Cucumber Castle
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Publication |
May 1970 |
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| Label (s) | Polydor | |||
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LP |
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pop |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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Robert Stigwood , Bee Gees |
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Studio (s) |
IBC Studios, London |
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Cucumber Castle is the fifth international music album of the Bee Gees .
production
The recordings for "Cucumber Castle" began in May 1969, shortly after Robin Gibb left the band. In August, drummer Colin Petersen left the Bee Gees and Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb hired drummer Terry Cox (ex- Pentangle ) and singer Peter Mason as replacements. Mason also worked on some songs, but was soon fired by Robert Stigwood because he did not fit into the band. Since Barry Gibb was working as a producer with PP Arnold in the same studio in June 1969 , she was called in as vocal support.
From the beginning, the production was under high competitive pressure to the solo activities Robin Gibbs. His single “Saved by the Bell”, which was published in parallel to “Don't Forget to Remember” in the summer, was consistently better placed in the European charts than the Bee Gees single, which reached number 9 in Germany. The announcement of his solo album led Robert Stigwood to postpone the release of "Cucumber Castle", which was originally planned for autumn 1969, until Robin Gibbs' album was on the market. Instead, the Bee Gees published a compilation entitled " Best of Bee Gees ", which was published in the USA in the summer, and in October also in Europe. Around the same time, Barry Gibb announced the end of the Bee Gees and that he and Maurice Gibb would be working on solo careers immediately.
Robin Gibbs' solo album " Robin's Reign " was finally released in late February. The Bee Gees' single " IOIO " was added in March and "Cucumber Castle" was finally released in May.
Most of the songs on the album were composed in 1969, "Turning Tide" and "IOIO" as early as 1968.
The album, the first of the Bee Gees to be released exclusively in stereo, made it to number 36 in the charts in Germany.
Contributors
- Arranger , conductor : Bill Shepherd
- Drums : Terry Cox, Colin Petersen
- Singing : Peter Mason, PP Arnold
Track list
all songs composed by Barry & Maurice Gibb
- A1. If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else
- A2. IOIO
- A3. Then you left me
- A4. The Lord
- A5. I Was the Child
- A6. I lay down and die
- B1. Sweetheart
- B2. Bury Me Down by the River
- B3. My thing
- B4. The Chance of Love
- B5. Turning tide
- B6. Don't forget to remember
expenditure
The album was released in 1970 by Polydor , but in the USA on Atco , a sub-label of Atlantic Records . In 1978 it was re-released on RSO Records . The album was first released on compact disc in 1989 . Since 2008 it has only been available digitally in Europe.
- 1970: Polydor 2383 010 (LP)
- 1978: RSO 2479 217 (LP)
- 1989: Polydor 833 783-2 (CD)
reception
Many versions of "Don't Forget to Remember" have appeared over the years, mostly recorded by country or folk musicians. Adina Edwards published a reggae version of "Don't Forget to Remember" on her album of the same name, for which she recorded other Gibb compositions. There are interpretations by Skeeter Davis , John & Anne Ryder, Daniel O'Donnell , Donna Fargo and the Czech singer Pavel Bobek.
Trivia
The album also served as the - unofficial - soundtrack to a TV special of the same name, produced by the BBC and originally planned as a 13-part television series . The screenplay was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, who also played the leading roles. Supporting actors were Lulu , Frankie Howerd , Spike Milligan , Vincent Price , Eleanor Bron and Julian Orchard . Mike Mansfield was the producer and Hugh Gladwish was the director. Parts of the film play at a concert by Blind Faith, also supervised by Robert Stigwood . There are cameos by Mick Jagger , Marianne Faithfull and Roger Daltrey . The 56-minute film was broadcast in England on Christmas 1970.
bibliography
- The Ultimate Bee Gees Biography: Stories of the Gibb Brothers by Melinda Bilyeu, Hector Cook, Andrew Môn Hughes, with Joseph Brennan and Mark Crohan. Starcluster Verlag, Balve, 2007. ISBN 978-3-925005-66-4
- The Essential Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong, Canongate Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84195-985-6
Web links
- Cucumber Castle on Allmusic (English)
- Cucumber Castle at Discogs
- The album in the Spicks & Specks archive
- Gibb Songs 1970
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://spicksspecks-archiv.blogspot.com/1970/01/bee-gees-im-film-gucumber-castle.html Musik Express, October 1969