Having recently seen Barry Gibb live for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl and reviewed one of their reissues, I've been a Bee Gees mode lately. Here's more news...
On Sept. 30, Reprise/Warner/Rhino will release 50 St. Catherine’s Drive, the last solo album by the legendary songwriter, performer and founding Bee Gee, Robin Gibb,
who died in May 2012.
The album was compiled by his wife Dwina Gibb and
son RJ Gibb, and includes most of the tracks originally recorded for
the album, plus the last tracks written and recorded by Robin Gibb.
Named 50 St. Catherine’s Drive – the address of the house where Robin was born in Douglas on the
Isle of Man – the 17-track album is a reflective, sometimes
autobiographical collection of songs mainly recorded between 2006 and
2008, but never released.
With the addition of some of the final
recordings by Robin Gibb, the album is a unique insight into the genius
songwriting talent of this much-loved and greatly missed globally
renowned musician. The album also includes three tracks co-written with
his son RJ Gibb, and was produced by Peter-John Vettese.
The final track on the album,
“Sydney,” is also the very last track recorded by Robin. As a demo
recording, it is not as produced as the other tracks on the album, and
Robin’s wife, Dwina Gibb, explains the inclusion of the track:
“Robin composed this late at
night, end of July 2011, at our home, The Prebendal. He used the bedroom
keyboards and then GarageBand on an iPad. He wished to finish this song
in a studio with Barry, for a new album he hoped they would record
together, but his health prevented this. He missed his twin brother
Maurice, who had passed away; but when he closed his eyes, the three
young brothers were back in Sydney, Australia, happy together with their
dreams and hopes for the future. Their future creations of course
affected the world. This fragment of song is poignant, wistful,
beautiful and unfinished. It belongs on this album as one of his last
works. He cried when he wrote it, and I wept when I heard it.”
Track listing:
1. Days Of Wine & Roses
2. Instant Love
3. Alan Freeman Days
4. Wherever You Go
5. I Am The World (New Version)
6. Mother
7. Anniversary
8. Sorry
9. Cherish
10. Don’t Cry Alone
11. Avalanche
12. One Way Love
13. Broken Wings
14. Sanctuary
15. Solid
16. All We Have Is Now
17. Sydney
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