Bee Gees - the ultimate Australian collection (9 CD's!)

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For the past ten years or so, I've had a passion project in mind that I kept extensive notes on, but never had the resources to compile. Until recently. For the past few months, I've been seeing this project to completion!

The most expansive collection of the Bee Gees' Australian years, "Brilliant From Birth", is OKAY - but there's a lot of ground left uncovered within its two jam-packed discs. How many CD's would it take to truly tell the story of the Bee Gees' Australian recordings? Well, my 'complete as possible' edition is a whopping *nine discs*. Volumes 1-8 are currently complete; working on volume 9 now. Out of the many CD's I've compiled for myself, this set is easily my proudest accomplishment, because it's never been done before.

Take a look at the track list....


VOLUME ONE: 1963

BEE GEES SESSIONS
01) Bee Gees - The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey
02) Bee Gees - The Three Kisses Of Love
03) Bee Gees - Timber!
04) Bee Gees - Take Hold Of That Star
05) Judy Stone with the Bee Gees - It Takes A Lot (To Make Me Cry)
06) Johnny Devlin with the Bee Gees - Stomp The Tumbarumba
07) Jimmy Hannan with the Bee Gees - Beach Ball
08) Jimmy Hannan with the Bee Gees - You Gotta Have Love
09) Jimmy Hannan with the Bee Gees - You Make Me Happy
10) Jimmy Hannan with the Bee Gees - Hokey Pokey Stomp

SONGS FOR OTHERS
11) Col Joye - (Underneath The) Starlight Of Love
12) Lonnie Lee and the Leemen - I'd Like To Leave If I May
13) Tony Brady - Let's Stomp, Australia Way
14) Tony Brady - Lucky Me
15) Noeleen Batley - Surfer Boy


VOLUME TWO: 1964

BEE GEES SESSIONS
01) Bee Gees - Peace Of Mind
02) Bee Gees - Don't Say Goodbye
03) Johnny Devlin with the Bee Gees - Blue Suede Shoes
04) Johnny Devlin with the Bee Gees - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
05) Bee Gees - Can't You See That She's Mine
06) Bee Gees - From Me To You
07) Bee Gees - Yesterday's Gone
08) Bee Gees - Just One Look
09) Bee Gees - Claustrophobia
10) Bee Gees - Could It Be
11) Bee Gees - Turn Around, Look At Me
12) Bee Gees - Theme From "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters"
13) Trevor Gordon with the Bee Gees - House Without Windows
14) Trevor Gordon with the Bee Gees - And I'll Be Happy

SONGS FOR OTHERS
15) Jimmy Little - One Road
16) Jimmy Little - Walkin' Talkin' Teardrop
17) Reg Lindsay - Scared Of Losing You
18) Del Juliana - Never Like This
19) Bryan Davies - I Just Don't Like To Be Alone
20) Bryan Davies - Love And Money

BONUS TRACKS (Unconfirmed Involvement)
21) Syd Wayne with the Bee Gees? - Where's Old Charlie Gone
22) Syd Wayne with the Bee Gees? - She's Apples


VOLUME THREE: 1965

BEE GEES SESSIONS
01) Bee Gees - Every Day I Have To Cry
02) Bee Gees - You Wouldn't Know
03) Trevor Gordon with Robin Gibb - Little Miss Rhythm and Blues
04) Trevor Gordon with Robin Gibb - Here I Am
05) Michelle Rae with the Bee Gees - I Wanna Tell The World
06) Michelle Rae with the Bee Gees - Everybody's Talkin'
07) Bee Gees - Wine and Women
08) Bee Gees - Follow The Wind
09) Noeleen Batley with Barry and Maurice Gibb - Watching The Hours Go By
10) Bee Gees - I Was A Lover, A Leader Of Men
11) Bee Gees - And The Children Laughing
12) Bee Gees - I Don't Think It's Funny
13) Bee Gees - How Love Was True
14) Bee Gees - To Be Or Not To Be

SONGS FOR OTHERS
15) Bryan Davies - Watch What You Say
16) Noeleen Batley - Baby I'm Losing You
17) Bryan Davies - I Should Have Stayed In Bed
18) Wayne Newton (U.S.) - They'll Never Know
19) Tony Brady - I Will Love You
20) Jenny Bradley - Who's Been Writing On The Wall Again
21) Jenny Bradley - Chubby
22) Jimmy Boyd (U.S.) - That's What I'll Give To You
23) Dennis and the Delawares - Bad Girl
24) Dennis and the Delawares - They Say
25) Lynne Fletcher - You Do Your Loving With Me


