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Cliff Richard - The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1997) (4 CDs)
Audio CD (June 22, 2010) | Number of Discs: 4 | FLAC(Tracks - No Cue - No Log) | Size: 1.51 GB
Genre: Rock | Format: Box set, Import | Label: EMI Import
UK four CD box set, an all-encompassing study of Cliff's early career and arguably his most important period. These four CDs were previously only available in a 1997 box set and are finally getting released in this great multipack. 105 tracks. EMI. 2010.

Britain's answer to Elvis Presley, Richard (born Harry Webb) dominated the pre-Beatles British pop scene in the late '50s and early '60s. An accomplished singer with a genuine feel for the music, Richard's artistic legacy is nonetheless meager, as he was quickly steered toward a middle-of-the-road pop direction. Several of his late-'50s recordings, however, were genuinely exciting Presley-esque rockers -- especially his first hit, "Move It" (1958) -- and gave British teenagers their first taste of genuine homegrown rock & roll talent. Backed by the Shadows -- clean-cut instrumental virtuosos who became legends of their own -- Richard embarked on a truly awesome string of hit singles in Britain, scoring no less than 43 Top 20 hits between 1958 and 1969. One of these, although it was by no means one of the more successful, was an actual Mick Jagger/Keith Richards composition (the ballad "Blue Turns to Grey").



Read all of the bio at: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cliff...5265/biography

All Music Album Review (by Dave Thompson):

Such an unimaginative title for such a imaginative boxful. Across four discs and 105 songs, Cliff Richard's earliest catalog comes in for precisely the kind of treatment every rock & roll star should have: an all-encompassing study of his most important period. Even more impressively, though the song titles all sound familiar, the performances rarely are. Thirty-seven tracks are bona fide unreleased (South African 78s notwithstanding), but several dozen more are culled from scarce EP-only mixes, rarely resurfacing B-sides, and unusual mixes. One cut, an undubbed take of "Willie and the Hand Jive," was hitherto available only on a mid-'80s budget-priced single disc, covering much the same period as this. It wasn't aimed at collectors, it wasn't heavily advertised, and it probably didn't sell many copies. Of such things do completists dream, but when you have a beakful of hen's teeth to sort through, do such things really matter? Discs one through three are the conventional ones. Running in strict chronology through Richard's first eight albums, 20-plus EPs, and 23 singles, highlights are sorted, then sorted again. Where a rare version exists, that's what is offered here, be it an alternate version of "It's All in the Game," an unreleased rehearsal of "Do You Wanna Dance," or the original stereo mix for the album take of "Twenty Flight Rock." Disc one is the hottest. The swagger of "Move It," the dynamics of "Dynamite," all the things that sent the New Musical Express running home to hide in 1958/1959 (screaming, "must we fling this filth at our pop kids?") are here. From this side of the ocean, the best-known tracks are the American covers, and there's a fair swathe of them to be sure. But the killers, the stompers, the real bees' knees, are the homegrown monsters that simply ripped up the form book and rewrote rocking basics. Just like the guy who sang them, in fact. Disc two, covering 1959-1961, keeps up the pace for as long as it can, but rock & roll itself was starting to flag, and Richard's energy level flags with it. By disc three, 1962-1963, Richard's post-Beatles role of mainstream pop balladeer was already in his grasp, and though he could still kick out the jams when he wanted (a soulful "Blueberry Hill," a raunchy "Reelin' and Rockin'"), it's the ballads that stick out the most -- "It's All in the Game" and "I'm Looking Out the Window." And then there's "The Next Time," stripped down to its unorchestrated basics, and still one of Richard's most impressive performances. Until you reach disc four, of course. Subtitled "Rare'n'Rockin' 1958-63," this is the album that completely rewrites history. It opens with the first recording Richard (then still laboring under his distinctly nondescript given name of Harry Webb) ever made: He rips through raucous, raw renderings of "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Breathless," cuts to a 1958 live show, and hacks through broadcast tapes and unreleased acetates. And every one is a gem. His Elvis Presley covers are especially remarkable. America's rock & roll revolution, of course, was matched blow for blow by skiffle in the U.K. -- even Richard's Shadows cut their teeth in that movement, as members of Wally Whyton's Vipers. Where Richard triumphed over the rest of the pack was in the way he blended the two forms together; where "Rare'n'Rockin'" triumphs is by revealing just how seamless that blending could be. And "Jailhouse Rock" and "Heartbreak Hotel" are the apogee of his art. Suddenly it's no surprise that, for every new British band from the Beatles on down, it was Richard and the Shadows who pointed the way, not Elvis, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, or Gene Pitney, and certainly none of the names who sprang up in Britain in Richard's wake. Richard did more than create a hybrid. He invented a truly British way of rocking. And from the Beatles to Blur, the Rolling Stones to the Stone Roses, that method remains fundamental to British rock.

