We're talking about brothers who (when they weren't at each others throats or even when they were) had their own form of musical telepathy. "I'm working on a new song but I'm stuck; here are some lyrics or let me hum a few bars, etc." Change a word, get a third.
"Saved By The Bell" really should've been four discs. Hate to think the omitted material will *never* be heard.
In general, after Children of the World, Barry sort of formed his own production team outside The Bee Gees banner with Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson (Andy Gibb's albums, Guilty, Heartbreaker, Eyes That See In The Dark, Eaten Alive) while Robin and Maurice worked together on Robin's solo albums. Since they did work together at some points between 1980 and 1986, the song writing credits varied depending on who was around.
Listened to Robin's How Old Are You? album all the way through for the first time yesterday. I was familiar with Juliet and Another Lonely Night In New York as well as the title track, but not the rest of the album. Despite being firmly entrenched in an 80s production style (which I normally loathe), I actually found myself quite enjoying the album and some of the songs I'd never heard before. One the highlights of the album for me was Don't Stop The Night:
I remember reading around the time of Living Eyes that the production arrangements caused quite a bit of friction as Robin and Maurice wanted to have more active roles in terms of production and vocal contributions while Barry wanted to stick with the Galuten/Richardson format. Hence some of the big changes in terms of personnel and sound on Living Eyes (an underrated gem imho lol). (Gibb Songs : 1981 ) It was said by the time the brothers reunited for E.S.P. each brother had developed such different production styles that heated arguments broke out frequently (halting recording), and that they eventually had to come to a compromise in terms of production styles to move forward with the album. (Gibb Songs : 1987 )
There's also a stunning outtake from this album called "Love Is Just A Calling Card" (easily found on YouTube).
Not counting my original 60s LPs, I bought the 67-68 box ... then the Odessa deluxe set. I also bought the reissue of Greatest (probably a mistake, as I have an original CD). I also have Tales From The Brothers Gibb, the two Best Ofs, and the dreadful-sounding The Record. In other words, enough comps! Is there a solid reason to hunt down and probably overpay for the 74-79 box? What I cannot understand is why no one will do the years in between. If Capitol or whoever has the rights doesn't want to, I am sure there are still several companies that do! Are these albums available as downloads in good sound quality?
I doubt Capitol/UMG will sublicence anything. At this point I think they'd rather sit on it and rely on streaming and digital sales than doing anything noteworthy with it.
From the Bee Gees Facebook page today: Bee Gees - The ultimate #ThrowbackThursday - check out... The ultimate #ThrowbackThursday - check out this 1963 clip of the #BrothersGibb performing "Little Band Of Gold" by James Gilreath on Brian Henderson's Bandstand. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=579550329254556
Never seen that clip before! Always fun seeing some new one's. I love their early period as much as their later career.
I am of the opinion they bought it to cash in on the SNF/Grammy event and that is all they will ever do and all Barry at this point is satisfied with.
Ran across this yesterday. Interesting analyses/interpretation of Bee Gees To Love Somebody from 1974 concert and other things:
Ah yes, 'Wings Of Pegasus' He does a wonderful job and goes into intense detail. Also mentioned and noted in this thread: The Tielman Brothers featured on Wings of Pegasus.
He is great, and he analyzes artists of all styles and he does his research. Being a musician and guitar teacher himself, he comes from a place of other understanding as well. Pretty amazing to see a guy like this tackle artists and have no 'bias' either way. I highly recommend anybody to check out his channel, you'll find an analysis on someone you love.
The Number Ones: The Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love” The song spent 17 weeks in the US top 10. More than any single in the 70s and 80s by any act. Nothing short of sensational. Also a million seller in the U.K and number 1 in France for several weeks
I wonder how many weeks it would log today with the current chart methodology....it's like $100 in 1977 would be worth $424.66 in 2019......so 17 weeks would be 72 weeks today!
Quite right. The record of 17 weeks in a row stood for many years up to 1992. End of the Road By Boyz // Men broke the record held since the hot 100 started in 1958
