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Three CDs and 65 songs is probably more Cilla Black than most of us want to own. As it turns out, however, Black's output is far superior to the limited reputation the carries in the U.S., where she charted but a handful of songs. The material features all of Black's hits, all of her important B-sides, and album tracks; also, disc three is made up entirely of rarities, including some surprising demos like "Step Inside Love" from 1968 with Paul McCartney accompanying her on acoustic guitar -- it's almost good enough to have been released, which also proves that McCartney could have been a top session player if he hadn't made it in any other area. There's also Black's original rehearsal cut of "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues," a full-blown, Cavern-style Merseybeat performance with a band; a surviving Dick James Music acetate of Black's cover of "Fever," accompanied by Gerry & the Pacemakers; plus her unissued versions of "Heatwave" and "Shotgun," both among the best records she ever made, and closing with her mid-'70s cover of Phil Ochs' "Changes." All of the relevant tracks that weren't originally released in stereo have been remixed that way, and a good job was done of it, too. The surprise for most casual listeners will come from the non-hits -- even with her original vocal limitations, which she quickly overcame, Black had a distinctive sound that made her work eminently enjoyable and even impressive. Coupled with some good arrangements and George Martin's crisp production, her music holds up astonishingly well. And Black, as she gained confidence, displays a surprisingly soulful approach on songs such as "He Won't Ask Me" and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling."
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Don McGinty, Drums
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Robert Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1963 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Johnny Pearson, Accompaniment Director - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Carl Sigman, Writer - Gino Paoli, Writer - Umberto Bindi, Writer - Johnny Pearson, Accompaniment Director - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Johnny Scott, Conductor
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1964 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Barry Mann, Writer - Cynthia Weil, Writer - PHIL SPECTOR, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Johnny Scott, Conductor - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Randy Newman, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1965 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Michèle Vendome, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Kenny Lynch, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals - Mort Shuaman, Accompaniment Director
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Nicky Welsh, MusicDirector
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Burt Bacharach, Writer - Hal David, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Rob Willis, Writer - Nicky Welsh, Accompaniment Director
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Callander, Writer - Luis Enriquez, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Bruno Zambrini, Writer - Nicky Welsh, Accompaniment Director - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
David Martin, Writer - Geoff Morrow, Writer - Chris Arnold, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Peter Callander, Writer - Flavio Carraresi, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Alberto Testa, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1966 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mort Shuman, Conductor, Arranger, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Kenny Lynch, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mort Shuman, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Kenny Lynch, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Giancarlo Colonnello, Writer - Norman Newell, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Mike Vickers, MusicDirector - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clive Westlake, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1967 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 2
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clive Westlake, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Mike Vickers, Accompaniment Director - Bobby Willis, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Barry Mason, Writer - Umberto Bindi, Writer - Johnny Harris, Conductor, Arranger - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Don Black, Writer - Guy Woolfenden, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bill Martin, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor, Arranger - Phil Coulter, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Clive Westlake, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Bobby Willis, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Jerry Lordan, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor, Arranger - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Stan Kelly, Writer - Johnny Hawkins, Conductor, Arranger
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor, Arranger - John Cameron, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Werner Scharfenberger, Writer - Fini Busch, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Gus Backus, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Carole King, Writer - Gerry Goffin, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Kenny Lynch, Writer - Bobby Willis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1970 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Mike Vickers, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Billy Davis, Writer - William Backer, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Tom Paxton, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Ed Welch, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1971 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roger Cook, Writer - Roger Greenaway, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Geoff Stephens, Writer - Chris Gunning, Conductor, Arranger - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Nick Ashford, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Valerie Simpson, Writer - Jo Armstead, Writer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1972 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Roger Okin, Writer - Simone Avadis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Roger Okin, Writer - Simone Avadis, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Roberto Livraghi, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Marcel Stellman, Writer - Francesco Specchia, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norman Newell, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer, Writer - Johnny Spence, Accompaniment Director
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor - Mogol, Composer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer - Luciano Beretta, Writer - Umberto Bindi, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1968 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
DISC 3
Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Producer - Ron Hill, Digital Remasterer Engineer - Eddie Cooley, Writer - John Davenport, Writer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Thompson, Writer - Cilla Black, Vocals, MainArtist - George Martin, Conductor, Producer
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Three CDs and 65 songs is probably more Cilla Black than most of us want to own. As it turns out, however, Black's output is far superior to the limited reputation the carries in the U.S., where she charted but a handful of songs. The material features all of Black's hits, all of her important B-sides, and album tracks; also, disc three is made up entirely of rarities, including some surprising demos like "Step Inside Love" from 1968 with Paul McCartney accompanying her on acoustic guitar -- it's almost good enough to have been released, which also proves that McCartney could have been a top session player if he hadn't made it in any other area. There's also Black's original rehearsal cut of "A Shot of Rhythm and Blues," a full-blown, Cavern-style Merseybeat performance with a band; a surviving Dick James Music acetate of Black's cover of "Fever," accompanied by Gerry & the Pacemakers; plus her unissued versions of "Heatwave" and "Shotgun," both among the best records she ever made, and closing with her mid-'70s cover of Phil Ochs' "Changes." All of the relevant tracks that weren't originally released in stereo have been remixed that way, and a good job was done of it, too. The surprise for most casual listeners will come from the non-hits -- even with her original vocal limitations, which she quickly overcame, Black had a distinctive sound that made her work eminently enjoyable and even impressive. Coupled with some good arrangements and George Martin's crisp production, her music holds up astonishingly well. And Black, as she gained confidence, displays a surprisingly soulful approach on songs such as "He Won't Ask Me" and "You've Lost That Loving Feeling."
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 66 track(s)
- Total length: 02:47:20
- Main artists: Cilla Black
- Composer: Mogol
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1997 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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