Cilla Black - Abyssinian Secret (60's Psychedelia !!)

In 1968 Cilla Black unexpectedly recorded an amazing piece of pop psychedelia, quite unlike any of her other material. It was called "Abyssinian Secret" and it's long been a guilty pleasure of mine. When I decided to try doing a video for the track I searched around the internet for some appropriate footage - Arab bazaars, snake charmers, belly dancers etc. Quite by chance I stumbled across this clip from, I think, a South American TV show. I was astounded to find that the footage didn't need ANY editing whatsoever. The choreography synched perfectly to the track. God! - who would ever have thought you could belly dance to a Cilla Black song!!! All credit to the production skills of George Martin who obviously got the musical arrangement spot on. Camp? Yes, Cheesey? Yes, but a real classic piece of acid trip, opium den, 60's pop psychedelia in it's own right. It was hidden away as an album track and, I think, is still available on a compilation CD called "The Abbey Road Decade" Forget "You're My World" and "Anyone Who Had A Heart" - this was Cilla when the Sixties were REALLY swinging... Enjoy :)

Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: gav002

Length: 02:24
Rating: 4.50
Views: 28477

Tags: 60s  abyssinian  arabesque  belly  black  cilla  dance  liverpool  LSD  merseybeat  pop  psychedelic  secret  

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