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Now 04 (Australian series)

2003 compilation album by various artists; released in Australia

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ7065281 ↗
Source-derived summary

Now 04 is a compilation CD released under EMI Music Australia in 2003. Starting with this album, the CD contained pictures on the front and back covers. The album was the #11 compilation of the year and was certified platinum.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Now 04 (Australian series)” as 2003 compilation album by various artists; released in Australia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Australian, series and compilation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003-09-15. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Australian, series and compilation providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Now 04 (Australian series)”, the useful work is to connect “2003 compilation album by various artists; released in Australia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7065281. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Now 04 (Australian series)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Now 04 (Australian series) primary sources, Now 04 (Australian series) archive and Australian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
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This entry incorporates text from “Now 04 (Australian series)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.