Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Turn Of The Century
2. Holiday
3. Red Chair Fade Away
4. One Minute Woman
5. In My Own Time
6. Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You
7. Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts
8. New York Mining Disaster 1941
9. Cucumber Castle
10. To Love Somebody
11. I Close My Eyes
12. I Can't See Nobody
13. Please Read Me
14. Close Another Door
15. Turn Of The Century
16. Holiday
17. Red Chair Fade Away
18. One Minute Woman
19. In My Own Time
20. Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You
21. Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts
22. New York Mining Disaster 1941
23. Cucumber Castle
24. To Love Somebody
25. I Close My Eyes
26. I Can't See Nobody
27. Please Read Me
28. Close Another Door

Disc 2:

1. Turn Of The Century
2. One Minute Woman
3. Gilbert Green
4. New York Mining Disaster 1941
5. House Of Lords
6. Cucumber Castle
7. Harry Braff
8. I Close My Eyes
9. I've Got To Learn
10. I Can't See Nobody
11. All Around My Clock
12. Mr Wallor's Wailing Wall
13. Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts
14. New York Mining Disaster 1941

Disc 3:

1. World
2. And The Sun Will Shine
3. Lemons Never Forget
4. Really And Sincerely
5. Birdie Told Me
6. With The Sun In My Eyes
7. Massachusetts (The Lights Went Out)
8. Harry Braff
9. Daytime Girl
10. Earnest Of Being George
11. Change Is Made
12. Horizontal
13. World
14. And The Sun Will Shine
15. Lemons Never Forget
16. Really And Sincerely
17. Birdie Told Me
18. With The Sun In My Eyes
19. Massachusetts (The Lights Went Out)
20. Harry Braff
21. Daytime Girl
22. Earnest Of Being George
23. Change Is Made
24. Horizontal

Disc 4:

1. Out Of Line
2. Ring My Bell
3. Barker Of The UFO
4. Words
5. Sir Geoffrey Saved The World
6. Sinking Ships
7. Really And Sincerely
8. Swan Song
9. Mrs Gillespie's Refrigerator
10. Deeply Deeply Me
11. All My Christmases Came At Once
12. Thank You For Christmas
13. Silent Night/Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Disc 5:

1. Let There Be Love
2. Kitty Can
3. In The Summer Of His Years
4. Indian Gin And Whisky Dry
5. Down To Earth
6. Such A Shame
7. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
8. Idea
9. When The Swallows Fly
10. I Have Decided To Join The Airforce
11. I Started A Joke
12. Kilburn Towers
13. Swan Song (1)
14. Let There Be Love
15. Kitty Can
16. In The Summer Of His Years
17. Indian Gin And Whisky Dry
18. Down To Earth
19. Such A Shame
20. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
21. Idea
22. When The Swallows Fly
23. I Have Decided To Join The Airforce
24. I Started A Joke
25. Kilburn Towers
26. Swan Song (2)

Disc 6:

1. Chocolate Symphony
2. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
3. Jumbo
4. Singer Sang His Song
5. Bridges Crossing Rivers
6. Idea
7. Completely Unoriginal
8. Kitty Can
9. Come Some Christmas Eve Or Halloween
10. Let There Be Love
11. Gena's Theme
12. Another Cold And Windy Day
13. Sitting In The Meadow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24119 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-06
• Number of discs: 6
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: 1.11 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Bee Gees Complete History Revealed!
This first reissue of the Bee Gees classic albums by Rhino Records proves to be a collectors dream. Not only are "Bee Gees 1st", "Horizontal" and "Idea" Remastered, but each album's song is repeated in Mono/Stereo. Each album is suited with an additional album of outtakes, alternate versions and unreleased material.

The first album contains all three versions of the Bee Gees first hit, "New York Mining Disaster 1941". There are several album cuts, alternate versions and some new material such as the sixties rocking `Gilbert Green" and "Mr. Wallor's Wailing Wall" with Robin going at it with warbling intensity via a vaudeville style. Robin's lead on "One Minute Woman" proves that it must have been a tough choice of which brother's lead vocal to use on the original album. "House of Lords" contains some nice original vocals while "I've Got To Learn" brings out the rock and roll the Bee Gees so deftly handled.

