NOW Music proudly presents the next release in our NOW Thats What I Call An Era series NOW That’s What I Call An Era – Disco: 1973-1980 a dazzling celebration of the golden age of disco.

This stunning 3LP set, pressed on blue, violet and pink vinyl, showcases 48 essential tracks that lit up the dancefloors, charts, and airwaves at the height of disco fever an era when glittering anthems, euphoric grooves, and iconic vocal performances defined nightlife around the world.

LP1 opens in iconic style with Chics monumental Le Freak followed by Sister Sledges equally legendary We Are Family, and Gloria Gaynors empowering #1 I Will Survive. Anthems follow from Sylvester with You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and Chaka Khan with Im Every Woman, ahead of the timeless Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton and the first side finishes with production by Chics Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards on massive hits for Diana Ross with Upside Down, and Sheila & B. Devotion with Spacer. Flip the LP over for Amii Stewarts version of Knock On Wood followed by The Three Degrees, Eruption and the first smash from Boney M., Daddy Cool. The Village People topped the chart with YMCA which has become an enduring party favourite, which leads to the infectious Lets All Chant from the Michael Zager Band, Lipps Inc. with Funkytown and to close the first LP, sci-fi disco from Dee D. Jackson with Automatic Lover.

LP2 begins with Donna Summers epic version of MacArthur Park, before Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions bring pure euphoria on Boogie Wonderland, and McFadden & Whitehead with the floor-filling Aint No Stoppin Us Now. Great vocals from Marvin Gaye and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes come ahead of George McCraes Rock Your Baby, one of the collections earliest and inspirational moments. UK artist Tina Charles hit the top with I Love To Love, and Andrea True Connection complete the side with the ear-worm More More More whilst over on the other side legends Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons hit dancefloor gold and the #1 spot with December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night), ahead of The Trammps with their era-defining Disco Inferno. A Taste Of Honey, Grace Jones and a second appearance from Diana Ross are up next before the LP closes with an enduring classic, Follow Me from Amanda Lear, Patrick Juvets I Love America, and Frantique with Strut Your Funky Stuff.

LP3 bursts to life with the international smash and UK #1, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie from Baccara, before a huge hit cover from Belle Epoque with Black Is Black. Next; Alicia Bridges, Rose Royce and UK chart toppers The Real Thing, ahead of funk-infused disco brilliance from Kool & The Gang and Barry White whilst the side closer is Yvonne Ellimans If I Cant Have You, from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and over on the final side theres a stellar run of Disco nuggets: kicking off with Elton Johns irresistible Are You Ready For Love, originally released in 1979 and a #1 in 2003 along with Boogie Nights from Heatwave, The Emotions with Best Of My Love, and LaBelles influential Lady Marmalade. The anthemic Got To Be Real from Cheryl Lynn is next ahead of the trio of closing tracks: Odyssey with the sublime Native New Yorker, Thelma Houstons Grammy-winning Dont Leave Me This Way, and fittingly, Donna Summers iconic Last Dance, ending the collection in perfect style.

An unforgettable journey through the songs that defined the dancefloor: NOW Thats What I Call An Era Disco: 1973-1980 the definitive celebration of discos golden age.