having delivered a string of loosely themed collections of extended mixes and 12" versions from the 1980s, the long-running NOW compilation strand has launched a new series focusing on music released in specific years across the decade. 1980, the inaugural collection, is relatively light on pop, 'alternative' and new wave extended mixes (though OMD, Spandau Ballet, Sparks and UB40 all appear), but big on soaring disco hits, crossover club classics and chart-bothering dance numbers from the dawn of the decade of Thatcher and Reagan. That means outings for the likes of Tom Browne's 'Funkin' For Jamaica', Teena Marie's exceptional 'Behind The Groove', Grace Jones' low-slung cover of Roxy Music's 'Love is the Drug', Tom Moulton's peerless version of Loleatta Holloway's 'Love Sensation', an Odyssey's addictive 'Use It Up & Wear It Out'.
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