Search - Cilla Black :: Definitive Collection [2 CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD]

Buy it for the DVD - 60s Cilla great, 70s Cilla dull

Reader from Singapore | 10/17/2009

(3 out of 5 stars)

"This first ever DVD release for Cilla Black has sent her fans into raptures of orgasmic delight and who can blame them ?



For me, it is 60s Cilla singing mostly original material that truly impresses and makes this CD-cum-DVD compilation a worthwhile buy. Just listen or watch her powerful live performance of "You're My World" on the Royal Variety Show, or "Where Is Tomorrow" on Top Of The Pops, or even her duet of "The Look Of Love/Walk On By" with Cliff Richard and you'll see what I mean. All great stuff and in black and white.



Cilla's early jet black voice is an unusual instrument - you either love it or hate it. At the very least, it's unique and distinctive. However, as soon as we get to the colour clips, ie roughly from 1970 onwards, you get a totally different Cilla - softer, mellower and sadly, for the most part, duller. These performance clips from her 70s TV series consist of too many pointless covers which only expose her limited interpretive range with other people's songs like "I Am Woman", "You're So Vain", "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and "When Will I See You Again".



A great pity that most of her 60s TV appearances no longer exist, else we'd have been given performance clips of her many hits from that era rather than later versions of those songs from the mid-70s.



Buy it for the DVD if nothing else. The 60s clips alone are worth the price of this compilation.

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A 3-disc set that truly lives up to its monumental title!

Mr. K | UK | 09/24/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The set is a celebration of the Kylie Minogue of the 1960s! Yes, I am talking about Cilla Black who between 1963 and 1978 was also signed to Parlophone/EMI. She was during this time one of the label's most successful recording acts.



This career-spanning compilation is released to celebrate Cilla's 45th showbiz anniversary and includes all of her Top 40 hits, highlights from all her EMI studio albums and best of all for the fans a nice bumper batch of collectibles (some tracks which debut on CD and six of which are previously unreleased). The icing on the cake of this release and probably its biggest selling point is CB's first ever music DVD. The REGION FREE DVD (which is in a PAL colour format) features stunning live performances from the archives at BBC TV filmed between 1964 and 1976.



A VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: THE MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL BBC VIDEO TAPES CONTAINING CILLA'S PERFORMANCES FROM THE 1960S HAD BEEN SADLY WIPED. ALL CONCERNED HOWEVER WERE THRILLED TO STILL FIND MANY GEMS FROM CILLA'S SIXTIES POP PEAK AS WELL AS SOME EQUALLY STUNNING CLIPS FROM THE SEVENTIES!



Cilla also has a new album of club remixes 'CILLA ALL MIXED UP' which is available as an mp3 download release from amazon.com. Fans will also find digitally remastered download re-issues of all Cilla's original studio albums. Enjoy!!



THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION

[Full & Correct Track listing]



Disc: 1

1. Love Of The Loved

2. Anyone Who Had A Heart

3. You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)

4. It's For You

5. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

6. I've Been Wrong Before

7. Love's Just A Broken Heart (L'Amour Est Ce Qu'il Est)

8. Alfie

9. Don't Answer Me (Ti Vedo Uscire)

10. A Fool Am I (Dimmelo Parlami)

11. What Good Am I?

12. I Only Live To Love You (Cosa Si Fa Stasera)

13. Step Inside Love

14. Where Is Tomorrow? (Non c'è Domani)

15. Liverpool Lullaby

16. Surround Yourself With Sorrow

17. Conversations

18. If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind

19. Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)

20. Baby We Can't Go Wrong

21. Never Run Out (Of You)

22. He Was A Writer

23. Little Bit Of Understanding

24. (I Wanted To Call It) Off

25. Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight) (Almighty Radio Edit)



Disc: 2

1. Goin' Out Of My Head

2. Sing A Rainbow

3. For No One

4. Work Is A Four Letter Word (Film Version)

5. Only Forever Will Do (Prigioniero del Mondo)

6. Aquarius

7. Words

8. On A Street Called Hope

9. For Once In My Life

10. The April Fools

11. Oh Pleasure Man

12. Your Song

13. Junk

14. (They Long To Be) Close To You

15. Our Brand New World

16. The World I Wish For You [Without Fade]

17. I Hate Sunday

18. I Don't Know How To Love Him [Take 2]

19. Oh My Love

20. The Air That I Breathe

21. Lay It All Down

22. Brooklyn

23. Black Paper Roses (2009 Chicken Feed Remix)

24. Kiss You All Over (2009 Acoustic Mix)

25. Beautiful Goodbye (2009 Klubkidz Radio Edit)



Disc: 3

1. You're My World (The Royal Variety Performance)

2. Don't Answer Me (The Ken Dodd Show)

3. Step Inside Love (Cilla Show)

4. Love's Just A Broken Heart (Cilla Show)

5. Where Is Tomorrow (Top of the Pops)

6. Liverpool Lullaby (Cilla Show)

7. The Look Of Love/Walk On By (Cilla Show)

8. Surround Yourself With Sorrow (Top of the Pops)

9. Yesterday (Cilla Show/Live In Berlin)

10. Goin' Out Of My Head (Cilla Show/Live In Berlin)

11. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Cilla Show)

12. I Am Woman (Cilla Show)

13. You're So Vain (Cilla Show)

14. Help Me Make It Through The Night (Cilla Show)

15. Day By Day (Cilla Show)

16. Alfie (Cilla Show)

17. Baby We Can't Go Wrong (Cilla Show)

18. When Will I See You Again (Cilla Show)

19. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Cilla Show)

20. If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind (Cilla Show)

21. Imagine (Cilla Show)

22. Something Tells Me (Cilla Show)

23. Conversations (Cilla Show)

24. Sing A Rainbow (Cilla Show)

25. You're My World (Cilla Show/Live at the Royal Albert Hall)

26. Beautiful Goodbye (Promo)

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