La canzone “Emotion”, scritta da Barry e Robin Gibb nel 1977, ha ricevuto il premio della BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc., associazione di autori simile alla SIAE italiana) per essere stata trasmessa nelle radio degli Stati Uniti per almeno quattro milioni di volte. Per quanto riguarda le canzoni scritte dai fratelli Gibb, soltanto altre due canzoni (“How deep is your love” e “To love somebody”) hanno ricevuto più ascolti: oltre cinque milioni.
Nel database della BMI, relativamente alla sezione degli ascolti radiofonici, sono presenti più di 6 milioni e mezzo di canzoni. Soltanto 1500 tra loro hanno ricevuto più di un milione di ascolti (considerando le radio e le televisioni degli Stati Uniti). Un milione di ascolti (ovvero un milione di volte che la canzone è stata trasmessa via radio o TV) corrisponde approssimativamente a 50.000 ore di trasmissione o più di 5 anni e sette mesi di riproduzione continua.
Guardando l’elenco delle 29 canzoni dei fratelli Gibb comprese in questo prestigioso elenco di 1500 canzoni (ovviamente sempre in evoluzione), si ha un’idea dell’immensa popolarità ed importanza (e se volete anche una misura del loro reddito in termini di diritti di autore) di Barry, Robin, Maurice ed Andy Gibb:
Oltre 5 milioni: ”How deep is your love”, “To love somebody”.
Oltre 4 milioni: “Emotion”, “How can you mend a broken heart”, “Islands in the stream”.
Oltre 3 milioni: “If I cant have you”, “Too much heaven”.
Oltre 2 milioni: “I just want to be your everything”, “Stayin’alive”, “Woman in love”.
Oltre 1 milione: “Come on over”, “Fanny (be tender with my love)”, “Grease”, “Guilty”, “Heartbreaker”, “I've gotta get a message to you”, “I started a joke”,“Jive talkin”, “Lonely days”, “Love so right”, “Love is thicker than water”, “Massachusetts”, “More than a woman”, “Night fever”, “Nights on Broadway”, “(Our love) Don't throw it all away”,“Shadow dancing”, “What kind of fool”, “Words”.
(Fonte: BMI.com - Grazie a Juan Cristobal Guzman).
“Emotion” has received an BMI award for 4 million plays in the USA. Only How Deep and To Love Somebody have more in the States.
Thie database section AIRPLAY contains the most performed songs in the BMI repertoire of more than 6.5 million works. Only about 1,500 titles have achieved "Million-Air" status, or more than 1 million United States radio and television performances. One million performances is the equivalent of approximately 50,000 broadcast hours, or more than 5.7 years of continuous airplay,a graphic reminder of the colossal and ongoing royalty income of the Gibb Brothers.
Over 5 million airplays: ”How deep is your love”, “To love somebody”.
Over 4 million airplays: “Emotion”, “How can you mend a broken heart”, “Islands in the stream”
Over 3 million airplays: “If I cant have you”, “Too much heaven”.
Over 2 million airplays: “I just want to be your everything”, “Stayin’alive”, “Woman in love”.
Over 1 million airplays: “Come on over”, “Fanny (be tender with my love)”, “Grease”, “Guilty”, “Heartbreaker”, “I've gotta get a message to you”, “I started a joke”,“Jive talkin”, “Lonely days”, “Love so right”, “Love is thicker than water”, “Massachusetts”, “More than a woman”, “Night fever”, “Nights on Broadway”, “(Our love) Don't throw it all away”,“Shadow dancing”, “What kind of fool”, “Words”.
(Source: BMI - Special thanks to Juan Cristobal Guzman)
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La Reprise Records pubblicherà il prossimo 3 novembre due raccolte per festeggiare il cinquantesimo anno di carriera dei Bee Gees.
Si tratta di "Mythology", un boxset di 4 cd e del doppio cd "Ultimate Bee Gees".
I 4 CD di "Mythology" saranno dedicati a ciascuno dei 4 fratelli Gibb (Barry, Robin, Maurice ed, Andy sebbene quest'ultimo non sia mai stato un componente del gruppo. "E' il cinquantesimo anno dei Bee Gees. E per Bee Gees io intendo tutti e 4 i fratelli", spiega Barry Gibb, secondo il quale i quattro cd contengono le canzoni preferite da ognuno di loro. La playlist del cd dedicato a Maurice è stata scelta dalla vedova Yvonne e dai figli Adam e Samantha, mentre le canzoni che compongono il disco dedicato ad Andy sono state scelte dalla figlia Peta.
Il CD di Maurice contiene due inediti, “Angel Of Mercy” e “The Bridge”, mentre il CD di Andy contiene l'inedito “Arrow Through The Heart.” Le tre canzoni sono state ascoltate varie volte dai fan dei Gibb ed esistono varie versioni in numerosi bootleg, ma "Mythology" segnerà la loro prima pubblicazione ufficiale.
Il booklet che accompagna il cofanetto contiene foto di famiglia e tributi da parte di Elton John, Graham Nash (Crosby,Stills, Nash &Young), George Martin (il leggendario produttore dei Beatles), Brian Wilson (Beach Boys) e del loro primo manager Robert Stigwood.
La tracklist di "Mythology":
Disco 1 (Barry): Spirits (Having Flown), You Win Again, Jive Talkin', To Love Somebody, Tragedy, Too Much Heaven, First Of May, More Than A Woman, Love So Right, Night Fever, Words, Don't Forget To Remember, If I Can't Have You, Alone, Heartbreaker, How Deep Is Your Love, Love You Inside And Out, Stayin' Alive, Barker Of The UFO, Swan Song, Spicks & Specks
Disco 2 (Robin): I Am The World, New York Mining Disaster, I Can't See Nobody, Holiday, Massachusetts, Sir Geoffrey Saved The World, And The Sun Will Shine, The Singer Sang His Song, I've Gotta Get A Message To You, I Started A Joke, Odessa, Saved By The Bell (solo), My World, Run To Me, Love Me, Juliet (solo), The Longest Night, Fallen Angel, Rings Around The Moon, Embrace, Islands In The Stream
Disco 3 (Maurice): Man In The Middle, Closer Than Close, Dimensions, House Of Shame, Suddenly, Railroad (solo), Overnight, It's Just The Way, Lay It On Me, Trafalgar, Omega Man, Walking On Air, Country Woman, Angel Of Mercy, Above And Beyond, Hold Her In Your Hand (solo), You Know It's For You, Wildflower, On Time, The Bridge
Disco 4 (Andy): Shadow Dancing, I Just Want To Be Your Everything, (Love Is) Thicker Than Water, An Everlasting Love, Desire, (Our Love) Don't throw It All Away, Flowing Rivers, Words And Music, I Can't Help It (with Olivia Newton-John), Time Is Time, Me (Without You), After Dark, Warm Ride, Too Many Looks In Your Eyes, Man On Fire, Arrow Through The Heart, Starlight, Dance To The Light Of The Morning, In The End
"Ultimate Bee Gees: The 50th Anniversary Collection" è invece un doppio CD che contiene una selezione di successi di tutte le decadi della carriera dei Bee Gees, ed un medley dal vivo di alcune canzone scritte dai Gibb per altri artisti. La versione "deluxe" della raccolta conterrà un DVD con video inediti dei Bee Gees (speciali televisivi, interviste e video promozionali).
