SPICKS & SPECKS

SPICKS & SPECKSSpicks and Specks is the second album from The Bee Gees, released under the tutelage of Australia's Festival Records in 1966. Written mostly by the then teenager Barry Gibb, the 12 sides are packed full of rich vocal harmonies and simple soft rock acoustic arrangements the definitive sixties pop sound. Originally issued under the title 'Monday's Rain', the album was re released after the success of the single 'Spicks and Specks', which features an

This is how I first heard Wednesday

backing vocals

Features hit singles "Righteous"

with its then-unique socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse making the album stand out

Because without our community

4 LP hardcover book w/ 12-page booklet inside

Their first two back-to-back releases

"Forever On My Mind

there's Rebekah Raff's harp connecting the dots between the music of Harry Partch and Ghostface Killah (both of which she's performed)

And in the Darkness

jaw-dropping live show which The Guardian declared the "most exhilarating rock n' roll show I've seen in years

Purdie is in the pocket for the entirety of this stunning LP -- the drumming is just straight out of hand