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Assault the Vaults: Rare Australian Cover Versions of the Brothers Gibb

by: Various Artists

Release Date May 27, 2003
Clocking in with 31 remastered songs from 'down under', a dozen or more famous Australian artists from the early sixties display their cover versions of Gibb written songs. If you are not Australian, chances are you've never heard of Col Joye, Jimmie Little, Sandy Summers or Bip Addison. It doesn't matter. What does matter is that these very rare tracks have turned up, showing that even before the world heard of the Bee Gees, they were already making an impact on Australian music charts (albeit, they never had a hit themselves until the week they left for England!). The sound is typical of that era, but the maturity of most of the songs are amazing, given that the Gibbs were writing them as pre-teens/teenagers. The Bee Gees consider themselves ... Read More: