Tracks 'n Grooves explained

Tracks ‘n Grooves
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Cliff Richard
Cover:	Cliff_Richard_Tracks_'n_Grooves.jpg
Released:	30 November 1970^[1]
Recorded:	June 1967 – September 1969
Studio:	Abbey Road
Genre:	Pop, Rock
Label:	EMI Columbia
Producer:	Norrie Paramor, Peter Vince
Prev Title:	Sincerely
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	The Best of Cliff Volume Two
Next Year:	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

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. New Releases. Dynamite International. December 1970. 13. 2.
2. Book: Peter . Lewry . Nigel . Goodall . 1991 . Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990 . Blandford . London . 0-7137-2242-8 . 78,80,82,87,172.
3. Web site: Cliff Richard UK Chart History . www.officialcharts.com . The Official UK Charts Company.
4. Book: Read . Mike . Mike Read . Lewry . Peter . Goodall . Nigel . Cliff Richard - The Complete Chronicle . 1 July 2013 . 1993 . . London . 0600578976 . 150.
5. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 11 December 1971. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 54–. 0006-2510.
6. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 27 December 1969. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 41–. 0006-2510.
7. Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 28 February 1970. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 64–. 0006-2510.
8. Brooks and Kornfeld . 1967 . As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life . 7" single .
9. Book: Victor Rust. The Cliff Richard Recording Catalogue 1958-2010. 2010. Lulu.com. 978-0-9567384-0-0. 328–.
10. Album sleeve