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Label: Universal Japan
Release Date: 2007-12-15
List Price: $33.98
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excellent album BAD MASTERING!!! (2 stars)
i love this album , but the mastering on this japanese version is HORRIBLE . and i bought 4 copies , thinking that my 1st copy was defected . MY VINYL COPY SOUNDS BETTER . WWWWAIT FOR THE REMASTERED VERSION ........ |  | | | Classic Bee Gees (5 stars)
this album was a turning point for the Bee Gees and set them up for a long run as they added more funk and Groove and they couldn't be stopped. Fanny Be Tender, Jive talking, Nights on Broadway were all the jams. there vocal harmonys and the Grooves all complimented one another and took there sound and style to Greater Creative Heights. Classic Album from the Great Bee Gees. | | | | One of the Bee Gees Best (5 stars)
This is one of the Bee Gees best albums of all time. I had the original release and am really wanting to pick this one up on CD. Has this Japanese re-release been re-mastered or enhanced in anyway? This is one album that certainly deserves that treatment! | | | | A Wonderful transition (5 stars)
The 1975 Main Course album resurrected the Bee Gees commercially, but also critically and also as great artists. They had been floundering abit after their last hit single in 1972 "Run to Me". They hooked up with the great producer, Arif Mardin on this album and they came forth with a new sound that was different from almost everying on the radio in 1975. Their first hit single was Jive Talkin" which is great, but for me the next two singles were even better. "Nights on Broadway" is one of the most moving singles ever(it spoke of someone who went to find his lost love who had gone to Broadway to find fame). It has a great beat, but it was the introduction of Barry's falsetto on this track that really brought it home. It peaked at #7 after "Jive Talkin" hit #1. The 3rd(and a great single is Fanny(be tender with my love). It is a lush ballad with soaring vocals by the boys. Another great track is "Snowbird" and is soulful and blends in so well with other tracks. "Winds of Change" is also great and reveals something of the boy's social conscience. A great album in 1975 to be followed, of course, by several other great albums in the years following. Paul Hanna | | | | A True Gem! (5 stars)
Note: This is a re-issue until Rhino Records releases the Remastered Expanded version.
In the spring of 1975, a producer named Robert Stigwood sent thousands of copies of a single with no artist's name on them, with a title called "Jive Talkin'". It was an immediate hit and people wanted more. Remember, that in 1967, Mr. Stigwood pulled this same stunt with "New York Mining Disaster 1941", teasing the public into thinking it was the Beatles trying to see if they could make it under a different band title. The resulting surprise was that it was the Bee Gees; that tear-jerking, ballad writing trio that had faded into an old record collection that millions of record buyers owned. "Jive Talkin'" went to #1. "Night On Broadway" followed with two versions - one with the slow bridge and one without. "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" was the third hit off the album. This latter one being a studio gem, but virtually UN-singable in public due to the intense over layered vocal work. Being a 'single' oriented group in the past, the Bee Gees had finally crafted an album worthy of all ten songs being memorable. "Wind Of Change" was actually the first demo sent to Stigwood, but became a concert staple instead with it's strong beat and funky rhythm. If you still longed for the old Bee Gees sound, "Songbird" fits the bill (no pun intended). It's as strong a love ballad as any they have had in the past. "Country Lanes" is nearly an anthem in it's perseverance of commitment to a lover. "Edge Of The Universe" and "All This Making Love" are, admittedly, novelty songs, but "Baby, As You Turn Away" is a grand finale. What better way to also compliment your latest album production than to have another artist (Olivia Newton-John) make a hit out of "Come On Over"? Given the times, the music and the variety, Main Course is no doubt one of the most important albums the Bee Gees have had in their roller coaster career.
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