One Hot Summer

As its title implies Summer Songs, Summer Love, Summer Fun is packed full of summer songs: many have summer or summertime in their title, while others reference summer activities or preoccupations. Compiled by Austin Powell, and covering the years 1952 to 1962, the 81-track 3CD set Summer Songs, Summer Love, Summer Fun quite conceivably packs in more summer songs than any other compilation. Generally, every song appears just once, but two versions apiece of Here Comes Summer, The Green Leaves Of Summer and Summertime Blues, plus vocal and instrumental versions of Theme From A Summer Place, all make for interesting comparison. As summer turns to autumn, so not every summer song will be a happy one.

Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the rural south are forced to confront a tangle of difficult choices in a decaying world. An ambitiously constructed, sensuously photographed meditation on adolescence, the first feature film by director David Gordon Green features breakout performances from an award-winning ensemble cast.

"I Remember Yesterday" is the 5th studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer. It was released on May 13, 1977, seven months after the release of her previous album. Like her previous three albums, it was a concept album, this time seeing Summer combining the recent disco sound with various sounds of the past. "I Remember Yesterday" includes the singles "Can't We Just Sit Down (And Talk It Over)", "I Feel Love", the title track, "Love's Unkind" and "Back in Love Again". "I Feel Love" and "Love's Unkind" proved to be the album's most popular and enduring hits, the former of which came to be one of Summer's signature songs. The album was recorded in Munich at Musicland Studios and Arco Studios with Summer's long-term collaborators and production team headed by producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Arrangements were handled by Thor Baldursson. The artwork was designed by Gribbitt! with photography by Victor Skrebneski.

"She Works Hard For The Money" is the eleventh studio classic by the disco legend. It includes the title track, one of Summer’s biggest hits, which reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album charted in the Top Ten on the Billboard 200 and Billboard’s Top R&B Albums. “He’s A Rebel” won Summer a GRAMMY for Inspirational Recording.

NOW Music proudly presents the next electrifying chapter in the ‘NOW 12” 80s’ series – NOW 12” 80s: 1983 – Part 1, out 19th July 2024. With 46 extended, full-length, or remixed versions that encapsulate the vibrant evolution of 80s music, this collection spans the dynamic spectrum of the year, featuring Synth-Pop and New-Wave hits alongside the catchy grooves of Pop-Dance and Disco. This essential compilation is perfect for both dancefloors and collectors. CD1 opens with two of 1983’s biggest artists with Wham!’s "Bad Boys”, followed by Eurythmics’ (over 12 minutes remix of) "Right By Your Side”. Revel in the huge tracks from Duran Duran with "Union Of The Snake (The Monkey Mix)", and the extended “Communication” by Spandau Ballet. The Human League keeps the momentum with their massive hit "(Keep Feeling) Fascination", while Howard Jones and Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark keep the Synth-Pop strong with "New Song" and "Genetic Engineering" respectively. Extended versions from Blancmange, Ultravox, and Tears For Fears are also featured on the stunning first disc.