The main collection and now this “extra” companion compilation, collect some of the essential singles from the year, along with some less obvious (and sometimes skippable) tracks to highlight the diversity of the charts in 1979. One important point – if a track from an Extra Plus playlist is subsequently included on a future Yearbook or Extra release, then a substitution will be made. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. engineer: Mark Dearnley, Dave Grinsted ( sound engineer) and Ashley Howe producer: Sally Oldfield assistant mixer: Julian Cooper ( engineer) and John Gallen mixer: Ashley Howe and Sally Oldfield arranger: Sally Oldfield phonographic copyright (℗) by: Bronze Records Ltd.

This track was co-written, produced and performed by Trevor Horn whose work would define the Pop landscape over the next few years – whilst the song would be the first to be played on MTV in the US when it launched in 1981. It's amazing how many great songs came out in 1979, the music business was clearly a different beast back then. I would love to start a thread illustrating where the “wrong” versions are always used on CDs, and I would do a playlist of these and “missing” tracks, but some are impossible to track down.Irving Music ( BMI), Music Sales Corporation ( American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Noted for the Record, Rondor Music (London) Ltd. the first of the aforementioned two chart-toppers for Gary Numan in 1979 – and closing with ‘Video Killed The Radio Star’ by The Buggles.

in 1977) and Impulsive Music(in 1977) recording of: Just the Way You Are ( Billy Joel song) lyricist and composer: Billy Joel publisher: April Music Inc. My Extra Plus 1983 playlist was created in December 2021 while Extra 1982 wasn’t released until March 2022.In some instances, I have had to settle for album versions on Spotify whereas for Mixcloud I would want to upload the single mix so there would be inconsistency. Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Yamaha Music EH(CM), Joelsongs(from 1977 to present), CBS Songs Ltd. However, every compilation I have (including Osmonds ones) has the same WRONG version, EXCEPT for Reader’s Digest Sounds Of The Seventies 1973, which got it right! Limited edition 3CD collection featuring an additional 67 tracks from the charts of 1979, making it the perfect complement to any Yearbook, '70s pop or NOW music collection.