"Alan Freeman Days" is a song written by Robin Gibb in 2007 as a tribute to the late Australian-British DJ Alan Freeman and released in May 2008."Alan Freeman Days" news article on RobinGibb.com, May 15, 2008"Alan Freeman Days out now" news article on RobinGibb.com, May 18, 2008 In 2014, it was included on Gibb's first posthumous album 50 St. Catherine's Drive.
Recorded in August 2007 at Sphere Studios in London. A live performance of the song was released on Robin Gibb - In Concert With the Danish Concert Orchestra.Robin Gibb - Alan Freeman Days (Live)
Writing While it was mainly made available as a download the song was also included on a limited number of promotional CDs, a various artist compilation "V.1 - Songs from the British Academy" from Academy Recordings,Releases - "Songs from the British Academy" digital album of which a handful were raffled off to fans registered to Robin Gibb's forum."Win promo CD's" article on RobinGibb.com, May 29, 2008 There is also a lyric in the song "and my brother Maurice is stayin alive" as his tribute also to his late twin brother Maurice Gibb.
Personnel Robin Gibb — vocals Peter-John Vettese — guitar, keyboards, vocals, programming Mark "Tufty" Evans — guitar, programming, engineer Francesco Cameli — bass
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