40 Golden Greats [Import]

Cliff Richard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 18, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B0000073C5
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,607 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Move It

2. Livin' Doll

3. Travellin' Light

4. Fall In Love With You

5. Please Don't Tease

6. Nine Times Out Of Ten

7. Theme For A Dream

8. Gee Whizz It's You

9. When The Girl In Your Arms

10. A Girl Like You

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Constantly

2. On The Beach

3. I Could Easily Fall (In Love With You)

4. The Minute You're Gone

5. Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)

6. Visions

7. Blue Turns To Grey

8. In The Country

9. The Day I Met Marie

10. All My Love

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Editorial Reviews

Sometimes Called Britain's Answer to Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard Released this Collection of his Considerable Body of Work in 1979. Features Many of his Best-Known Songs, Including 'Move It', 'Living Doll', 'It's all in the Game, the Keith Richard / Mick Jagger-Written 'Blue Turns to Grey' & Thirty-Six Others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The classics from the first half of his career, September 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 40 Golden Greats (Audio CD)

All the expected Cliff Richard vocals are here but some tracks sound muffled compared to more recent remixed/remastered releases. 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. 1998 is Cliff Richard's 40th anniversary in the music business and better-quality rereleases are available.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cliff's hits from 1958 to 1977, April 13, 2005

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40 Golden Greats (Audio CD)

This set was the definitive Cliff Richard hits collection at the time of its original release on vinyl. Even back then, Cliff had too many hits to include them all, but all the essentials are here, although some might argue about that. 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.

5.0 out of 5 stars 40 HITS FROM SIR CLIFF, November 3, 2011

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Christopher W. Brierley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 40 Golden Greats (Audio CD)

I like early Cliff the best and there were enough early tracks here to tempt me to buy it,especially in used condition off an amazon shop it was a bargain.However I had carefully listened to the mp3 samples before I bought the CD so I knew the sound quality was good.

Having carefully listened to the actual Cds,I am very pleased with the sound quality,it is never less than good and frequently reaches excellent,the early tracks are mono,as they were never recorded in stereo,from track 7 to the end on CD1 we have all stereo recordings,as is the whole of CD2,this is much better than offered on most compilations,even the much more expensive singles collection does not offer this.

The original issue date is given as 1979,however my copy also has 1989 on it,were the tracks remastered during this 10 year period as my observations on the sound quality is different in some ways from certain other reviewers,I cannot say any more on this as it is against amazon review guide lines.

To sum up,if you like the selection of tracks,buy it as currently there is nothing better,thoroughly recommended,also do see my other Cliff reviews.