Cliff Richard - Brand New Songs (1973)

After posting my first Cliff Richard b-sides compilation, Man From Mordor commented that Cliff often put high quality songs on the b-sides of singles throughout the 60's and 70', and after a bit on investigation I discovered that between 1960 and 1975 he'd released nearly ONE HUNDRED songs that were not taken from his many albums. I was astounded that many of these were hit singles, and not just obscure b-sides, and while the quality might have dropped on a few of them, most would have been perfectly acceptable additions to his albums of the period. So, working backwards from the first post, I'm picking the best of these tracks to pull together the songs that I think would have made a nice album at the time. Not every song is going to make it, as some were a bit too bubblegum-pop for my liking, and some didn't really sound right on an album, but there are plenty of other songs to choose from, so I'm going for quality over quantity. This post is a perfect example of the quality of the songs that he released in the early 70's, with all the tracks coming from a three year period from 1971 to 1973. 

Track listing

01 Power To All Our Friends (single 1973)
02 Help It Along (single 1973)
03 Silvery Rain (single 1971)
04 Time Flies (b-side of 'Silver Rain')
05 Sing A Song Of Freedom (single 1971)
06 A Thousand Conversations (b-side of 'Sing A Song Of Freedom')
07 Living In Harmony (single 1972)
08 Empty Chairs (b-side of 'Living In Harmony')
09 A Brand New Song (single 1972)                       
11 Tomorrow Rising (b-side of 'Help It Along')
12 Flying Machine (single 1971)
13 I Was Only Fooling Myself (b-side of 'Sunny Honey Girl')
14 Sunny Honey Girl (single 1971)