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Claustrophobia

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You can see the set list in almost any CD store. It's all early unremastered Australian songs. If you want this great earlier material, I suggest, "Brilliant From Birth", which contains 63 songs and a great note pamphlet. It's here ...

Owners of the Australian copyrights to these songs are cashing in on 16 songs that you should obtain on a far better quality disc(s). "Birth Of Brilliance - 1963-1966" contains two CD's that completely cover the Gibbs Australian musical heritage. On this set you get 32 songs that are wonderfully remastered! This is also a collector's item.

The cheap price might make this worthwhile for a sample of the Bee Gees' Australian records (1963-1966), but fans should really consider the 2-CD set 'Brilliant from Birth' on Festival, an Australian release, because it has ALL of their Australian recordings and in the best available sound quality.

Their voices frighten me in parts of this album. But songs that are pretty good are Second Hand People, Glass House, I Am The World, and Big Chance. The rest are pretty dull.

I find it hard to write a bad review about the Bee Gees, because I have always been a fan of their music, and the type of songs they write. This cd has the upbeat and enjoyable Spicks and Specks, the song, they made famous as their first #1 hit in Australia. In my opinion this is a little more repetitious than most of their cd's/albums. It's vintage Bee Gees, but the quality of songwriting isn't up to their usual level. It sounds to me like they decided to go in the studio, put together a few fun songs, and put it out for their fans. I really have difficulty seeing anything outstanding other than the fact that this is music when they were younger, and this release was a small preview of the amazing music that followed. Their harmony is unique, always, and it's an enjoyable sound, yet the Bee Gees have written some of the best music ever, and I don't see that here.

Poor quality. Buy "Birth of Brilliance" or "Brilliant From Birth" Aren't those Brilliant titles???

If you're a real life-timer Bee Gees fan, this is a must own! Don't be mistaken ... this is no Robert Stigwood production. The strings and elaborate arrangements aren't here, but that only lets the songwriting shine through. The Brothers are very young on this collection, but their songwriting shows fantastic maturity and versatility, from the catchy "Claustrophobia" ("I've got claustrophobia, 'cause there's too many boys in your arms ...") to the Bealtesque "How Many Birds" to the folksy "Follow the Wind". It's obvious that from beginnings like these, these boys could have gone anywhere - having, or course, chosen to go to the top!