NOW – Yearbook 1972
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RELEASE DATE 8th MAY 2026
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NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series. It’s back to 1972 with 50 stellar tracks… Available as a 3-LP set pressed on beautiful blue vinyl. NOW – Yearbook 1972: Celebrating a brilliant year of pop singles.
Opening with an all-time favourite, usually reserved for Christmas-time listening, ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ by John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir – and it leads an opening run of classics including Rod Stewart’s #1 ‘You Wear It Well’, Don McLean with ‘American Pie’, ‘A Horse With No Name’ from America and a song by the same name ‘America’ from Simon & Garfunkel, released as a single in 1972 to promote the duo’s ‘Greatest Hits’ collection. More legendary U.S. artists follow including Harry Nilsson with his #1 ‘Without You’, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney & Wings with their first Top 10 hit ‘Mary Had A Little Lamb’.
Flip the LP over for ‘Baby I’m-A Want You’ from Bread, ‘Anticipation’ from Carly Simon and Neil Diamond with one of his signature tracks, U.S. #1, and the title of recent biopic ‘Song Sung Blue’. Gilbert O’Sullivan enjoyed his first chart-topper with ‘Clair’ while Colin Blunstone hit with ‘Say You Don’t Mind’ and Cat Stevens scored a Top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic with ‘Morning Has Broken’… Ten years before ‘Thriller’, Michael Jackson had his first solo hit with ‘Got To Be There’, and is followed by timeless songs from Labi Siffre with ‘It Must Be Love’ and Johnny Nash who enjoyed a massive hit with ‘I Can See Clearly Now’.
1972 saw Glam Rock become hugely popular, and LP2 kicks off at the rock end of glam with Alice Cooper and the anthemic #1 ‘School’s Out’, and followed by the superb art-rock of Roxy Music on their debut ‘Virginia Plain’ – and Mott The Hoople with the David Bowie written and produced ‘All The Young Dudes’ hitting the Top 3. Ahead of their biggest commercial year in ’73, Sweet scored their third Top 5 hit with ‘Wig Wam Bam’ and Slade follow with the second of two #1’s in 1972, ‘Mama Weer All Crazee Now’. Elton John had a huge year and Top 5 smash ‘Crocodile Rock’ is up next alongside another glam-flavoured chart-topper ‘Son Of My Father’ by Chicory Tip and co-written by Giorgio Moroder… and rounding off the side, Jeff Beck had a hit with the re-released ‘Hi Ho Silver Lining’ – whilst over on the other side – we are celebrating a great year for soul music on the charts with The Stylistics leading an incredible run of classics with ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’ ahead of ‘Lean On Me’ from Bill Withers, Love Unlimited’s sublime ‘Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love’ and ‘Family Affair’ a huge hit and a massively-influential track from Sly & The Family Stone… The O’Jays announced their ‘70s Philadelphia International era with ‘Back Stabbers’ and The Supremes and Michael Jackson also feature along with pop gems from Melanie with ‘Brand New Key’ and the massive selling ‘I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing’ a #1 from The New Seekers.
LP3 is packed with huge hits and launches with one of Elton John’s signature songs, the #2, ‘Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)’. Rod Stewart provided the stunning vocal on Python Lee Jackson’s ‘In A Broken Dream’ and Slade’s other #1 in ’72 ‘Take Me Bak ‘Ome’ is next, alongside the debut hit from Electric Light Orchestra, ‘10538 Overture’, which reached #9 and became the first of 13 Top 10 smashes they would enjoy in the ‘70s – and the huge ‘Silver Machine’ from Hawkwind featuring a pre-Motörhead Lemmy on lead vocals. The side finishes with ‘Lady Eleanor’ from Lindisfarne and ‘Burning Love’ a UK and US Top 10 hit for Elvis Presley… and on the final side…72’s easy listening and pure pop classics – opening in style with Shirley Bassey and her second ‘Bond’ theme ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ ahead of Andy Williams’ ‘Speak Softly Love’ – the theme from the year’s biggest film ‘The Godfather’. ‘The Way Of Love’ from Cher comes ahead of joyful pop nuggets from Sammy Davis Jr and Tony Christie with ‘(Is This The Way To) Amarillo’ reaching #18 in 1972 but hitting #1 33 years later! Up next, Paul Simon with his Top 5 hit ‘Mother And Child Reunion’, a #2 debut hit for Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show with ‘Sylvia’s Mother’ and Don McLean makes a second appearance with his #1 ‘Vincent’. It’s an instrumental that closes this collection – and 1972’s biggest selling single: Based on the arrangement of the previous year’s hit for Judy Collins, The Pipes and Drums Of The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards celebrated a huge selling version – featuring a bagpipe solo – of ‘Amazing Grace’.
NOW – Yearbook 1972 – a celebration of the diversity and wonderful creativity of a truly fabulous year in pop.
