Tracks 'n Grooves

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Tracks ‘n Grooves
Studio album by
Released30 November 1970[1]
RecordedJune 1967 - September 1969[2]
StudioAbbey Road[2]
GenrePop, Rock
LabelEMI Columbia
ProducerNorrie Paramor, Peter Vince
Cliff Richard chronology
Sincerely
(1969)
Tracks ‘n Grooves
(1970)
The Best of Cliff Volume Two
(1972)

Tracks ‘n Grooves is the sixteenth studio album by British singer Cliff Richard, released November 1970 on the EMI Columbia label.[2] It is his thirtieth album overall. The album reached #37 in the UK Album Charts.[3]

A year earlier, the opening track "Early in the Morning" was released as a single in several countries, but not in the UK. It reached number 1 in Japan in December 1969 and was later listed in Billboard as 13th on the list of Japan's "Foreign Hits of 1970".[4][5][6][7] Vanity Fare also released the song as a single around the same time, including in the UK, where their version reached the top ten).

Track listing[edit]

Side One

  1. "Early in the Morning" (Mike Leander, Eddie Seago)
  2. "As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life" (Joe Brooks[8])
  3. "Love, Truth & Emily Stone” (Hank Marvin, Petrina Lordan[9])
  4. "My Head Goes Around" (Geoff Goddard)
  5. "Put My Mind at Ease" (Neil Diamond)
  6. "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler)
  7. "The Girl Can’t Help It" (Bobby Troup)
  8. "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono)

Side Two

  1. "I’ll Make It All Up To You" (Charlie Rich)
  2. "I’d Just Be Fool Enough" (Melvin Endsley)
  3. "Don’t Let Tonight Ever End" (Sylvana Simoni, Giulio Libano, Jack Wood)
  4. "What a Silly Thing To Do" (Terry Britten)
  5. "Your Heart’s Not In Your Love" (Neil Sedaka, Carole Bayer)
  6. "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" (Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin)
  7. "Are You Only Fooling Me" (Raymond Froggatt)

Production[edit]

  • All tracks produced by Norrie Paramor except Side 1 Track 3 by Peter Vince[10]
  • Side 1, Tracks 1, 3 & 4 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Vickers.
  • Side 2, Track 7 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Vickers.
  • Side 1, Tracks 2, 5 & 7 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Leander
  • Side 2, Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 4 Arranged and Conducted by Mike Leander
  • Side 1, Track 6 & Side 2 Track 5 Arranged and Conducted by Nick Ingram
  • Side 1, Track 8 Arranged by Brian Bennett, Conducted by Norrie Paramor
  • Side 2, Track 6 Arranged and Conducted by Bernard Ebbinghouse

References[edit]

  1. ^ "New Releases". Dynamite International (13): 2. December 1970.
  2. ^ a b c Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1991). Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990. London: Blandford. pp. 78, 80, 82, 87, 172. ISBN 0-7137-2242-8.
  3. ^ "Cliff Richard UK Chart History". www.officialcharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company.
  4. ^ Read, Mike; Lewry, Peter; Goodall, Nigel (1993). Cliff Richard - The Complete Chronicle. London: Hamlyn. p. 150. ISBN 0600578976. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  5. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (11 December 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 54–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (27 December 1969). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 41–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (28 February 1970). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 64–. ISSN 0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Brooks and Kornfeld (1967). As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life (7" single).
  9. ^ Victor Rust (2010). The Cliff Richard Recording Catalogue 1958-2010. Lulu.com. pp. 328–. ISBN 978-0-9567384-0-0.
  10. ^ Album sleeve