"Horizontals" supplement disc contains the rare "Barker Of The UFO" and other B-Sides such as "Sir Geoffrey Save The World" and "Sinking Ships". "Out Of Line" and "Ring My Bell" are true curiosities in their originality and "Deeply, Deeply Me" has a Middle-Eastern flavor with Robin showing his vocal prowess. "Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator" is a true rocker with commercial hints. The three Christmas songs are rare and unusual additions, especially for a box set such as this.

The "Idea" second disc contains some alternate songs, along with rare B-Sides, such as "The Singer Sang his Song" (originally optioned for an A-Side release) and the rare A-Side, "Jumbo". Following in the Christmas foot-steps of novelty songs, the Bee Gees give us two versions of "Coke commercials" released in their sixties heyday. "Chocolate Symphony" and "Bridges Crossing Rivers" prove the Bee Gees were an original band with more than clever hooks and lyrics.

Considering that this entire set is completely Remastered and there is ample new material along with alternate versions and outtakes, this is a Bee Gees fan dream come true. Obviously, there is still a wealth of material unreleased, but this should satisfy the public as to what also happened with the Bee Gees writing and signing in the late sixties. It's a true gift of music.

This set contains extensive notes and several new, never before seen photos. The set is marketed in digi-paks (half cardboard and plastic), which has proven to be less durable than simple jewel cases. This Box Set is much more inclusive than their "Tales" Box Set and "The Record" double-disc.

Why 6 CDs?
I'm a big Bee Gees fan. I have every official thing they ever released and then some. I even bought the Reprise versions of their Polydor and Universal CDs just for the sake of collecting. I'm excited about this release, but give it 4 stars for price jacking. Sadly I will most likely still buy this boxset to get the previosuly unreleased tracks that I don't already have and because it is mandatory for my collection, but looking at the track listings and knowing the average track back then was less than 3 minutes, they could easily have packaged this set on 3 CDs. This is just another example of those marketing jerks trying to milk the consumer by "expanding" the set to 6CDs with each CD clocking in at alittle over 35 minutes.

180 Gram Quality Vinyl
180 Gram vinyl recording quality is the finest quality of vinyl playback one can make. This set deserves at least that and the sound is better than compact disc!

This first reissue of the Bee Gees classic albums by Rhino Records proves to be a collectors dream. Not only are "Bee Gees 1st", "Horizontal" and "Idea" Remastered, each album is suited with an additional vinyl album of outtakes, alternate versions and unreleased material.

The first album contains all versions of the Bee Gees first international hit, "New York Mining Disaster 1941" as well as alternates of key album cuts. There is also plenty of extra material such as the sixties rocking "Gilbert Green" and the vaudeville-like "Mr. Wallor's Wailing Wall" with Robin going at it with warbling intensity. Robin's lead on "One Minute Woman" proves that it must have been a tough choice of which brother's lead vocal to use on the original album. "House of Lords" contains some nice original storybook lyrics while "I've Got To Learn" brings out the rock and roll the Bee Gees can so deftly handle.

"Horizontals" supplement album contains the rare "Barker Of The UFO" and other B-Sides such as the whimsical "Sir Geoffrey Save The World" and "Sinking Ships". There's the brilliant Beatles-esque "Out Of Line" and the "Kinks" influenced "Ring My Bell". This album also showcases original curiosities such as the Middle-Eastern themed, "Deeply, Deeply Me" and the psychedelic "Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator". The three Christmas songs are rare and unusual additions, especially for a box set such as this.

The "Idea" second album contains some alternate songs, along with rare B-Sides, such as "The Singer Sang his Song" (originally optioned for an A-Side release) and the rare A-Side, "Jumbo". Barry belts out the blues on "Chocolate Symphony" and "Bridges Crossing Rivers" proves the Bee Gees were an original band with more than clever hooks and lyrics. Maurice's keyboards and mellotron use is consistently ear-opening. Following in the Christmas foot-steps of novelty songs, the Bee Gees give us two versions of "Coke commercials" released in their sixties heyday.

The liner notes are some of the most comprehensive since "The Authorized Biography Of The Bee Gees", containing detailed month by month history of those first two years, original album artwork and rare photos. In addition, every song is listed with writer credits, place of recording and date of recording. Even the albums label name and copyright number is posted. Can you get more detailed?

Considering that this entire set is completely Remastered and there is ample new material along with alternate versions and outtakes, this is a Bee Gees fan dream come true. It is hard to believe that there is still more unreleased material, but this should satisfy the public as to what actually happened with the Bee Gees those first two classic years. It's a true gift of music.

The set is marketed in a large cardboard box with the three albums self contained with booklets.