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"Lamplight" is a song by the Bee Gees, released as the B-side of "First of May", but featured as the single's A-side in Germany. It also featured on their double album Odessa in March 1969. The song was written and composed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb and featured lead vocals by Robin Gibb. No other singles were released from the album, and the fact that the group's manager Robert Stigwood chose "First of May", which only featured Barry Gibb's voice for the A-side, caused Robin to quit the group (he would return in 1970).

Recording

The song's demo was recorded on October 25, 1968 – this and another early version featured on the Sketches for Odessa disc released with the album's remastered edition in 2009. The song's introduction is sung in French – Alors viens encore cherie J'attendrai ans après ans sous la lampe dans la vieille avenue. The same passage was sung at the song's end, this time in English. There are no French words featured on the demo; it starts straight in at the first stanza.

The song was recorded in Trident and IBC Studios, London, England, and was produced by Robert Stigwood with the Bee Gees. This song was included on their EP called I Started a Joke, released in the same year.

Personnel

Robin Gibb – lead and backing vocals, piano, Mellotron
Maurice Gibb – harmony vocals, bass, piano, acoustic guitar, Mellotron
Barry Gibb – harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
Colin Petersen – drums
Bill Shepherd – orchestral arrangement

Cover versions

Singers Steve Barry and Lorraine Piché covered this song in 2002. Steve Barry produced the recording.

References

Discogs.com (1969). "Bee Gees: First of May / Lamplight". Discogs.
Discogs.com (February 1969). "Bee Gees: Lamplight / First of May (German release)". Discogs.
Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1969". Columbia.edu.
Discogs.com (1969). "Bee Gees: Odessa". Discogs.
Kevin Bennett (23 March 2011). "Bee Gees Demos – Part 3". Retrieved 10 April 2013.
Discogs.com (1969). "Bee Gees: I Started a Joke (EP)". Discogs.
"Ordinary People » Steve Barry: Voix à tout faire / Chanteur - Comédien - Auteur-compositeur / Singer songwriter - Actor - Entertainer". Stevebarry.ca. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

Odessa

Songs

Side one	"Odessa (City on the Black Sea)" "You'll Never See My Face Again" "Black Diamond"
Side two	"Marley Purt Drive" "Edison" "Melody Fair" "Suddenly" "Whisper, Whisper"
Side three	"Lamplight" "Sound of Love" "Give Your Best" "Seven Seas Symphony" "With All Nations (International Anthem)"
Side four	"I Laugh in Your Face" "Never Say Never Again" "First of May" "The British Opera"

Sketches for Odessa
Bee Gees
Bee Gees discography

Bee Gees singles

Discography

1960s

1963	"The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" / "The Three Kisses of Love" "Timber!" / "Take Hold of That Star"
1964	"Peace of Mind" / "Don't Say Goodbye" "Turn Around, Look at Me" / "(Theme From) The Travels of Jamie McPheeters"
1965	"Everyday I Have to Cry" / "You Wouldn't Know" "Wine and Women" / "Follow the Wind" "I Was a Lover, a Leader of Men" / "And the Children Laughing"
1966	"I Want Home" / "Cherry Red" "Monday's Rain" / "All of My Life" "Spicks and Specks" / "I Am the World"
1967	"Born a Man" / "Big Chance" "New York Mining Disaster 1941" / "I Can't See Nobody" "To Love Somebody" / "Close Another Door" "Holiday" / "Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You" "Massachusetts" / "Barker of the UFO" "World" / "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World"
1968	"Words" / "Sinking Ships" "Jumbo" / "The Singer Sang His Song" "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" / "Kitty Can" "I Started a Joke" / "Kilburn Towers"
1969	"First of May" / "Lamplight" "Tomorrow Tomorrow" / "Sun in My Morning" "Don't Forget to Remember" / "The Lord"

1970s

1970	"If Only I Had My Mind on Something Else" / "Sweetheart" (US) "I.O.I.O." / "Sweetheart" "Lonely Days" / "Man for All Seasons"
1971	"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" / "Country Woman" "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" / "Walking Back to Waterloo"
1972	"My World" / "On Time" "Run to Me" / "Road to Alaska" "Alive" / Paper Mache, Cabbages and Kings"
1973	"Saw a New Morning" / "My Life Has Been a Song" "Wouldn't I Be Someone" / "Elisa"
1974	"Mr. Natural" / "It Doesn't Matter Much to Me" "Charade" / "Heavy Breathing"
1975	"Jive Talkin'" / "Wind of Change" "Nights on Broadway" / "Edge of the Universe"
1976	"Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" / "Country Lanes" "You Should Be Dancing" / "Subway" "Love So Right" / "You Stepped into My Life"
1977	"Boogie Child" / "Lovers" "Edge of the Universe (live)" / "Words (live)" "How Deep Is Your Love" / "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (live) "Stayin' Alive" / "If I Can't Have You"
1978	"Night Fever" / "Down the Road (live)" "Too Much Heaven" / "Rest Your Love on Me"
1979	"Tragedy" / "Until" "Love You Inside Out" / "I'm Satisfied"

1980s

1981	"He's a Liar" "Living Eyes" / "I Still Love You"
1983	"The Woman in You" / "Stayin' Alive" "Someone Belonging to Someone" / "I Love You Too Much" (instrumental)
1987	"You Win Again" / "Backtafunk" "E.S.P." / "Overnight"
1989	"Ordinary Lives" / "Wing and a Prayer" "One" / "Flesh and Blood"

1990s

1990	"Bodyguard" / "Will You Ever Let Me"
1991	"Secret Love" / "Party with No Name" "When He's Gone" / "True Confessions" "The Only Love" / "You Win Again" (live)
1993	"Paying the Price of Love" / "My Destiny" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" / "Decadance"
1994	"How to Fall in Love, Part 1" / "Fallen Angel"
1997	"Alone" / "Rings Around the Moon" "I Could Not Love You More" / "Love Never Dies" (EUR) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" / "Love Never Dies"

2000s

2001	"This Is Where I Came In" / "Just in Case"

Other countries

1968	"And the Sun Will Shine" / "Really and Sincerely" (France)
1970	"Let There Be Love" / "Really and Sincerely" (Netherlands)
1971	"When the Swallows Fly" / "Give Your Best" (Netherlands) "Morning of My Life" / "To Love Somebody"
1972	"Israel" / "Dearest" (Netherlands)
1988	"Crazy for Your Love" / "You Win Again (Remix)" "Angela" / "You Win Again (Remix)" (Germany, Netherlands)

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