Idea (album)
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Publication |
August 1968 |
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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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Idea is the third international music album by the Bee Gees .
production
The recordings for »Idea« began in January 1968 in the IBC Studios in London and were completed in July 1968, repeatedly interrupted by tours through Germany , Scandinavia and England . After the only moderate success of the single "Jumbo", a guitar-heavy rock song, producer Robert Stigwood decided to focus more on ballads again on this album. With “Such A Shame” a composition by guitarist Vince Melouney was featured on European editions of the album (in the USA this title was replaced by the then current single “I've Gotta Get a Message to You”).
Except for “Swan Song” from 1967, all songs on the album were composed in 1968.
The album was released in August 1968. At the same time, the band embarked on a US tour, and the single "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" stormed the charts (in England to number 1). In the German album charts, "Idea" reached no more than 3rd place.
Contributors
- Arranger , conductor : Bill Shepherd
- Sound engineers : John Pantry, Mike Claydon, Damon Lyon Shaw
- Album design: Klaus Voormann
- Photographs: Wolfgang Heilemann
Track list
all songs composed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, except: "Such A Shame" by Vince Melouney
- A1. Let There Be Love
- A2. Kitty Can
- A3. In the Summer of His Years
- A4. Indian Gin and Whiskey Dry
- A5. Down to Earth
- A6. Look for a shame
- B1. Idea
- B2. When the Swallows Fly
- B3. I have decided to join the Airforce
- B4. I started a joke
- B5. Kilburn Towers
- B6. Swan Song
Bonus tracks 2006
all songs composed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, except "Sitting In The Meadow" by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
- Chocolate Symphony
- I've Gotta Get A Message To You (mono single)
- jumbo
- The Singer Sang His Song
- Bridges Crossing Rivers
- Idea (alternative mix)
- Completely Unoriginal
- Kitty Can (alternative mix)
- Come Some Christmas Eve Or Halloween
- Let There Be Love (alternative mix)
- Gena's theme
- Another Cold And Windy Day (Coke Spot # 1)
- Sitting In The Meadow (Coke Spot # 2)
expenditure
The album was released worldwide in 1968 by Polydor , but in the USA on Atco , a sub-label of Atlantic Records . In the same year, the Bertelsmann Book Club published an edition of the album , on which the song “Idea” was exchanged for “I've Gotta Get a Message to You”. In 1973 "Idea" was re-released by RSO Records . The album was first released on compact disc in 1989 . In 2006 Idea was part of the box set "The Studio Albums 1967-1968".
- 1968 Polydor 184 169 (LP, stereo)
- 1968 Polydor 6349 (LP, Stereo, Bertelsmann Club edition: I've Gotta Get a Message to You )
- 1973 RSO 2394 198 (LP, stereo)
- 1989 Polydor 833 660-2 (CD, stereo)
- 2006 Rhino / Reprise 74117-2 (3x2CD, Mono / Stereo The Studio Albums 1967-1968 )
- 2007 Rhino / Reprise RHI1 74872 (3x2LP, Stereo The Studio Albums 1967-1968 )
- 2007 Rhino / Reprise 74121-2 (2CD, Mono / Stereo)
While the album was only released in stereo in Germany in 1968 , mono mixes were also produced for the English and American markets , but only the British one was also released. In 2006 they were part of the CD box set The Studio Albums 1967-1968 .
reception
The best-known title on this album is "I Started a Joke", which was only released as a single in the USA in 1968 and was later reinterpreted by a wide variety of musicians. The best known version comes from Faith No More , who released the track as a single in 1998. Richie Havens recorded the song in 1969 for his album "Stonehenge". Other versions u. a. by Element of Crime (1997), The Cascades (1970), Van McCoy (1969), Eugene Chadbourne (1985), The Beautiful South (1992), Vonda Shepard (1998), Robbie Williams together with The Orb (2002), Pet Shop Boys (2012), Low (2012).
Trivia
- The song "In The Summer of His Years" was written by the Bee Gees in memory of Brian Epstein . Epstein and Robert Stigwood were partners in the British artist agency NEMS in 1967 .
- Satirist Jan Böhmermann interpreted "I Started a Joke" on June 2, 2016 in his show Neo Magazin Royale as an answer to the so-called Böhmermann affair . He dedicated the song to the legal department of ZDF, among other things .
- On December 11, 1968, ZDF broadcast the TV show IDEA - Pop and Music by director Jean-Christophe Averty and illustrator Guy Peellaert . In the Belgian / German co-production, the Bee Gees presented seven of the songs from the album »Idea«. They also performed “Massachusetts”, “I've Gotta Get a Message to You” and “Harry Braff”. Presenter Lill Lindfors sang the title "Words". There were also six appearances in the hour-long show by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger & The Trinity , u. a. with the titles "Season Of the Witch" and "Road to Cairo". The shooting took place in Brussels in September 1968. Director Averty received the silver Adolf Grimme Prize for the show in 1969 .
bibliography
The Essential Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong, Canongate Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84195-985-6
Web links
- Idea at Allmusic (English)
- Idea at Discogs
- The album in the Spicks & Specks archive
- Gibb Songs 1968