Author: Bee Gees

Format: Box set

PartNumber: 042284391122

Release Date: 19-10-1990

Details: Amazon.ca This 4-CD box-set is a retrospective of the Bee Gees' career from 1967 to 1990. At the beginning, they were the new Beatles, with unforgettable hits like "World", "New York Mining Disaster, 1941", "Words" and "I've Gotta Get A Message To You". As well as a trio of effortlessly brilliant songwriters, the group had three distinctive vocalists in the brothers Gibb, and those majestic, big-ballad sound, if anything, more imposing today than they did over 30 years ago. The early 1970s were not kind to the brothers, but with 1978's all-conquering Saturday Night Fever and the hits "Stayin' Alive", "Night Fever" and "Tragedy" they were reborn as Disco Kings. Such disco fever may be mocked today but, at the time, the Bee Gees' harmonies and sassy, street-wise melodies proved an unbeatable concoction. Just the extraordinary span of their career would be enough to put the Bee Gees up there with Abba and The Beatles, but they are also consummate pop craftsmen; indeed only Lennon & McCartney have enjoyed more American No. 1s than Barry Gibb. As well as all the hits ("Run To Me", "How Deep Is Your Love", "You Win Again") room is found here for good but less-familiar songs like "The Singer Sang His Song" and "My World". Tales From The Brothers Gibb offers a luxurious overview of the Bee Gees' career as well as some revealing insights--like the fact that "To Love Somebody" was originally envisaged for Otis Redding, and that the haunting "Morning of My Life" was written at the Wagga Wagga Police Boys Club! --Patrick Humphries

UPC: 042284391122

EAN: 0042284391122

Model: 042284391122

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood