THE BEE GEES/THE BEE GEES GOLDEN ALBUM SMP 2037 (-68) MONO + STEREO JAPAN

Japanese only collection including tracks recorded for UK Polydor 1967- early 1968. Side one has seven album picks - four from "1st" and three from "Horizon" - all true stereo. For side two they obviously chosed the existing single cuts since six are mono and "Close Another Door" for some reason fake stereo. It's lovely to hear the previous 45 only "Words", "Jumbo", "The Singer Sang His Song" and "Sinking Ships" in original shape on such an early LP instead of the fakes or remakes which seems to have been the common treatment for most later vinyl compilations. Audio is stunning throughout - wide, clear and almost overwhelming at parts. All the above makes it a lot more than just a commonly compiled complement and it's become one of my favorite Bee Gees LP:s. Don't know of any other issues. It came with label as shown here, thick hard laminated fold/out cover with lyric/picture sheets inside and "obi" (sadly missing on this copy). I'm also guessing the white polylined inner seen below with text in Japanese, German and English is original. (BÅXÅ*) (ÄZÄ*) (PÖP*)