The Hit Factory Ultimate Collection [Audio CD]

This very special 3 disc CD collection celebrates the legacy and phenomenal chart success of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman songwriting and production team, who provided the soundtrack to a golden age of pop. The hit making partnership of Mike Stock, Matt Aikten and Pete Waterman formed in 1984 and scored their first number one Artwork TBC chart topper at the start of 1985 with Dead or Alive’s ‘You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)’.

Momentum continued to build with Bananarama’s ‘Venus’ topping the US charts in 1986, and with SAW pioneering the UK house sound with Mel and Kim who hit No.1 with ‘Respectable’ in 1987. From then on the hits came thick and fast with Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Rick Astley all scoring hits around the world.

In just over seven years, Stock, Aitken & Waterman had scored thirteen number ones and are now recognized as the most successful and prolific writing and production team in UK chart history.

This brand new collection, endorsed and promoted by Pete Waterman himself, brings together their most memorable hits and includes a special bonus CD of original extended mixes. Once called ‘The Sound of a Bright Young Britain’, PWL’s Hit Factory undoubtedly now stands as the soundtrack of a generation, with over 500 million sales worldwide.

‘The Hit Factory Ultimate Collection’ brings together the Hit Factory’s finest moments making this collection a must-have for all fans of great timeless pop music.