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If you used to buy the Now albums what number was your first one?

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AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 20:41

33 for me, brought on double cassette from good old Woolies.

I know they are viewed by many as being deeply uncool but individual albums were way too expensive for me as a pre-teen. I think they featured on all my teen Xmas lists too and I remember the adverts with Mark Goodier doing the voice over.

I still have a very soft spot for them, even though when I occasionally pick one up for a nosy at I have no idea who 99% of the tracklists are, but I don't think I'm their target audience anymore anyway!

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Xyz1234567 · 23/11/2024 20:59

I got the first one on vinyl for Christmas 1983 from my parents. I spent hours and hours in the dining room listening and singing along.
I was 14 and, thinking back, I'm struck by how different life is for 14 year old girls now. Life seemed a lot simpler then.

It was. And in many ways a lot better ☹️

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YesYesAllGood · 23/11/2024 21:02

9! It was played to death on my Walkman.

Rowgtfc72 · 23/11/2024 21:02

Now 5 and hits 5 on double cassettes.

SevenKingsMustDie · 23/11/2024 21:03

BarbaraWoodlouse · 23/11/2024 20:46

Now8 - Christmas’86 on double cassette

Snap! Me too!

loobylou10 · 23/11/2024 21:03

The first one on vinyl. It was just called Now! I'm that old.

BaldingClare · 23/11/2024 21:04

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Newsenmum · 23/11/2024 21:04

@Fridgetapas me too and I think it was the first album I ever bought by myself. Oh the memories.

GroovyChick87 · 23/11/2024 21:04

It was Now 38. I was about 10 and I got it for Christmas.

NetDesMamans1 · 23/11/2024 21:04

The first one I bought was Now 8, on double vinyl LP, from Boots in Bradford. Birthday vouchers.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:05

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Silly me 🤣🤣

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Branleuse · 23/11/2024 21:06

Now 2 and now 3 I had on vinyl.

Sprookjesbos · 23/11/2024 21:07

Now 32! Think it had the spice girls on. I still remember the thrill when I opened it on Christmas day!

gulpygulpygators · 23/11/2024 21:07

Now 12, summer 1988. Bought with a “record voucher” 😃. Listened to it non stop all summer on my blue Walkman!

Scrimt · 23/11/2024 21:08

I was just talking about this to a friend the other day.

Mine was Now 11 (1988), and it was the double cassette format.

yipyipyop · 23/11/2024 21:09

Now 29 on tape

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:09

GroovyChick87 · 23/11/2024 21:04

It was Now 38. I was about 10 and I got it for Christmas.

All I remember is that it had Tubthumping by Chumbawumba as track 1 and after I'd played it 68 million times I never wanted to hear it again!

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GrandTheftWalrus · 23/11/2024 21:11

Think mine was now 33 on double tape which I bought in Our Price in Glasgow airport going on my first holiday abroad. I was 13.

BaldingClare · 23/11/2024 21:12

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GrandTheftWalrus · 23/11/2024 21:13

No it was now 40, just looked it up.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:13

33 was great, it had masses of britpop acts on it and some utterly crazy randomness to balance it out.

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angryanderson88 · 23/11/2024 21:13

RosieLeaf · 23/11/2024 20:46

23, on tape, with the lyrics inside of the booklet, also bought from woolies

Snap on both counts! 92 I think. Ebeneezer good, Barcelona, Sleeping Satellite...

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:14

@GrandTheftWalrus Still not bad!

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GroovyChick87 · 23/11/2024 21:14

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:09

All I remember is that it had Tubthumping by Chumbawumba as track 1 and after I'd played it 68 million times I never wanted to hear it again!

Yes it did. It had Hanson singing " where's the love" as one of the first few tracks and Disc 2 had Ewan McGregor's Choose Life.

BaldingClare · 23/11/2024 21:15

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GrandTheftWalrus · 23/11/2024 21:15

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 23/11/2024 21:14

@GrandTheftWalrus Still not bad!

Just read thru the track listing and was immediately transported back to that holiday!

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