Now That's What I Call Music – The Summer Album Explained

Now That's What I Call Music - The Summer Album
Type:Compilation
Artist:Various artists
Cover:Now That's What I Call Music – The Summer Album.webp
Released:6 July 1986
Recorded:1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985
Genre:Pop
Label:EMI / Virgin

Now That's What I Call Music – The Summer Album is a compilation album released on 6 July 1986 as a part of the Now! series in the United Kingdom. It takes the form as a special album in the series.

It contains the songs "Here Comes the Sun" and "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles, which is rare because Apple Records don't often allow their songs to appear on compilation albums.[1] It was released on cassette and vinyl.

Track listing

Record/Tape 1 Side 1 (1)

  1. The Young Rascals - "Groovin'"
  2. The Isley Brothers - "Summer Breeze"
  3. The Beach Boys - "Do It Again"
  4. Bill Withers - "Lovely Day"
  5. 10cc - "Dreadlock Holiday"
  6. Astrud Gilberto - "The Girl from Ipanema"
  7. Bobby Goldsboro - "Summer (The First Time)"

Record/Tape 1 Side 2 (2)

  1. Cliff Richard & The Shadows - "Summer Holiday"
  2. The Beach Boys - "California Girls"
  3. Eddie Cochran - "Summertime Blues"
  4. The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"
  5. The Drifters - "Under the Boardwalk"
  6. The Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreamin'"
  7. Scott McKenzie - "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"
  8. The Beatles - "All You Need Is Love" (from the film "Yellow Submarine")

Record/Tape 2 Side 1 (3)

  1. Level 42 - "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)"
  2. Katrina and the Waves - "Walking on Sunshine"
  3. KC and the Sunshine Band - "Give It Up"
  4. Haircut One Hundred - "Fantastic Day"
  5. Elton John - "Island Girl"
  6. Martha & The Muffins - "Echo Beach"
  7. The Barracudas - "Summer Fun"

Record/Tape 2 Side 2 (4)

  1. The Beatles - "Here Comes the Sun"
  2. Cliff Richard - "The Day I Met Marie"
  3. Mungo Jerry - "In the Summertime"
  4. Small Faces - "Lazy Sunday"
  5. The Lovin' Spoonful - "Summer in the City"
  6. The Lovin' Spoonful - "Daydream"
  7. The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"
  8. Jerry Keller - "Here Comes Summer"

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Notes and References

  1. News: Tominey . Camilla . 22 May 2016 . Queen's 90th birthday: The Beatles to feature on new compilation album . 2024-07-23 . Express . ProQuest.

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