La traclist di "Ultimate Bee Gees: The 50th Anniversary Collection" (potrebbe subire delle modifiche, ancora non è definitiva):
Disco 1 – “A Night Out” : You Should Be Dancing, Stayin’ Alive, Jive Talkin’, Night Fever, Nights On Broadway, More Than A Woman, Tragedy, Love You Inside & Out, You Win Again, Boogie Child, One, Secret Love, Alone, This Is Where I Came In, Spirits Having Flown, Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), Still Waters (Run Deep), If I Can’t Have You, Spicks & Specks,
Disco 2 – “A Night In” : How Deep Is Your Love, Emotion, Too Much Heaven, New York Mining Disaster 1941, To Love Somebody, Holiday, Massachusetts, Words, World, For Whom The Bell Tolls, First Of May, I Started A Joke, Love So Right, Lonely Days, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, Run To Me, I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You, The Singer Sang His Song, Don’t Forget To Remember, Medley
(Islands In The Stream, Heartbreaker, Guilty, Immortality, Grease).
(Fonti: beegees.com , barrygibb.com , robingibb.com , billboard.com )
Bee Gees' 50th Anniversary Inspires Two New Collections
The Bee Gees' 50th anniversary will be celebrated with a pair of retrospective packages on Nov. 3 from Reprise.
"Mythology" is a four-disc box set curated and produced by surviving Bee Gees Barry and Robin Gibb that will dedicate one disc each to the three brothers in the group, including the late Maurice Gibb, and one to their late younger brother Andy Gibb. Maurice's wife and three children chose the tracks for his disc, while Andy's daughter Peta chose the 19 songs for his section of the package.
Barry Gibb notes that the 81 selections represent "pretty much our personal favorites," and Robin and Maurice's discs will each feature solo tracks as well as Bee Gees songs. Barry's disc, meanwhile, is loaded up with hits such as "Jive Talkin'," "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever," "Spirits (Having Flown)," "More Than a Woman" an "Tragedy." The accompanying booklet includes family photos and tributes from Elton John, Brian Wilson, Graham Nash, George Martin and Robert Stigwood, the Bee Gees' longtime manager and label boss.
Coming out the same day is "The Ultimate Bee Gees: The 50th Anniversary Collection," a more modest two-disc, 39-track set that closes with a live medley of songs the trio wrote for others -- including "Islands in the Stream," "Heartbreaker," "Guilty," "Immortality" and the theme song for "Grease." A deluxe edition of "The Ultimate Bee Gees" will come with a DVD featuring videos and TV appearances, many unreleased, from throughout the group's career. (Source: billboard.com)
Reprise Honors Barry, Maurice, Robin, And Andy Gibb With MYTHOLOGY, A Four-Disc Boxed Set That Features A Disc Dedicated To Each Brother.
MYTHOLOGY Features Two Previously Unreleased Maurice Gibb Tracks, And One Previously Unreleased Track By Andy Gibb .Simultaneous Release Of ULTIMATE BEE GEES: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION, A Double-Disc Career Retrospective; Also Available As Deluxe Edition With DVD Of Previously Unreleased Footage.
Both Available From Reprise November 3
(Los Angeles, July 16, 2009) — As members of both The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame, winners of both the Lifetime Achievement (2000) and Legend Awards (2003) from the Recording Academy, seven Grammy® Awards, BMI Icon Award, and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 1997 Brit Awards, it’s hard to overstate the significance of what the Bee Gees accomplished in the 50 years since brothers Barry, Robin, and the late Maurice Gibb began calling themselves the Bee Gees. To celebrate the Bee Gees’ golden anniversary, Reprise honors the singing siblings with a pair of special releases: a four-disc boxed set and a career retrospective that includes a DVD of previously unreleased footage in the deluxe edition. MYTHOLOGY and a ULTIMATE BEE GEES: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION will both be available worldwide on November 3, at all retail outlets, including www.BeeGees.com, for a suggested list price of $54.98 (CD) and $39.99 (digital) for MYTHOLOGY, and $24.98 (deluxe with DVD), $19.98 (standard CD), and $19.99 (digital) for the THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION. Curated and produced by Barry and Robin Gibb, MYTHOLOGY contains four discs, each spotlighting a different Gibb brother, including one dedicated to Andy, who was not part of the group. The songs were chosen by Barry, Robin, Maurice’s widow Yvonne (and their children Adam & Samantha) and Andy’s daughter Peta. “These are pretty much our personal favorites,” Barry explains in the liner notes. “This is now the Bee Gees 50th Anniversary. And by the Bee Gees I mean all four brothers.” “I always see our songs as ‘just us brothers’ having a good time,” adds Robin Gibb. “When I look back now, it is more about the journey, not the arrival.” MYTHOLOGY also features a scrapbook of family photos, many never-before published, along with tributes from artists such as George Martin, Brian Wilson, Elton John, Graham Nash, and the band’s longtime manager Robert Stigwood. Spanning the Bee Gees’ five-decade career, the set’s 81 tracks touch on several of the group’s best-known hits. But mainly, the collection digs into the Bee Gees’ vast catalog to highlight deep tracks such as the early single “Spicks And Specks” (1966); the title track from the 1969 concept album Odessa; the single B-side “Country Woman” (1971); “Spirits Having Flown” (1979), the title track from the 35 million-selling album; “Overnight” (1987) from the multi-platinum ESP; “Closer Than Close” (1997) from Still Waters; and “Man In The Middle” (2001) from the Bee Gees 20th and final studio album before Maurice’s passing in 2003. MYTHOLOGY also features the debut of a pair of previously unreleased Maurice Gibb tracks: “Angel Of Mercy” and “The Bridge.” The final disc spotlights Andy Gibb, who was not a member of Bee Gees, but worked with his brothers throughout his career before his death in 1988 at the age of 30. Notably, Andy’s first 3 singles all went to #1 in the US, a feat that had never been previously accomplished. The compilation opens with “Shadow Dancing” (1978), a #1 smash cowritten by all four brothers that appeared on Andy’s second album. Nearly all of the songs from his 1977 debut Flowing Rivers are featured, including the back-to-back #1 singles: “I Just Want To Be Your Everything” and “(Love Is) Thicker Than Water.” The set contains “I Can’t Help It,” a duet with Olivia Newton-John that cracked the Top 20 and several tracks from his final studio album After Dark (1980), including the Top 10 single “Desire.” MYTHOLOGY also marks the debut of “Arrow Through The Heart,” a song Andy recorded shortly before his death that was intended for a comeback album.
