Cilla Black - Deluxe Reissues from 7/18

Cherry Red out of the UK will begin reissuing Cilla Black's entire EMI catalogue as deluxe 2CD sets in the coming months. Bonus tracks will include rare non-lp tracks and mono mixes. Cilla's lone Top 40 hit, "You're My World", will almost certainly make an appearance.

Unfortunately, the first set, "Surround Yourself with Cilla" (1969)/"It Makes Me Feel Good" (1976), due 20 July 2018, has dropped two of the mono bonus tracks for time. However, the mono versions of "It'll Never Happen Again" and "I Am A Woman" would fit on the first disc if some of the other bonus tracks were moved to the second disc, where there's space available. If the compilers want to keep the eras distinct, they could put two of the 1969 era bonus tracks as hidden tracks on Disc 2, with adequate silence to separate them from the main program. In short, there's really no reason for these two tracks not to be included.

I think most forum members would agree that it sets a bad precedent to included an incomplete "mono album" on a CD - especially as it's basically now or never for such an endeavour. I don't see a comprehensive Cilla Black reissue campaign ever happening again, certainly not on CD. I'd entreat anyone reading to let the compilers know that they should reinstate the mono mixes of "It'll Never Happen Again" and "I Am a Woman" to the program.:

Http://www.cherryred.co.uk/contact/

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Current Tracklist:

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Aquarius
2. Without Him
3. Only Forever Will Do
4. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
5. Forget Him
6. It'll Never Happen Again
7. Think Of Me
8. I Am A Woman
9. Words
10. Red Rubber Ball
11. Liverpool Lullaby
12. Surround Yourself With Sorrow
13. London Bridge
14. Your Heart Is Free (Just Like The Winde)
15. Quando Si Spezza Un Grande Amore (Mono)
16. Surround Yourself With Sorrow (False Start)
17. Surround Yourself With Sorrow (Take 9 - 2009 Mix - Without Fade)
18. Aquarius (Mono) +
19. Without Him (Mono) +
20. Only Forever Will Do (Mono) +
21. You'll Never Get To Happen (If You Break My Heart) (Mono) +
22. Forget Him (Mono) +
23. Think Of Me (Mono) +
24. Words (Mono) +
25. Red Rubber Ball (Mono) +
26. Liverpool Lullaby (Mono)
27. Surround Yourself With Sorrow (Mono) +

[CD2]
1. Something About You
2. I'll Take A Tango
3. September Love Affair
4. Lay The Music Down
5. San Diego Serenade +
6. Hearbeat
7. Running Out Of World +
8. To Know Him Is To Love Him
9. It Makes Me Feel Good
10. Lay It All Down
11. One Step From Your Arms
12. Lovin' Land +
13. Fantasy
14. It's Now
15. I Believe (When I Fall In Love, It Will Be Forever)
16. Easy In Your Company +
17. Little Things Mean A Lot
18. A Bad Case Of Rock 'N' Roll
19. Slow Dance

+ Debut on CD

These new 2CD sets are centred around original albums, so "You're My World" will likely be added as a bonus track to the reissue of Cilla Black's UK debut "Cilla".

"Surround Yourself With Sorrow" peaked at #3 in the UK. Curiously, the parent album was the first of Black's albums not to chart in her homeland - her previouse three long players had all charted within the Top Ten.

The inclusion of multiple versions of "Surround Yourself With Sorrow" is obviously to entice completists. But tracks 1-17 on Disc 1 have already been available together as a digital download, which makes it even more irksome that the mono versions of "It'll Never Happen Again" and "I Am a Woman" have been dropped to make room for tracks such as the Italian version of "... Sorrow" (CD1, Track 15). The Italian version has also already been on CD before. It can be found on the 2005 compilatoin "Cilla In the 60s".

Such programming is all the more reason to let Cherry Red know that they shouldn't neglect the aforementioned mono tracks that haven't been seen the light of day since their original release.