Bee Gees’ 1st by Bee Gees

Bee Gees' 1st came out in Britain on 14 July 1967 and in America on 9 August, and despite the title it's really the brothers' third album: the first two were only released in Australia and New Zealand. This was their first record for Polydor in the UK and Atco in the States, made after Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb came back to England and Robert Stigwood set about selling them to the world. Vince Melouney on guitar and Colin Petersen on drums fill out the band.

It's psychedelic pop through and through, all tight three-part harmonies and Robin's quivering lead, with songs like "To Love Somebody" and "Holiday" aching with melancholy. Klaus Voormann, who drew the Beatles' Revolver sleeve, designed the cover. It climbed to No. 7 on Billboard and No. 8 in the UK, and in 2006 Reprise reissued it as a two-disc set, pairing the stereo and mono mixes and adding a second disc of outtakes and previously unheard songs.

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