ULTIMATE BEE GEES: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION is the second release celebrating the Bee Gees’ 50-year anniversary. The two-disc set features the many hits and chart-topping singles, plus their performances of a selection of hit songs they wrote for others. The DVD, available in the deluxe edition, offers a treasury of unreleased videos, spanning the Bee Gees’ entire career with previously unreleased television appearances, live performances, and promo videos.
(Sources: beegees.com , barrygibb.com , robingibb.com )
Robin Gibb è stato ospite della trasmissione TV israeliana "The Successor", ed ha cantato dal vivo "How deep is your love". (Guarda il video su youtube)
La trasmissione è a cura famoso sensitivo Uri Geller, amico di Robin da molti anni. Durante la sua permanenza in Israele, Robin ha avuto la possibilità di fare un piccolo tour del paese e di incontrare il ministro del turismo israeliano Isaac Herzog. Uri Geller ha dichiarato:"Robin è venuto in Israele per cantare nel mio show e tutto Israele è impazzito per lui. Questa è la misura di un amicizia: arrivava da Miami ed ha preso al volo una coincidenza da Heathrow! Ha messo tantissima energia nella sua esibizione. Era entusiasta, vuole ritornare per fare un tour in tutta la nazione: sto contattando per lui i maggiori promoter delle migliori arene e siamo nel mezzo delle trattative..."
Fonte: Uri-geller.com
Robin Gibb flew in to perform How Deep Is Your Love, and the whole of Israel went wild for him. That’s the measure of a true friend — he flew all the way from Florida to sing on my show, jetting to Heathrow and scrambling to catch his connecting flight in just 35 minutes. I’m in awe at how much energy he put in to making his appearance. Robin enjoyed his flying visit so much, he wants to return for a national tour. I’ve called promoters at the biggest arenas and stadiums in the country and we’re deep in discussions — in fact, we’re j-j-j-jivetalking...
(Notizia originariamente inserita il 04/11, aggiornata il 17/11 ed il 20/01/2006)
ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO: 20.01.2006
Il prossimo 28 novembre esce in Gran Bretagna una nuova raccolta dei Bee Gees, intitolata "Love songs".
Negli altri principali mercati le date di uscita sono le seguenti:
Germania: 25/11
Norvegia: 28/11
Canada: 29/11
USA: 06/12
Giappone: 7/12
Italia, Belgio, Olanda e Spagna: 20/01/2006
Australia, Danimarca, Francia e Svezia: 05/02/2006
Come suggerisce il titolo, questo (ennesimo) greatest hits raccoglie alcune tra le migliori canzoni d'amore scritte e cantate dai fratelli Gibb nella loro lunga e prestigiosa carriera.
L'album chiude definitivamente il contratto dei Bee Gees con la Universal Records.
Nel frattempo i Gibb si sono aggiudicati la titolarità del loro intero catalogo musicale, sicchè da ora in poi nessun nuovo lavoro discografico che include canzoni dei Bee Gees potrà essere pubblicato senza la loro diretta (e completa) autorizzazione.
Pare che Barry e Robin stiano valutando le offerte di alcune tra le più importanti etichette discografiche per la realizzazione di prossimi dischi come solisti e di un eventuale nuovo album dei Bee Gees.
Infatti, seppure in profondo apparente disaccordo su tanti fronti (le attività soliste di Robin, le modalità del tributo per Maurice, il disco della Streisand senza Robin), sembra che (di comune accordo con la famiglia di Maurice) su un nuovo contratto per il catalogo dei Bee Gees non ci siano divergenze fra i due.
Nel frattempo, ecco la playlist di "Love Songs":
1. To Love Somebody
2. Words
3. First Of May
4. Lonely Days
5. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
6. How Deep Is Your Love
7. More Than A Woman
8. (Our Love) Don't throw It All Away
9. Emotion
10. Too Much Heaven 11. Heartbreaker
12. Islands In The Stream ( Live)
13. Juliet
14. Secret Love
15. For Whom The Bell Tolls
16. Closer Than Close
17. I Could Not Love You More
18. Wedding Day
Inoltre (purtroppo solo per il mercato britannico e per quello asiatico) saranno presenti due bonus tracks:
"Heart like mine" e "Lovers and Friends".
Quest'ultima fu scritta nel 99 da Maurice e Barry per Ronan Keating, che la registrò per il suo album di debutto come solista.
Misteriosamente la canzone non fu però inserita nell'album, nonostante i Gibb erano citati e ringraziati con enfasi nelle note di copertine del disco. (aggiornamento date pubblicazione, fonte: robingibb.com)
ULTERIORI AGGIORNAMENTI (20/01/2006)
1) La Universal Records ha realizzato due siti a supporto di "Love Songs:
beegeeslove.com
beegeeslovesongs.com (attualmente ancora in realizzazione)
2) "Islands in thr stream" è tratta dal live "One Night Only"
3)"Lovers and friends" è pubblicata con la dizione "featuring Ronan Keating", ed è quindi la canzone di cui si parla sopra, disponibile per la prima volta in un disco ufficialmente pubblicato.
Il retro della copertina della versone UK (con le bonus tracks)
Si sono svolti venerdì 8 giugno a Thame, nell'Oxfordshire, i funerali di Robin Gibb, morto lo scorso 20 maggio a 63 anni.
Il feretro, secondo le ultime volontà dello stesso Robin, ha attraversato il paese a bordo di una carrozza di vetro trainata da quattro cavalli neri, tra centinaia di fan e amici.
Alla cerimonia funebre, svolta in forma privata, hanno preso parte, oltre ai familiari, una stretta cerchia di amici di Robin e della sua famiglia.
