Simple Minds Glittering Prize

The most beautiful New Romantic by Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, The Human League and many more on one compilation!

'Live In the City of Angels' is a 40-track live album, recorded on the band's last tour. In a career spanning four decades, the set includes tracks, new and old, from 1980's: 'Empires and Dance', right through to 2018's: 'Walk Between Worlds'.

'Live In the City of Angels' is a 40-track live album, recorded on the band's last tour. In a career spanning four decades, the set includes tracks, new and old, from 1980's: 'Empires and Dance', right through to 2018's: 'Walk Between Worlds'.

Now That’s What I Call Music continue their year-by-year examination of extended mixes from the 1980s with another 4CD set representing ‘Part 2’ of 1982. This package continues no fewer than 49 mixes of songs by some of the most innovative and famous artists of the decade, including Wham!, Duran Duran, Haircut 100, Talk Talk, Soft Cell, Japan, Simple Minds, Heaven 17, The Associates, Thomas Dolby, Visage, ABC, Blondie, China Crisis and many more.

2011 five CD collection containing 100 songs that helped shape the New Romantic movement of the late '70s and early '80s. Includes tracks from Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, OMD, Classix Nouveaux, Japan, Talk Talk, John Foxx, Ultravox, a Flock of Seagulls and many others. DMG 100. 100 Hits begins with some songs that might be termed new romantic, then shifts into non-romantic synth pop, then sophisti-pop, and then, suddenly, it looks more like a compilation more accurately classified as "'80s pop, alternative, and mainstream." Like the other sets in the 100 Hits series from the U.K.'s EMI-funded Demon label, 100 Hits: The New Romantics features 20 songs on each one of its five discs and provides a big chunk of music for a small price. This is ideal for hoarders who care more about obtaining a wide swath of songs on a budget than focused track lists with nice packaging. Most of the tracks were, indeed, hits, new romantic or not. Duran Duran's "Planet Earth," Japan's "Ghosts," the Human League's "Sound of the Crowd," and Thomas Dolby's "Hyperactive!" are among the highlights.

The music of the 80s on records, tape recordings, translated into electronic formats is relatively simple and focused on the mass listener.. Those who listened to it then - still listen, many of those who created it are still alive, which means that it is possible to tell about this period of development of world music long, much and comprehensively. This time there are music channels on television and formed by the industry production of video clips. With the advent of music videos increases the role of the appearance of the artist: pop music is associated with attractiveness, sexuality and outrageous. Top of the Pops is a weekly BBC One television program that features artists mostly from a British single.

The NOW 12” 80s series is back with the latest addition – NOW 12” 80s: 1982 – Part 2 – to be released on April 12th.
1982 was a year of rapid change, both culturally and on the charts, and with too many essential 12”’s to all be included on one volume, Part 2 features a further 49 extended, full-length, or remixed versions across four CDs from some of the most innovative and popular artists of the era. This was the year when 12" singles became an essential part of a singles’ release, creating a unique experience for fans across all genres from Disco, through New Wave, New Romantic, and to the fresh synth-driven Pop of 1982.

The Hits Album: The Electronic Album - 80 massive synth-pop and electro-dance classics to get your feet moving, including: Soft Cell, Simple Minds, The Cure, Tears For Fears, Japan, The Human League, Donna Summer and many more! 4CDs packaged in an attractive fold out card digipack.

Following the recent release of ‘NOW – Yearbook 1982’, we are continuing the celebration of that phenomenal year of pop with ‘Now – Yearbook Extra 1982’; a limited edition 3CD.
62 essential tracks that we couldn’t fit on ‘Yearbook 1982’ include smash hits from The Jam, Soft Cell, Madness, Monsoon, Trio, Simple Minds, Japan, The Stranglers and Dexys Midnight Runners.
1982 saw a huge influx of new synth and pop bands in the charts – with many finding worldwide success complimented by the rise of MTV. Duran Duran cemented their success with the release of their ‘Rio’ album, and its title track is the perfect first track here. ABC, Adam Ant, Spandau Ballet and Culture Club with their Top 3 ‘Time (Clock Of The Heart)’ all follow, as do ABBA with ‘Head Over Heels’, the second single released from ‘The Visitors’ – the last studio album from the band for nearly 40 years. Disc 1 signs off with Captain Sensible’s No. 1 cover of ‘Happy Talk’, and Chas & Dave’s biggest ‘Ain’t No Pleasing You’.