Claustrophobia (song)

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"Claustrophobia"
Single by Bee Gees
B-side "Could It Be"
Released August 1964
Format 7", 45rpm
Recorded July 1964
Festival Studio, Sydney
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 2:14
Label Leedon
Writer(s) Barry Gibb
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Peace of Mind"
(1964)
Claustrophobia
(1964)
"Turn Around, Look at Me"
(1964)

"Claustrophobia" is a song by the Bee Gees, released in August 1964, backed with "Could It Be". Written and It was later included on the group's debut album The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs.[1] and later on the 1998 compilation Brilliant from Birth.[2]

Barry Gibb invited Bruce Davis, Leith Ryan (on guitar), Bill Swindells (bass) and Laurie Wardman (drums) to the session, For the first time, Robin and Maurice joined Barry as instrumentalists. Robin played a solo on melodica, a mouth-operated keyboard instrument, while Maurice played one of four guitars featured on the recordings.[3] Robin continued contributing keyboards until the end of the sixties, after which he stuck mostly to singing. Maurice, on the other hand, went on from here to become proficent on guitar, bass and keyboards, contributing greatly to the group's instrumental backing throughout their career together.

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