Barry Gibb, nel suo elogio funebre, ha dichiarato: "La vita è troppo breve. Nel caso di Robin, assolutamente troppo breve. Ha parlato di suo fratello, definito "acuto, spirito intuitivo" prima di accennare a recenti tensioni tra i due.
"Dio sa quanto abbiamo litigato", ha detto. "Fino alla fine siamo stati in contrasto, ma ora questo non significa nulla ". Barry ha esortato i presenti, nella chiesa di St Mary a Thame, Oxfordshire: "Se c'è conflitto nella vostra vita, sbarazzatevene." Parlando di Robin e Maurice, ha detto: "quando sei gemello, sei gemello per la vita", e sono finalmente insieme. Penso che il più grande dolore per Robin negli ultimi 10 anni, sia stato perdere il suo fratello gemello".
Centinaia di persone avevano assistito all'ingresso in chiesa della bara bianca ornata di Robin. In sottofondo "How Deep Is Your Love" dei Bee Gees.
All'uscita della chiesa un lungo applauso spontaneo ha accolto l'uscita del feretro, ed il corteo funebre, guidato da Barry e dal vicario reverendo Alan Garratt. Dopo di loro i parenti più stretti, tra cui la vedova di Robin, Dwina.
Little Snow, la giovane figlia di Robin, nata dalla breve relazione di quest'ultimo con una ex governante, non ha partecipato al funerale, ma è stata menzionata da Barry alla fine del suo elogio nell'elenco dei familiari più strettti.
Barry ha reso omaggio a suo fratello "mente magnifica e bel cuore".
Minuti dopo che il corteo funebre aveva iniziato la sua strada attraverso le strade di Thames, città adottiva di suo fratello, Barry aveva detto: "la vita è troppo breve, in caso di Robin, assolutamente troppo breve. Avremmo dovuto altri 20 anni, 30 anni della sua mente e del suo magnifico bel cuore".
Facendo riferimento a Maurice, ha aggiunto: "Erano entrambi belli. E ora sono insieme. Sono in realtà insieme ".
L'anziana madre Barbara, troppo sconvolta per rimanere in chiesa, ha abbandonato la cerimonia all'inizio dell'elogio funebre di Barry. Suo figlio, unico superstite ha detto: "questa è un'esperienza molto strana per me, dopo aver già perso due fratelli, ed ora Rob. Così tante persone hanno amato questo ragazzo, qui c'è tanta gente illustre che lo amava. E questo è un grande piacere da testimoniare. Noi tre abbiamo hanno avuto tantissime folle, ma io non ho mai visto tanto amore in una folla come quello sto guardando oggi: per Rob, per la musica. Ed è un'esperienza molto intensa per me. Penso che sia un esperienza nessuno di noi dimenticherà. La terremo nei nostri cuori e nelle nostre menti per sempre".
Durante il funerale la vedova Dwina ha letto una poesia, intitolata "My Songbird".
Tra le parole della poesia: "Il mio uccello è volato e la mia anima sospira - ma lui non andrà mai via". E 'stata abbracciata da Barry dopo la fine della sua lettura.
La poesia è stata seguita dalla canzone "Don't Cry Alone", una delle ultime composizioni di Robin, tratta dal "Titanic Requiem", che è stato pubblicato poche settimane prima della sua morte.
Gli ospiti hanno lasciato la chiesa al suono deella canzone dei Bee Gees "I Started A Joke", che comprende le parole "Sono finalmente morto, ciò inizia fare vivere tutto il mondo".
Tra i presenti al funerale alcuni tra gli amici più stretti di Robin: il critico musicale Sir Tim Rice, lo showman Uri Geller, il cantante Peter Andre, il DJ Mike Read ed anche Robert Stigwood, produttore di tantissimi dischi di successo dei Bee Gees e del film "Saturday night fever".
(Fonte: www.telegraph.co.uk)
Barry Gibb: Robin and Maurice have been reunited in heaven
(By Nigel Bunyan, "The Telegraph" )
Barry Gibb said his brother Robin had been reunited with his twin Maurice as he paid an emotional tribute at the Bee Gee's funeral yesterday.
The sole surviving member of the trio spoke of his regret at arguing with Robin right up to the star's death.
In a trembling voice he told the congregation: "Life is too short. In Robin's case, absolutely too short.
He spoke of his brother's "sharp, intuitive wit" before hinting at recent tensions between the two of them.
"God knows how much we argued," he said. "Right up to the end we found conflict with each other, which now means nothing. It just means nothing."
He urged mourners at St Mary's Church in Thame, Oxfordshire: "If there's conflict in your lives - get rid of it."
He said Robin, 62, who died from kidney failure last month after fighting cancer and pneumonia, had finally been reunited with his twin.
Barry recalled the decade of separation endured by Robin since Maurice died in 2003.
"When you're twins, you're twins for life," he said. "You go through every emotion.
"And they're finally together. I think the greatest pain for Robin in the past 10 years was losing his twin brother, and I think it did all kinds of things to him."
Hundreds of mourners wept as Robin's ornate white coffin entered the church to the sound of the Bee Gees' hit How Deep Is Your Love.
Barry and the vicar leading the service, the Reverend Alan Garratt, walked up the aisle ahead of it as a round of spontaneous applause broke out from well-wishers outside the church.
Close relatives, including Robin's widow, Dwina, and his mother followed behind. One woman was so overcome with grief she had to be physically supported as she walked to her seat.
Robin's young daughter Snow, whose mother is a former housekeeper of his, did not attend the service - but was mentioned by Barry at the end of his eulogy as "little Snow" in a list of close family members.
Barry paid tribute to his brother's "magnificent mind and his beautiful heart".
Minutes after the funeral cortege had picked its way through the streets of his brother's adoptive town, he told mourners: "Life is too short; in Robin's case, absolutely too short.
"We should have had 20 years, 30 years of his magnificent mind and his beautiful heart."
Referring to Maurice, he added: "They were both beautiful. And now they're together. They're actually together."
The Gibbs' elderly mother, Barbara, was too distraught to remain in the church as Barry delivered his eulogy.
Her surviving son said: "This is a very strange experience, having already lost two brothers and now Rob.
"I think there are an awful lot of things happening right now that maybe you won't be aware of. And one is how many people came on such a terrible day. It is staggering.
"So many people loved this boy, so many illustrious people are here that loved him. And that is such a pleasure to witness.
"The three of us have seen a lot of crowds but I've never seen so much love in one crowd as I'm looking at today - for Rob, you know, for the music. And it's an intense experience for me.
