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

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 ...

, recorded live with the accompaniment of the

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at the

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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

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original, was released in April 1983 as the

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from the album and reached No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart. 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

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'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", "

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", " We Don't Talk Anymore" and " Carrie".

Track listing

Side one #"

" (

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

" (

Norman Petty Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, and radio station owner. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll. With Vi Ann Petty—his wife and vocalist—he ...

) – 3:11 #" Softly, as I Leave You" ( Giorgio Calabrese, Tony De Vita,

Hal Shaper Harold David Shaper (18 July 1931 – 8 January 2004), known as Hal Shaper, was a South African songwriter. After qualifying as a lawyer in 1955, he travelled to London to begin his five-decade-long musical career during which he worked with and ...

) – 3:28 #" Carrie" (

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born 17 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 (band), Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many ot ...

, 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)" (

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 ...

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) – 5:36 #"Maybe Someday" (Dean Klevatt, Karel Fialka) – 3:31 #"Thief in the Night" ( Paul Field) – 4:07 #"Up in the World" ( Clifford T. Ward) – 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 *

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 worked with musicians such ...

*David Cooke – synthesizer *Mark Griffiths – 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 S ...

– 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