''Cliff's Silver Discs'' is a compilation EP by

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

and

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters between 1958 and 1959) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the pre-Beatles era from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. They served as the bac ...

, released in December 1960. It topped both the ''

Record Retailer ''Record Retailer'' was the only music trade newspaper for the UK record industry. It was founded in August 1959 as a monthly newspaper covering both labels and dealers. Its founding editor was Roy Parker (who died on 27 December 1964). The ti ...

'' and ''

Melody Maker ''Melody Maker'' was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies; according to its publisher, IPC Media, the earliest. In January 2001, it was merged into "long-standing rival" (and IPC Media sister publicatio ...

'' EP charts.

Release and reception

Released at the beginning of December 1960, ''Cliff's Silver Discs'' contains four out of the six silver discs awarded to Richard and the Shadows up until then by ''

Disc Disc or disk may refer to: * Disk (mathematics), a two dimensional shape, the interior of a circle * Disk storage * Optical disc * Floppy disk Music * Disc (band), an American experimental music band * ''Disk'' (album), a 1995 EP by Moby Other ...

'' magazine for 250,000 sales. The first three tracks had been released as singles earlier in 1960, with the final track, " Travellin' Light", released the previous year. "Travellin' Light" was recorded in July 1959 and released in October 1959; then "

Fall in Love with You "Fall in Love with You" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in March 1960. It peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and also received a silver disc for 250,000 sales. Release "Fall in Love with You" was relea ...

", recorded in November 1959, was released in March 1960; then "

Please Don't Tease "Please Don't Tease" is a 1960 song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. Recorded in March and released as a single in June, the song became their third No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart spending three weeks at the summit. The song was written ...

", recorded in March and then released in June 1960; and then finally "

Nine Times Out of Ten "Nine Times Out of Ten" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in September 1960. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and also received a silver disc for 250,000 sales. Background and release In a vote by a ...

", also recorded in March, was released in September 1960. The two releases awarded silver discs not included on this EP are " Living Doll" and " A Voice in the Wilderness". Reviewing for ''Disc'', Keith Graham gave the EP five out of five stars, awarding it "EP Of The Month". Upon entering the ''Record Retailer'' EP chart a week after its release, ''Cliff's Silver Discs'' topped the chart two weeks later, before falling three places the following week and rising back to the top the week after that. It spent 52 consecutive weeks on the chart, leaving the chart after the first week of December 1961. It re-entered the chart in the final week of January 1962 and stayed on the chart for another four weeks, making a total of 57 weeks on the chart. The EP performed even better on the ''Melody Maker'' EP chart, topping it for six weeks.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals *

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows. Early life and career Marvin was born as Brian Robson Rankin at ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals (2) *

Bruce Welch Bruce Cripps (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as Bruce Welch, is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Early life Bruce Welch was born in Bognor Regis in ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2) *

Jet Harris Terence "Jet" Harris (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English rock and roll musician. He was an original member of Cliff Richard's backing band the Shadows, serving as the bass guitarist from the group's inception until April 1962, aft ...

– bass guitar *

Tony Meehan Daniel Joseph Anthony Meehan (2 March 1943 – 28 November 2005) was a founder member of the British group the Drifters with Jet Harris, Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which evolved into the Shadows. He played drums on early Cliff Richard and ...

– drums

Charts

References

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