"I think it's an experience none of us will forget. We will keep him in our hearts and minds forever."
Hundreds of Bee Gees fans lined the streets to bid the singer a final, tearful farewell.
The white, glass-sided carriage bearing his coffin was pulled through the throng by four plumed, black Friesian horses.
Each wore a decorative black cloth emblazoned with a gold treble clef in honour of a career steeped in musical folklore.
Ahead of the horses was a lone piper, behind them relatives and friends, and finally, Gibb's beloved Irish Wolfhounds, Ollie and Missy.
It had been the singer's final wish to "say a final goodbye to fans and his home town of Thame", and he did so in typically flamboyant style.
The cortege emerged from the gatehouse of Robin's estate and then moved slowly up the town's High Street. It was welcomed to the church by the strains of the Bee Gees hit How Deep Is Your Love?
Gibb's widow, Dwina, was at the head of the cortege, together with his mother.
The singer's sons, RJ and Spencer, were joined as pallbearers by Barry's son, Stevie, and Dwina's son, Steven Murphy.
Mourners included Sir Tim Rice, Uri Geller, Peter Andre and the DJ Mike Read.
During the service Dwina read a poem called My Songbird Has Flown.
It included the words: "My songbird has flown and my soul sighs - but he will never go away."
She was embraced by Barry as she returned to her seat.
The poem was followed by a recording of Don't Cry Alone - one of Robin's last compositions, from his Titanic Requiem, which premiered just weeks before his death.
Guests left the church to the sound of the Bee Gees' song I Started A Joke, which includes the line "I finally died, which started the whole world living".
La nuova versione conterrà due inediti, "Warm ride" (pubblicata originariamente nelle versioni di Andy Gibb e Graham Bonnet) e la extended version di "Stayin Alive" (che era stata disponibile soltanto nei promo mix destinati ai club).
La riedizione di "Greatest", che esce nel contesto delle celebrazioni per il trentennale di "Saturday Night Fever", oltre a contenere versioni completamene rimasterizzate, conterrà inoltre i seguenti nuovi remix: "You Should Be Dancing" (Jason Bentley/Phillip Stier remix)
"How Deep Is Your Love" (Supreme Beings Of Leisure remix)
"Night Fever" (Future Funk Squad remix)
"If I Can't Have You" (Count da Money remix)
Nello stesso giorno la Paramount Home Entertainment pubblichera una versione speciale della "febbre del sabato sera " contenente, tra i bonus extra, un video-documentario con interviste a Barry e Robin (Fonte: Billboard.com )
Rhino Expands Bee Gees' 'Greatest'
In recognition of the 30th anniversary of the hit film and soundtrack "Saturday Night Fever," which propelled the Bee Gees to new commercial heights, Reprise will on Sept. 18 reissue the group's 1979 double album "Bee Gees Greatest" with two previously unreleased tracks and four new remixes.
The same day, Paramount Home Entertainment will release a "special collector's edition" of "Saturday Night Fever," featuring new interviews with Bee Gees principals Barry and Robin Gibb.
The new edition of "Bee Gees Greatest" will feature the previously unreleased track "Warm Ride" plus an extended version of "Stayin' Alive" originally issued as a 12-inch promo vinyl single. There are also new remixes of "You Should Be Dancing," "How Deep Is Your Love," "Night Fever" and "If I Can't Have You."
The bulk of the album is drawn from the studio albums the Bee Gees released between 1975 and 1979, which spawned such hits as "Too Much Heaven," "Night Fever," "Love You Inside Out" and "Tragedy."
Here is the track list for "Bee Gees Greatest":
"Jive Talkin'"
"Night Fever"
"Tragedy"
"You Should Be Dancing"
"Stayin' Alive"
"How Deep Is Your Love"
"Love So Right"
"Too Much Heaven"
"(Our Love) Don't throw It All Away"
"Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)"
"If I Can't Have You"
"You Stepped into My Life"
"Love Me"
"More Than A Woman"
"Rest Your Love On Me"
"Nights On Broadway"
"Spirits (Having Flown)"
"Love You Inside Out"
"Wind Of Change"
"Children Of the World"
"Warm Ride" (previously unreleased)
"Stayin' Alive" (12-inch vinyl promo)
"You Should Be Dancing" (Jason Bentley/Phillip Stier remix)
"How Deep Is Your Love" (Supreme Beings Of Leisure remix)
"Night Fever" (Future Funk Squad remix)
"If I Can't Have You" (Count da Money remix)
(Source: Billboard.com )
Dalla raccolta verranno estratti due singoli, differenti a seconda dei paesi di pubblicazione.
In U.S.A. saranno: You Should Be Dancing” (Jason Bentley/Philip Steir Remix) e "Stayin’ Alive (Teddybears Remix), mentre nel resto del mondo dovrebbe essere “If I Can’t Have You” (Disco Boys Remix). Quest'ultima è la "traccia nascosta" aggiuntivo (hidden track) dell'edizione Europea e dell'edizione destinata al resto del mondo.
Tutti i singoli saranno acquistabili inizialmente solo tramite iTunes (dove è possibile acquistare anche una versione remix di "More than a woman" non presente in nessuna delle edizioni ed alcuni video dei Bee Gees). Al momento non si sa se seguirà una pubblicazione su cd.
Sul sito ufficiale dei Bee Gees (beegees.com, che ha subito un vistoso cambiamento di layout in perfetto stile anni 70) sono disponibili inoltre suonerie di alcune canzoni dei Gibb (anche se per il momento sono acquistabili solo dagli U.S.A) ed una versione speciale di "Greatest" acquistabile insieme ad una t-shirt con il famoso logo dei Bee Gees. Nel frattempo la Paramount sta per pubblicare il DVD di "Saturday Night Fever", che verrà messo in vendita in contemporanea con l'uscita nel mondo di "Bee Gees Greatest" (il primo ottobre, appunto).
Per fornire ulteriori dettagli, informazioni e per ulteriore promozione dei due prodotti, la Paramount e la Rhino hanno realizzato un sito comune, "youshouldbedancing.tv", dove è possibile registrarsi per ricevere una newsletter.
