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After the Now Dance 2007 page was just redirected here, I've flagged the remaining two UK Now Dance album pages for deletion. I can't see any reason to keep those two any more than the others.

Is there some consistent position on this? I find it strange that all but the first UK release in the main series has been folded into this page, but odd other releases still have their own page, and a large number still exist for the US and Australia, listed in the box in the footer. I can see why keeping the first ever release (UK Now 1) is notable, but why are we keeping e.g. Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (American series) but not the earlier UK Now 37? GNU/Andrew (talk) 02:57, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Simply because nobody has got around to looking at the series outside of the main UK one, I guess. For what it's worth, growing up in the UK in the 1980s and reading music magazines, I'm fairly sure I remember seeing reviews for most of the first half dozen Now!s, as they were still something of a novelty then. But once they were joined by the Hits series from CBS/WEA at regular four-month intervals, interest trailed off very quickly. Apart from these early UK Now albums and possibly the first Christmas album, I agree that there is little point in having articles for any other Now album around the world. Virtually all "various artists" compilations are non-notable because there's nothing you can say about a bunch of old songs apart from the album's chart position. Richard3120 (talk) 03:12, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 11 § Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 03:43, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 September 19 § Now Dance 89 - 20 Smash Dance Hits (The 12" Mixes until a consensus is reached. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 22:12, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NOW 64 cassette release is seemingly fake

Rumours abound that a cassette version of NOW 64 was released in 2006, but it is not true. Countless websites and news articles written by journalists will say otherwise, so there are countless collectors out there who are looking for NOW 64 on tape in vain. Granted, there was a cassette version of NOW 64 added to the Discogs database a few years ago, but the the submitter was unable to provide any definitive evidence they actually owned a copy, so it was removed. The images of the cassette shell that were uploaded by the submitter were very obviously faked, with the cover being a compressed crop of the CD artwork (and not even the correct dimensions for a cassette sleeve), and the image of the cassette shell showing an angled cassette with otherwise perfectly straight text.

Some sources (by which I mean online comments) make reference to there being '100 copies' manufactured, so any copies of NOW 64 on cassette are therefore incredibly hard to find. In theory, this may have been possible if we're talking about a promo release, but seeing as previous editions of the NOW series only had promo copies released on CDr, it makes no sense why the dying cassette format would suddenly be a desirable way to promote a mainstream, commercial release. And there is no reason why any mainstream record company would ever go through the hassle of designing, printing and distributing so few copies, with the possible exception of a mail order sort of thing for die-hard tapeheads. Again, this seems highly unlikely as the NOW series is so popular and well-researched by fans, that those who were most likely to have obtained a copy this way would have added it to Discogs or shown it off as part of their collection by now, nestled next to NOW 35 on vinyl and NOW 4 on CD. Even the most fanatical NOW collectors I have met (and I've met quite a few) have never owned or mentioned a NOW 64 cassette, so if they don't have one, who does?

All my own research suggests that NOW 63 was the final cassette to be released in the main UK series. Admittedly, not everything on the Internet is correct, and I may one day be proved wrong. But if I am, I'm pretty sure it won't be long before someone then claims there was a NOW 65 on cassette too. BuggleJuggle (talk) 13:25, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]