NOW Yearbook ’85‐’89: The Final Chapter

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

In series: Now Yearbook ('85-'89)

A 4-CD compilation released in a 4-panel digifile.

The title is listed differently on the front and the spine of the digifile, and on the CDs:
* Front of digifile: THE FINAL CHAPTER NOW YEARBOOK '85-'89
* Spine of digifile: NOW YEARBOOK 1985-1989: THE FINAL CHAPTER
* CDs: NOW YEARBOOK '85 '89

Additional info:
1-1: Remastered 2011
1-6: 2022 Remaster
2-2: Remastered 2011
3-4: 2022 Remaster

Track durations are not printed on the release; timings are from CDs in computer

Other Identifiers
Label Code: LC48653
Rights Society: BIEM / SDRM
Other (CD1 Catalogue No.): 0602478859038
Other (CD2 Catalogue No.): 0602478859045
Other (CD3 Catalogue No.): 0602478859052
Other (CD4 Catalogue No.): 0602478859069
Matrix / Runout (CD1): [Universal logo x 4] 58665481/00602478859038 23
Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LB47
Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 0705
Matrix / Runout (CD2): [Universal logo x 4] 58665478/00602478859045 22
Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LB 45
Matrix / Runout (CD3): [Universal logo x 4] 58665455/00602478859052 21
Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LB47
Matrix / Runout (CD4): [Universal logo x 4] 58665452/00602478859069 23
Mastering SID Code (CD4): IFPI LB47

Annotation last modified on 2026-04-17 16:43 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Great Pretender
engineer:
Richard Dodd (mastering engineer, producer and engineer) and David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
producer:
Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran (keyboardist, songwriter, film and TV composer, producer) and David Richards (Swiss-based producer and engineer)
bass:
Alan Jones (bass player)
drums (drum set):
Harold Fisher
keyboard and piano:
Mike Moran (keyboardist, songwriter, film and TV composer, producer)
background vocals:
Peter Straker (Jamaican born singer) and Roger Taylor (Queen drummer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Freddie Mercury
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Songs Ltd. (copyright holders, publishing company of Freddie Mercury) (in 1987, from 1999 until 2000)
recorded at:
Ripe Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom and The Town House in Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
The Great Pretender
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music (publisher), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Freddie Mercury3.53:27
2Alone
Heart3:37
3You’re the Inspiration
Chicago3:50
4I Will Be With You
T’Pau4:06
5I Can’t Stand the Rain
Tina Turner3:43
6I Don’t Want a Lover
Texas4:21
7All Day and All of the Night
The Stranglers2:31
8Wages Day
Deacon Blue3:12
9Look Away
recording of:
Look Away
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Adamson
publisher:
Big Country Music Ltd. and Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1986)
Big Country4:25
10Ghostdancing
Simple Minds4:45
11Stand
R.E.M.3:11
12Catch
The Cure2:44
13State of the Nation
New Order3:31
14Dominion
producer:
Larry Alexander (producer/engineer), Andrew Eldritch and Jim Steinman
recording of:
Dominion
lyricist and composer:
Andrew Eldritch
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
The Sisters of Mercy45:08
15In Too Deep
Dead or Alive3:49
16King in a Catholic Style (Wake Up)
China Crisis4:30
17Alone Without You
recording of:
Alone Without You
lyricist and composer:
Paul King (British-Irish singer/musician/VJ)
King3:35
18International Rescue
engineer:
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
recording of:
International Rescue
writer:
Joanne Dunne, Margaret Dunne (Fuzzbox), Tina O'Neill and Liam Sternberg
Fuzzbox3:30
19Excitable
Amazulu3:20
20Give a Little Love
Aswad3:51
21Don’t Break My Heart
music videos:
Don’t Break My Heart by UB40
recording of:
Don’t Break My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Deborah Banks, Jim Brown (UB40 drummer), Ali Campbell (UB40’s former vocalist), Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Michael Virtue and Terence Wilson (aka Astro of UB40)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and DEP International (UB40)
UB4033:52
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4▶CD

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Release

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