(Fonte: robingibb.com)
Bee Gees Greatest Deluxe Edition in shops this autumn
Reprise Records continue their Bee Gees reissue programme and the focus release this year is a deluxe edition of the multi-platinum “Bee Gees Greatest”. This release coincides with the 30th anniversary of “Saturday Night Fever” and Paramount is issuing a special edition DVD of the movie the same week the album comes out. Reprise and Paramount have put together a great campaign to mark the Fever anniversary. There are bonus tracks and remixes on the album re-issue, and featurettes and new interviews on the DVD, so they would make fine additions to your collection. There are also remixes and singles being serviced to radio stations to garner interest in the CD. In the States, “Bee Gees Greatest” is set for release on September 18th, in Britain it comes out October 1st. You Should Be Dancing - it's the Bee Gees' Greatest In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of “Saturday Night Fever”, Reprise Records are re-issuing the multi-platinum “Bee Gees Greatest”, a double album spotlighting the group’s meteoric run of blue-eyed soul hits between 1975 and 1979. This double album features a selection of the Bee Gees’ studio albums “Main Course” (1975), “Children of the World” (1976) and “Spirits Having Flown” (1979), as well as “Saturday Night Fever” (1977), and includes the number one hits “How Deep Is Your Love”, “Staying Alive”, “Night Fever”, “Too Much Heaven”, “Tragedy” and “Love You Inside Out”. The reissue of “Bee Gees Greatest” contains two previously unreleased tracks, “Warm Ride”, and an extended version of Staying Alive, along with contemporary dance remixes of classic Bee Gees songs by some of today’s hot club DJ’s. Bee Gees Greatest is released on September 18 in the US, October 1 in Britain. There is a special T-shirt offer for US customers who buy "Bee Gees Greatest" from the Bee Gees Shop.
Track listing
1. “Jive Talkin’” 2. “Night Fever” 3. “Tragedy” 4. “You Should Be Dancing” 5. “Stayin’ Alive” 6. “How Deep Is Your Love” 7. “Love So Right” 8. “Too Much Heaven” 9. “(Our Love) Don't throw It All Away” 10. “Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)” 11. “If I Can't Have You” 12. “You Stepped into My Life” 13. “Love Me” 14. “More Than a Woman” 15. “Rest Your Love on Me” 16. “Nights on Broadway” 17. “Spirits (Having Flown)” 18. “Love You Inside Out” 19. “Wind of Change” 20. “Children of the World” 21. “Warm Ride” 22. “Stayin’ Alive” – 12” Promo 23. “You Should Be Dancing”—Jason Bentley/Phillip Stier Remix 24. “How Deep Is Your Love”—Supreme Beings of Leisure Remix 25. “Night Fever”—Future Funk Squad Remix 26. “If I Can’t Have You” –Count da Money Remix Hidden tracks: "Stayin' Alive" Teddybears Remix (US/Can/Aust) "If I Can't Have you" Disco Boys Remix (UK/World)
Bee Gees' Greatest iTunes edition
The iTunes edition of "Bee Gees Greatest" comes with some additional material: the “More Than A Woman” Equinox Remix, and a video (version 2) of “Staying Alive”. You can also buy videos on iTunes of Staying Alive (version 1), Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love (version 1) and Too Much Heaven. When you buy the complete video bundle you additionally get version 2 of the Staying Alive video.
Bee Gees Single
A number of remixes are sent to radio along with original versions to garner interest in the reissue. In the USA the singles are “You Should Be Dancing” (Jason Bentley/Philip Steir Remix) and Stayin’ Alive (Teddybears Remix). Both are released commercially on iTunes.
Bee Gees' Greatest iTunes edition
The iTunes edition of "Bee Gees Greatest" comes with some additional material: the “More Than A Woman” Equinox Remix, and a video (version 2) of “Staying Alive”. You can also buy videos on iTunes of Staying Alive (version 1), Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love (version 1) and Too Much Heaven. When you buy the complete video bundle you additionally get version 2 of the Staying Alive video. Bee Gees Single A number of remixes are sent to radio along with original versions to garner interest in the reissue. In the USA the singles are “You Should Be Dancing” (Jason Bentley/Philip Steir Remix) and Stayin’ Alive (Teddybears Remix). Both are released commercially on iTunes. In Britain/rest of the world the likely single is “If I Can’t Have You” (Disco Boys Remix), which would be made available on iTunes in October (t.b.c.) and in Germany additionally on vinyl as well (t.b.c.) New Bee Gees ringtones In the US mobile phone ringtones are made available of “Fanny”, “How Deep Is Your Love”, “If I Can’t Have You”, “Jive Talking”, “More Than A Woman”, “Night Fever”, “Nights On Broadway”, “Staying Alive”, “Too Much Heaven”, and of the remixes of “How Deep Is Your Love”, “If I Can’t Have You”, “Night Fever” and “You Should Be Dancing”. Provider Verizon will have an exclusive “Night Fever” demo on sale. Information on ring tones in Britain/other countries will be provided when available.
Saturday Night Fever 30th anniversary edition
Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing a Special Collector’s Edition DVD of the “Saturday Night Fever” movie this October 1st, which features new interviews with cast members, and Barry and Robin Gibb, as well as all-new featurettes on the making of the film and its cultural impact. Buy (US) Buy (UK) Media Robin did some interviews recently. Below is a first list. Additional dates will be provided once confirmed. Also check out the seventies look re-launch of beegees.com (more features will be added over the next couple of weeks), official Bee Gees pages on MySpace and YouTube and the forthcoming joint Rhino and Paramount UK site You Should Be Dancing.
(Source: robingibb.com).
"Non abbiamo esattamente ritirato il nome "Bee Gees" . Lo abbiamo fatto intendendolo un onore ed un rispetto per Maurice per essere parte di qualcosa nella cultura musicale che abbiamo raggiunto insieme. Io e Barry staremo insieme e faremo album e canzoni, ma alla fine la gente ci chiameranno sempre "Bee Gees", non possiamo cambiare questo. In rispetto di Maurice, i Bee Gees saranno sempre tre fratelli. Non potremo mai cambiare la concezione della gente su me e Barry insieme o io o Barry come solisti. Come Paul Mc Cartney sarà sempre un Beatle, noi saremo sempre i Bee Gees, ma per quanto ci riguarda i Bee Gees saranno sempre tre".
Altre parti interessanti dell'intervista riguardano i commenti di Robin sui remix presenti in "Greatest", ("preferisco sempre gli originali, ma in definitiva sono accettabili"), sulla considerazione dell'incertezza sulla possibilità che se i Bee Gees nascessero ora avrebbero successo ("non so, la scena musicale è diversa, oggi se hai una melodia, sei bianco e sei uomo, devi andare sul country... ") e su come crede che alla fine i Bee Gees saranno ricordati ("non tutti gli artisti di oggi hanno l'enorme catalogo di canzoni che noi abbiamo, credo che saremo ricordati come autori, anche per le canzoni che abbiamo scritto per altri artisti")
Da segnalare inoltre "30 years of fever", lo special sui Bee Gees e su "Greatest" realizzato dal sito di Microsoft, msn.com.
