I'll Kiss Your Memory Explained

I'll Kiss Your Memory
Cover:Barry_Gibb_I'll_Kiss_Your_Memory.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Barry Gibb
B-Side:This Time
Released:May 1970 (Europe)
Recorded:15, 20 February 1970
IBC Studios, London
Length:4:26
Label:Polydor
Producer:Barry Gibb
Next Title:The Day Your Eyes Meet Mine
Next Year:1970

"I'll Kiss Your Memory" is the first solo single written, performed and produced by Barry Gibb, released in May 1970.[1] It peaked at number 16 in the Netherlands.[2] [3] The song was intended for Gibb's unreleased debut album The Kid's No Good.[4]

Background

Recording

The song features an echo vocal with an arrangement of orchestra by Bill Shepherd. This song was recorded in IBC Studios on 15 February and finished on 20 February with "The Victim", "Moonlight" and "Summer Ends". "It's not the same orchestra as we used with the Bee Gees", Gibb explained, "But Bill Shepherd is the only arranger I'll ever work with. On the single ['I'll Kiss Your Memory'] I double-tracked my voice seven times, because I knew exactly how I wanted everything done."[5]

Release

The single was released in the U.K. and the U.S., but did not chart.[6] The CD version of the song was available in the compilation Tales from the Brothers Gibb. This track's stereo mix was released in 1974 on I've Gotta Get a Message to You (1974).[7]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barry Gibb - I'll Kiss Your Memory / This Time . May 1970 . Discogs . 10 February 2013.
  2. http://www.brothersgibb.org/download/page-1.pdf Songs Written by the Gibb Family on the International Charts - Brothersgibb.org
  3. Web site: Barry Gibb - I'll Kiss Your Memory . Dutch Charts . 8 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Barry Gibb - The Kid's No Good . Discogs . 10 February 2013.
  5. Book: The Bee Gees: Tales of the Brothers Gibb . Andrew Hughes . 2009 . 9780857120045 . 6 December 2014.
  6. Web site: Gibb Songs: 1970 . Brennan . Joseph . 10 February 2013.
  7. Web site: Gibb Songs: 1974 . Brennan . Joseph . 8 March 2013.