Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 00:13:15 -0500
From: <cmathis@brothersgibb.com>
Subject: Alistair Griffin has announced plans to release a collection of songs on 20th May ... to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Robin Gibb's passing.
A "Robin Gibb" request came in:
Could you please forward the text below the dotted line to every single Bee
Gees fan you know, encouraging them to do likewise. Also, if you or they
have connections to any other Bee Gees websites, discussion groups or pages
on Facebook, Twitter etc. could you please request them to put this up on
there too.
If collectively we can generate sufficient interest in this release and
people pre-order to accumulatively qualify for "week one sales", then there
is a genuine and realistic chance that we could help to get Robin's name
back in the charts...even if only it's in the title of the CD.
I need to go now as I have quite a few of these e-mails to get out this
morning, but hopefully you can play your part in making this venture a
success!
Best wishes,
...
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Alistair Griffin has announced plans to release a collection of songs on
20th May of this year, both digitally and on CD, to commemorate the 10th
anniversary of Robin Gibb's passing.
Alistair first came to the attention of Bee Gees' fans in 2003 when Robin
was a judge on the BBC's Fame Academy. Whilst one judge in particular was
less than complimentary to Alistair for the duration of the competition,
Robin championed him throughout, regularly praising his voice and delivery.
Indeed, so impressed was Robin by the North Yorkshireman's natural talent
that upon conclusion of the competition he invited Alistair to duet with him
on a re-recording of "My Lover's Prayer".
At the moment Alistair has still to finalise his choice of the songs he will
be covering in the forthcoming release; which will be a mixture of acoustic
and orchestral versions. However current candidates include "I Started A
Joke", "Massachusetts", "I've Gotta Get A Message To You", How Deep Is Your
Love", "Saved By The Bell" and a new recording of "My Lover's Prayer".
But the undoubted highlight will be a previously unreleased song "Forever
Today" jointly written by Robin & Alistair assisted by Michael Graves in
early 2005. Some Bee Gees fans may have already heard a demo version of this
which Alistair posted as a lyric video on Facebook in December 2020, with a
few also being aware of an acoustic version that Alistair performed in one
of his regular live home podcasts that also appear on that site.
But the exciting news is that Alistair intends to completely re-record
"Forever Today" so that it finally becomes the completed version that both
he and Robin originally intended it to be. As an additional bonus, the CD
release will also feature an instrumental version of "Forever Today" which
won't be available for digital download.
Note that the CD will be a limited release with the final quantity to be
determined by advance orders, so if you wish to guarantee that you will be
able to obtain what is sure to become a collector's item, then keep an eye
on Alistair's Facebook page
https://en-gb.facebook.com/AlistairGriffin as confirmed content and
pre-order information will be posted there later this month. Also, by
pre-ordering, it provides the best chance to once again see Robin's name
appear in the charts!
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