Really and Sincerely

12 tracks
Side one "World" "And the Sun Will Shine" "Lemons Never Forget" "Really and Sincerely" "Birdie Told Me" "With the Sun In My Eyes" Side two "Massachusetts" "Harry Braff" "Daytime Girl" "The Earnest of Being George" "The Change Is Made" "Horizontal"

"Really and Sincerely" is a song by the Bee Gees. Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb in 1967 and released in 1968 on the album Horizontal, it also featured as the B-side of "And the Sun Will Shine" in France.

According to Bruce Eder of Allmusic, "the song descends into an even more emotionally melodramatic mood than "And the Sun Will Shine"".^[2]

Writing and recording

Its first version (which featured piano instead of organ as the song was written on and ultimately released with) was recorded on November 28th at IBC Studios. This version was released in 2006 on The Studio Albums 1967-1968. The second take, recorded the following day, was chosen for the album. Robin wrote this song on an organ the arrangement this date was on piano. This track was Robin's musical response to his involvement in the Hither Green rail crash, a resigned meditation on trying reach out to someone as Robin explained: "I was in the Hither Green train crash, and it’s kind of a song after that". Robin's girlfriend and future wife, Molly Hullis was in the crash with him. Robin added: "It was kind of about our relationship at the time, so it had a personal tone to it, We nearly got killed. It was written on a piano accordion that I bought in Paris. Particularly the chorus was written on that in Paris the first night I bought it".^[3]

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"And the Sun Will Shine"	3:26
2.	"Really and Sincerely"	3:29

Personnel

Robin Gibb — lead vocals
Barry Gibb — guitar
Maurice Gibb — bass
Bill Shepherd — orchestral arrangement

References

↑ Joseph Brennan. "Gibb Songs: 1968".
↑ Eder, Bruce. "Bee Gees - Horizontal". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
↑ Sandoval, Andrew. "Bee Gees - Horizontal". Album Liner Notes. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

External links

Really and Sincerely - Lyrics

Horizontal

Songs

Side one	"World" "And the Sun Will Shine" "Lemons Never Forget" "Really and Sincerely" "Birdie Told Me" "With the Sun in My Eyes"

Side two	"Massachusetts" "Harry Braff" "Daytime Girl" "The Earnest of Being George" "The Change Is Made" "Horizontal"

2007 bonus tracks	"Out of Line" "Ring My Bell" "Barker of the UFO" "Words" "Sir Geoffrey Saved the World" "Sinking Ships" "Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator" "Deeply, Deeply Me" "All My Christmases Came At Once" "Thank You For Christmas" "Silent Night" (medley) "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" (medley)

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