chewy non jazz recommendation for today

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh my god, i have been listening to "Bee Gee's 1st" (Jul. 1967) for the last week: this album is perfect. when i want to play one of my favorite cuts, i cant turn it off, no matter where in the cd (or record,) i am, i have to keep listening. i cant say that for too many psychedelic albums of the 60s. now i know youre saying haha whatever but it is a psychedlic album and i dont just mean the cover, its just soooooooooo much more melodic than the other stuff, some people might consider it pop. but no way. i cant listen to sgt peppers all the way thru the way i can listen to this one all the way thru- sgt peppers came out in june and this one came out a few wks later in july.

oh my god, i have been listening to "Bee Gee's 1st" (Jul. 1967) for the last week: this album is perfect. when i want to play one of my favorite cuts, i cant turn it off, no matter where in the cd (or record,) i am, i have to keep listening. i cant say that for too many psychedelic albums of the 60s. now i know youre saying haha whatever but it is a psychedlic album and i dont just mean the cover, its just soooooooooo much more melodic than the other stuff, some people might consider it pop. but no way. i cant listen to sgt peppers all the way thru the way i can listen to this one all the way thru- sgt peppers came out in june and this one came out a few wks later in july.

oh, and atco was a subsiderary of atlantic and atlatic recorded ornette coleman whose drummer was billy higgins, who once played with pat metheny, who recorded for ECM. there, now everybodys included

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

oh, and atco was a subsiderary of atlantic and atlatic recorded ornette coleman whose drummer was billy higgins, who once played with pat metheny, who recorded for ECM. there, now everybodys included

It was recorded for Polydor in Britain. Polydor at the time was issuing Atlantic's albums in Britain (and possibly elsewhere, not sure) so this was a tit for tat deal. I don't think Polydor had opened up a US branch at that time.

MG

[AllenLowe]

my favorite song of theirs, if I remember correctly, was Harry Braff - that early album also had something called, maybe "1942 Mineshaft Explosion" ? can't remember the titles after 40 years. Also, Words.

[Royal Oak]

FWIW, I like the early Bee Gees records, especially the Mining disaster tune. They are, of course, a parody nowadays IMO.

[AllenLowe]

well, they had to stay alive.

[carnivore]

someone could take the BeeGees seriously?

[Royal Oak]

someone could take the BeeGees seriously?

Not for many years, but those early records hold up. Nice tunes, no falsetto/giant hair/drugs/booze.

[JSngry]

Hit Parader, July 1968

[porcy62]

Who's Brigitta?

[Quincy]

There was an earlier thread about the early Bee Gees (you can title search "Gees" but not "Bee" ) though all of Clem's contributions (though they were also Monkee & Byrd) were wiped clean. I'm still very happy that I bought the Rhino box of the 1st 3 albums w/ the bonus discs. It helps to hear the hits within the context of the albums, and for me not having heard the album cuts as a kid the music is still newish to me. Good stuff!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i contradicted myself i said in the other thread i would not consider bee gees 1st, to be psych but flat out prog rock-- i dont know anymore-- but i do love it!

[JSngry]

Who's Brigitta?

I do not know, but she turns up in a few other mentions of Hit Parader articles of the time: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=Brigitta+%22hit+parader%22&fp=b6589184b2a79e1

[BruceH]

Weren't the early Bee Gee's Beatles imitators?

[JSngry]

A pretty soulful pop song here, actually.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

even michael bolton cant ruin this beautiful bee gees song! oh so powerful!

[Teasing the Korean]

The Bee Gees' first two Atco/Polydor albums, Bee Gees First and Horizontal, are Pop/Psych mini-masterpieces. You need to hear these in mono too. If you buy the box set with the first three albums, you can hear them in mono and stereo.