Cliff Richard- What Car?

quite liked that song btw!

It was the end of his wilderness years and he hasn't failed to have a successful studio album since (with the partial exception of The Rock Connection) so it is very buried. Bob Stanley mentioned it to him in his Record Collector interview a few years ago which is the only time I've heard Cliff speak about it.

You’re not thought of as a songwriter, yet you wrote most of the songs on the 1974 album, The 31st Of February Street.

That was produced by Dave Mackay. It was a really nice production – we did a version of Travelling Light. I played guitar on it, which I rarely do. I’m no good at playing it now. So it was a nice album. But you know, you can’t outguess the public, they know what they like. And even though you may make a very sweet album, it’s just not sweet enough sometimes. We all go through that, though. Not all of our albums happen. I should have kept playing guitar. I could probably have been a better writer had I kept playing, but I found guitar onstage a total hindrance.

https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/cliff-richard

This was a top 10 hit in 1969 but I don't think I've ever heard it before. Written by Hank Marvin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Q9bEUQpgQ

“What Car” is, ahem, a banger.

"Throw Down A Line was pitched to the Jeff Beck Group who shrugged through a version that sat in the vault for 30+ years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXR2bKA21L8