Recording
They started to record the songs for this album on 17 July 1967, the songs recorded on that day were "Ring My Bell", "And the Sun Will Shine" and "Day Time Girl". On 25 July, they re-recorded "And the Sun Will Shine" but it was rejected, and instead more work was done later on the first version. On 30 July, they recorded "Birdie Told Me", "Ring My Bell", "All So Lonely!", "Barker of the UFO" and "Harry Braff" (They re-recorded "Ring My Bell" and that version was released in 2007, "All So Lonely!" was written by Colin Petersen or Vince Melouney, On 31 August, they recorded "Vince's Number", written by the brothers for guitarist Vince Melouney to sing but ultimately it was dropped although Melouney would be allowed to contribute his own song "Such a Shame" to the next album Idea. The first and second take of the song "Harry Braff" was recorded on Bee Gees' 1st sessions, but they re-recorded it as the third take and that version was released.
"Words", Sinking Ships", "Barker of the UFO" and "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World" was recorded during this album sessions ("Sinking Ships, "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World" and "Barker of the UFO" was released only as a non-album B-side) The leftovers from the Horizontal sessions, "Out of Line", "Ring My Bell", "Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator", "Deeply Deeply Me", "All My Christmases Came at Once", "Thank You For Christmas" and the medley "Silent Night"/"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" were released on the 2007 remastered version of Horizontal on Reprise Records. Bill Shpeherd's orchestra probably served to give The Gibb Brothers critical feedback on the songs on which they wrote, Shepherd's accompaniment is not just added to finished tracks but an integral part of the arrangement.
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