......And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music) is a commemorative box set released to celebrate Cliff Richard's fifty years in the music business. It was released on 15 September 2008. Its release was preceded on 8 September by a new single called "Thank You for a Lifetime" which doesn't appear in the set. The set includes eight CDs, a reproduction of Cliff's first single (a 10-inch 78rpm vinyl record of Move It/Schoolboy Crush), a 52-page photo book of Cliff's fifty years in music, and a gold-plated coin bearing the 'Cliff's 50 Anniversary' graphic.[1][2][3]
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Released | 15 September 2008 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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Boxed set
editThe package is divided into the eight disks
- CD1: The Early Years
- CD2: Rare B-Sides 1963–1989
- CD3: Rare EP Tracks 1961–1991
- CD4: Stage & Screen
- CD5: The Hits — Number Ones Around the World
- CD6: Faith and Inspiration
- CD7: Live in Japan 1972
- CD8: Lost and Found (From the Archives)
CD1 – The Early Years
edit- "Move It"
- "Schoolboy Crush"
- "High Class Baby"
- "My Feet Hit the Ground"
- "Apron Strings"
- "Livin' Lovin' Doll"
- "Never Mind"
- "Mean Woman Blues"
- "Don't Bug Me Baby"
- "Blue Suede Shoes"
- "Dynamite"
- "Mean Streak"
- "She's Gone"
- "I Cannot Find a True Love"
- "Willie and the Hand Jive"
- "'D' in Love"
- "Nine Times Out of Ten"
- "Choppin' 'n' Changin'"
- "Mumblin' Mosie"
- "Tough Enough"
- "Gee Whiz It's You"
- "Now's the Time to Fall in Love"
- "Nine Times Out of Ten" (bonus track)
- "A Girl Like You" (bonus track)
- "Fall in Love with You" (bonus track)
- "Never Mind" (bonus track)
- "I Love You" (bonus track)
- "Dynamite" (bonus track)
- "Michelle" (bonus track)
- "Poor Boy" (bonus track)
CD2 – Rare B Sides 1963–1989
edit- "Say You're Mine"
- "True True Lovin'"
- "Just Another Guy"
- "Just a Little Bit Too Late"
- "Somebody Loses"
- "I Get the Feelin'"
- "Our Story Book"
- "Sweet Little Jesus Boy"
- "Occasional Rain"
- "She's Leaving You"
- "So Long"
- "Monday Comes Too Soon"
- "I Was Only Fooling Myself"
- "Time Flies"
- "Annabella Umbrella"
- "Pigeon"
- "A Thousand Conversations"
- "My Cloud"
- "Empty Chairs"
- "The Old Accordion"
- "Come Back Billie Jo"
- "I Only Know I Love You" (bonus track)
- "Back in Vaudeville" (bonus track)
- "Stronger Than That" (bonus track)
- "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (bonus track)
CD3 – Rare EP Tracks 1961–1991
edit- "Dream"
- "I'll See You in My Dreams"
- "Carnival"
- "Some of These Days"
- "For You For Me"
- "Your Eyes Tell On You"
- "I Wonder"
- "I'm in the Mood for Love"
- "Watch What You Do With My Baby"
- "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps"
- "Frenesi"
- "Why Don't They Understand"
- "I'm Afraid to Go Home"
- "Where is Your Heart"
- "Lies and Kisses"
- "Sweet and Gentle"
- "The Night"
- "Look Before You Love"
- "La La La La La"
- "Never Knew What Love Could Do"
- "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
- "The Holly and the Ivy"
- "It's Wonderful to Be Young" (bonus track)
- "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" (bonus track)
- "Sooner or Later" (bonus track)
- "A Spoonful of Sugar" (bonus track)
- "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" (bonus track)
- "Chim Chim Cheree" (bonus track)
CD4 – Stage & Screen
edit- "Mad About You"
- "Love"
- "Lessons in Love"
- "Dancing Shoes"
- "On the Beach"
- "This Was My Special Day"
- "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)"
- "Time Drags By"
- "Shooting Star"
- "Why Wasn't I Born Rich"
- "In the Country"
- "Two a Penny"
- "His Land"
- "Take Me High"
- "Suddenly"
- "Born to Rock 'n' Roll"
- "She's So Beautiful"
- "It's in Every One of Us"
- "Misunderstood Man"
- "Be With Me Always"
- "Had to Be"
CD5 – The Hits – Number Ones Around the World
edit- "Living Doll"
- "Travellin' Light"
- "Please Don't Tease"
- "I Love You"
- "Theme for a Dream"
- "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart"
- "The Young Ones"
- "It'll Be Me"
- "The Next Time"
- "Bachelor Boy"
- "Summer Holiday"
- "Lucky Lips"
- "It's All in the Game"
- "Constantly"
- "The Minute You're Gone"
- "Congratulations"
- "Power to All Our Friends"
- "Devil Woman"
- "We Don't Talk Anymore"
- "Living Doll (with The Young Ones)"
- "Mistletoe and Wine"
- "Saviour's Day"
- "The Millennium Prayer"
CD6 – Faith & Inspiration
edit- "Help It Along"
- "Higher Ground"
- "Such is the Mystery"
- "I Wish We'd All Been Ready"
- "Up in Canada"
- "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music"
- "Yes He Lives"
- "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"
- "Walking in the Light"
- "Better Than I Know Myself"
- "Discovering"
- "Be in My Heart"
- "Little Town"
- "Love and a Helping Hand"
- "Yesterday Today Forever"
- "Where You Are"
- "There's No Power in Pity"
- "Free"
- "Faithful One"
CD7 – Live in Japan
edit- "Backscratcher"
- "Can't Let You Go"
- "Have a Little Talk With Myself"
- "Sunny Honey Girl"
- "The Minute You're Gone"
- "Flying Machine"
- "The Day I Met Marie"
- "Silvery Rain"
- "My Way"
- "Move It"
- "Living in Harmony"
- "Walk On By"/"The Look of Love"
- "Early in the Morning"
- "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha"
- "Living Doll"
- "Bachelor Boy"
- "The Young Ones"
- "Congratulations"
- "The Girl Can't Help It"
- "Great Balls of Fire"
- "Lucille"
- "Jailhouse Rock"
- "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Do You Wanna Dance"
- "Sing a Song of Freedom"
CD8 – Lost and Found (From the Archives)
edit- "Deep Purple"
- "I Love You the Way You Are"
- "Words"
- "The Letter"
- "If I Do"
- "Note in a Bottle"
- "All My Love"
- "The Day I Met Marie"
- "No Name No Fame"
- "Love is Like a Crescendo"
- "Postmark Heaven"
- "When You Are There"
- "A Sad Song With a Happy Soul"
- "'Cause I Believe in Loving"
- "I Who Have Nothing"
- "Run For Shelter"
- "Sweet Lovin' Ways"
- "Love of My Life"
- "Honky Tonk Angel"
- "Song of Yesterday"
- "Mobile Alabama School Leaving Hullabaloo"
References
edit- ^ Thompson, Dave. "They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music". Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My Fifty Years In Music) – Cliff Richard". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Cliff Richard (2008). ... And They Said It Wouldn't Last (Box Set, CD & Vinyl). Retrieved 3 November 2020.