Contiene un'altra intervista con Robin, quasi tutta incentrata sulla ristampa del disco, ed una video-intervista, dove appare anche Barry (sebbene apparentemente l'intervista sembra realizzata in due diverse "location").
(Fonti: spinner.com e msn.com)
"Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Isn't Jive Talking"
The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb is one third of not only one of the most successful family acts in popular music but one of the most successful, period. From their early days in their native England to their childhood musical successes in Australia to their later status as world conquerors with their 15-times platinum 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack, the brothers Gibb -- Robin, his twin, Maurice, and their older brother, Barry -- have had more careers, and hit records, than any five bands. They've thrived with and excelled at Beatlesque orchestral rock, dance-floor-ready R&B and disco, and just about every pop style under the sun in their more than 40 years as music makers. Prolific songwriters that they have been, this doesn't even take into account the numerous hits other artists have had with their songs.
Robin was eager to talk about the historical significance of the 'Fever'-era songs compiled on the just-reissued and expanded double CD 'Bee Gees Greatest,' a collection of the group's R&B smashes. He also discusses the ego problems that led to a rift between him and his brothers in the late '60s, the idea of retiring the Bee Gees name after the 2003 death of Maurice and why country music is the last bastion for songwriters.
What was the thought behind reissuing your disco-era greatest hits with bonus material?
I think we -- me and Barry --were quite cautious about this at the very beginning when [the record label] approached us about re-releasing a landmark greatest-hits album. It's not all the hits, but it's a particular period, and it's actually a re-release of an album of the greatest hits with the original artwork, the original logo at the front, and the original photography, and the original track listing with bonus tracks. One of those bonus tracks, interestingly enough, is one of the songs that didn't make, by our own choice, the soundtrack, called 'Warm Ride.' Incidentally, none of the tracks that we wrote were written for 'Saturday Night Fever,' they were put to 'Saturday Night Fever.' We never saw the film till it came out. We'd recorded them in France and we had all of them -- 'Stayin' Alive,' 'How Deep Is Your Love,' 'Night Fever,' 'If I Can't Have You,' 'More Than a Woman' and 'Warm Ride' were all written -- and they came over to France, listened to them and took them away with them. It was just like we never heard another thing for another nine months, then it came out at Christmas of '77, and we know what happened after that.
Do you now appreciate just how musically revolutionary the 'Saturday Night Fever' movie was?
I think the interesting thing about 'Fever' is that is was never a musical in the true sense of the word in that nobody ever actually sang in the film, like they do in 'Grease.' And secondly, it was a contemporary film, it was about the time, it was a modern film about modern-day New York City and it went against the grain of normal, traditional musicals. So it was a new way of presenting music. Instead of having the actors sing, you have the soundtrack intertwined into the story and the plot, which is my favorite way. I mean, I like it when it is part of the narration of the film and the atmosphere rather than someone actually singing it. I'm not a great fan of actually watching people sing in musicals, but I am a great fan of writing the right music to the right film. And 'Fever' is still the best-selling soundtrack album worldwide.
But didn't the Bee Gees make the transition from a pop-rock sound to to a more R&B one well before 'Fever,' for example, with 'Jive Talkin''?
We were already going in that direction two years earlier with the 'Main Course' album. And then the following year we had the 'Children of the World' album, which produced 'You Should Be Dancing' and 'Love So Right,' which were Number One in black radio, as the previous ones were, so we were already in a black R&B direction. We never heard of the word "disco," by the way, that was something the radio created when the film took off. We knew nothing about that; we were doing R&B music.
Was there any skittishness about giving the songs over to the 'Fever' soundtrack?
We were very cautious about these songs being used in the film, because this was a very low-budget movie. It was a new actor, John Travolta, who had been in 'Welcome Back Kotter,' and we didn't really know that much about the film other than the fact it was low budget and there was not going to be a tremendous amount of promotion on it. There was no great anticipation of its success, certainly no prediction of it, and we were more concerned about, well, are we going to throw these songs away on a film that doesn't do anything?
What was it about those songs that made people embrace it in such a huge way?
Well, first of all, there's an emotion in the sound. The songs are very human songs. They're about human relationships, which are perennial. And, of course, the sound is very emotional, the harmonies are very emotional, and the sound of the harmony that we use, they do have a tendency to transcend and reach people in a way that affects them. I think there was a magical quality about that sound.
Even in the early days, there was a lot of R&B influence in songs like 'To Love Somebody' and 'I Can't See Nobody.'
That is correct. That's the way we grew up in Australia. We used to listen to a lot of commercial radio stations in Sydney that were playing a lot of this stuff, and I think if we had stayed in England we wouldn't have heard that because they weren't playing it. A lot of white acts, even in America, would not be exploring that kind of music in those days. We didn't feel any boundaries to that in Australia.
So many Bee Gees songs, even the ones that aren't overtly R&B-sounding, have been covered by black artists. What would you attribute that to?
Recently, we had 'Emotion' [covered] by Beyonce and Destiny's Child -- a lot of black artists have always been interested in our sound and our music and influenced by it. And a lot of black artists are influenced by these tracks today in their own way and they try to put their own stamp on the sound, they sample them and they are influenced by the harmonies. So much the style of the songs transcends the times that they're written in.
A couple of 'Fever' classics have been given the remix treatment for the album's re-release, like the Teddybears' remix of 'Stayin' Alive.' Are you happy with how they turned out?
I always like the originals, but we're living in a day and age where people like remixes. I suppose it's really an acquired taste. One person's gonna say, 'I like it,' another person's gonna say, 'Oh, I don't like that.' It's a mixed bag of emotion, really, but it's an acceptable thing.
You and your brothers have written songs for everyone from Barbara Streisand and Dionne Warwick to a duet for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Do you wish you were more recognized for your songwriting?
I think it's an important thing to be songwriters. When Elton John was signed, he was writing songs, and I think there was a time, as the Beatles themselves were writing songs, when artists were writing their own songs and people were covering them. And also it was just good to write your own songs and to be first, not to copy people, to try and be original and set the pace rather than today where they copy what's gone on in the last forty years.
Your 1969 album 'Odessa' has been acknowledged as your masterpiece, but it also temporarily broke up the band. What do you recall about that record?
