Friday, January 22, 2021

Cliff Richard - Nine Times Out Of Ten (1962)

For the final collection of Cliff singles and b-sides we arrive at the beginning of the 60's, and start with a couple of songs which later appeared on the 'Expresso Bongo' EP, albeit with different recordings, and then we work our way through some big and not so big hits from 1960 to 1962, along with their b-sides. At this point in his career he was still billed as Cliff Richard and The Shadows, and the band's distinctive sound can be heard on a number of these songs, although towards the end of the album the backing was more session musicians and orchestral arrangements. I'd never really paid much attention to Cliff's recorded output of the 60's and 70's, and assumed that most of his singles were taken from his albums, and so was astonished to find that he'd released over a hundred non-album tracks in the twenty years between 1960 and 1979, and if you'd bought all his albums as they came out in the 60's and 70's you'd have very few of the songs featured on these six collections.  



Track listing

01 A Voice In The Wilderness (single 1960) 
02 Don't Be Mad At Me (b-side of 'A Voice In The Wilderness')
03 Please Don't Tease (single 1960)
04 Where Is My Heart (b-side of 'Please Don't Tease')
05 Fall In Love with You (single 1960)
06 Willie And The Hand Jive (b-side of 'Fall In Love With You')
07 Nine Times Out of Ten (single 1960)
08 Thinking Of Our Love (b-side of 'Nine Times Out Of Ten')
09 I Love You (single 1960)
10 'D' In Love (b-side of 'I Love You')
11 Theme For A Dream (single 1961)
12 Mumblin' Mosie (b-side of 'Theme For A Dream')
13 A Girl Like You (single 1961) 
14 Now's The Time To Fall In Love (b-side of 'A Girl Like You')
15 I'm Lookin' Out The Window (single 1962)
16 Since I Lost You (b-side of 'It'll Be Me' 1962)
17 Do You Want To Dance (b-side of 'I'm Lookin' Out The Window')

I've found this site http://www.cliffrichardsongs.com/cliffuksingles/index.htm invaluable in helping to compile these albums, and if you're a Cliff fan then you need to check it out as there's a wealth of information on there that you'll find fascinating.

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