Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:58:28 -0400
From: Joseph Brennan <brennan@columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Billy J Kramer - Town of Tuxley Toy Maker Pt. 1
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 5:39 PM compoccia via Words
wrote
> I've always liked Town of Tuxley Toy Maker, Part 1. Keep wondering if
there is some demo by the Bee Gees laying around somewhere?
They're singing "aaah" backing vocals on the Aussie single by "Jon",
released March 1967 but obviously recorded before the boys got on the boat.
I'm trying to guess whether it's a Bee Gees instrumental track.
The strumming guitar in the intro reminds me of New York Mining Disaster
but Tuxley has a bigger arrangement than they ever did at Ossie Byrne's
studio. Then again, that song "Forever" has a big arrangement too, and it's
a Bee Gees track with Barry lead vocal. So on the one hand or the other
hand... and my brain hurts thinking about it. They are also singing some
backup on Billy J's studio version, but with a different arrangement, so
Jon's is probably the closer of the two to a lost Bee Gees version.
Joe Brennan
... still waiting for Part 2.
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