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ro...r342103/review

Amazon.com's page: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003KVZ59M

Track List:

Disc 1 - 1958-1959:

01. Schoolboy Crush
02. High Class Baby
03. My Feet Hit The Ground
04. Don't Bug Me Baby
05. King Creole
06. TV Hop
07. Rockin' Robin
08. I'll Try
09. High School Confidential
10. Early In The Morning
11. Somebody Touched Me
12. Livin' Lovin' Doll
13. Mean Streak
14. Never Mind
15. Steady With You
16. My Babe
17. Move It
18. That'll Be The Day
19. Danny
20. Whole Lotta' Shakin' Goin' On
21. One Night
22. Apron Strings
23. Dynamite
24. I Gotta Know
25. The Snake And The Bookworm
26. Here Comes Summer
27. Twenty Flight Rock
28. Blue Suede Shoes

Disc 2 - 1959-1961:

01. Mean Woman Blues
02. Pointed Toe Shoes
03. I'm Walkin'
04. Don't Be Mad At Me
05. Willie And The Hand Jive (Original Undubbed Version)
06. Nine Times Out Of Ten (Incomplete Take Plus Stereo Master)
07. Thinking Of Our Love
08. Evergreen Tree
09. She's Gone
10. Tell Me (Alternate Stereo Take)
11. Where Is My Heart
12. Lamp Of Love
13. I'm Gonna Get You
14. I Cannot Find A True Love
15. Working After School
16. You And I
17. I'm Willing To Learn (Alternate Stereo Take)
18. We Have It Made (Alternate Stereo Take)
19. Choppin' 'n' Changin' (Alternate Stereo Take)
20. It's You
21. I Love You (Alternate Take Featuring False Start)
22. 'D' In Love
23. Catch Me (Original Undubbed Version)
24. Now's The Time O Fall In Love (Original Undubbed Version)
25. True Love Will Come To You (Alternate Mono Take)
26. First Lessons In Love
27. I Want You To Know (Alternate Stereo Take)
28. Blue Moon

Disc 3 - 1961-1962:

01. Tough Enough
02. Mumblin' Mosie
03. Fifty Tears For Every Kiss
04. Unchained Melody
05. What'd I Say
06. Forty Days
07. Without You
08. Shame On You
09. Spanish Harlem
10. Do You Remember
11. I'm Looking Out The Window
12. You Don't Know
13. Take Special Care
14. Do You Wanna Dance
15. Do You Wanna Dance (alternate)
16. Do You Wanna Dance (alternate#3)
17. Do You Wanna Dance (alternate#4)
18. Since I Lost You
19. Dim, Dim The Lights
20. Sava My Soul
21. I'm Walkin' The Blues
22. Summer Holiday
23. The Next Time
24. Blueberry Hill
25. A Forever Kind Of Love
26. Razzle Dazzle
27. Reelin' And Rockin'
28. It's All In The Game

Disc 4 - Rare 'n' Rockin' 1958-1963 (1958):

01. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
02. Breathless
03. Twenty Flight Rock
04. Jailhouse Rock
05. Money Honey
06. Heartbreak Hotel
07. Turn Me Loose
08. Who's Gonna Take You Home
09. Let's Stick Together
10. What'd I Say
11. Forty Days
12. Got A Funny Feeling
13. Rosalie (Come Back To Me)
14. Me And My Shadows
15. Lessons In Love
16. We Say Yeah
17. Hang Up Your Rock And Roll Shoes
18. Dancing Shoes
19. It'll Be Me
20. Summer Holliday Advertising EP
21. Cliff's Personal Message To You





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