I've calculated that it has taken 26 years to get to Now that's what I call music ...74. That's almost an average of three editions of the fabulous pop compilation each year since December 1983.
I actually went on a Geography field trip to Scandinavia in the summer of 1984, happily clutching the cassettes of volumes 1 and 2. Volume one actually contains Men at Work, probably my first taste of the place called Australia!
Every so often I find myself craving the next dose of Now. What has made it, although there are some songs that should never make it, to the illustrious Now stage I ask myself? From Australia I tend to look at Amazon.uk and order a batch load of the Nows. The pleasure I get in listening to the tracks that are gracing Radio 1 or Capital Radio makes me nostalgic.
As I type this I'm listening to Now 72. I hope Now never stops, it is the only thing I do with any regularity that is a link to the UK. I don't get nostalgic for M&S but the music and dancing scene is something that I still remember with fondness, even pop!
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