| "Kilburn Towers" | ||||
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| Single by the Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album Idea | ||||
| A-side | "I Started a Joke" | |||
| Released | 21 December 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 14 June 1968 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 2:14 (mono) 2:17 (stereo) | |||
| Label | Polydor (United Kingdom) Atco (United States) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
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"Kilburn Towers" is a folk song by the Bee Gees. Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb in 1968 for the album Idea. It was also released as the B-side of "I Started a Joke" in most territories. This song's length was 2:14 in mono and 2:17 in stereo. The song was produced by the group's manager Robert Stigwood and the Bee Gees. The song was written about the Sydney ocean apartment buildings, Kilburn Towers, built in 1960.
Virginia Vee recorded "Kilburn Towers" in 1968. Her version was released as a single only in France, with another Bee Gees song, "Let There Be Love", as the B-side; it was arranged by Jimi Horowitz and produced by Claude Ebrard on Polydor Records. Vee's version was recorded also at IBC Studios in London.[1]