STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - BEE GEES - TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE, best known for his work in the 'brother band', the Bee Gees, on this, the 19th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2003, age 53, as of a twisted intestine, which caused him to go into cardiac arrest. We honor his legacy by spinning the 10th album from the group, To Whom It May Concern . The LP was released October 1972 on the Polydor label and produced by  Robert Stigwood and the Bee Gees. It reached #53 in Japan, #50 in Canada, #35 on the Billboard 200, #13 in Australia, and #6 in Spain. Three singles were released ; "Run to Me" (#11 Cash Box, #10 Argentina, Denmark, #9 UK, Record World,  #8 Canada Adult Contemporary, Spain, #6 Billboard Easy Listening, Canada, New Zealand, #5 Italy, #3 South Africa,  Australia, #2 Brazil, #1Bangkok), "Alive" (#45 Australia, #34 Hot 100, #33 Record World, #28 Canada, #20 Easy Listening, #17 Netherlands) and "Sea Of Smiling Faces" (Japan only- did not chart). Our copy is a English pressing that has a sticker indicating that indicates "Run To Me" has been omitted. It's listed on the album cover but not the label and indeed it does not appear on this copy. Inside the gatefold there is a pop up style representation of the band. 

1. "Run to Me" Barry and Robin 3:05

2. "We Lost the Road" Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Barry and Robin 3:27

3. "Never Been Alone" Robin Gibb Robin 3:11

4. "Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings" Barry and Robin 4:59

5. "I Can Bring Love" Barry Gibb Barry 2:06

6. "I Held a Party" Robin and Barry 2:35

7. "Please Don't Turn Out the Lights" Robin and Barry 1:59

Side two

1. "Sea of Smiling Faces" Barry and Robin 3:07

2. "Bad Bad Dreams" Barry and Robin 3:47

3. "You Know It's for You" Maurice Gibb Maurice Gibb 2:57

4. "Alive" Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb Barry 4:04

5. "Road to Alaska" Robin 2:38

6. "Sweet Song of Summer" Barry and Robin 5:04

Bee Gees

Barry Gibb – lead, harmony and backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Robin Gibb – lead, harmony and backing vocals

Maurice Gibb – harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, organ, Mellotron, harpsichord, mandolin, Moog synthesizer on "Sweet Song of Summer", lead vocal on "You Know It's For You"

Geoff Bridgford – drums on "We Lost the Road", "Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings" and "Alive"

Additional musicians and production staff

Alan Kendall – acoustic guitar; electric lead guitar on "Bad Bad Dreams" and "Road to Alaska"

Clem Cattini – drums (except "We Lost the Road", "Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings" and "Alive")

Bill Shepherd – orchestral arrangement

Mike Claydon – engineer

Damon Lyon-Shaw – engineer

Richard Manwaring – engineer

Andy Knight – engineer

Mike Vickers – synthesizer engineer (on "Sweet Song of Summer")