Most of the songs are written by various combinations of the Gibb brothers, even if they're not always performed by The Bee Gees.

The first number, "In the Morning", is done by The Bee Gees and its a hippie-ish acoustic folk song with CSN&Y-type harmonies.

After this comes an instrumental version of the same song, this time by the Richard Hewson Orchestra. It's okay.

Then The Bee Gees are back, with "Melody Fair", a nice swaying tune with lightly syncopated vocals and typically beautiful harmonies. This also gets followed by a Richard Hewson Orchestra instrumental version which isn't as good as the song but it's fine.

Next the Richard Hewson Orchestra teams up with "Children from Corona School" for Barry Gibb's composition "Spicks and Specks", a jolly, bouncy number with "La la la" lyrics.

Richard Hewson wrote "Romance Theme in F" and his orchestra is well suited to this lush, midcentury love theme. I can imagine Liberace playing it.

The A side ends with The Bee Gees in, of all things, a country square dance mode, with banjo and fiddle and all that, eschewing the gorgeous harmonies for plainer singing in "Give Your Best".

The Bee Gees open the B side with a great '60s pop song called "To Love Somebody", which recalls the Phil Spector days.

"Working on It Night and Day" is a vocal number by Richard Hewson (co-written by someone with the last name Gray) with Barry Hewson as the singer. It's a decent kind of bubblegum pop song with a baritone sax solo.

The Bee Gees come back with "First of May", a solemn and dreamy slow song with soaring strings and a strong presence. And then of course there's a Richard Hewson Orchestra instrumental version right after it. It's okay.

Mr. Hewson then contributes "Seaside Banjo" which is indeed a jaunty banjo feature.

But the next song, another Hewson original performed by his orchestra, is really good. "Teacher's Chase" has a fantastic groove, great energy and even a lot of harpsichord playing. Parts of it are a bit Bacharach Casino Royale-ish but that's okay.

The record ends with "Teach Your Children Well" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. There's nothing I can tell you about this song. I'm sure you've heard it a hundred times. And, hey, it is really good.