Kilburn Towers
"Kilburn Towers" | ||||||||||||
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Single by Bee Gees | ||||||||||||
from the album Idea | ||||||||||||
Released | September 1968 | |||||||||||
Recorded | 14 June 1968 | |||||||||||
Genre | Folk | |||||||||||
Length |
2:14 (mono) 2:17 (stereo) | |||||||||||
Label |
Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) | |||||||||||
Writer(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||||||||||
Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||||||||||
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"Kilburn Towers" is a folk song by the Bee Gees. Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1968 for the album Idea. It was also released as a B-side of "I Started a Joke". This song's length was 2:14 in mono and 2:17 in stereo. The song was produced by the group's manager Robert Stigwood and the Bee Gees.
Virginia Vee recorded "Kilburn Towers" in 1968. Her version was released as a single only in France, with another Bee Gees song, "Let There Be Love", as the B-side; it was arranged by Jimi Horowitz and produced by Claude Ebrard on Polydor Records. Vee's version was recorded also at IBC Studios in London.[1]
Writing and recording
Barry Gibb says that "Kilburn Towers" was written in his flat. Barry continues "I would just sit and strum on my own. I think it was just something that I sort of came up with and that was it."[2]
It was recorded on 14 June 1968 with "Such a Shame". Barry's vocals here was breathy and strumming guitar and the orchestral instrumental break gives it some of the same feel as "In the Summer of His Years". The flute sound throughout is an exceptional performance by Maurice Gibb on mellotron. Colin Petersen plays bongos on this track.[3]
Personnel
- Barry Gibb — lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Maurice Gibb — mellotron
- Colin Petersen — bongos
- Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement
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