Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown (1979) Vinyl LP • Too Much Heaven, Tragedy

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Vinyl plays with crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Gate-fold cover has light-scuffing, noticeable creasing, surface impressions and a few surface abrasions (front/back); inner-gate is stuck together and difficult to open without tearing. Inner-sleeve is original (photos); two seams partially split. Spine is mostly readable with harsh wear (crooked). Heavy shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge. Wear to corners. Opening shows signs of use and a few divots. (Not a cut-out.)

Tracks:

1. Tragedy
2. Too Much Heaven
3. Love You Inside Out
4. Reaching Out
5. Spirits (Having Flown)
6. Search, Find
7. Stop (Think Again)
8. Living Together
9. I'm Satisfied
10. Until

About The Record:

Spirits Having Flown, by the Bee Gees, was the group's first album after their collaboration on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The album's first three tracks were released as singles and all reached No. 1 in the US, giving the Bee Gees an unbroken run of six US chart-toppers and tying a record set by The Beatles. It was the first Bee Gees album to make the UK top 40 in ten years (not counting the soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever), as well as being their first and only UK No. 1 album. Spirits Having Flown was released in February 1979, with full page ads in Billboard magazine and Rolling Stone, which gave the album a lengthy, but positive review. It topped the album charts in several countries, including both the US and UK. The album sold over 20 million copies worldwide as of 1997. In 2003 the BBC even gave a figure of 30 million worldwide sales. The RIAA lists the album as having been certified "platinum" (1,000,000 sold), but RSO never had the album re-certified. Many articles and websites cite the album as having sold as much as 6,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone, but these results are unofficial, which is why the album does not appear on many 'best selling' lists, including Wikipedia's List of best-selling albums Spirits Having Flown was voted Best Pop/Rock Album of 1979 at the 1980 American Music Awards ceremony.