THE BEE GEES – MAIN COURSE

THE BEE GEES – MAIN COURSE with special guest Bob Stanley

This interview took place before and after we listened to the vinyl album.

It may sound silly to call the twelth album by a group with an eight-year string of gold records behind them a "breakthrough," but that's what Main Course was. Released in 1975, the group's first disco album – and, for many white listeners, the first disco album they ever purchased – Main Course marked a huge change in the Bee Gees' sound. The group's earlier LPs, steeped in a dense romantic balladry, were beautifully crafted but too serious for any but hardcore fans. 

With special guest BOB STANLEY

We were delighted that Bob Stanley was with us to talk about the Bee Gees’ album, the terrific Main Course. Bob’s latest offering is Children Of The World, a unique biography of the Bee Gees. Bob is a writer, musician, dj and film producer. Since founding influential pop group Saint Etienne, He has enjoyed a parallel career as a journalist and is the author of Yeah Yeah Yeah and 2023 Penderyn Music Book Prize Winner, Let’s Do It: The Birth Of Pop.

In the interviewer’s chair was CAT Club stalwart, JASON BARNARD.

Happy Trails. 

This event took place on 29th June 2023 in the Pigeon Loft at The Robin Hood, Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

To find out more about the CAT Club please visit: www.thecatclub.co.uk

This podcast has been edited for content and for copyright reasons.

Happy Trails.