Completely Cilla: 1963–1973 | ||||
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Released | 23 April 2012 | |||
Recorded | 1963–1972 | |||
Genre | Pop, Adult contemporary | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
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Completely Cilla: 1963–1973 is a compilation album released of music by British pop singer Cilla Black. The compilation album is a prelude to Black's 50th anniversary in show business (due in 2013) – it is the largest released compilation album of her music containing 139 digitally remastered recordings.
Released as a six disc boxed set (five CDs + one bonus NTSC/Region 0 DVD) in the United Kingdom by EMI Records. The CDs include all of Black's recordings which were produced by George Martin – featured are all of her A-side and B-side singles released between 1963 and 1973 (18 of these were UK chart hits) plus the songs from 7 studio albums.
A bonus DVD is also supplied containing many full-length music performances from Black's BBC variety shows of the late '60s and early '70s (22 performances are previously unavailable). The Region 0 DVD is Black's first music DVD to notably be produced in the American NTSC colour format. Rare performances are included with Cliff Richard ("Passing Strangers") and Marvin, Welch & Farrar ("Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)").
All of the songs contained on the compilation's five CDs were also released worldwide as a digital download.
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