Spicks & Specks: 26 Songs From the Early Days (1998)

About this title: The Bee Gees had their first record deal with Festival Records, and beginning in 1962, released several singles and an album on that label in Australia before leaving for England and a deal with Polydor Records in the mid-1960s. Spicks & Specks collects several of those early Festival recordings, and makes for some pretty interesting listening. Most of the songs here were written by the then-teenaged Barry Gibb, and they exhibit a strong Beatles influence, with songs like "Exit, Stage Right," "Coalman," "I Want Home," and "How Many Birds" working almost as parodies of "the Fab Four." Except ... read more

Tracks:

1. In the Morning [Gibb]
2. Like Nobody Else [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
3. All by Myself [Gibb]
4. Storm [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
5. Butterfly [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
6. Exit, Stage Right [Gibb/Gibb/Gibb]
7. Coalman [Gibb]
8. I Am the World [Gibb]
9. Cherry Red [Gibb]
10. I Want Home [Gibb]
11. Monday's Rain [Gibb]
12. How Many Birds [Gibb]
13. Second Hand People [Gibb]
14. Born a Man [Gibb]
15. Spicks & Specks [Gibb]
16. I Was a Lover, A Leader of Men [Gibb]
17. Timber [Gibb]
18. Claustrophobia [Gibb]
19. Could It Be [Gibb]
20. I Don't Think It's Funny [Gibb]
21. Three Kisses of Love [Gibb]
22. Turn Around, Look at Me [Capehart]
23. Every Day I Have to Cry Some [Alexander]
24. How Love Was True [Gibb]
25. You Won't See Me [Lennon/McCartney]
26. Lonely Winter [Gibb]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.