Robin Gibb - Saved By The Bell (The Collected Works Of Robin Gibb 1968-1970) (2015)

Last year, Rhino was fortunate enough to be able to pay tribute to the late Robin Gibb with the posthumous release of his final album, 50 St.Catherine’s Drive, a 17-track collection of material which featured – among other songs – “Sydney,” the last song Robin recorded in his lifetime. Now, we’re proud to continue reminding music fans of the underrated solo career of the Bee Gees singer with the release of Saved by the Bell: The Collected Works of Robin Gibb 1968-1970.

If a three-year span doesn’t seem like it would result in a tremendous amount of material, then we’re happy to assure you that your concerns are misplaced. This three-disc, 63-track set kicks off with Gibb’s debut solo album, Robin’s Reign, which has been expanded from its original 11 songs to include an additional nine tracks that feature a mixture of mono versions and previously-unissued tracks. From there, fans will be ecstatic to find 20 tracks from Gibb’s Sing Slowly Sisters sessions, which produced the ultimately-unreleased album of the same name. Yes, we know that some of you may have managed to obtain a copy of this effort through, uh, somewhat illicit means, shall we say? But trust us: whatever you may have heard doesn’t sound nearly as good as this does. Lastly, the third disc is entitled Robin’s Rarities, and the title may make its contents self-explanatory, rest assured that we’ll be including the full track listing to this set below, so that you know each and every inclusion among the disc’s 23 tracks, plus what’s on the other two discs, too.

If you’re late delving into Robin Gibb’s solo career, then Saved by the Bell is a wonderful way to explore the work he was doing away from the Bee Gees. Better yet, the average listener will be walking into this set knowing precisely one track, and that’s the single which gives the set its title. If you’re one of those listeners, then we envy you, because you’re about to hear a whole lot of great pop music.