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| Length = | Label = Polydor (United Kingdom, Canada) Atco (United States, Mexico) Spin (Australia, New Zealand) | Writer = | Producer = | Misc = | Last single = "Born a Man" (1967) | This single = "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967) | Next single = "To Love Somebody" (1967) }} "New York Mining Disaster 1941" is an American debut single by the Bee Gees, released in 1967. It was written by Barry and Robin Gibb. Barring a moderately successful reissue of their Australian single "Spicks and Specks", it was the first single release of the group's international career and their first song to hit the charts in the US〔 or UK. The song was released on 14 April 1967. It was produced by Ossie Byrne with their manager Robert Stigwood as Executive Producer. The song was the first track of side two on the group's international debut album ''Bee Gees' 1st''. This was the first single with Australian drummer Colin Petersen as an official member of the band. ==Background and writing== On 3 January 1967, the Gibb brothers with their parents and Byrne set sail for England, aboard the ship Fairsky, reaching Southampton on 6 February, while the brothers performed on board in exchange for passage. Later, the Gibb brothers auditioned for Stigwood; they passed, and they signed to Robert Stigwood Organisation on 24 February. "New York Mining Disaster 1941" was their first song that was written in 1967.〔 The first recording session of the Bee Gees after returning to England was a second version of "Town of Tuxley Toymaker, Part 1", a song recorded by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, but was first recorded by Jon Blanchfield in Australia. Kramer's version was recorded on 4 March 1967 in IBC Studios, London, with the Gibb brothers on background vocals.〔 Barry and Robin Gibb wrote the song while sitting on a darkened staircase at Polydor Records following a power cut. The echo of the passing lift inspired them to imagine that they were trapped in a mine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Mining Disaster 1941 (Songfacts) )〕 The song recounts the story of a miner trapped in a cave-in. He is sharing a photo of his wife with a colleague ("Mr. Jones") while they hopelessly wait to be rescued. According to the liner notes for their box-set ''Tales from the Brothers Gibb'' (1990), this song was inspired by the 1966 Aberfan mining disaster in Wales. According to Robin, there actually had also been a mining disaster in New York 1939, but not in 1941. In the second and third verses, the lyrical lines get slower and slower, as if to indicate that life is about to end for the miners. On the second chorus, the drums get louder. On the second verse, when Robin sings the line ''I keep straining my ears to hear a sound'', a violin was featured in response on Robin's line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New York Mining Disaster 1941」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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