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Now 48 -- 16 years later -- 'then' is 'now'

19th Apr 2017, 12:53 AM		#1 REPORT
	Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator	Saw this at the BBC website: What's So Great About Now That's What I Call Music 48 Quote: Who wants a copy of a 16-year-old compilation album? Quite a lot of us, it seems. Sales of Now That's What I Call Music 48 surged last week, after the double CD ("featuring 41 top chart hits!") provided the soundtrack to the BBC sitcom Peter Kay's Car Share. It even entered Amazon's compilation chart, despite being out of print, on the strength of second-hand sales. Prices shot up too, rising from as little as 11p to more than £20. Rather cool actually -- one of the better ones before they started to suck Amy

19th Apr 2017, 3:57 AM		#2 REPORT
	W.B.lbl The Collector's Collector Member since Feb 2012 3800 Points Moderator	I have my own title for such compilations . . . You Call That Music?!

19th Apr 2017, 11:18 AM		#3 REPORT
	zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4189 Points	Yes, I saw that article. Impossible to predict how an oldie can suddenly become popular again!

19th Apr 2017, 1:05 PM		#4 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	And they are fast disappearing from the charity shop shelves and boot-fairs! if I had to pick a "growth market" for value, I'd go with the Nows... very strong, and diverse collectors market. They are good for the odd tracks you want, but maybe too embarrassed to buy individually too

19th Apr 2017, 3:25 PM		#5 REPORT
	Jock_Girl A girl who looks good in vinyl Member since Dec 2012 1544 Points Moderator	W.B.lbl wrote: I have my own title for such compilations . . . You Call That Music?! A few years back I was able to obtain (via a snudge snudge wink wink download) volumes 1 to 75. They tell a dramatic story of the decline in quality over the course of almost 30 years in the quality of 'hit' records. While an early one, up to about number 25 or so, a listenable in their entirety, you then start to get to ones where less than half of the tracks are palatable, and then toward the end where none of them are. Amy

19th Apr 2017, 4:05 PM		#6 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	I have to admit, without them, I wouldn't have Joe le Taxi, or Call Me by Spagna! Worth their weight in gold they are!

20th Apr 2017, 10:56 AM		#7 REPORT
	zabadak Caddacack oh da ca-caddacack, shy shy skagellack Member since Jun 2010 4189 Points	The very early editions are quite rare these days, CD or even cassette!

20th Apr 2017, 1:59 PM		#8 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	The earliest I can seem to find these days is around the 35 mark for CDs... ...but the vinyl has dried up entirely, even the very early ones, which used to be almost in as much abundance as dear old Klaus Wunder-bra, or James (first) Last (my everything ). The odd cassette turns up now and then, but there is no doubt these are being hovered up at a rate of knots!

20th Apr 2017, 3:07 PM		#9 REPORT
	W.B.lbl The Collector's Collector Member since Feb 2012 3800 Points Moderator	Jock_Girl wrote: A few years back I was able to obtain (via a snudge snudge wink wink download) volumes 1 to 75. They tell a dramatic story of the decline in quality over the course of almost 30 years in the quality of 'hit' records. While an early one, up to about number 25 or so, a listenable in their entirety, you then start to get to ones where less than half of the tracks are palatable, and then toward the end where none of them are. I rest my case. Much obliged.

23rd Apr 2017, 11:14 PM		#10 REPORT
	Whyperion SUBS Too Many Records , Too Little Time Member since Jan 2013 306 Points	I probably have access to obscure charity shops in strange places, if anyone has wants, PM me and for the cost of item and petrol I might be of a crazed mind to visit the one at the top of the road and plough through the LP boxes etc one Sat afternoon. On collecting note I see the ' Now, Thats What I Call' expanded into some genres of music as well as sequential 'hits' type ones.

24th Apr 2017, 10:56 AM		#11 REPORT
	Whyperion SUBS Too Many Records , Too Little Time Member since Jan 2013 306 Points	Can somebody add NTWICM 71 , as I have picked up a CD-RW that has the tracks for this. Where do the images windoze finds for these come from - embedded track info or an auto web search?

25th Apr 2017, 4:34 PM		#12 REPORT
	Quad5point1 SUBS Member since Jul 2012 10746 Points	Here ya go Whyperion NTWICM 71 for your perusal

26th Apr 2017, 3:33 AM		#13 REPORT
	Pridesale 🍰 Member since Mar 2013 805 Points	thanks , I hope the points system recognises the darned complexity of adding these beasts Oh, other than lists, is there a way one can see if one has all of a series, or if a member has a complete series, or which members have complete series ?!

4th May 2017, 4:57 PM		#14 REPORT
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3774 Points Moderator	I think I get the "Now" phenomenon now... now then: They are Pokemons for all ages! (Gotta catch 'em all!)

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