News 16 Apr 2015

Robin Gibb / Saved by the Bell: Collected Works 1969-70

By Paul Sinclair

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Saved By The Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1969-1970 is a new three-CD set that captures the entire musical output of Robin Gibb over a 12-month period from 1969 to 1970 and includes the previously unreleased album Sing Slowly Sisters.

Ten years in the making, this set originated with the idea of Robin completing the ‘lost’ album, but with Gibb’s passing in 2012 the project stalled. However, compilation producer Andrew Sandoval drove this forward and was able to create the best approximation of a Sing Slowly Sisters album (a full album was never actually previously compiled) with the help of fans who provided material on cassette and rare acetates. This music, combined with original masters that were available, helped to create this new Saved By The Bell collection.

Sing Slowly Sisters was to be the follow-up to Gibb’s 1970 album Robin’s Reign which although not a commercial success, did contain the big hit single from which this new compilation gets its name. Robin’s Reign is included here (disc one) along with nine bonus tracks. The Sing Slowly Sisters material (20 tracks in total) is on disc two and Saved By The Bell finishes with a third CD, Robin’s Rarities which hosts a collection of 23 alternate takes, demos, BBC sessions and unissued songs including Janice, and Alexandra Good Time (the original withdrawn B-side of Saved By The Bell). See full track listing below.

St. Etienne’s Bob Stanley has written the sleeve notes for this set which will be released on 1 June 2015.

Track listing

DISC 1: Robin’s Reign… Plus

1. AUGUST OCTOBER (STEREO)
2. GONE GONE GONE (STEREO)
3. THE WORST GIRL IN THIS TOWN (STEREO)
4. GIVE ME A SMILE (STEREO)
5. DOWN CAME THE SUN (STEREO)
6. MOTHER AND JACK (STEREO)
7. SAVED BY THE BELL (STEREO)
8. WEEKEND (STEREO)
9. FARMER FERDINAND HUDSON (STEREO)
10. LORD BLESS ALL (STEREO)
11. MOST OF MY LIFE (STEREO)

Bonus Material

12. ONE MILLION YEARS (STEREO) *
13. HUDSON’S FALLEN WIND *
14. SAVED BY THE BELL (MONO)
15. MOTHER AND JACK (MONO)
16. ONE MILLION YEARS (MONO)
17. WEEKEND (MONO)
18. AUGUST OCTOBER (MONO)
19. GIVE ME A SMILE (MONO)
20. LORD BLESS ALL (ALTERNATE TAKE) *

DISC 2: Sing Slowly Sisters – Sessions

1. SING SLOWLY SISTERS *
2. LIFE *
3. C’EST LA VIE, AU REVOIR *
4. EVERYTHING IS HOW YOU SEE ME *
5. I’VE BEEN HURT *
6. SKY WEST AND CROOKED *
7. IRONS ON THE FIRE *
8. COLD BE MY DAYS *
9. AVALANCHE *
10. ENGINES AEROPLANES *
11. THE FLAG I FLEW *
12. RETURN TO AUSTRIA *
13. IT’S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE *
14. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL *
15. A VERY SPECIAL DAY *
16. GREAT CAESAR’S GHOST *
17. ANYWHERE I HANG MY HAT *
18. LOUD AND CLEAR *
19. RETURN TO AUSTRIA (DEMO) *
20. WHY NOT CRY TOGETHER (DEMO *

DISC 3: Robin’s Rarities

1. ALEXANDRIA GOOD TIME *
2. JANICE *
3. LOVE JUST GOES *
4. AUGUST OCTOBER “AGOSTO OTTOBRE” (ITALIAN) *
5. ONE MILLION YEARS “UN MILONE DE ANI” (ITALIAN) *
6. SAVED BY THE BELL (BBC) *
7. ROBIN TALKS WITH BRIAN MATTHEW (BBC) *
8. AUGUST OCTOBER (BBC) *
9. WEEKEND (BBC) *
10. GIVE ME A SMILE (BBC) *
11. ROBIN TALKS WITH DAVID WIGG (BBC) *
12. THE BAND WILL MEET MR. JUSTICE (DEMO) *
13. THE PEOPLE’S PUBLIC POKE SONG (DEMO) *
14. INDIAN GIN AND WHISKEY DRY (DEMO) *
15. THE GIRL TO SHARE EACH DAY (DEMO) *
16. COME SOME HALLOWEEN OR CHRISTMAS DAY (DEMO) *
17. HEAVEN IN MY HANDS (DEMO) *
18. MOST OF MY LIFE (DEMO) *
19. GOODBYE GOOD WORLD (DEMO) *
20. DOWN CAME THE SUN (DEMO) *
21. DON’T GO AWAY (DEMO) *
22. MOON ANTHEM – Robin Gibb Orchestra & Chorus *
23. GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST – Robin Gibb Orchestra & Chorus *

* Previously unissued recording

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