Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: Songs of the Bee Gees

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Castle
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050159196326
ASIN: B00025OHSY

Release Date: 2004-07-29

Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: Songs of the Bee Gees

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Tracks:

Spicks & Specks
Top Hat
Butterfly
Storm
Morning Of My Life
New York Mining Disaster 1941
Every Christian Lion Hearated Man Will Show You
To Love Somebody
Holiday
Gilbert Green
Town Of Tuxley Toymaker
Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator
World
With The Sun In My Eyes
And The Sun Will Shine
Words
Cowman Milk Your Cow
Singer Sang His Song
Maypole Mews
The Loner
Have You Heard The Word
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Stayin' Alive

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Album Description

Fully titled 'Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground - Songs of The Bee Gees'. Showcases the brilliant songwriting contributions the Gibb Brothers gave to music in the late 60s and features groups such as The Status Quo, Tangerine Peel, The Bloomfields, Gerry Marsden, Cliff Aungler, and more. Castle. 2004.

Album Details

Concentrating on Some of the More Interesting Bee Gee Cover Versions to Come Out of Britain During the Late 60s, "Maybe Someone is Digging Undergroud" Loosely Groups (In Order of Time of Writing) the Efforts of a Wide Variety of Singers and Musicians. Ranging from the Soulful Tones of P.p. Arnold to the Drunken Shenanigans of the Mysterious Fut, Each Performer Brings their Own Distinctive Style and Individuality to Bear Upon the Unmistakable Songrwriting Prowess from which the Bee Gees have Become Household Names all Over the World.

Customer Reviews:

Very cohesive for a various artists tribute..........2006-11-09

First of all, it is extremely sad that the amazon listing for this does not include the artist's names, just the song titles. If the artists were listed, you would see that some truly super rare song versions are on here. Probably the rarest is Billy J. Kramer's "Town of Tuxley Toymaker" the Reaction Records copy of which is very very tough to find. Gerry Marsden (of Gerry and the Pacemakers) also appears with a version of "Gilbert Green." Both artists recorded these songs after their "Beatles era band success periods" had passed by. There is also a nice track by David Garrick from his rare LP "Blow-Up Live."
For a various artists tribute, especially one which was not specifically recorded as a tribute, this is marvelously cohesive, clinging to the Bee Gee's pre-disco period (except as noted below). The songs hang together very well, the exception being the orchestral track at the end which is not bad, but seems out of place to me (reminds me of the "Louie Louie" tribute album where they threw in a similar "strings" cut). Keep listening after this last song, though, and you will hear a tongue-in-cheek version of a "Stayin' Alive" era tune. It takes awhile to pop up, but it is there.

Another Collection From The Classic Sixties!.......2004-08-02

There are many tribute albums to the Bee Gees and there are sure to be more. However, this collection concentrates on the late sixties by British artists only. Unlike "Melody Fair" (Eggbert Records; a great compilation), this grouping contains all original artists from existing singles or album cuts (most out of print). Fourteen of the songs were released as singles. Although most of the artists have come and gone there are some note-worthy signers. PP Arnold has covered many Gibb songs and was a featured back-up on "Cucumber Castle" (PP Arnold was an Ike & Tina Turner back-up singer). Although all the songs have been recorded by the Bee Gees, many of these are only available on `bootlegs'. Thankfully, the liner notes are extensive and finally solve the mystery behind the song, "Have You Heard The Word" by The Fut. It's a fantastic story and if it isn't true, it might as well be. Maurice Gibb's "The Loner" is given star treatment by The Bloomfields and the closing cut of "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" is a nice orchestral piece. The sound is total sixties with the typical embellishment. There is one mystery on this album. "With The Sun In My Eyes" is replaced with a song called, "Shadow Man". It's just another mystery behind a period of great songwriting and twenty-two songs are just the tip of the Gibb iceberg.

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