JimN wrote:Oh, yes... sorry... misread that as 1958...
Surely there'd be something about it in the Lewry/Goodall book IF it were The Drifters of Cliff Richard and Shadows fame?
Do you mean The Complete Chronicle Book ? I've got the "new updated edition" from 1995 and was not impressed. The blurb says "Combining a daily account of his professional activity from 1958 with detailed information on every live date, recording session and broadcast, this book traces Cliff's place on the UK music scene since his record debut with "Move It". It contains over 250 illustrations, some never seen before."
Yes it does score heavily for the studio details but a couple of afternoons with 1950s and 60s music papers demonstrates that the live show aspect is not well covered at all and working from memory i don't think all the radio and tv shows were in there either. It is missing scores of concerts in the first two years (1958/9) alone.
In my experience if it says "Complete" it is usually nothing of the sort - The Complete Dusty Springfield BBC Sessions, The Complete Animals, The Complete Johnny Kidd and The Pirates etc. and that's a complete list