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Iain McDermott

Celebrating all things related to the variously compiled world of pop.

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Average duration: 65 minutes
Episodes: 59
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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2021 - The Back to NOW Review!

Welcome and indeed the most festive of greetings, as the back to NOW podcast brings 2021 to a close.

And from a variously compiled world of pop viewpoint, what a fabulous year it has been!

For this sp…

01:03:00 | Fri 26 Nov 2021

NOW 64 - Summer '06: John Earls

Welcome to summer 2006!

And things were, indeed, Crazy.

That top selling nine-week run at No1 was significant for not just featuring (the not crime fighting rodent) Dangermouse but for being the fir…

01:08:21 | Thu 04 Nov 2021

NOW 57 - Spring ‘04: David Manero

So, where were you in 2004?

The pop charts were as fast moving as Dame Kelly Holmes in Athens and every week brought another selection of shiny pop hits. 29 tracks topped the charts across the twelve …

00:59:59 | Mon 11 Oct 2021

NOW 43 - Summer '99: Daryl Easlea

Summer 1999.

The End of the Century beckons.

As we prepared to send the clocks back to zero, millennium bugs threatened our very existence. David Bowie foretold us (well Jeremy Paxman, at least) that w…

01:03:13 | Fri 13 Aug 2021

Back to NOW - We Are One!

The podcast that celebrates the variously compiled world of pop is one year old.Over the past twelve months, thirteen wonderful guests have joined me to open up gatefold sleeves, slip out cassette in…

00:34:21 | Thu 29 Jul 2021

NOW 16 - Autumn ‘89: Siân Pattenden

It’s autumn 1989 and a decade where pop has transformed itself into an all encompassing mass culture is drawing to a spectacular close. Ten years have seen huge growth in music sales and an explosion…

01:09:17 | Thu 08 Jul 2021

NOW 10 – Autumn ’87: Justin Quirk

Autumn 1987 and the pop world is at a crossroads. Some of music’s Big Names are in need of some inspiration, trends were fast moving and the decade that brought us a plethora of pop glitz and glamour…

01:16:36 | Tue 01 Jun 2021

NOW 13 - Autumn '88: Pete Paphides

It's November 1988, and the latest chapter in the successful NOW compilation series is launched - and looking at the cover, it really is heading out of this world!

And what an interesting period Autu…

01:15:48 | Tue 27 Apr 2021

Now, That's What I Call Music: Alexis Petridis

Every story has a beginning and in November 1983, EMI and Virgin came together to create their own piece of compilation history. And so it was, that a poster of a certain pig signalled a change in ho…

01:10:50 | Fri 19 Mar 2021

NOW 8 - Autumn '86: Johnny Kalifornia

It’s Autumn 1986 and the charts are once again filled with a glittering array of colourful, confident pop. The post-Live Aid landscape of 1985 has enabled its stars and supporting cast to build their…

00:57:48 | Mon 22 Feb 2021

NOW 11 - Spring '88: Mark Wood

It’s Spring 1988 and pop music is BIG once again!And as always, NOW That’s What I Call Music is there to capture the charts in all of its late 80s bombast as symbolised by Volume 11 and THAT wonderfu…

01:00:22 | Thu 04 Feb 2021

Compiling Stories: Bob Stanley

For this special episode, I am joined by musician, writer, DJ, and film producer Bob Stanley.Bob is a founder member of Saint Etienne, and a regular contributor to amongst others, The Guardian, The T…

00:56:28 | Sun 13 Dec 2020

NOW - The Christmas Album: Ian Wade

It's Christmas!!!In this episode we shamelessly deck the halls, crack open the eggnog and pass around mince pies in honour of NOW - The Christmas Album. Cue, sleigh bells!Join pop pundit & musician I…

01:13:26 | Thu 19 Nov 2020

NOW 2 - Spring ’84: Simon Philo

In 1984, it wasn't George Orwell's Big Brother that was beaming out of our TVs, it was (to quote Rick Astley), the Ruddy Big Pig.As the year began, the first NOW LP was dominating the charts, but its…

01:00:12 | Fri 23 Oct 2020

NOW4 - Autumn ‘84: Richard Drew

Joining me for this episode is RTS Nominated TV Production Designer Richard Drew. As well as ‘creating the magic’ for, amongst many others, The Inbetweeners, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and most …

00:56:28 | Fri 02 Oct 2020

NOW 17 - Spring ‘90: Michael Mulligan

1990 - A new decade dawns and with it comes a genre-bursting variety of pop opportunities. Dance, Indie....Indie dance!Whilst the top of the artist album charts celebrated classic artists such as Phi…

00:57:48 | Thu 10 Sep 2020

NOW 5 - Summer '85: Simon Galloway

1985 - a positive jamboree of pop and a fascinating year for the increasingly competitive compilation LPs. As NOW! faces stiff opposition from the record companies in the shape of HITS & OUT NOW! amo…

01:04:18 | Thu 20 Aug 2020

NOW 7 - Summer ‘86: Pete Selby

For this episode I had the great pleasure of chatting with author and publisher with Nine Eight Books Pete Selby. Amongst other accolades, Pete has co-authored two official books on the history of No…

00:55:44 | Wed 29 Jul 2020

Back To Now! Trailer

Welcome Back to NOW! A series of podcasts that celebrate all things related to the variously compiled world of pop.

As we open up the gatefold vinyl sleeves, unfold the cassette inlays or slip out CD…

00:00:48 | Fri 24 Jul 2020

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