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Bee Gees - Brilliant from Birth Audio CD

A fair review of the Bee Gees "Brilliant from Birth" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bee Gees reviews here, or go back to the Bee Gees tabs.

Bee Gees Band: Bee Gees
Title: Brilliant from Birth
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Release Date: 1997-07-18
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Battle of the Blue and Grey 2: Three Kisses of Love 3: Timber 4: Take Hold of That Star 5: Peace of Mind 6: Don't Say Goodbye 7: Claustrophobia 8: Could It Be 9: Turn Around, Look at Me 10: Theme from Jamie McPheeters 11: Every Day I Have to Cry Some 12: You Wouldn't Know 13: Wine and Women 14: Follow the Wind 15: I Was a Lover, A Leader of Men 16: And the Children Laughing 17: I Don't Think It's Funny 18: How Love Was True 19: To Be or Not to Be 20: Cherry Red 21: I Want Home 22: End 23: Hallelujah, I Love Her So 24: I Love You Because 25: Somewhere 26: Twelfth of Never 27: You're the Reason 28: You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You 29: All by Myself 30: Butterfly 31: Can't You See That She's Mine 32: From Me to You 33: Monday's Rain 34: All of My Life 35: Where Are You 36: Playdown 37: Big Chance 38: Glasshouse 39: How Many Birds 40: Second Hand People 41: I Don't Know Why I Bother With Myself 42: Jingle Jangle 43: Tint of Blue 44: Born a Man 45: Spicks & Specks 46: I Am the World 47: Daydream 48: Forever 49: Coalman 50: Exit, Stage Right 51: Paperback Writer 52: I'll Know What to Do 53: In the Morning 54: Like Nobody Else 55: Lonely Winter 56: Lum-De-Loo 57: Storm 58: Terrible Way to Treat Your Baby 59: Yesterday's Gone 60: You Won't See Me 61: Top Hat 62: Just One Look 63: Ticket to Ride

Memories
Having been a listener early on, this two-disc set is essential to gauge the growth in patterns and harmonies they displayed later in their careers. It is so good to listen to this group as it matured to become the great writers they are. "Brilliant from Birth" may seem a little strong, but, in retrospect, "brilliant" is the word for the Bee Gees.


complete collection.
Three Kisses Of Love, The BeeGees Sing And Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs, Claustrophobia, Spicks and Specks, etc. . all early albums/ compliations. And many many more. I had 3 of them before I finally found this, which has every single early recording of the BeeGees before theycame out with First. I Want Home, How Love Was True, You Wouldn't Know, I Was A Lover A Leader Of Men, Claustrophobia, and Big Chance some of my favorites. A couple of the tracks are not theirs. Just One Look and Daydream. Maybe that's why they don't sound that great, knowing it's not theirs. But still, forget about all those other compilations. Save some money and get this. You'll have all of them in one.


Most complete set of early recordings

This double album makes it easy. With so many budget albums out there that have the early recordings of The Bee Gees in various combinations, it seemed difficult to get them all without having to many duplicates. Not all songs are all that great, but you can certainly follow the development of the typical early Bee Gees sound. I also like the cover versions of Lennon & McCartney songs they do on this album.
So if you want the very early stuff, buy this one - you won't need any other then.


Completes your BG collection
While this may be for completists and die-hard fans, you'll be surprised at the high quality material found in this package. Well, here it is at last, after years of collecting bootleg cassettes, vinyls and cds and out of print compilations, nothing beats this, the complete collection of their early recordings before 1941 NY Mining Disaster. At the tender age of 17, I think, Barry was a superb tunesmith, much better than Lennon-Mccartney in the early days, though BG sought to produce forgettable boring albums in the early 70s.

You'll find a lot of sweet love tunes here, and some mature and serious songs, And Children Laughing, Secondhand People and In the Morning being my favourites. However, I find it quite an embarrassment in those cover versions of Beatles songs and 50s oldies. Nonetheless, a definite buy for fans.


The Latest Release From Festival Records "Down Under"
Later, in the mid-90's, it was released and remastered on a Double CD with 32 songs from the Bee Gees early Australian years. Festival Records first released, "Birth Of Brilliance 1963-1966" in 1978 on a double LP.

Now Festival has released, "Brilliant From Birth" (Don't get confused) as another Double CD collection. The latter having 31 more songs on it (63 in total).

For the (price)extra, it is worth owning over "Birth Of Brilliance 1963-1966". The additional songs are more overdubs on prerecorded instrumentals, many from stage productions and standards ("Twelth Of Never"), ("You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You"), ("Somewhere"), etc. In themselves, they are unremarkable, save for the maturity and range of the Gibb Brothers vocals.

In all, this set contains mostly Bee Gees originals with Beatle's covers and standard songs from the late '50's and early '60's. The packaging is more appealing than the first collection and the liner notes are more interesting and up to date. The choice would be "Brilliant From Birth" over "Birth Of Brilliance". Confused? I was.


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