| Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song[1] | ||||
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| Box set by the Bee Gees | ||||
| Released | 13 November 1990 | |||
| Length | 271:30 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Polydor Records, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music | |||
| Compiler | Bill Levenson | |||
| Bee Gees compilations chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| New Musical Express | 8/10[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [4] |
Tales from the Brothers Gibb: A History in Song is a box set compilation released by the Bee Gees in 1990. Originally released on four cassettes and four compact discs, Tales is a summary of the Bee Gees output from their third album, 1967's Bee Gees 1st to the group's most recent album (at the time), 1989's One.
Considering the peculiar nature of the Gibbs' catalogue, the compilers neatly arranged each disc/cassette to represent the Bee Gees at different periods of their career called Chapters. Chapter I consists of songs from their folky/psychedelic era of 1967–1970; Chapter II covers the ballad-heavy period of 1971–1974; Chapter III tracks the disco era from 1975 to 1979 and Chapter IV consists of the Gibbs' output in the '80s, including material from their two Warner Bros. albums.
- ^ Discogs – Tales from the Brothers Gibb: a History in Song 1967 -1990 images, 1990-11-13th 4-CD Polydor (843 911-2) US
- ^ Bruce Eder. "Tales from the Brothers Gibb – Bee Gees | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ Staunton, Terry (15 December 1990). "Long Play". NME. p. 31.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Bee Gees". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 58. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.