Saturday 17 February 2024

40 Golden Greats - CLIFF RICHARD*****

Move It/Livin' Doll/Travellin' Light/Fall In Love With You/Please Don't Tease/Nine Times Out Of Ten/Theme For A Dream/Gee Whizz Its You/When The Girl In Your Arms/A Girl Like You/The Young Ones/Do You Want To Dance/I'm Lookin' Out The Window/It'll Be Me/Bachelor Boy/The Next Time/Summer Holiday/Lucky Lips/Its All In The Game/Don't Talk To Him/Constantly/On The Beach/I Could Easily Fall/The Minute You're Gone/Wind Me Up/ Visions/Blue Turns To Grey/In The Country/The Day I Met Marie/All My Love/Congratulations/Throw Down A Line/Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha/Sing A Song Of Freedom/Power To All Our Friends/(You Keep Me) Hangin' On/Miss You Nights/Devil Woman/I Can't Ask For Anymore Than You/My Kinda Life

Cliff Richard was the top UK pop artist in the early 1960s until the arrival of The Beatles. Unlike many of his contemporaries who soon fell away he remained on top his game for several decades. This is the definitive album of his best singles. (UK:1)

“Some of his early ballads are beautiful and not over-orchestrated with horrible backing vocals. Quite a nice compilation and the best way to discover this artist.”

“This set was the definitive Cliff Richard hits collection at the time of its original release on vinyl. Even back then, Cliff had too many hits to include them all, but all the essentials are here, although some might argue about that.”

“Every track here is a classic. If you are mainly interested in Cliff's sixties music, and you don't need to have all the hits from the period, this is the compilation for you.”

“I enjoy how much emotion he can convey in a song, so much so that he can bring me to tears even after hearing them many times. His voice is beautiful and emotive and I find him to be an amazing performer.”

“Whatever your thoughts on Cliff Richard, you can't deny that he knew a good song when he heard it and turned it into a piece of pop history. The number of different styles registered in this superb selection is amazing. There are so many top tunes here that you tend to forget the sheer quality and quantity of his output.”

“For those of us whose musical heritage is firmly seated in the 60s and early 70s then this collection will bring back memories of Dansette record players, juke boxes, Thank Your Lucky Stars and those little booths in record stores where you could listen to a record before deciding whether or not to spend your hard-earned pocket money on it.”

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