Cliff Live at the Talk of the Town is one of the stranger live albums that anyone is likely to hear from a world-class performer, affording Cliff Richard the chance to sing in a relatively small-scale club setting. Dating from 1970 and produced by Norrie Paramor (who also conducts the orchestra), the record was -- typically for Richard's work of this era -- never released in the United States, but it was apparently reasonably successful in England, where it was released on the mid-priced Starline imprint. It's a strange and frustrating -- yet also eminently successful -- record, somewhat akin to Don't Stop Me Now, Richard's 1967 attempt at updating his music. He embraces a variety of sounds and repertoire here, including American R&B, North ... See more