Various Artists 80s Radio Hits 2024 320 Kbps

4CD 90-track anthology tracing the development of indie music from the Baggy sound of 1989 to the early days of the Britpop explosion in 1994. Includes many hit singles and cult rarities. Key artists include Blur, Pulp, Suede, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller, The La’s, Primal Scream, Saint Etienne, Ocean Colour Scene, Happy Mondays, Manic Street Preachers, Supergrass, Ride, Sleeper, Gene, Echobelly, The Bluetones and Cast.

60 unforgettable hits from the decade that brought us Top Gun and The Breakfast Club. Spectrum Music, Universal, Sony Music Entertainment! There was no greater era for movie soundtracks than the 80s! Featuring some of the most iconic and memorable soundtrack moments from artists and movies such as Kenny Loggins with the title track to Footloose, Survivor with ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ from Rocky III, Huey Lewis & The News with ‘The Power Of Love’ in Back To The Future, Simple Minds’ ‘Don’t You Forget About Me’ from the Breakfast Club and Gladys Knight’s classic Bond theme from Licence To Kill plus many more. This epic 3CD product will have you reminiscing on those beloved 80s film classics and their amazing music.

Known for his eccentric nature, French pop songwriter Michel Polnareff created a buzz for himself in the early to mid-'60s when his debut single, "La Poupée Qui Fait Non," rocketed to the top of the French charts, but it was his early-'70s release, Polnareff's, that cemented him a place as a legend in French pop. Polnareff was raised in Paris somewhat as a child of the arts, his mother, Simone Lane, was a dancer and his father, Leib Polnareff, a musician who played sideman under the name Léo Poll for many artists, including Edith Piaf. The two immersed young Polnareff in music, shaping his ambitions, so it is no surprise that he learned piano by the age of five and was writing music at 11.

NOW That’s What I Call Music! is excited to celebrate our 40th anniversary, and we are proud to present four very special collector’s editions that together present 250 essential hits from the past 40 years on CD. The first of these is NOW That's What I Call 40 Years: Volume 1 - 1983-1993. Looking back at 10 years of huge Pop hits, this special edition 3CD is housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 26-page booklet featuring a summary of the era, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, plus original singles and NOW artwork.

Five CD set bringing a comprehensive, big-tent look at the early years of punk rock in the US and Canada. Over six hours of music. Includes benchmark tracks by the scene's most influential bands plus many rare singles making their first appearance on CD. This five CD includes influential NYC bands - Patti Smith Group, The Ramones, Television, Blondie, The Voidoids, etc. - as well as the scene's other pioneers such as Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys (both Cleveland, Ohio), Dead Kennedys and Crime (San Francisco), Devo (Akron, Ohio), The Germs and The Weirdos (Los Angeles) and Mission of Burma (Boston, Massachusetts). Blank Generation offers a deliberately broad definition of punk, encompassing contributions from such outré acts as Suicide, The Cramps and The Residents through to new wave/power pop combos (Sneakers, Chris Stamey & the dB's, etc.). While the US punk scene was arguably always more diverse musically than that of the UK, the music evolved quickly, as evinced by the choices heard on Discs 4 and 5. Many of the acts here such as X, The Replacements, The Feelies, Redd Kross, The Dream Syndicate, The Gun Club and Minor Threat would make an even greater impact as the 1980s wore on. It's hard to overestimate the seismic shocks caused by the music on 'Blank Generation', not only on everything in alternative music which followed in North American, from the 80s hardcore scene and the music heard on the whole alternative college radio network through to grunge and beyond. And yet this era has never before been treated to a comprehensive retrospective of this kind.