Format: 2LP
Release date: 24/11/1986
Label: EMI / Virgin
Catalogue No.: NOW 8
Secondary Cat. No.: –
Barcode: 5 099926 121130
Chart Position: 1
Release notes: –
Tracks:
Duran Duran – Notorious
Pet Shop Boys – Suburbia
Run D.M.C. – Walk This Way
Communards – Don’t Leave Me This Way
Swing Out Sister – Breakout
Steve Winwood – Higher Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – (Forever) Live And Die
Genesis – In Too Deep
Cameo – Word Up
Grace Jones – I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect For You)
Mel & Kim – Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
Jermaine Stewart – We Don’t Have To…
Jaki Graham – Step Right Up
Janet Jackson – What Have You Done For Me Lately
Human League – Human
Boris Gardiner – I Wanna Wake Up With You
Peter Gabriel / Kate Bush – Don’t Give Up
The Housemartins – Think For A Minute
Madness – (Waiting For) The Ghost Train
Status Quo – In The Army Now
Huey Lewis And The News – Stuck With You
Big Country – One Great Thing
Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette
Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hangin’ On
It Bites – Calling All The Heroes
Doctor & The Medics with Roy Wood – Waterloo
Debbie Harry – French Kissing In The U.S.A.
Robert Palmer – I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On
Paul Hardcastle – The Wizard
Gwen Guthrie – (They Long To Be) Close To You
Nick Berry – Every Loser Wins
Sleeve
Gatefold sleeve
Labels
Pressed by either EMI, PRS or Lyntone. Above images are of PRS pressing
Runouts (PRS):
A-Side: NOW 81 A//1▽420E 1 1 Penthouse 3 or NOW 81 A//2 ▽ 420 E 15 Penthouse 4
B-Side: NOW 81 B//1 ▽ 420 E 2 3 Penthouse or NOW 81 B//2 ▽420 E 1 Penthouse 2
C-Side: NOW 82 A//2 ▽420E 1 3 Penthouse 4
D-Side: NOW 82 B//5 ▽ 420 E 1 1 3 or NOW 82 B//6 ▽420 E 1 1 1
Runouts (EMI):
A-Side: NOW 81 A-3-1-x- or NOW 81 A-4-1-x-
B-Side: NOW 81 B-1-1-x- or NOW 81 B-3-1-x- or NOW 81 B-4-1-x- or NOW 81 B-5-1-x-
C-Side: NOW 82 A-3-1-x- or NOW 82 A-4-1-x-
D-Side: NOW 82 B-8-1-x
Runouts (Lyntone):
A-Side: NOW 81 A // 5 ∇ 420 E 1 3 Penthouse ⑬ 15 L – 18239 B
B-Side: NOW 81 B // 2 ∇ 420 E 1 4 Penthouse 1 ⑭ 15 L – 18240 D
C-Side: NOW 82 A // 2 ∇ 420 E 1 4 1 Penthouse ⑮ L – 18241 Y
D-Side: NOW 82 B // 6 ∇ 420 E 1 3 ⑬ L – 18242
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