VOLUME FOUR: 1966, Part One

BEE GEES SESSIONS - The 'Spicks and Specks' LP
01) Bee Gees - I Want Home
02) Bee Gees - Cherry Red
03) Bee Gees - Monday's Rain (Single Version)
04) Bee Gees - Monday's Rain (Album Version)
05) Bee Gees - All Of My Life
06) Bee Gees - How Many Birds
07) Bee Gees - Play Down
08) Bee Gees - Play Down (Alternate Version)
09) Bee Gees - Second Hand People
10) Bee Gees - I Don't Know Why I Bother With Myself
11) Bee Gees - Big Chance
12) Bee Gees - Jingle Jangle
13) Bee Gees - Tint Of Blue
14) Bee Gees - Where Are You
15) Bee Gees - Born A Man
16) Bee Gees - Glass House
17) Bee Gees - Spicks and Specks
18) Bee Gees - I Am The World


VOLUME FIVE: 1966, Part Two

BEE GEES SESSIONS - The Third Album Sessions
01) Bee Gees - The Storm
02) Bee Gees - Exit, Stage Right
03) Bee Gees - Butterfly
04) Bee Gees - Terrible Way To Treat Your Baby
05) Bee Gees - Lum-De-Loo
06) Bee Gees - Like Nobody Else
07) Bee Gees - All The King's Horses
08) Bee Gees - Top Hat
09) Bee Gees - Coalman
10) Bee Gees - I'll Know What To Do
11) Bee Gees - In The Morning (Morning Of My Life)
12) Bee Gees - All By Myself
13) Bee Gees - Forever
14) Bee Gees - Lonely Winter

BEE GEES SESSIONS - Studio Rehearsals
15) Bee Gees - Daydream
16) Bee Gees - Paperback Writer
17) Bee Gees - Ticket To Ride
18) Bee Gees - You Won't See Me
19) Bee Gees - The End
20) Bee Gees - Hallelujah, I Love Her So
21) Bee Gees - I Love You Because
22) Bee Gees - Somewhere
23) Bee Gees - The Twelfth of Never
24) Bee Gees - You're The Reason I'm Living
25) Bee Gees - You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You


VOLUME SIX: 1966, Part Three

BEE GEES SESSIONS - Collaborations
01) Bip Addison with the Bee Gees - Hey
02) Bip Addison with the Bee Gees - Young Man's Fancy
03) Sandy Summers with the Bee Gees - Messin' Round
04) Sandy Summers with the Bee Gees - A Girl Needs To Love
05) Anne Shelton with the Bee Gees - Talk To Me
06) Anne Shelton with the Bee Gees - I Miss You
07) Vince Maloney with the Bee Gees - I Need Your Lovin' Tonight
08) Vince Maloney with the Bee Gees - Mystery Train
09) April Byron with the Bee Gees - He's A Thief
10) April Byron with the Bee Gees - A Long Time Ago
11) MPD Ltd. with Maurice Gibb - Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
12) MPD Ltd. with Maurice Gibb - I Am What I Am
13) Ray Brown & The Whispers with the Bee Gees - Too Late To Come Home
14) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - Coalman
15) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - All The King's Horses
16) Lori Balmer with the Bee Gees - Who's Been Writing On The Wall Again
17) Lori Balmer with the Bee Gees - In Your World
18) Marty Rhone with the Bee Gees - She Is Mine
19) Marty Rhone with the Bee Gees - Village Tapestry
20) Vyt with the Bee Gees - Why Do I Cry


VOLUME SEVEN: 1966, Part Four

BEE GEES SESSIONS - Collaborations (Continued)
01) Barrington Davis with Maurice Gibb - As Fast As I Can
02) Barrington Davis with Maurice Gibb - Raining Teardrops
03) Jenene Watson with the Bee Gees - So Long Boy
04) Jenene Watson with the Bee Gees - Don't Say No
05) Jon Blanchfield with the Bee Gees - Upstairs, Downstairs
06) Jon Blanchfield with the Bee Gees - Town Of Tuxley Toymaker, Part 1

SONGS FOR OTHERS
07) John Hore - Tribute To An Unknown Love
08) The Richard Wright Group - Neither Rich Nor Poor
09) The Mystics - Don't You Go, I Need Your Love
10) Steve and the Board - Little Miss Rhythm and Blues
11) The Twilights - Long Life

BONUS TRACKS (Unconfirmed Involvement)
12) Tony Barber with the Bee Gees? - Wait By The Water
13) Tony Barber with the Bee Gees? - Wondrous Place
14) Tony Barber with the Bee Gees? - No, No, No
15) Barrington Davis with the Bee Gees? - Dear Lady
16) Barrington Davis with the Bee Gees? - Complicated Riddle
17) Denise Drysdale, produced by Maurice Gibb? - Sunshine Shadows
18) Denise Drysdale, produced by Maurice Gibb? - Rescue Me
19) Python Lee Jackson, engineered by Maurice Gibb? - Um-Um-Um-Um
20) Dennis Knight with the Bee Gees? - Every Breath I Take
21) Dennis Knight with the Bee Gees? - My Babe
22) Mike Furber with the Bee Gees? - Where Are You
23) Mike Furber with the Bee Gees? - Second Hand People


