Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song[1]
Box set by theBee Gees
Released	13 November 1990
Length	271:30
Label	Polydor,Warner Bros.,Warner Music
Compiler	Bill Levenson
Bee Gees compilations chronology
One (1989) Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song[1] (1990) The Very Best of the Bee Gees (1990)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
New Musical Express	8/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song is abox setcompilation released by theBee Gees in 1990. Originally released on four cassettes and four compact discs,Tales is a summary of the Bee Gees output from their third album, 1967'sBee Gees 1st to the group's most recent album (at the time), 1989'sOne.

Considering the peculiar nature of the Gibbs' catalogue, the compilers neatly arranged each disc/cassette to represent the Bee Gees at different periods of their career called Chapters. Chapter I consists of songs from their folky/psychedelic era of 1967–1970; Chapter II covers the ballad-heavy period of 1971–1974; Chapter III tracks the disco era from 1975 to 1979 and Chapter IV consists of the Gibbs' output in the '80s, including material from their twoWarner Bros. albums.

Many B-sides made their CD debut onTales as well as solo material, unreleased tracks and live performances not available anywhere else. Album cuts, with a few exceptions, were not included here as to keep the focus on single releases.

Several tracks received new stereo mixes prepared byBill Inglot especially for this set. "World", "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" and "Words" are notable for the improved stereo mixes found onTales. "Tomorrow Tomorrow" received its first stereo mix (theBest of Bee Gees 1986 CD featured the song in mono while the original 1969Best of Bee Gees LP did not include the track), while many of the B-sides such as "Sinking Ships", "Barker of the UFO" and "The Singer Sang His Song" were mixed in stereo for the first time.^[5]

The four live songs that ended the collection were taken from their highly successful "All for One" concert in Australia. That concert became available on CD in its entirety in 2014.

The packaging includes symbols for each song, photos taken in 1989 at a video shoot, and comments from one of the brothers on each song in the accompanying book. No historic photos were used.

• On releases ofTales outside North America, three Barry Gibb solo tracks were added to Chapter IV from the "Hawks" soundtrack right after Robin Gibb's "Toys": "My Eternal Love", "Where Tomorrow Is" and "Letting Go".
• The release ofTales on streaming serviceSpotify follows the track listing used outside North America, to some extent. The three Barry solo songs from "Hawks" are listed, but not playable, and the same is true of the trio's demo of "ESP".

• Bee Gees compilation albums
• 1990 compilation albums
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