Now Available: Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968-1970

Last year, Rhino was fortunate enough to be able to pay tribute to the late Robin Gibb with the posthumous release of his final album, 50 St.Catherine’s Drive, a 17-track collection of material which featured – among other songs – “Sydney,” the last song Robin recorded in his lifetime. Now, we’re proud to continue reminding music fans of the underrated solo career of the Bee Gees singer with the release of Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968-1970.

If a three-year span doesn’t seem like it would result in a tremendous amount of material, then we’re happy to assure you that your concerns are misplaced. This three-disc, 63-track set kicks off with Gibb’s debut solo album, Robin’s Reign, which has been expanded from its original 11 songs to include an additional nine tracks that feature a mixture of mono versions and previously-unissued tracks. From there, fans will be ecstatic to find 20 tracks from Gibb’s Sing Slowly Sisters sessions, which produced the ultimately-unreleased album of the same name. Yes, we know that some of you may have managed to obtain a copy of this effort through, uh, somewhat illicit means, shall we say? But trust us: whatever you may have heard doesn’t sound nearly as good as this does. Lastly, the third disc is entitled Robin’s Rarities, and the title may make its contents self-explanatory, rest assured that we’ll be including the full track listing to this set below, so that you know each and every inclusion among the disc’s 23 tracks, plus what’s on the other two discs, too.

If you’re late delving into Robin Gibb’s solo career, then Saved by the Bell is a wonderful way to explore the work he was doing away from the Bee Gees. Better yet, the average listener will be walking into this set knowing precisely one track, and that’s the single which gives the set its title. If you’re one of those listeners, then we envy you, because you’re about to hear a whole lot of great pop music.

FULL TRACKLISTING:

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