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It's For You: Cilla Black Gets Orchestral Treatment from Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

September 18, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

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Following in the footsteps of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and The Beach Boys, Cilla Black is the next artist to receive the grand orchestral treatment.  On November 16, Warner Music U.K. will release Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring fourteen classic songs by the late superstar with all-new orchestral backings.

Producers James Morgan and Juliette Pochin have selected favorite songs including three top ten hits penned by John Lennon and Paul McCartney ("Step Inside Love," featuring McCartney on guitar; "Love of the Loved;" and "It's for You"); the top five smashes "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight" and "Surround Yourself with Sorrow;" and the singer's interpretations of songs by Joni Mitchell ("Both Sides Now") and Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Your Song").  Three newly-recorded virtual duets are featured on the album, with Rebecca Ferguson joining Black on her chart-topping rendition of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Anyone Who Had a Heart," stage and screen star Sheridan Smith (who portrayed the artist on the television miniseries Cilla) appearing on Bacharach and David's "Alfie," and Sir Cliff Richard on the anthemic "You're My World."

Additionally, one previously unreleased vocal by Black on "Have I Told You Lately" has been adorned with a new orchestration from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic.  Cilla's son Robert Willis, who is also involved with Cherry Red's ongoing series of deluxe Black reissues, comments in the press release, "The first thing I ask myself with any 'new' Cilla music project is, 'Would my mother approve?'. And then I ask myself, 'Would the fans, the collectors, the guys who have everything, would they be happy? Is there something new for them?'. With this album, the answer is an overwhelming Yes! It's been really cool to see so many talents converging to create something truly meaningful. Music was my mother's first love and this project really does come from the heart. I'm incredibly proud of it, as I am sure both Cilla and [her husband and Robert's father] Bobby would have been too."

Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is due on November 16 and is available for pre-order now at the links below!

Cilla Black, Cilla with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Warner U.K., 2018) (Amazon U.S. Link TBD / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Link TBD)

  1. Step Inside Love
  2. Anyone Who Had a Heart (with Rebecca Ferguson)
  3. Don't Answer Me
  4. Surround Yourself with Sorrow
  5. You're My World (with Sir Cliff Richard)
  6. Both Sides Now
  7. Conversations
  8. Alfie (with Sheridan Smith)
  9. Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)
  10. Your Song
  11. Love of the Loved
  12. Love's Just a Broken Heart
  13. Have I Told You Lately (previously unreleased vocal)
  14. It's for You

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Cilla Black, Cliff Richard, Rebecca Ferguson, Sheridan Smith

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Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Philip Houldershaw says

    September 19, 2018 at 5:50 pm

    I would love to have had 'It'll never happen again' and 'Misty Roses' included. But I'm not complaining. This is the musical highlight of the year for me.
    'Something tells me' this is going to do really well in the run up to Christmas!

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  2. john bradley says

    October 7, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    I look forward to this release I am sure the arrangements will be excellent

    Reply

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