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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
of Indeterminate Origin]
Barry
Gibb Lost And Found
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Barry
Gibb
The Kid's
No Good [no label, 1CD]
Many pop fans only
caught on to The Bee Gees in 1967 (usually seen as the year of The Bee
Gees) though by 1966, they already had now-considered classics Spicks
And Specks and I Can't See Nobody. Over the next two years, they would
become fan favourites with songs such as New York Mining Disaster, To
Love Somebody, Massachusetts, World, Words, I've Gotta Get A Message To
You and I Started A Joke.
But by 1969, The
Bee Gees had broken up. This part of the Bee Gees story is told on the
Bee Gees site (www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees):
"The tension between
Barry and Robin came to a head early in [1969] over the first single from
the Odessa album. It was almost set to be a song featuring Robin's Lamplight,
but Robert Stigwood [who also had a starring role in the rise and demise
of Blind Faith] preferred to feature Barry singing First Of May. Stigwood
had long had a theory that well-dressed handsome young men sold records.
Even though Stigwood said that the song Odessa is one of his favorite
Bee Gees tracks, Robin felt more and more that his songs could not get
proper attention within the confines of the group. He had worked all his
life with Barry. No doubt he wondered what he could do on his own.
"On March 19, Robin
announced that he would make solo recordings. For a short time some uncertainty
remained as to whether he would also work with the Bee Gees. Robin recorded
a few songs, and so did Barry and Maurice, and then when Robin made it
clear that he was out for good, lawsuits over Robin's contractual obligations
to the Bee Gees stopped him recording at all until September.
"In December, Barry
and Maurice announced that they had split, ending the Bee Gees. Maurice,
already working with his brother-in-law Billy Lawrie and friends on outside
projects, quickly began to record songs for a solo album.
"At the start of
1970, the Bee Gees did not exist. The two Gibb brothers albums recorded
in 1969 were released early in the year, one by Barry and Maurice as the
Bee Gees, the other by Robin. For the former, Barry and Maurice made some
publicity appearances together. But at the same time, all three brothers
were working separately on new albums. Except for one single each by Maurice
and Barry, nothing of the three albums was released."
Robin had already
released Robin's Reign and the follow-up album, Sing Slowly Sisters, remains
unreleased to this day. Barry began recording a solo album in February
1970, after spending a couple of months writing. Only the single, I'll
Kiss Your Memory, was released.
The Kid's No Good
is long seen as Barry's 1970 unreleased album. The sound throughout this
recording, said to be taken from the original tapes, is excellent as Barry
continues with the songwriting and singing style he had already made popular
with The Bee Gees. While there are hints of Gene Pitney and even echoes
of Love Letters In The Sand in the songs, this is STILL a very enjoyable
set of songs today. This is the Barry before the falsetto and disco took
over; where he is equally at home behind some lush strings or just on
the acoustic guitar.
Some standout tracks
include One Bad Thing (a jaunty number that gets your feet tapping in
no time); The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine (a ballad that makes a great drive-time
track) and Victim (discofy this and it would easily sit next to Too Much
Heaven).
It's likely the tracks
King Kathy, I Can Bring Love and Summer Ends were taken from the special
Barry Gibb Fan Club Christmas disc that is now a rare collector's item.
The tracks were recorded in October 1971. I Can Bring Love was eventually
recorded for To Whom It May Concern (1972), which has strings on it, unlike
the acoustic version here but this version has one extra verse.
Click
on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality,
stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain,
this recording has never been officially released.
Note: Kindly email us at mybigo@bigozine.com
if you encounter problems downloading the files.
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| Track
01 |
Mando
Bay (6.4MB) |
| Track
02 |
One
Bad Thing (4.8MB) |
| Track
03 |
The
Day Your Eyes Meet Mine (fast version) (4.2MB) |
| Track
04 |
Happiness
(4.7MB) |
| Track
05 |
Peace
In My Mind (5.7MB) |
| Track
06 |
Clyde O'Riley (7.3MB)
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| Track
07 |
I
Just Wanna Take Care Of You/It's Over (5.4MB) |
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I'll Kiss Your Memory
[Released
as a single in 1970. Found on Tales From The Brothers Gibb (1990).
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| Track
09 |
Victim
(5.4MB) |
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This Time [Released
as B-side of I'll Kiss Your Memory.]
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| Track
11 |
What's
It All About (4.3MB) |
| Track
12 |
Born
(5.4MB) |
| Track
13 |
King
Kathy* (3.8MB) |
| Track
14 |
I
Can Bring Love* (2.7MB) |
| Track
15 |
Summer
Ends* (6.2MB)
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*Possibly taken from
Barry Gibb Fan club EP - 1971.
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January
13, 2008
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