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Less a new Cliff Richard album than an opportunity to spring-clean the archive, 1970's Tracks 'n Grooves rounded up recordings that dated back over three years -- the oldest number ("I'll Make It Up to You") was cut in April 1967 and the most recent ("Abraham, Martin and John," "Your Heart's Not in Your Love," and "Are You Only Fooling Me") were recorded in September 1969. The resultant collection, then, necessarily feels something akin to a compilation album, as Richard's style and delivery continued the evolution that marked (and in some ways scarred) his late-'60s output -- on the one hand, he could still kick out and rock when he wanted to, but more often he was content with simply drifting through whichever ballads had most recently caught his attention. Some sterling performances do rise above the horizon -- "Early in the Morning" opens the set with gloriously buoyant aplomb, while "The Girl Can't Help It" turns the clock back a decade to the days when Richard was Britain's premier rock & roller. But there is also a lamentable stab at Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and, elsewhere, Tracks 'n Grooves wallows in the pit of easy listening that had already condemned Richard to the state of irrelevance that would haunt him for the next five years.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Mike Leander, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Eddie Seago, Writer - Mike Vickers, Conductor - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Joe Brooks, Writer - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Vickers, Conductor - Peter Vince, Producer, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Writer - Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - Petrina Lordan, Writer - The Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - Geoff Goddard, Writer - The Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Neil Diamond, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Dick Holler, Writer - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Nick Ingman, Conductor - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Bob Troup, Writer - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Conductor, Producer - SONNY BONO, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Charlie Rich, Writer - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Melvin Endsley, Writer - Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Giulio Libano, Writer - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - Sylvana Simoni, Writer - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by - Jack Wood, Writer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Writer - Mike Leander, Conductor - Norrie Paramor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Mike Leander Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Nick Ingman, Conductor - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Vocals, MainArtist - Neil Sedaka, Writer - Carole Bayer, Writer
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Gerry Goffin, Writer - Jack Keller, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Orchestra, Featured Vocalist, MainArtist - The Mike Sammes Singers, Vocals - Mike Sammes Singers, Backing Vocals - Bernard Ebbinghouse, Conductor - The Bernard Ebbinghouse Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Mike Vickers, Conductor - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - Raymond Froggatt, Writer - The Mike Vickers Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Harold Spiro, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, Vocals, MainArtist - Olivia Newton-John, Vocals - Brian Bennett, Conductor - Richard Lush, Engineer - Valerie Avon, Writer - Olivia Newton John, MainArtist - Cliff Richard With Olivia Newton John, Featured Vocalist
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Producer - Ray Charles, Writer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Norrie Paramor, Conductor, Producer - Peter Vince, Engineer - Cliff Richard, MainArtist - Hank Marvin, Writer - Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra, Orchestra, All Instruments, Performed by - The Norrie Paramor Orchestra, Orchestra, Performed by
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Less a new Cliff Richard album than an opportunity to spring-clean the archive, 1970's Tracks 'n Grooves rounded up recordings that dated back over three years -- the oldest number ("I'll Make It Up to You") was cut in April 1967 and the most recent ("Abraham, Martin and John," "Your Heart's Not in Your Love," and "Are You Only Fooling Me") were recorded in September 1969. The resultant collection, then, necessarily feels something akin to a compilation album, as Richard's style and delivery continued the evolution that marked (and in some ways scarred) his late-'60s output -- on the one hand, he could still kick out and rock when he wanted to, but more often he was content with simply drifting through whichever ballads had most recently caught his attention. Some sterling performances do rise above the horizon -- "Early in the Morning" opens the set with gloriously buoyant aplomb, while "The Girl Can't Help It" turns the clock back a decade to the days when Richard was Britain's premier rock & roller. But there is also a lamentable stab at Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" and, elsewhere, Tracks 'n Grooves wallows in the pit of easy listening that had already condemned Richard to the state of irrelevance that would haunt him for the next five years.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:50
- Main artists: Cliff Richard
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2004 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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