VA - Now That's What I Call 12'' 80s [2021] + NOW That's What I Call 12” 80s Remixed [2022] (8 x CDs)

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VA - Now That's What I Call 12'' 80s [2021] + NOW That's What I Call 12” 80s Remixed [2022] (8 x CDs)

Taken together, NOW That’s What I Call 12” 80s and NOW That’s What I Call 12” 80s Remixed offer two complementary ways of engaging with the same material. One looks back to how these tracks originally lived in the world, the other asks what happens when that history is reopened and reshaped.

The first set leans into the extended versions that defined the era. These are the mixes built for space, intros that take their time, grooves allowed to settle, endings that fade rather than cut. Familiar songs feel less compressed, less urgent to make their point. They remind you that the 12 inch format wasn’t a novelty but a working tool, a way for pop and dance music to breathe beyond the limits of radio.

The remixed collection approaches the same songs from a different angle. Instead of preservation, it offers reinterpretation. Some remixes stay close, updating textures and weight while keeping the original spirit intact. Others are more willing to disturb the balance, pulling tracks apart and rebuilding them around rhythm, atmosphere, or a single hook. Recognition is always there, but certainty is not.

What links both sets is the resilience of the material. These songs hold up whether they are allowed to stretch in their original form or filtered through newer production ideas. Hearing them side by side highlights how adaptable 80s pop really was, sturdy enough to invite reinvention without losing its identity.

For listeners, the pleasure lies in comparison without obligation. You can move between versions, notice what changes, and what doesn’t, or simply let the music run. Together, these collections don’t try to settle arguments about authenticity or update. They offer an open space to enjoy how songs evolve when time, technology, and perspective are allowed to do their work. (B)

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Track lists

Now That's What I Call 12'' 80s

CD1

01 Queen - Radio Ga Ga (Extended Remix) 6:52

02 Duran Duran - The Reflex (Dance Mix) 6:34

03 Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes (Carnage Mix) 7:56

04 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Murder Mix) 8:02

05 Communards With Sarah Jane Morris - Don’t Leave Me This Way (12' Extended Version) 6:27

06 Bananarama - Love in The First Degree (Eurobeat Style) 7:16

07 Limahl - Never Ending Story (12' Dance Mix) 6:07

08 Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder - Together in Electric Dreams (Extended) 6:25

09 Soft Cell - Torch (Extended Version) 8:28

10 Heaven 17 - Temptation (Extended Mix) 4:42

11 Nena - 99 Red Balloons (Club Mix) 4:42

12 Specials - Ghost Town (Extended Mix) 5:58

CD2

01 New Order - Blue Monday (12' Version) 7:30

02 Visage - Fade to Grey (12' Version) 6:42

03 Howard Jones - New Song (New Version) 5:30

04 A-ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V. (Extended Mix) 7:07

05 Tears for Fears - Shout (U.S. Remix) 8:01

06 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon (12' Remix) 6:42

07 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (Extended Club Mix) 4:33

08 Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (12' Version) 5:56

09 Ultravox - Loves Great Adventure (12' Version) 5:41

10 Propaganda - Duel (Bittersweet) 7:37

11 Yello - The Race (Extended Version) 13:23

CD3

01 Irene Cara - Flashdance...What A Feeling (Remix) 7:11

02 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (12' Remix) 8:33

03 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix) 6:36

04 Laura Branigan - Gloria (12' Version) 5:55

05 Diana Ross - Chain Reaction (Special Dance Remix) 6:56

06 Billy Joel - Tell Her About it (Special Remixed Version) 5:36

07 Modern Romance - High Life (Extended Version) 8:16

08 Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life (12' Version) 6:46

09 Five Star - Can’t Wait Another Minute (12' Version) 7:15

10 Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love on The Run) (Extended Mix) 8:14

11 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (12' Version) 6:41

CD4

01 Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Extended Version) 6:04

02 Deniece Williams - Let’s Hear it for The Boy (Extended Version) 6:02

03 Tina Turner - What’s Love Got to Do With it (Extended 12' Remix) 5:44

04 Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride (Remix) (Club Version) 5:09

05 Altered Images - Don’t Talk to Me About Love (Extended Version) 6:59

06 Spandau Ballet - Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure On) (12' Version) 5:50

07 Haircut One Hundred - Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) (Extended Version) 6:28

08 Kim Wilde - You Came (Shep Pettibone 12' Mix) 7:34

09 Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart (Dance Mix) 6:55

10 Marilyn - Calling Your Name (Extended Version) 6:54

11 Dollar - Hand Held in Black and White (Extended Version) 5:06

12 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle (Extended Riddle) 5:12

13 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow (12' Version) 5:13

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NOW That's What I Call 12” 80s Remixed

CD1

01 Freddie Mercury - Love Kills  (Extended Mix) 4:30

02 Eurythmics - There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) (Special Dance Mix) 5:21

03 Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me (Dance Mix) 4:02

04 a-ha - I've Been Losing You (Extended Version) 7:03

05 Duran Duran - Notorious (Latin Rascals Mix) 6:24

06 Red Box - Lean on Me (Ah-li-ayo) 4:25

07 Holly Johnson - Love Train (Ride The 'A' Train) 6:55

08 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' on (W.C.H. Mix) 9:03

09 Elton John - Wrap Her Up 6:21

10 Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin' (Jellybean 12" Dance Mix) 6:44

11 Womack & Womack - Love Wars (Extended Vocal Mix) 8:11

CD2

01 New Order - Blue Monday '88 4:04

02 Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis (12" Version) 5:57

03 Coldcut - People Hold on (feat. Lisa Stansfield) (12" Version) 9:26

04 Yazz - The Only Way is Up (Long Version) 6:47

05 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 4:58

06 Five Star - The Slightest Touch (Shep Pettibone 7" Mix) 4:20

07 Whitney Houston - Love Will Save The Day (Club Mix) (Extended ReMix) 7:59

08 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman (Remix) 8:22

09 Expose - Point of No Return 3:27

10 Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk 4:01

11 Malcolm McLaren - Waltz Darling (Introducting Lourdes & Pretty Fatt) 4:27

CD3

01 Boys Town Gang - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Original Extended Version) 9:35

02 Divine - Love Reaction 5:35

03 Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who 3:44

04 Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass 3:41

05 Olivia Newton-John - The Rumour 3:58

06 Dollar - O L'amour (Extra Beat Boys 12" Mix) 6:54

07 Desireless - Voyage voyage (PWL - Britmix) 7:05

08 Sandra - Maria Magdalena (Extended Version) 7:07

09 Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) (Ian Levine Club Mix) 9:28

10 Agnetha Faltskog - The Heat is On 3:55

11 Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya (US 12'' Remix) 4:40

CD4

01 Blondie - Call Me (Theme From American Gigolo) 8:04

02 Phil Collins - Easy Lover (Extended Dance Remix) 6:21

03 Pat Benatar - Love is A Battlefield 4:07

04 Billy Idol - White Wedding - Parts 1 and 2 (Shotgun Mix; 2001 Remastered Version) 8:26

05 Pretenders - Kid 3:05

06 Arcadia - Election Day (Consensus Mix; 2010 Remaster) 8:38

07 Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Coming Home) (Special Extended Version) 8:06

08 Howard Jones - Pearl in the Shell (US 12" Mix) 8:59

09 Frida - I Know There's Something Going On 5:26

10 Chris Rea - On the Beach 5:02

11 Paul McCartney - Once Upon A Long Ago 4:09

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