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Two of Cliff Richard's mid-'60s albums, Cliff Richard and Don't Stop Me Now, are combined on one CD for a generally pleasing (though somewhat uneven) mix of sounds. Cliff Richard is much more of a ballad album, casting the singer as a pop/rock crooner backed by the Norrie Paramor Orchestra and the Mike Sammes Singers. There are a couple of good '50s-style rock & roll numbers present, "Razzle Dazzle" (done in the style of Bill Haley & the Comets) and a fierce if highly sanitized version of Chuck Berry's "Reelin' and Rockin'," both featuring a solid rock & roll band backing; those are the exceptions on an album dominated by pop numbers such as "It's Not for Me to Say" and "Magic in the Moonlight," making for a fairly solid mix. It flows seamlessly into Don't Stop Me Now, which opens with an earnest rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Shout," but then the Mike Leander pop-style arrangements on the rock & roll contents of this album take hold, making for a less satisfying second half to the CD -- it still has its moments, such as the beautifully restrained orchestrated version of the Beatles' "I'll Be Back," and the state-of-the-art digital transfer is pretty impressive in its own right, but the first 15 songs here are more consistent that the second 15. Alas, there are no historical notes of any kind.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Roy Bennett, Writer - John Rostill, Bass - Bruce Welch, Guitar - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals - Hank Marvin, Guitar - Sid Tepper, Writer - Brian Bennett, Drums - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - Bob Morgan, Producer - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Strings - Mort Thomason, Engineer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Norman Gimbel, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ian Grant, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer, Arranger - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Brian Bennett, Drums - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra - Ruth Guthrie, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Arranger - Bruce Welch, Guitar, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Background Vocals - Hank Marvin, Guitar, Writer - Brian Bennett, Drums - Jet Harris, Bass - The Norrie Paramor Strings, Strings
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Charles Pasquale, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Maria Grever, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer, Arranger - Frederick Tobias, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Malcolm Addey, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Lee Pockriss, Writer - Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Bown, Engineer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Charles Calhoun, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Barry Mann, Writer - Cynthia Weil, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - BILLY SHERRILL, Producer - Bob Morgan, Producer - Mort Thomason, Engineer - The Joranaires, Vocals
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Al Stillman, Writer - ROBERT ALLEN, Writer - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - AGUSTIN LARA, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Raymond Gilbert, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dorcas Cochran, Writer - Stan Applebaum, Conductor - Keith Bessey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Lionel Newman, Writer - Bob Morgan, Producer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Alberto Domínguez, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Haven Gillespie, Writer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Lionel Newman, Writer - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Strings - The Norrie Paramor Strings, Strings
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Bown, Engineer - Chuck Berry, Writer - The Shadows, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
O'Kelly Isley, Writer - Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Ronald Isley, Writer - RUDOLPH ISLEY, Writer - Richard Lush, Engineer - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Carole King, Writer - Gerry Goffin, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Richard Lush, Engineer - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor, Arranger
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Norman Petty, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Bob Montgomery, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - John Lennon, Writer - Paul Mccartney, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Tim Hardin, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Bruce Welch, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Digital Remasterer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Roy Williams, Writer - Hank Marvin, Vocals - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor - The Bernard Ebbinghouse Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Paul Simon, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Robert Blackwell, Writer - John Marascalco, Writer - Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Tim Hardin, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Phil Palmer, Guitar - Mike Leander, Conductor - Tina Barrett, Vocals - Hannah Spearritt, Vocals - Rachel Stevens, Vocals - Bradley McIntosh, Vocals - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Giles Martin, Producer - Phil Collins, Drums - Sam Brown, Vocals - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Claudia Fontaine, Vocals - Pino Palladino, Bass - Paul Hicks, Mixer, Engineer - Brian May, Guitar - John Hudson, Mixer, Engineer - Ray Cooper, Percussion - Margo Buchanan, Vocals - Ian Samwell, Writer - Greg Jackman, Mixer, Engineer - Jon Lee, Vocals - Paul Cattermole, Vocals - Eric Robison, Saxophone - Jo O'Omeara, Vocals - Wix Wickens, Keyboards
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, MasteringEngineer - BARNEY WILLIAMS, Writer - Mack David, Writer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Writer
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor, Arranger - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Doc Pomus, Writer - Mort Shuman, Writer - Keith Bessey, Engineer, Remastering Engineer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - Richard Lush, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Breakaways, Backing Vocals - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Albumbeschreibung
Two of Cliff Richard's mid-'60s albums, Cliff Richard and Don't Stop Me Now, are combined on one CD for a generally pleasing (though somewhat uneven) mix of sounds. Cliff Richard is much more of a ballad album, casting the singer as a pop/rock crooner backed by the Norrie Paramor Orchestra and the Mike Sammes Singers. There are a couple of good '50s-style rock & roll numbers present, "Razzle Dazzle" (done in the style of Bill Haley & the Comets) and a fierce if highly sanitized version of Chuck Berry's "Reelin' and Rockin'," both featuring a solid rock & roll band backing; those are the exceptions on an album dominated by pop numbers such as "It's Not for Me to Say" and "Magic in the Moonlight," making for a fairly solid mix. It flows seamlessly into Don't Stop Me Now, which opens with an earnest rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Shout," but then the Mike Leander pop-style arrangements on the rock & roll contents of this album take hold, making for a less satisfying second half to the CD -- it still has its moments, such as the beautifully restrained orchestrated version of the Beatles' "I'll Be Back," and the state-of-the-art digital transfer is pretty impressive in its own right, but the first 15 songs here are more consistent that the second 15. Alas, there are no historical notes of any kind.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:41
- Main artists: Cliff Richard & The Shadows
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2002 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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