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The (Mildly) Psychedelic Bee Gees, 1967-1969
| Artist | Song | |
| Bee Gees | Turn of the Century | |
| Bee Gees | In My Own Time | |
| Bee Gees | Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You | |
| Bee Gees | Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy of Arts | |
| Bee Gees | New York Mining Disaster 1941 | |
| Bee Gees | I Close My eyes | |
| Bee Gees | Please Read Me | |
| Bee Gees | All Around My Clock | |
| Bee Gees | World | |
| Bee Gees | Lemons Never Forget | |
| Bee Gees | Birdie Told Me | |
| Bee Gees | Massachusetts | |
| Bee Gees | Harry Braff | |
| Bee Gees | The Earnest Of Being George | |
| Bee Gees | Out of Line | |
| Bee Gees | Barker of the U.F.O. | |
| Bee Gees | Sir Geoffrey Saved The World | |
| Bee Gees | Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator | |
| Bee Gees | Kitty Can | |
| Bee Gees | Indian Gin & Whiskey Dry | |
| Bee Gees | Such a Shame | |
| Bee Gees | I Have Decided to Join the Air Force | |
| Bee Gees | Jumbo | |
| Bee Gees | Bridges Crossing Rivers | |
| Bee Gees | Idea [alt. mix] | |
| Bee Gees | Melody Fair [alt. mix] | |
| Bee Gees | Whisper Whisper | |
| Bee Gees | Give Your Best | |
| Bee Gees | I Laugh In Your Face | |
Comment:
A somewhat guilty pleasure, mining the early years of the brothers Gibb (while excluding some of their pre-1967 singles) when they walked a fine line between respect_able (if typically bland) Beatles-inspired mildly psychedelic pop and sappy baroque balladry. A few legitimately great songs and a lot of entertaining if not terribly adventurous numbers. Mostly culled from the first 3 (recently reissued) albums, plus a smattering from 1969?s Odessa, their much-touted ?classic? double album which, while overly orchestrated and pretentious by a long shot, established them as (almost) deserving a spot alongside some of their psychedelically-inspired British peers of the day. (After that, they briefly splintered, reuniting for a series of relatively lackluster sunshine pop albums in the early 70s before stumbling into disco glory.)Feedback:
For some reason, the final track (Never Say Never Again, alt. mix) got cut off this tracklist.
Brand me "guilty" as a Bee Gees fan, as well. Most of these cuts are obscure to my top 40 consciousness, but you can't deny their lasting imprint on 60s music culture (and beyond).
Guilty pleasure? Me thinks not. Now if this compiled the best of their later white suit/SNL lampooned years, then yes, by all means, a guilty pleasure. So much fantastic stuff here, including a few of those cool bonus tracks like Bridges Crossing Rivers, Out of Line and Jumbo which were tacked on to the reissues. I only wish the Odessa CD had the fuzzy felt cover. So what does one have to do to get a copy of this?!
That's a common problem around these parts (last track vaporizing when there are 30 tracks on a mix: you just have to up_date your mix and add it then to have it included). This mix, however, is far from common, and although much of their early stuff is sometimes awkward, they were creative to an exceptional degree in their earlier years (your efforts are much appreciated).
They kept up with the changing times, and through their willingness to be flexible they were able to maintain a very long, lucrative recording career. Good on 'em!
I did watch SNF twice, though once was with my daughter.
Thank you for no "I started a joke"