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Tales From The Brothers Gibb is a four-CD
box set released at the same time as
The Very Best of
the Bee Gees in 1990. This is a
luxurious release, featuring all their hit
singles, most other singles, rare B-sides
and other album tracks, unreleased tracks
and live recordings. This is a quality
package, with remastered recordings of their
earlier songs.
All the hit singles on
The Very Best Of
are here, but it also includes lesser known
singles like 'Jumbo', 'The Singer Sang His
Song', 'Wouldn't I Be Someone' and 'He's A
Liar'. It includes rare solo singles such as
Barry's 'I'll Kiss Your Memory', Maurice's
'Railroad' and Robin's 'Toys'. Where the
collection really shines, though, is with
the inclusion of B-sides, many of which do
not feature on albums, so are available on
this CD for the first and only time. Most of
these, such as 'Sir Geoffrey Saved The
World', 'Sinking Ships', 'Sun In My Morning'
and 'Country Woman', are excellent, and the
track 'On Time' is probably Maurice Gibb's
finest moment.
The only area in which the collection falls
down is the 1980s. Perhaps it was considered
too recent at the time, but the album fails
to include the single 'Living Eyes', and
excludes many of Barry and Robin's solo
singles in favour of live recordings from
the 'One For All Tour 1989' of songs such as
'To Love Somebody', which are already
featured on the album.
However, that is a
relatively minor gripe. This
collection is otherwise perfect, and shows
the high regard with which the group were
beginning to be held at the time after their
successful comeback. Own it.
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Where to Buy
Buy CD (released 1999)
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