''Dressed for the Occasion'' is an album by English singer

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, recorded live with the accompaniment of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1982. It was released in May 1983 on the

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label and reached No. 7 in the

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and No. 30 in Australia. It was certified Silver in the UK. "

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", a cover of the Buddy Holly original, was released in April 1983 as the

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from the album and reached No. 8 on the

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. No further singles were released from the album, however the album includes covers of two additional hit songs, being " Softly, as I Leave You", of which the original English version by

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reached No. 10 in the UK Singles Chart in 1962; the other being " The Treasure of Love", of which Clyde McPhatter's original in 1956 reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Rhythm and Blues Chart and No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Top 100, but only No. 27 in the UK Singles Chart. The album also includes orchestral versions of several of Richard's hits since his 1976 renaissance, "

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", " Devil Woman", " Green Light", " We Don't Talk Anymore" and " Carrie".

Track listing

Side one #" Green Light" (

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) – 4:11 #" We Don't Talk Anymore" (Alan Tarney) – 4:34 #"

" ( Buddy Holly,

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) – 3:11 #" Softly, as I Leave You" (

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) – 3:28 #" Carrie" (

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

, B.A. Robertson) – 3:25 #"

" (

Dave Townsend Dave Townsend is a British songwriter, lyricist, and singer, and was born in Somerset, in South West England. Aside from a solo career, he was also a vocalist for The Alan Parsons Project, singing lead vocals on "Don't Let it Show" on the album, ...

) – 4:04 Side two #"Galadriel (Spirit of Starlight)" (

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) – 5:36 #"Maybe Someday" (Dean Klevatt,

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) – 3:31 #"Thief in the Night" ( Paul Field) – 4:07 #"Up in the World" (

Clifford T. Ward Clifford Thomas Ward (10 February 1944 – 18 December 2001) was an English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist. Ward's 1973 album '' Home Thoughts'' remains his best known recording and he had hit singles with "G ...

) – 2:40 #" The Treasure of Love" (Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman) – 2:02 #" Devil Woman" (Terry Britten, Christine Holmes) – 4:36 Additional (previously unreleased) live tracks from the concert (2004 re-issue): # " The Golden Days are Over" (Terry Britten, Sue Shifrin) – 4:04 # "You, Me and Jesus" (Cliff Richard) – 2:06 # "Discovering" ( Chris Eaton) – 3:40 # " Daddy's Home ( James Sheppard, William H. Miller) – 2:40 # " Little Town" (Chris Eaton) – 3:50

Personnel

*Cliff Richard – lead and backing vocals * London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by

Richard Hewson Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943) is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who created the studio group RAH Band. Career Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger, and has worked with musicians s ...

*David Cooke – synthesizer *Mark Griffith – bass guitar *Graham Jarvis – drums * Steve Gray – piano *

Tony Rivers Tony Rivers (born Douglas Anthony Thompson, 21 December 1940, Shildon, County Durham, England) is an English singer, best known for singing with the groups Tony Rivers and the Castaways and Harmony Grass. Additionally, Rivers sang on albums by ...

– backing vocals *Tony Harding – backing vocals * Stu Calver – backing vocals *John Perry – backing vocals

Technical personnel

*Producers – Cliff Richard and Richard Hewson *Conductor – Richard Hewson *Arrangement – Richard Hewson *Engineer – John Kurlander *Mixing – Keith Bessey (at Strawberry Studios South) *Recording – Doug Hopkins (using Pumacrest Mobile) Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and the book ''Cliff Richard – The Complete Recording Sessions 1958–1990''.

Charts and certifications

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

AllMusic review of ''Dressed for the Occasion''
{{Authority control 1983 live albums Cliff Richard albums EMI Records live albums London Philharmonic Orchestra albums Live albums recorded at the Royal Albert Hall