RetroJoe

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Pre Mega Hit/Pre Disco Bee Gees (1964-74)

Artist Song
The Bee Gees  Turn Around, Look at Me (1964)  
The Bee Gees  Born A Man (1967) 
The Bee Gees  Jumbo (1968 #57) 
The Bee Gees  Tomorrow Tomorrow (1969 #54) 
The Bee Gees  Saved By The Bell (Robin Gibb) (1969) 
The Bee Gees  Don't Forget To Remember (1969 #73) 
The Bee Gees  Sweetheart (1970) 
The Bee Gees  I'll Kiss Your Memory (1970) 
The Bee Gees  Let There Be Love (1970) 
The Bee Gees  If I Only Had My Mind On Something Else (1970 #91) 
The Bee Gees  I.O.I.O. (1970 #94) 
The Bee Gees  Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself (1971 #53) 
The Bee Gees  My World (1972 #16) 
The Bee Gees  Alive (1972 #34) 
The Bee Gees  Saw A New Morning (1973 #94) 
The Bee Gees  Throw a Penny (1974) 
The Bee Gees  Mr. Natural (1974) 
The Bee Gees  Cha_rade (1974) 

Comment:

Over 3-1/2 years ago, I did a couple of mini-mixes of Bee Gees tunes, prior to their disco days, but concentrated mainly on their hits. In that compilation, I left out their first U.S. hit "New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife Mr. Jones)". Well, I inadvertently left it out again (so you may want to throw that one in between tracks 1 & 2 or between tracks 2 & 3 of this mix). I kept the order of the songs by years so that it is a chronology. This compilation kicks off with them doing a cover of a Glen Campbell song that only reached #62 in 1961. Their version didn't cha_rt, but they new a good tune when they heard it and the Vogues made it a big hit at #7 in 1968. The second tune didn't cha_rt either, but it sounds a lot like the Animals, who I believe inspired the song. Track 7 was written by Maurice and Barry Gibb, but it didn't cha_rt. Engelbert Humperdinck had a version of the song in the same year that reached #47 on the pop cha_rts. Their version of that song and track 8 have a curious country flavor to them, but in a pleasant way (I'm usually not a C&W fan). The calmness of the last 3 tracks from 1974 is like that just before a storm.
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doowad
Date: 11/28/2008
I'm disappointed in myself for not knowing hardly any songs, thanks, Joe!
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njr
Date: 11/29/2008
Nostalgic and sweet. A reminder of how they evolved over the years. When you talk about the cha rts, do you mean US, Oz or UK?
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RetroJoe
Date: 11/29/2008
Thanks njr, when I mention the cha_rts here they are the U.S. Pop numbers. A few of their songs used here did better in the U.K. though: Jumbo (#25), Tomorrow Tomorrow (#23), Don't Forget to Remember (#2), and I.O.I.O. (#49). BTW - Track 9 is out of order because I had it mistakenly labeled as issued in 1970 (it should be 1968), but I think it sounds better where it landed in the mix.
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avocado rabbit
Date: 12/2/2008
As Doowad pointed out, the BeeGees output is wider than one thinks. Thanks for filling us in.