The Bee Gees - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: 1968-1970

Here's the second of three volumes of the Bee Gees at the BBC. Like this first one, this contains all studio sessions.

All but one performance here comes from proper BBC sessions. I wanted to included all of the group's big hits from the time period. In this case, one key song was missing: "I Started a Joke." Although they never played the song for the BBC, they did play it live for the "This Is Tom Jones" show. As an unexpected bonus, they put it in a medley with "First of May," although they only played part of the latter song.

Also, all but one of the performances here are unreleased. The one exception is "Saved by the Bell." In 1969, the Bee Gees broke up for a while, and the three brothers started solo careers, before reuniting in 1970. "Saved by the Bell" was a big hit by Robin Gibb as a solo artist. It was released on a compilation of his solo material. Three of the songs here are from Barry Gibb's short solo career in that era, though those are still unreleased.

All of the songs here sound great, because they come from BBC transcription discs that perfectly preserved the original broadcasts. For some reason, the BBC performances from about 1967 to 1969 have been frequently bootlegged, but the ones from the early 1970s have not. Musical associate Marley provided the last few songs here for me (as well as most of the ones on the next volume).

The usual problem of BBC DJs talking over the music occurred here, and in a big way. Twelve out of the 14 BBC performances here had that. I applied the usual solution of using the X-Minus audio editing program to remove the talking while keeping the music.

This album is 46 minutes long.

01 Birdie Told Me (Bee Gees)
02 And the Sun Will Shine [Edit] (Bee Gees)
03 The Singer Sang His Song (Bee Gees)
04 I Started a Joke - First of May (Bee Gees)
05 Jumbo [Edit] (Bee Gees)
06 Tomorrow Tomorrow [Edit] (Bee Gees)
07 Don't Forget to Remember [Edit] (Bee Gees)
08 Saved by the Bell [Edit] (Robin Gibb)
09 Happiness [Edit] (Barry Gibb)
10 This Time [Edit] (Barry Gibb)
11 I'll Kiss Your Memory [Edit] (Barry Gibb)
12 Man for All Seasons [Edit] (Bee Gees)
13 Alone Again [Edit] (Bee Gees)
14 Lonely Days [Edit] (Bee Gees)
15 Every Second, Every Minute [Edit] (Bee Gees)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15277980/TBeeGs_1968-1970_BBSessionsVolume2_atse.zip.html

The cover photo comes from an appearance in a TV studio in 1970. I don't know which studio.