3LP
Side A
- John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
- Don McLean – American Pie
- America – A Horse With No Name
- Simon & Garfunkel – America
- Harry Nilsson – Without You
- Bob Dylan – If Not For You
- Paul McCartney & Wings – Mary Had A Little Lamb
Side B
- Bread – Baby I’m-A Want You
- Carly Simon – Anticipation
- Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue
- Gilbert O’Sullivan – Clair
- Colin Blunstone – Say You Don’t Mind
- Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
- Michael Jackson – Got To Be There
- Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love
- Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
Side C
- Alice Cooper – School’s Out
- Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
- Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
- Sweet – Wig Wam Bam
- Slade – Mama Weer All Crazee Now
- Elton John – Crocodile Rock
- Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father
- Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
Side D
- The Stylistics – Betcha By Golly, Wow
- Bill Withers – Lean On Me
- Love Unlimited – Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love
- Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair
- The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
- The Supremes – Floy Joy
- Michael Jackson – Ben
- Melanie – Brand New Key
- The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
Side E
- Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)
- Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart – In A Broken Dream
- Slade – Take Me Bak ‘Ome
- Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture
- Hawkwind – Silver Machine
- Lindisfarne – Lady Eleanor
- Elvis Presley – Burning Love
Side F
- Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever
- Andy Williams – Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From “The Godfather”)
- Cher – The Way Of Love
- Sammy Davis Jr. – The Candy Man
- Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
- Paul Simon – Mother And Child Reunion
- Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Sylvia’s Mother
- Don McLean – Vincent
- The Pipes And Drums Of The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace
4CD
CD1
- John Lennon, The Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono & The Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
- Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
- Don McLean – American Pie
- America – A Horse With No Name
- Simon & Garfunkel – America
- Carly Simon – Anticipation
- Bread – Baby I’m-A Want You
- Harry Nilsson – Without You
- Neil Diamond – Song Sung Blue
- Gilbert O’Sullivan – Clair
- Colin Blunstone – Say You Don’t Mind
- Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken
- Michael Jackson – Got To Be There
- Bill Withers – Lean On Me
- Labi Siffre – It Must Be Love
- Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
- Paul Simon – Mother And Child Reunion
- Bob Dylan – If Not For You
- Paul McCartney & Wings – Mary Had A Little Lamb
- Elvis Presley – I Just Can’t Help Believin’
CD2
- Alice Cooper – School’s Out
- Roxy Music – Virginia Plain
- Mott The Hoople – All The Young Dudes
- Sweet – Wig Wam Bam
- Slade – Mama Weer All Crazee Now
- Elton John – Crocodile Rock
- Chicory Tip – Son Of My Father
- Jeff Beck – Hi Ho Silver Lining
- Terry Dactyl & The Dinosaurs – Seaside Shuffle
- Blackfoot Sue – Standing In The Road
- Family – Burlesque
- Argent – Hold Your Head Up
- Free – Little Bit Of Love
- Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture
- Hawkwind – Silver Machine
- Lindisfarne – Lady Eleanor
- Marmalade – Radancer
- Jo Jo Gunne – Run Run Run
- The Move – California Man
- Chuck Berry – My Ding-A-Ling (Live At Lanchester Arts Festival, 1972)
CD3
- Shirley Bassey – Diamonds Are Forever
- Andy Williams – Speak Softly Love (Love Theme From “The Godfather”)
- Cher – The Way Of Love
- Sammy Davis Jr. – The Candy Man
- Tom Jones – The Young New Mexican Puppeteer
- Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
- Middle Of The Road – Soley Soley
- The New Seekers – Beg, Steal Or Borrow
- Vicky Leandros – Come What May
- Love Unlimited – Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love
- The Stylistics – Betcha By Golly, Wow
- Diana Ross – DoobeDood’nDoobe, DoobeDood’nDoobe, DoobeDood’nDoo
- The Supremes – Floy Joy
- Donnie Elbert – Where Did Our Love Go?
- The Drifters – Saturday Night At The Movies
- Archie Bell And The Drells – Here I Go Again
- Jackson 5 – Lookin’ Through The Windows
- The O’Jays – Back Stabbers
- The Staple Singers – I’ll Take You There
- Sly & The Family Stone – Family Affair
CD4
- Elton John – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long Long Time)
- Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart – In A Broken Dream
- Slade – Take Me Bak ‘Ome
- Sweet – Little Willy
- Elvis Presley – Burning Love
- Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)
- Don McLean – Vincent
- Michael Jackson – Ben
- The New Seekers – I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
- Melanie – Brand New Key
- Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show – Sylvia’s Mother
- Johnny Cash – A Thing Called Love
- Faron Young – It’s Four In The Morning
- The Fortunes – Storm In A Teacup
- Junior Campbell – Hallelujah Freedom
- Hurricane Smith – Oh, Babe What Would You Say
- Peter Skellern – You’re A Lady
- The Congregation – Softly Whispering I Love You
- Les Crane – Desiderata
- The Pipes And Drums Of The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – Amazing Grace
