On the eve of Barry Gibb’s first ever solo Australian tour, Festival Records and Warner Music Australia are proud to present two brand new releases that chronicle the Bee Gees’ early recording days in Australia - Morning of My Life – The Best of / 1965-66 and The Festival Albums collection – 1965-67. PLEASE NOTE these are NOT reissues – they are both brand new collections that the Bee Gees’ vast number of fans are about to discover for the first time.

Morning of My Life – The Best of / 1965-66 is the first ever Bee Gees ‘best of’ collection to focus solely on their Australian recordings. While most Australians know the Bee Gees’ first hit Spicks & Specks (which opens the collection), few realise that the track was the culmination of years of work which produced over 60 studio recordings. Even fewer would realise the supreme quality of the best of this material - because a ‘best of’ has never before been assembled. Have no doubt about it – this collection features 24 tracks of classic ‘60s pop that sit comfortably besides the Beatles and the Easybeats.

All tracks have been superbly remastered from the original analog tapes. The album features new artwork by legendary Australian cover/poster artist Ian MacAusland, and liner notes by esteemed UK/US writer Alec Palao of Ace Records/Rhino fame.

In addition to Spicks & Specks and it’s superb B-side I Am The World, Morning of My Life – The Best of / 1965-66 includes a host of wonderful other tracks; from the haunting Butterfly and Jingle Jangle to the rocking Exit Stage Right and I Want Home.

It also features In The Morning, a song later re-recorded under the title Morning of My Life, and which - along with Spicks & Specks - still features in Barry’s live set.

Morning of My Life – The Best of / 1965-66 is being worked to media, including ABC, AM and community radio and all print and online media. Noted Bee Gees experts Glenn A Baker and Mark Crohan will undertake interviews with media around the release.

Morning of My Life – The Best of / 1965-66 is the definitive collection of the early work of one of the biggest groups ever – one that Australian audiences and media have a very special relationship. It confirms what a handful of champions have been saying for years – the Bee Gees were indeed the greatest Australian pop band of the ‘60s!