"Alan Freeman Days" | |
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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 |
Songwriter(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-British DJ Alan Freeman and released 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]
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, [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.