VOLUME EIGHT: 1967-68 (Post-Departure)

BEE GEES SESSIONS
01) Billy J. Kramer (UK) with the Bee Gees - Town Of Tuxley Toymaker, Part 1
02) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - Exit, Stage Right
03) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - Butterfly
04) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - I'll Know What To Do
05) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - Terrible Way To Treat Your Baby
06) Ronnie Burns (with the Bee Gees' track) - Top Hat
07) Johnny Young with the Bee Gees - Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy of Arts
08) The Kids (with the Bee Gees' track) - How Many Birds
09) The Kids (with the Bee Gees' track) - Big Chance
10) Lori Balmer with the Bee Gees - Treacle Brown
11) Lori Balmer with the Bee Gees - Four Faces West

SONGS FOR OTHERS
12) Ronnie Burns - In The Morning (Morning Of My Life)
13) Johnny Young - Lady
14) Esther and Abi Ofarim (UK) - Morning Of My Life (Album Version)
15) Esther and Abi Ofarim (UK) - Morning Of My Life (Single Version)
16) Dave Berry (UK) - Forever
17) Johnny Young - I Am The World
18) Noeleen Batley - The Wishing Song
19) Los Bravos (UK) - Like Nobody Else
20) Los Bravos (UK) - Como Nadie Mas (Like Nobody Else)
21) The Family Dogg (UK) - The Storm
22) Johnny Young - Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You
23) Johnny Ashcroft - Don't Forget Me, Ida
24) The Brigade - All By Myself


VOLUME NINE: Rarities

01) Bee Gees - Twenty Miles To Blueland (1959 Demo, Fragment)
02) Bee Gees - Let Me Love You (1959 Demo, Fragment)
03) Bee Gees - Time Is Passing By (1960 TV Performance)
04) Bee Gees - Alexander's Ragtime Band (1963 TV Performance)
05) Bee Gees - My Old Man's A Dustman (1963 TV Performance)
06) Bee Gees - Little Band Of Gold (1963 TV Performance)
07) Bee Gees - Please Please Me (1963 TV Performance)
08) Bee Gees - Blowin' In The Wind (1963 TV Performance)
09) Bee Gees - I Want You To Want Me (1963 TV Performance)
10) Bee Gees - Hilly Billy Ding Dong Choo Choo (1963 TV Performance)
11) Bee Gees - Da Doo Ron Ron (1963 TV Performance)
12) Bee Gees - Sweets For My Sweet (1963 TV Performance)
13) Johnny O'Keefe with the Bee Gees - Glad All Over (1964 TV Performance, Fragment)
14) Bee Gees - Out Of Time (1966 TV Performance)

Phew!

 

I'm hugely impressed, Laze - well done! Are you aware of the PP Arnold 1968 album with Barry's involvement that came out only recently? Not within the remit of your Australia-based project, you might enjoy two YouTube uploads I made very recently, featuring tracks from their first two Top Gear radio sessions (UK), which I digitised from inherited reels. Here's one:

 

And here's the other:

 

I did hear about that!

 

Thankfully I've only just started disc 9 - a YouTube search just turned up live TV versions of "The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" and "Don't Say Goodbye" with a country backing band!

 

In the end, volume 9 ended up having a few more tracks.

01) Bee Gees - Twenty Miles To Blueland (1959 Demo, Fragment)
02) Bee Gees - Let Me Love You (1959 Demo, Fragment)
03) Bee Gees - Time Is Passing By (Strictly For Moderns, 1960)
04) Introduction to the Bee Gees (Bandstand, 1963)
05) Bee Gees - Alexander's Ragtime Band (Bandstand, 1963)
06) Bee Gees - My Old Man's A Dustman (Bandstand, 1963)
07) Bee Gees - Little Band Of Gold (Bandstand, 1963)
08) Bee Gees - Please Please Me (Bandstand, 1963)
09) Bee Gees - Blowin' In The Wind (Bandstand, 1963)
10) Bee Gees - I Want You To Want Me (Bandstand, 1963)
11) Bee Gees - Hilly Billy Ding Dong Choo Choo (Bandstand, 1963)
12) Bee Gees - Da Doo Ron Ron (Bandstand, 1963)
13) Bee Gees - Sweets For My Sweet (Bandstand, 1963)
14) Johnny O'Keefe with the Bee Gees - Glad All Over (Sing Sing Sing, 1964 - Fragment)
15) Bee Gees - Don't Say Goodbye (Country and Western Hour, 1965)
16) Bee Gees - The Battle Of The Blue And The Grey (Country and Western Hour, 1965)
17) Bee Gees - Out Of Time (It's All Happening, 1966)
18) Bee Gees - Spicks and Specks (It's All Happening, 1966)