Bury Me Down by the River

12 tracks
Side one "If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" "I.O.I.O." "Then You Left Me" "The Lord" "I Was the Child" "I Lay Down and Die" Side two "Sweetheart" "Bury Me Down by the River" "My Thing" "The Chance of Love" "Turning Tide" "Don't Forget to Remember"

"Bury Me Down By the River" is a song written by Barry and Maurice Gibb and recorded separately by the Bee Gees and P.P. Arnold. The Bee Gees' version was recorded in May 1969 at IBC Studios and released in April 1970 on the album Cucumber Castle.^[1]

Brenda Patterson released a cover of the song on her self-titled album in 1973.^[2] Scottish singer Lulu recorded this song on 11 November 1970 with Tommy McClure on bass, Charlie Freeman on guitar, arranged by Arif Mardin, and was produced by Tom Dowd, mixed by Brian Kehew and Bill Inglot which was not released until 12 November 2007 when Rhino Records reissued and remastered it.^[3]

P.P. Arnold version

Arnold's version, recorded in the same studio, was released as a single on November 14, 1969 in Germany and in September elsewhere^[4] on Polydor and Atlantic Records. Its B-side was "Give a Hand, Take a Hand", also written by Barry and Maurice (the Bee Gees' would not release a version of the song until the Mr. Natural album in 1974.) ^[5] After Arnold recorded the song, she recorded the Bee Gees' 1968 song "Let There Be Love", but it was not released.

The song also featured on Arnold's compilation album Hit History.

Personnel

P.P. Arnold — vocals
Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement
Uncredited — bass, drums, guitar, piano
Barry Gibb — producer

Bee Gees' version

The Bee Gees' version was sung by Barry Gibb and appeared on the group's seventh album Cucumber Castle, released in April 1970.^[6] Maurice Gibb told NME that the group recorded "Bury Me Down By the River" as possibly the group's next single, but the song would instead become a single by P.P. Arnold. This track was recorded in May 1969 in IBC Studios and was produced by Robert Stigwood, Barry Gibb and Maurice Gibb.^[7] Their version was included on numerous compilations such as Stars on Top (1970).

Personnel

Barry Gibb — lead vocal, guitar
Maurice Gibb — bass, piano, guitar, mellotron, backing vocal
Colin Petersen — drums
Peter Mason — backing vocal
P.P. Arnold — harmony and backing vocal

References

↑ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1970".
↑ "Brenda Patterson – Brenda Patterson". Discogs. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
↑ "Lulu – The Atco Sessions 1969-72". Discogs. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
↑ "P.P. Arnold - Bury Me Down by the River / Give a Hand, Take a Hand". 45cat. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ Discogs.com. "P.P. Arnold - Bury Me Down By the River / Give a Hand, Take a Hand".
↑ Discogs.com. "Bee Gees - Cucumber Castle (German release)".
↑ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1969".

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Cucumber Castle

Songs

Side one	"If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" "I.O.I.O." "Then You Left Me" "The Lord" "I Was the Child" "I Lay Down and Die"

Side two	"Sweetheart" "Bury Me Down By the River" "My Thing" "The Chance of Love" "Turning Tide" "Don't Forget to Remember"

"Give a Hand, Take a Hand"
Cucumber Castle (film)
Bee Gees
Bee Gees discography

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