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Alan Freeman Days
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Wikipedia article
"'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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080619083555/http://www.robingibb.com/news/2008/05/15/alan_freeman_days "Alan Freeman Days" news article on RobinGibb.com, May 15, 2008][https://web.archive.org/web/20080630082958/http://www.robingibb.com/news/2008/05/19/alan_freeman_days_out_now "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'.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYz7ixvjH5Y 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,[https://web.archive.org/web/20100823124204/http://www.robingibb.com/releases/collaborations/2008/05/19/alan_freeman_days_1 Releases - "Songs from the British Academy" digital album] of which a handful were raffled off to fans registered to Robin Gibb's forum.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612034227/http://www.robingibb.com/news/2008/05/29/win_promo_cds?cmd=cookie%2Fcheck "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
References
Category:Songs written by Robin Gibb
Category:2008 songs
Category:Robin Gibb songs
Category:Songs about musicians
Category:Cultural depictions of Australian men
Category:Cultural depictions of British men
Category:Songs based on real people
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