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| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] <br/> [[Atco Records|Atco]] <small>(United States, Canada)</small>
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] <br/> [[Atco Records|Atco]] <small>(United States, Canada)</small>
| writer = [[Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Barry Gibb]]|[[Robin Gibb]]|[[Maurice Gibb]]}}
| producer = [[Robert Stigwood]], Bee Gees
| producer = {{hlist|[[Robert Stigwood]]|Bee Gees}}
| chronology = Bee Gees flipsides
| chronology = Bee Gees flipsides
| prev_title = [[Kilburn Towers]]
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* [[Robin Gibb]] - [[lead vocal|lead]] and [[backing vocal]], [[piano]], [[mellotron]]
* [[Robin Gibb]] – [[lead vocal|lead]] and [[backing vocal]]s, [[piano]], [[Mellotron]]
* [[Maurice Gibb]] - [[bass (guitar)|bass]], piano, [[guitar]], mellotron, harmony vocal
* [[Maurice Gibb]] – [[bass (guitar)|bass]], piano, [[acoustic guitar]], Mellotron, [[harmony vocal]]
* [[Barry Gibb]] - guitar, harmony vocal
* [[Barry Gibb]] – acoustic guitar, harmony vocals
* [[Colin Petersen]] - [[drums]]
* [[Colin Petersen]] – [[drums]]
* Bill Shepherd - orchestral arrangement
* Bill Shepherd – [[orchestra]]l [[arrangement]]


==Cover versions==
==Cover versions==

Revision as of 01:30, 3 July 2020

"Lamplight"
German cover of "Lamplight"
Single by Bee Gees
from the album Odessa
A-side"First of May"
ReleasedJanuary 1969 (United Kingdom)
March 1969 (United States)
Recorded1968, Trident and IBC Studios, London
GenreBaroque pop
Length4:47
LabelPolydor
Atco (United States, Canada)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bee Gees flipsides singles chronology
"Kilburn Towers"
(1968) 		"Lamplight"
(1969) 		"Sun in My Morning"
(1969)

"Lamplight" is a song by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of "First of May", but featured as the single's A-side in Germany.[1][2] It also featured on their double album Odessa in March 1969.[3][4] The song was written and composed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and featured lead vocals by Robin Gibb. No other singles were released from the album, and the fact that the group's manager Robert Stigwood chose "First of May", which only featured Barry Gibb's voice for the A-side, that caused Robin to quit the group (he would return in 1970).

Recording

The song's demo was recorded in October 25, 1968 - this and another early version featured on the Sketches for Odessa disc released with the album's remastered edition in 2009. The song's introduction is sung in French - Alors viens encore cherie J'attendrai ans après ans sous la lampe dans la vieille avenue. The same passage was sung at the song's end, this time in English. There are no French words featured on the demo; it starts straight in at the first stanza.[5]

The song was recorded in Trident and IBC Studios, London, England, produced by Robert Stigwood with the Bee Gees. This song was included on their EP called I Started a Joke, released in the same year.[6]

Personnel

Cover versions

Singers Steve Barry and Lorraine Piché covered this song in 2002. Steve Barry produced the recording.[7]

References

  1. ^ Discogs.com. "Bee Gees: First of May / Lamplight".
  2. ^ Discogs.com. "Bee Gees: Lamplight / First of May (German release)".
  3. ^ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1969". Columbia.edu.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Discogs.com. "Bee Gees: Odessa".
  5. ^ Kevin Bennett. "Bee Gees Demos – Part 3". Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  6. ^ Discogs.com. "Bee Gees: I Started a Joke (EP)".
  7. ^ "Ordinary People » Steve Barry: Voix à tout faire / Chanteur - Comédien - Auteur-compositeur / Singer songwriter - Actor - Entertainer". Stevebarry.ca. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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