Alan Freeman Days

"Alan Freeman Days"
Song by Robin Gibb from the album Songs from the British Academy Volume 1
Released	May 2008
Recorded	August 2007 Sphere Studios, London
Genre	Alternative rock, pop rock
Length	3:39
Label	Academy Recordings
Writer(s)	Robin Gibb
Producer(s)	Peter-John Vettese

"Alan Freeman Days" is a song written by Robin Gibb in 2007 as a tribute to the late Australian DJ Alan Freeman in May 2008.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] A live performance of the song was released on Robin Gibb - In Concert With the Danish Concert Orchestra.^[4]

Writing

While it was mainly made available as a download the song was also included on a limited number of promotional CDs, a various artitst compilation "V.1 - Songs from the British Academy" from Academy Recordings,^[5]^[6] of which a handful were raffled off to fans registered to Robin Gibb's forum.^[7] 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

References

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