And They Said it Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music

And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music)
And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music)
Box set by Cliff Richard
Released	15 September 2008
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI Records
Cliff Richard chronology

......And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My 50 Years in Music) is a commemorative box set released to celebrate Cliff Richard's fifty years in the music business. It was released on 15 September 2008. Its release was preceded on 8 September by a new single called "Thank You for a Lifetime" which doesn't appear in the set. The set includes eight CDs, a reproduction of Cliff's first single (a 10-inch 78rpm vinyl record of Move It/Schoolboy Crush), a 52-page photo book of Cliff's fifty years in music, and a gold-plated coin bearing the 'Cliff's 50 Anniversary' graphic.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Boxed set[]

The package is divided into the following eight disks:

CD1: The Early Years
CD2: Rare B-Sides 1963-1989
CD3: Rare EP Tracks 1961-1991
CD4: Stage & Screen
CD5: The Hits — Number Ones Around the World
CD6: Faith and Inspiration
CD7: Live in Japan 1972
CD8: Lost and Found (From the Archives)

CD1 - The Early Years[]

Move It
Schoolboy Crush
High Class Baby
My Feet Hit the Ground
Apron Strings
Livin' Lovin' Doll
Never Mind
Mean Woman Blues
Don't Bug Me Baby
Blue Suede Shoes
Dynamite
Mean Streak
She's Gone
I Cannot Find a True Love
Willie and the Hand Jive
'D' in Love
Nine Times Out of Ten
Choppin' 'n' Changin'
Mumblin' Mosie
Tough Enough
Gee Whiz It's You
Now's the Time to Fall in Love
Bonus track - Nine Times Out of Ten
Bonus track - A Girl Like You
Bonus track - Fall in Love with You
Bonus track - Never Mind
Bonus track - I Love You
Bonus track - Dynamite
Bonus track - Michelle
Bonus track - Poor Boy

CD2 - Rare B Sides 1963-1989[]

Say You're Mine
True True Lovin'
Just Another Guy
Just a Little Bit Too Late
Somebody Loses
I Get the Feelin'
Our Story Book
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Occasional Rain
She's Leaving You
So Long
Monday Comes Too Soon
I Was Only Fooling Myself
Time Flies
Annabella Umbrella
Pigeon
A Thousand Conversations
My Cloud
Empty Chairs
The Old Accordion
Come Back Billie Jo
Bonus track - I Only Know I Love You
Bonus track - Back in Vaudeville
Bonus track - Stronger Than That
Bonus track - I Just Don't Have the Heart

CD3 - Rare EP Tracks 1961-1991[]

Dream
I'll See You in My Dreams
Carnival
Some of These Days
For You For Me
Your Eyes Tell On You
I Wonder
I'm in the Mood for Love
Watch What You Do With My Baby
Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
Frenesi
Why Don't They Understand
I'm Afraid to Go Home
Where is Your Heart
Lies and Kisses
Sweet and Gentle
The Night
Look Before You Love
La La La La La
Never Knew What Love Could Do
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Holly and the Ivy
Bonus track - It's Wonderful to Be Young
Bonus track - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Bonus track - Sooner or Later
Bonus track - A Spoonful of Sugar
Bonus track - Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah
Bonus track - Chim Chim Cheree

CD4 - Stage & Screen[]

Mad About You
Love
Lessons in Love
Dancing Shoes
On the Beach
This Was My Special Day
I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You)
Time Drags By
Shooting Star
Why Wasn't I Born Rich
In the Country
Two a Penny
His Land
Take Me High
Suddenly
Born to Rock 'n' Roll
She's So Beautiful
It's in Every One of Us
Misunderstood Man
Be With Me Always
Had to Be

CD5 - The Hits - Number Ones Around the World[]

Living Doll
Travellin' Light
Please Don't Tease
I Love You
Theme for a Dream
When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart
The Young Ones
It'll Be Me
The Next Time
Bachelor Boy
Summer Holiday
Lucky Lips
It's All in the Game
Constantly
The Minute You're Gone
Congratulations
Power to All Our Friends
Devil Woman
We Don't Talk Anymore
Living Doll (with The Young Ones)
Mistletoe and Wine
Saviour's Day
The Millennium Prayer

CD6 - Faith & Inspiration[]

Help it Along
Higher Ground
Such is the Mystery
I Wish We'd All Been Ready
Up in Canada
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music
Yes He Lives
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Walking in the Light
Better Than I Know Myself
Discovering
Be in My Heart
Little Town
Love and a Helping Hand
Yesterday Today Forever
Where You Are
There's No Power in Pity
Free
Faithful One

CD7 - Live in Japan[]

Backscratcher
Can't Let You Go
Have a Little Talk With Myself
Sunny Honey Girl
The Minute You're Gone
Flying Machine
The Day I Met Marie
Silvery Rain
My Way
Move It
Living in Harmony
Walk On By/The Look of Love
Early in the Morning
Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha
Living Doll
Bachelor Boy
The Young Ones
Congratulations
The Girl Can't Help It
Great Balls of Fire
Lucille
Jailhouse Rock
Good Old Rock 'n' Roll
Do You Wanna Dance
Sing a Song of Freedom

CD8 - Lost And Found (From the Archives)[]

Deep Purple
I Love You the Way You Are
Words
The Letter
If I Do
Note in a Bottle
All My Love
The Day I Met Marie
No Name No Fame
Love is Like a Crescendo
Postmark Heaven
When You Are There
A Sad Song With a Happy Soul
'Cause I Believe in Loving
I Who Have Nothing
Run For Shelter
Sweet Lovin' Ways
Love of My Life
Honky Tonk Angel
Song of Yesterday
Mobile Alabama School Leaving Hullabaloo

References[]

^ Thompson, Dave. They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-11-03.
^ Cliff Richard (2008). ... And They Said It Wouldn't Last (Box Set, CD & Vinyl). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My Fifty Years In Music) - Cliff Richard". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[allmusic-1] Thompson, Dave. They Said It Wouldn't Last: My 50 Years in Music at AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-11-03.

[2] Cliff Richard (2008). ... And They Said It Wouldn't Last (Box Set, CD & Vinyl). Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[3] "And They Said It Wouldn't Last (My Fifty Years In Music) - Cliff Richard". recordcollectormag.com. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

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