VA - NOW Yearbook Extra '73 (60 More Essential Hits From 1973) (2023)

NOW Music is proud to present 60 more essential gems from the stellar Pop year of 1973 – NOW – Yearbook Extra 1973.
CD1 kicks off with two of the year’s massive #1s – Slade with ‘Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me’, and ‘Angel Fingers’ from Wizzard leading a run of unforgettable Glam Pop and Rock from T.Rex, Sweet, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Mott The Hoople and Roxy Music. David Essex scored his second Top 10 hit, and 10cc their third - both feature - plus ballads from Gilbert O’Sullivan, and ‘The Twelfth Of Never’ from Donny Osmond which was another of 1973’s #1s. Disc 1 closes with Gladys Knight and The Pips, The Stylistics, Jackson 5, The Spinners and Timmy Thomas with some of the year’s Soul classics.

Paul McCartney and Wings open CD2 with ‘Hi, Hi, Hi’, before Electric Light Orchestra’s ‘Showdown’, and ‘Joybringer’ from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Next up is a superb run of Rock classics from Nazareth, Geordie, Status Quo, The Edgar Winter Group, Alice Cooper, and Argent ahead of some softer Pop-Rock from Albert Hammond, The Allman Brothers Band and Hudson-Ford. Singles from Paul Simon and Dave Edmunds lead into more of ‘73’s Soul hits with tracks included from Eddie Kendricks, and Jr. Walker and The All Stars, before closing the disc with ballads from Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, Sylvia and Dobie Gray.

The final disc begins with an enduring classic, ‘Daniel’ from Elton John, and singer-songwriters Carly Simon and Jim Croce with his U.S. #1 ‘Time In A Bottle’. Timeless tracks that were similarly big U.S. hits from Helen Reddy, John Denver, and the theme from the film Deliverance, ‘Dueling Banjos’ follow. CD3 also features more Glam-tinged memories from Slade, T.Rex, Wizzard and Mott The Hoople before some pure Pop nuggets including hits from Blue Mink, White Plains, Dawn feat. Tony Orlando, Tony Christie, and The New Seekers’ take on ‘Pinball Wizard’ coupled with ‘See Me Feel Me’. Ballads from Elvis Presley and Charles Aznavour are among the last run of tracks and are joined by big hits enjoying a re-release in 1973 from Guy Darrell, Al Martino, and signing-off with the timeless Halloween favourite ‘Monster Mash’ from Bobby “Boris” Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers.

NOW – Yearbook Extra 1973 – a further celebration of the diversity and magic of the year in Pop.

Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me - Slade
2 Angel Fingers - Wizzard
3 Solid Gold Easy Action - T.Rex
4 Hell Raiser - Sweet
5 Daytona Demon - Suzi Quatro
6 Hypnosis - Mud
7 Do You Wanna Dance? - Barry Blue
8 All the Way from Memphis - Mott the Hoople
9 Pyjamarama - Roxy Music
10 Lamplight - David Essex
11 The Dean and I - 10cc
12 Why Oh Why Oh Why - Gilbert O'Sullivan
13 The Twelfth of Never - Donny Osmond
14 Daddy's Home - Jermaine Jackson
15 The Look of Love - Gladys Knight & The Pips
16 Break Up to Make Up - The Stylistics
17 Skywriter - The Jackson 5
18 I'm Doin' Fine Now - New York City
19 Ghetto Child - The Spinners
20 Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas
Disc: 2
1 Hi, Hi, Hi - Paul McCartney & Wings
2 Showdown - Electric Light Orchestra
3 Joybringer - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
4 Broken Down Angel - Nazareth
5 All Because of You - Geordie
6 Paper Plane - Status Quo
7 Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
8 Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper
9 God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You - Argent
10 The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond
11 Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
12 Pick Up the Pieces - Hudson-Ford
13 Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon
14 Baby I Love You - Dave Edmunds
15 Hallelujah Day - The Jackson 5
16 Keep On Truckin' - Eddie Kendricks
17 Take Me Girl, I'm Ready - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
18 You're a Special Part of Me - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
19 Pillow Talk - Sylvia
20 Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Disc: 3
1 Daniel - Elton John
2 The Right Thing to Do - Carly Simon
3 Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
4 Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy
5 Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
6 Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandel
7 My Friend Stan - Slade
8 The Groover - T.Rex
9 Ball Park Incident - Wizzard
10 Honaloochie Boogie - Mott the Hoople
11 Randy - Blue Mink
12 Step Into a Dream - White Plains
13 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Dawn
14 Pinball Wizard/See Me Feel Me - The New Seekers
15 Avenues and Alleyways - Tony Christie
16 I've Been Hurt - Guy Darrell
17 Spanish Eyes - Al Martino
18 Fool - Elvis Presley
19 The Old Fashioned Way (Les Plaisirs Démodés) - Charles Aznavour
20 Monster Mash - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers

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