Keppel Road

Distributed by
PolyGram Video

Cat.no: 0543103

Cert: E

Running time: 93 minutes

Released : 17th March 1997

Sound: Stereo

Price: £12.99

(C) Irish Screen Entertainment UK 1997.

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Director:

Tony Cash

Producer:

Andrew Bell

Narrated by:

Melvyn Bragg

Keppel Road - The Life And Music of The Bee Gees is the definitive account of a band who have spent 30 years at the top of the charts, telling their story from their childhood in Keppel Road, Manchester, bringing things up to date, with over 150 million records sold worldwide, including 9 Gold albums, 3 Platinum albums, three straight No.1 albums in the U.S. alone, and an on-going run of chart success, their latest single, Alone, going in at No.5 and spending 3 weeks at that position, a feat in today's UK singles chart where singles tend to go straight in and then down soon afterwards, which was followed by their new album, Still Waters going straight in at No.2.

Keppel Road presents a personal portrait of the Bee Gees by use of in-depth interviews with Barry, Maurice and Robin, archive footage of the trio, as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes material of the brothers filmed during a live recording session of their new album.

Originally this documentary was shown as a South Bank Show special, but this video contains an extra 40 minutes previously unshown, with the exclusive material showing the Bee Gees performing specially filmed versions of their classic hits including, Jive Talkin', Tragedy, To Love Somebody, N.Y. Mining Disaster 1941, and I've Just Gotta Get A Message To You, as well as tracks from their new album, I Surrender, and I Could Not Love You More.

In all the time that they've been around, they've been involved with some of the most memorable songs of all time, with their songs being covered by a large range of artists such as Elvis Presley, N-Trance, Boyzone and Take That.

Put simply, this is the video which no Bee Gees fan should be without, and will inform as to what kick-started their meteoric rise to fame and has enabled their continued success, how they all coped with the death of brother Andy, how they've managed to remain friends as well as colleagues, and how stardom has affected their personal lives.

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 1997.