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Cliff Richard - 40 Golden Greats Audio CD

A fair review of the Cliff Richard "40 Golden Greats" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Cliff Richard reviews here, or go back to the Cliff Richard tabs.

Cliff Richard Band: Cliff Richard
Title: 40 Golden Greats
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Release Date: 1993-01-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Move It 2: Living Doll 3: Travellin' Light 4: Fall in Love With You 5: Fall in Love With You 6: Please Don't Tease 7: Nine Times Out of Ten 8: Gee Whiz It's You 9: When the Girl in Your Arms 10: Girl Like You 11: Young Ones 12: Do You Wanna Dance 13: I'm Looking Out the Window 14: It'll Be Me 15: Bachelor Boy 16: Next Time 17: Summer Holiday 18: Lucky Lips 19: It's All in the Game 20: Don't Talk to Him 21: Constantly 22: On the Beach 23: I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You) 24: Minute You're Gone 25: Wind Me Up (Let Me Go) 26: Visions 27: Blue Turns to Grey 28: In the Country 29: Day I Met Marie 30: All My Love 31: Congratulations [Il Mondo et Tonso] 32: Throw Down a Line 33: Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha 34: Sing a Song of Freedom 35: Power to All Our Friends 36: (You Keep Me) Hangin' On 37: Miss You Nights 38: Devil Woman 39: I Can't Ask for Anything More Than You 40: My Kinda Life

Cliff's hits from 1958 to 1977
Even back then, Cliff had too many hits to include them all, but all the essentials are here, although some might argue about that. This set was the definitive Cliff Richard hits collection at the time of its original release on vinyl. A number one hit (I love you) is missing, as is Voice in the wilderness (a number two hit). Brilliant as they are, they are not as revered as some of the other songs that didn't make the top two in the charts, but which are included here. In the comprehensive six CD set covering all Cliff's singles, the first twenty years of his career uses up 75 tracks compared to the 40 here - and it omits Throw down a line (because it's counted as a duet with Hank Marvin, and the boxed set omits duets).

Apart from Throw down a line, this includes all the classics that you want from the first twenty years of Cliff's incredible career including Move it, Living doll, Travelling light, Please don't tease, When the girl in your arms, Young ones, Bachelor boy, The next time, Summer holiday, Lucky lips, One the beach, The minute your gone, Visions, In the country, The day I met Marie, Miss you nights and Devil woman - not forgetting his two Eurovision entries, Congratulations and Power to all our friends. If I haven't listed your favorite among them, don't worry - every track here is a classic.

Of course, for a really comprehensive collection, you must buy that boxed set, but 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.


The classics from the first half of his career
Ballads and more fast-paced numbers are in the mix with the Shadows (Richard's four-member backing group) providing accompaniment and back-up vocals on a majority of the tracks. All the expected Cliff Richard vocals are here but some tracks sound muffled compared to more recent remixed/remastered releases. 1998 is Cliff Richard's 40th anniversary in the music business and better-quality rereleases are available.


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