Now, that’s what I call longevity

Kieran O’Mahony’s first vinyl album, in 1983, was the debut of music’s most enduring compilation.

IT was top of my Christmas list 30 years ago. I got my first record, Now, That’s What I Call Music (NOW), named after a 1920s Danish bacon poster. It was a double vinyl with 30 chart tracks.

That compilation was pop nirvana. No more taping off the radio to make my own mixes. I had the real deal.