Tracks 'n Grooves
{{short description|1970 studio album by Cliff Richard}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tracks ‘n Grooves
| type = Studio
| artist = Cliff Richard
| cover = Cliff_Richard_Tracks_'n_Grooves.jpg
| alt =
| released = 30 November 1970{{cite journal|title=New Releases|journal=Dynamite International|date=December 1970|issue=13|page=2}}
| recorded = June 1967 – September 1969
| venue =
| studio = Abbey Road
| length =
| 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.{{cite book | first1=Peter | last1=Lewry | first2=Nigel | last2=Goodall | year=1991 | title=Cliff Richard The Complete Recording Sessions 1958-1990 | publisher=Blandford | location=London | isbn=0-7137-2242-8 | pages=78,80,82,87,172}} It is his thirtieth album overall. The album reached #37 in the UK Album Charts.{{cite web |title=Cliff Richard UK Chart History |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19899/cliff-richard/ |website=www.officialcharts.com |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company}}
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".{{cite book |last1=Read |first1=Mike |authorlink1=Mike Read |last2=Lewry |first2=Peter |last3=Goodall |first3=Nigel |title=Cliff Richard - The Complete Chronicle |url=http://nigelgoodall.co.uk/books/cliff-richard-the-complete-chronicle/ |accessdate=1 July 2013 |year=1993 |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |isbn=0600578976 |page=150}}{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|date=11 December 1971|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=54–|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xigEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|date=27 December 1969|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=41–|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PCgEAAAAMBAJ|date=28 February 1970|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PCgEAAAAMBAJ/page/n79 64]–|issn=0006-2510}} 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
- "Early in the Morning" (Mike Leander, Eddie Seago)
- "As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life" (Joe Brooks{{cite AV media |people=Brooks and Kornfeld |date=1967 |title=As I Walk Into the Morning of Your Life |medium=7" single |url=https://www.discogs.com/Brooks-And-Kornfeld-Ride-On-The-Rain-As-I-Walk-Into-The-Morning-Of-Your-Life/release/10128675}})
- "Love, Truth & Emily Stone” (Hank Marvin, Petrina Lordan{{cite book|author=Victor Rust|title=The Cliff Richard Recording Catalogue 1958-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HyijAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA328|year=2010|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-0-9567384-0-0|pages=328–}})
- "My Head Goes Around" (Geoff Goddard)
- "Put My Mind at Ease" (Neil Diamond)
- "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler)
- "The Girl Can’t Help It" (Bobby Troup)
- "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (Sonny Bono)
Side Two
- "I’ll Make It All Up To You" (Charlie Rich)
- "I’d Just Be Fool Enough" (Melvin Endsley)
- "Don’t Let Tonight Ever End" (Sylvana Simoni, Giulio Libano, Jack Wood)
- "What a Silly Thing To Do" (Terry Britten)
- "Your Heart’s Not In Your Love" (Neil Sedaka, Carole Bayer)
- "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends" (Jack Keller, Gerry Goffin)
- "Are You Only Fooling Me" (Raymond Froggatt)
Production
- All tracks produced by Norrie Paramor except Side 1 Track 3 by Peter VinceAlbum sleeve
- 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
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