Great orchestral album from young Robin Gibb. Masters were lost and only demo LP survived with all sound artfacts. Album exists with the different tracklists. Spirit of early Bee Gees was caught on the record in 1970. Some songs - "Great Ceaser's Ghost" as example - are very impressive. So if you are fan of early Bee Gees with orchestral arrangements and Robin's voice - you should hear this bootleg.

Now, this is once again an album which was recorded when The Bee Gees were split up, and I would very much like if I was able to say something good on this album, but I am afraid that there is not very much good on here. However, even if it isn't very much, I will begin to talk about the good: Firstly, there is the opener "Life" (I actually do not own this version but the Ladybird-Version with twenty songs and I will talk about this album in its proposed running order) which has very effective horns and a short, catchy melody. Then, there is "A Very Special Day", along with "Sky West And Crooked" the only song on here with no orchestra which is a fact which helps the song very much; a big orchestral arrangement as the other songs have might have destroyed it, but as it is, it is a very beautiful piano ballad with touching lyrics. Yes, and that's it almost. "Make Believe" is OK, with its very down melody and Robin singing much lower than on the other songs. But for the rest (especially songs such as "I've Been Hurt", "Irons In The Fire" and "Cold Be My Days" which are performed to orchestra only - ouch, my ears!) do really go nowhere and sometimes it is even painful to listen to them. This bootleg does not contain all the songs from that period (even some of the album cuts are left out), and here is the line-up as it might have been proposed (on an LP): A1: Life A2: I've Been Hurt A3: Irons In The Fire A4: Cold Be My Days A5: Avalanche B1: Make Believe B2: All's Well That Ends Well B3: A Very Special Day B4: Sky West And Crooked B5: Sing Slowly Sisters B6: C'est La Vie, Au Revoir