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Ben and Ed Present: From Then
Looking back at the NOW That's What I Call Music! series Ben and Ed look at the albums, the stats and the history behind the worlds most popular music compilation series. Taking a look a 6 albums in an episode every week, picking one song each from the albums. Listen to all the music from each episode on Spotify search Ben and Ed Present. We've also been nominated for Best Specialist Music Programme at the HBA Awards 2019!
A pleasing resurgence of the mighty saxophone is prominent in this episode, where we also see a record label change. Plus novelty is prevalent courtesy of former paintballing tv stars and an Aussie omnivorous mammal.
Singer Songwriters are well and truly back in the charts throughout Nows 79 to 84. Plus artists from South Korea and Nigeria join the NOW Party too!
Ben and Ed get in a spin over Christmas as well as hearing the youngest ever artist to appear on NOW.
The NOW family’s newest members get discussed in this episode as we see NOW supplement the number series with more and more themed spin off releases.
We bid au revoir to the final original format, the cassette, and welcome in the download. We are joined in the NOW series for the first time by a Bajan artist. Plus Ed asks what time is it?
We take a look at artists who think ‘anything you can I do, I can do better’ with their response records and celebrate NOW’s Diamond Jubilee.
In this episode we see the return of the TV talent show star, and act begin their unbeaten record breaking run of appearances. Listen to find out who they are, plus our choices from the early 00’s albums.
We herald in a new millennium and see how NOW fairs in a world with new technology and new genres. Plus novelty reigns supreme throughout these albums, but where are they now?
The NOW brand expanded out into new continents and countries including the good ol’ U S of A in 1998, which we explore in this episode. Plus Ben has two choices from Danish artists!
We progress into the mid-90s in this episode, ushering in Britpop as well as saying goodbye to the old, in with the new. Some songs also prove that one appearance in the series just isn’t enough.
NOW always depicts popular songs of the time but not all these songs stand the test of time, and we see many one hit wonders during these releases. Plus the NOW CD loses a few pounds!
During this episode we see the NOW That's What I Call Music series start to look like what we know and love today as a major rebrand occurs. We talk through early 90s favourites and also see Robbie Williams’ first Now appearance.
As we say goodbye to the 80's we talk about people who have never appeared on a NOW album. Plus our favourites from another 6 albums.
Part two on our journey through NOW That's What I Call Music and we start to see the first spinoffs from the main series. Plus we talk the future format 'CD'.
Our journey through the NOW That's What I Call Music! series beginning at number 1 as we start picking our favourite tracks from every release in the main compilation series.