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The Bee Gees: Barry Gibb (vocals, guitar); Robin Gibb (vocals); Maurice Gibb (guitar, mandolin, harpsichord, piano, organ, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, bass). Additional personnel: Alan Kendall (guitar); Clem Cattin, Geoff Bridgeford (drums). Engineers include: Mike Claydon, Damon Lyon-Shaw, Richard Manwaring. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN is known primarily for the hit single it contains. That single, "Run To Me" is nothing to dismiss, featuring one of Robin Gibb's most passionate, yearning vocals, but there's much more going on here than that. By 1972 many of the Bee Gees early travails had passed; their tumultuous move from Australia to England, Robin's brief departure for a failed solo career (anybody remember ROBIN'S REIGN?). By the time of TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, the Gibbs were pursuing their muse full force, and the album is full of some of their most accomplished pop masterpieces. Inexplicably, this batch of tunes is usually overlooked in assessments of the Bee Gees canon. Most of the tunes here are gentle, acoustic-based ballads; the beautiful "I Can Bring Love" and the deceptively desperate "Please Don't Turn Out The Lights" are poignant compositions that easily rank among the band's best. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN is prime early Bee Gees, recommended to anyone with an interest in early-'70s UK pop.