An adventurous album in a sense, because it was actually written not as a commercial album. It was done always as a theme, and it was suggested by [manager] Robert Stigwood to do something that was entirely different, and we knew it was going to be a hard sell, even by the standards of the time. But we wanted to do something that was entirely different and unusual, for a better word. But again it was all part of our evolvement; it was part of the writing development of where we were going. We were still teenagers at the time.
You were so young while you were having all this commercial and critical success -- did it go to your head?
Yeah, it did, but it didn't go to our head through money, because we didn't have much of that, 'cause we didn't own our own publishing or anything like that at the time. I think it had more to do with freedom of choice and we weren't listening to each other as much as we were going to much later. So it was an exciting time, but it was also a very tough time emotionally, coming to terms with this, you know, this ego.
Right after 'Odessa' you left the Bee Gees to record your solo album 'Robin's Reign' and your brothers carried on with 'Cucumber Castle.' How hard was it being and working without them?
It was a tough time, it was 18 months of writing songs that probably we would have written together or would have ended up on a Bee Gees album, and instead we put them out individually. And it was kind of tough emotionally when you want to work together and you've still got so much to do and you're still actually teenagers, you know, and we had 18 months of that where we had time apart. But I think it was probably necessary for what was to come later. 'Cause the first thing, as soon as we got back together, in one afternoon we wrote 'Lonely Days' and 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.' So it was productive, it was worth the 18 months off.
Am I to understand that with the passing away of your brother Maurice in 2003, you've retired the Bee Gees name?
We haven't exactly retired the Bee Gees name, we did it as an honor and respect for Maurice as being part of something in musical culture that we achieved together. Me and Barry will get together and make albums and make songs, but in the end people will always call us Bee Gees -- we can't change that. In respect for Maurice, the Bee Gees will always be the three brothers. We can never change people's concept of even me and Barry or even me or Barry alone. As Paul McCartney is a always going to be a Beatle, we're always going to be the Bee Gees, but as far as we're concerned the Bee Gees will always be us three.
Do you think if the Bee Gees were a new group they would be successful in today's music market?
I don't know -- because popular radio is not the same as it used to be. It wouldn't be just us: Where would Elton John be? Where would the Beatles be? Your starting point is where your advantage is. Today there isn't a platform for popular music and the popular song. And I think the popular song is always going to have a place in history, and the vehicles have been vastly reduced and music has been sidelined. What we have now is, if you have a melody and you're white and you're male -- you have to go to country.
How do you think the Bee Gees will be remembered?
I think the legacy of the Bee Gees -- you can't really enforce it, but I would like to think as a songwriter is the most important thing. And creating a huge catalog, which most people aren't really doing today. As being not just songwriters for ourselves but for other people.
(Sources: spinner.com and msn.com)
Nel sito della casa discografica sono presenti inoltre alcune note di presentazione del disco ed alcuni video dei Bee Gees.
Fonte: Rhino.com
"Bee Gees Greatest (Special Edition)"
There's no “Jive Talkin'” here except for the Bee Gees chart-topping single, one of many legendary '70s-era classics from the Brothers Gibb on this bonus-packed, updated 2-CD reissue of their five-years-out-of-print hits compilation BEE GEES GREATEST.
The collection was first released in 1979 as a double LP, 20-track set that hit #1 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. Rhino's remastered & expanded remaking of it features all that original greatness plus two previously unreleased tracks - including one song making its recording debut - and scorching new remixes of four immortal hits from Saturday Night Fever.
This historic reissue coincides with Paramount Home Entertainment's 30th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition of the film classic Saturday Night Fever, a defining statement of the disco era - but perhaps not as much as its companion soundtrack, which was dominated by Bee Gees smashes. That landmark 1977 #1 title - also newly reissued by Rhino in 30th anniversary splendor - has sold in excess of 30 million copies, is one of the top-selling soundtracks ever and is #131 on Rolling Stone's list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”
It's also the source for six of GREATEST's all-time greatest from Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, including five #1 smashes: “Jive Talkin',” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “You Should be Dancing,” the GRAMMY®winning “Night Fever” and “Stayin' Alive,” plus “More Than A Woman To Me.”
Four of those classic songs also boast feverish new, previously unreleased bonus remixes on GREATEST from hot contemporary mixers and producers: “You Should Be Dancing” (Jason Bentley/Philip Steir Remix); “If I Can't Have You” (Count Da Money Remix); “Night Fever” (Future Funk Squad Remix); and “How Deep Is Your Love (Supreme Beings Of Leisure Remix).”
GREATEST, which overall spotlights the ultimate hits from Bee Gees studio albums released between 1975 and 1979, also boasts standouts including the #1 pop singles “Love You Inside Out,” “Tragedy” and “Too Much Heaven,” as well as the signature songs “Nights On Broadway” and “Spirits (Having Flown).”
In addition to the bold new remixes, bonus material also includes the recorded debut of the previously unissued song “Warm Ride” and the rare 12”, promo-only version of “Stayin' Alive.”
You could have been dancin' for the past five years, but it would have been without a new copy of GREATEST to call your own. That's remedied now with Rhino's makeover of the previously retired title, reborn as GREATEST (SPECIAL EDITION). The only authentic Bee Gees '70s era-centric hits collection available, it's made even more special with new remixes of four iconic SNF grooves.
Bee Gees' marathon legacy spans five decades, seven platinum albums, eight GRAMMYs, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and over 60 chart hits - including six straight #1 singles. Look for Rhino's other Bee Gees titles, all part of our first-ever restoration of the legendary group's extensive catalog, which will eventually be revitalized and upgraded in its entirety. GREATEST also includes a special hidden track of Stayin' Alive as remixed by Scandinavian rock/pop sensations Teddybears.
TRACK LIST
Jive Talkin'
Night Fever
Tragedy
You Should Be Dancing
Stayin' Alive
How Deep Is Your Love
Love So Right
Too Much Heaven
(Our Love) Don't throw It All Away
Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)
Warm Ride
Stayin' Alive (Promo 12” Version)
If I Can't Have You
You Stepped Into My Life
Love Me
More Than A Woman
Rest Your Love On Me
Nights On Broadway
Spirits (Having Flown)
Love YOu Inside Out
Wind Of Change
Children Of The World
You Should Be Dancing (Jason Bentley/Philip Steir Remix)
If I Can't Have You (Count Da Money Remix)
Night Fever (NRG Remix)
How Deep Is Your Love (Supreme Beings Of Leisure Remix)
Stayin' Alive (Teddybears Remix)
(Source: Rhino.com)
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