For The Heart That’s Still Hurting

NOW Music is very proud to present the second of our ‘Now That’s What I Call An Era’ releases. ‘The Albums 1980 > 1984’ celebrates 72 iconic albums that were released between 1980 and 1984, featuring a magnificent track from each - and none of them UK hit singles! Most of the albums being highlighted produced huge hit singles that have become both synonymous with the decade and enduringly popular – but these albums are of such a high quality – forever part of the artist’s legacy - that other tracks could have equally become hits – and some have become as well-loved by fans as the singles, and have for many artists always been an established part of their live shows.

NOW Music is very proud to present the second of our ‘Now That’s What I Call An Era’ releases. ‘The Albums 1980 > 1984’ celebrates 72 iconic albums that were released between 1980 and 1984, featuring a magnificent track from each - and none of them UK hit singles! Most of the albums being highlighted produced huge hit singles that have become both synonymous with the decade and enduringly popular – but these albums are of such a high quality – forever part of the artist’s legacy - that other tracks could have equally become hits – and some have become as well-loved by fans as the singles, and have for many artists always been an established part of their live shows.

'Whenever country music aficionados discuss the genre's best traditional male vocalists, Gene Watson's name is among those that suffice, along with the likes of George Jones (Saturday 12 September 1931 - Friday 26 April 2013), Vern Gosdin (Sunday 5 August 1934 - Tuesday 28 April 2009) and Merle Haggard (Tuesday 6 April 1937 - Wednesday 6 April 2016).

From teddy grahams to pussy hats, California forest fires to cash cabs, the stuff of American nostalgia and horror adorns a personal reckoning on Christina Schneider’s triumphant third album as Locate S,1. With a name culled from a Daschel Hammitt noir novel, Wicked Jaw pulls from wildly disparate references and textures to survey the history of American pop music. Like Carly Simon soundtracking an Adam Curtis documentary, the album trades in dramatic juxtapositions across its kaleidoscopic ten tracks.

For years we have been asked to document the classic years of Ray Price, what we have done with this! The opulent 10-CD box begins with Jealous Lies for Bullit, taken in 1949 or 1950. Then we follow up to Ray's career Danny Boy in 1966, a turning point in his life. In between, we present the photographs from his 'classical' period Hillybilly shuffle with songs like City Lights, Crazy Arms, My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You, Heartaches By The Number, Nightlife, Release Me and I've Got A New Heartache.

With six Grammy Awards and 40 chart-topping singles over a career that s spanned more than four decades, Ronnie Milsap has established himself as one of country music s undisputed legends. To celebrate his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2014, RCA Records/Legacy Recordings will release The RCA Albums Collection, a comprehensive box set featuring all of Milsap s original albums for RCA Records, many appearing on CD for the first time. In spite of Milsap s incredible success, virtually none of these albums have seen a CD release, and the ability to appreciate his catalog at large has been overlooked as a result. The RCA Albums Collection fixes this, bringing all of Milsap s albums for the label together in one attractive box set, featuring CD-sized recreations of the original album artwork and a booklet featuring photos from Milsap s career, detailed discographical information and new remarks from Milsap himself on each album.

CD1-6 - All the greatest Smokie hits. CD7 - The best country songs. CD8 - The fantastic hits live. CD9 - The beautiful Christmas songs. CD10 - 10 brand new party medley-mix.