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THE CLASSIC BEE GEES SHOW FROM 1996 - PLUS BONUS INTERVIEW Following the enormous success the Bee Gees achieved during the disco era, the early 1980s were spent largely writing and producing for others. By 1987 however, the trio regrouped and put out their first new album in six years, E.S.P., in September that year, which sold over 3 million copies. The single You Win Again went to No. 1 in numerous countries, including the UK, and made the Bee Gees the first group to score a No. 1 hit in each of three decades: the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In 1988, their younger brother Andy died aged 30, as a result of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Just before Andy's death, the brothers had decided that he would join them, which would have made them a four-piece group. The Bee Gees' following album, One (1989), featured a song dedicated to Andy, Wish You Were Here . The album also contained their first US top ten hit in a decade, One . After the album's release, the band embarked on their first world tour in ten years. After the tour, Barry Gibb began to battle a serious back problem, which required surgery. In addition, he also suffered from , and at one point it was so severe that it was doubtful that he would be able to play guitar for much longer. Also in the early 1990s, Maurice Gibb finally sought for his alcoholism, which he had battled for many years, with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous. In 1993, the group returned to the Polydor label, and released the album Size Isn't Everything, which contained the UK top five hit For Whom The Bell Tolls . In 1996, the group appeared on the VH1 series Storytellers, a regular event which featured successful artists playing songs from their back catalogues and in between each number telling the story behind its conception. The series was hugely successful and worked to a very intriguing format. Unlike other shows in the series however, the Bee Gees edition has not previously been released on CD or DVD. So here for the first time is that remarkable 1996 in full and, as a bonus cut features a lengthy interview with the brothers together, recorded in 1989.