Here at Last...Bee Gees...Live Reviews



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Awsome - Review written on October 10, 2003
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Rating: 5 out of 5
3 customers found this review helpful.

I have been looking for this CD forever! I had the original album, but I wore it out by playing it all of the time when I first purchased it in the 70s. This is the best live performance on Album/CD that I have ever heard.

Thank you AMAZON!

Awsome album!!! - Review written on October 17, 2002
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Rating: 5 out of 5

Unfortunately, this album went out of print. But I lucked out (thanks to Amazon.com), and got a used one.

It's too bad because this album rocks! Never really heard the Bee Gees live before, until this album. Excellent album.

I think whoever is in charge of releasing material, put this album back on the market.

It is awesome!

Every song is a highlight, with CD 2 being the ultimate highlight.

Great performance by the Bee Gees (naturally) - Review written on June 18, 2002
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Rating: 5 out of 5
7 customers found this review helpful.

By 1976, the Bee Gees had released the smash albums, "Main Course" and "Children of the World", and had pulled off the two #1 singles, "Jive Talkin" and "You Should Be Dancin". Feeling the high of their first successful streak in nearly 4 years, the Bee Gees decided to embark on an extensive concert tour throughout the country. One concert, performed at the Forum in LA, was recorded and planned on as being released as the first ever-live Bee Gees album. The Bee Gees presented a fantastic concert on the night of December 20th 1976! From the show opener "Gotta Get A Message To You", to the lively concluding number, "Lonely Days", the Bee Gees gave a very enthusiastic and enjoyable performance. Barry's renditions of "Words" and "Love So Right" are very memorable, and Robin's vibrato blasting lead in "I Started A Joke" and "Massachusetts" is outstanding! The brotherly harmonies are impeccable throughout each incredible song on the two-disc set. Because of the incredible variety of songs from dance music, balladry, and 60's pop, it doesn't take much to enjoy this album. I'm particularly partial to the incredibly energetic version of "Jive Talkin" and the beautifully performed, "Nights On Broadway". The Bee Gees are truly masters in all aspects of music, including live performance. "Here At Last...Bee Gees...Live" is really a fine example of the Bee Gees' ability to give a nearly flawless live performance. All in all, this is a wonderful CD to have in any collection, and by far one of the finest concerts ever released on record.
Already Reviewed - Buy This While You Can - Review written on June 15, 2001
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Rating: 5 out of 5
9 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

I had already reviewed this CD in detail. Highlights include a 9:22 minute version of "You Should Be Dancing" with drum/percussion duel and the last five songs that are perfectly performed with an encore of "Lonely Days" that will send shivers up your neck.
The First Live Recording By The Gibbs! - Review written on May 31, 2001
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Rating: 5 out of 5
6 customers found this review helpful.

"Here At Last..." is the first live recording by the Bee Gees since they started their incredible world wide appeal in 1967. Masterfully crafted, Rolling Stone magazine stated that it was one of the finest live recordings to date (circa 1977). Indeed, it encompasses all of the Bee Gees trademark arrangements, including a nine song medley, finishing with the a paired down bluesey version of "To Love Somebody". "You Should Be Dancing" clocks in at a record 9:22 minutes, including a stunning drum and persussion solo between Dennis Bryon and Joe Lala. All the major hits 'just before' Saturday Night Fever are here and done well. Finishing with a rousing "Jive Talkin'", the Gibbs come back for a spine-tingling encore of "Lonely Days". The second chorus guitar/drum startup of this song is incredible. This double-CD has been reissued just recently, since "One Night Only", due to high demand. Get it before it sells out again.
A great live show! - Review written on November 13, 1999
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Rating: 4 out of 5
6 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

If you have the latest release of the Bee Gees, their "One Night Only" album and you want to hear them live in a different way, this is the album to get.

This is a concert the Bee Gees had at the Forum on 20 December 1976. It were recorded and the album were released in 1977. It's a box set as you know and it simple great. What makes it very different of the "One Night Only" album in the first place, is that the show doesn't start with an intro or ends with an outro. They suddenly kick of with "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", which by the way they sang great, and then doing a few songs of their latest two albums on that stage, "Main Course" and "Children Of The World." Then you get a few great oldies in a medley and a bit slower "To Love Somebody"

On the second cd, which starts with "You Should Be Dancing" and made longer to 9:22 minutes with a drum solo on the end, we also have a few songs of their latest two albums and the slightly rock song "Down The Road" from their 1974 album, "Mr. Natural. We get a different version of "Words" this time. On "Nights On Broadway" Barrys falsetto isn't what it is on the studio "Nights On Broadway", but it's still great to hear this great song live and the fans roaring when the song starts. "Jive Talkin'" has a little more beat to it than the studio "Jive Talkin'" and "Lonely Days", like always, rocks you out of your pants.

Only two words - GET IT!

Great songs done better than the originals - Review written on July 28, 1998
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Rating: 5 out of 5
5 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

If you like the Bee Gees' Main Course and Children of the Universe albums then you've got to hear these live versions of songs like "Wind of Change", "Come On Over", "Jive Talkin'", "Love So Right" and "Can't Keep a Good Man Down". They're much more powerful than the original recordings. "To Love Somebody" sounds great in a slightly slowed-down version. "Down the Road" and "Lonely Days" show they can rock better than most people think. Although some oldies are shortened in a medley and the drum solo in "You Should Be Dancing" gets old this is a great album.