Cliff (album)


Cliff is the 1959 debut album of British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters.
The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of Richard's and the Shadows' early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans. It was recorded over two nights during February 1959 in Studio 2 at EMI Recording Studios with Norrie Paramor as producer.
The album contains renderings of Richard's hit single "Move It", both tracks of the yet to be released Drifters' instrumental single "Jet Black" and "Driftin'" and covers of rock 'n' roll standards made famous by Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Ricky Nelson, Ritchie Valens and Gene Vincent.
The album reached number 4 in the UK album chart and spent 31 weeks on the chart - a time when the chart was only a top ten.

Release

The album was released originally in mono only but was also released in two parts as 45rpm EPs.
The album was first released on CD in 1987 in the original mono version. It was reissued in 1998 with both the mono and stereo versions on the same disc. It was also released in 2001 with the stereo version only along with the stereo version of the follow-up album Cliff Sings as part of the 2 on 1 series.

Track listing

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Unreleased tracks

Some tracks were scheduled or recorded for the album but not included. A version of Elvis Presley's "One Night" recorded in the same session was later released on The Rock 'N' Roll Years 1958-1963. Two other tracks were recorded but not released - Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe" and The Weavers' "Kisses Sweeter than Wine".

Personnel

;Cliff Richard and the Drifters
;Additional musicians
;Production