     cucumber castle is the bee gees' seventh album and their fifth international release in april 1970, three months after the bee gees announced their break-up. the album was produced by barry gibb, maurice gibb, and robert stigwood. it consists of songs from their television special of the same name, which was named after a song on their 1967 album bee gees' 1st. cucumber castle was the first and only bee gees album not to feature any vocal contributions from robin gibb, as he had left the group before the album was recorded. cucumber castle was the last album to feature drummer colin petersen, because he was fired during the recording of the album and appears uncredited on some of the songs.melinda bilyeu, hector cook, andrew mon hughes, the ultimate biography of the bee gees, omnibus press, 2000, p. 243-246 (based on an interview in 1999) this album contained the hit single "don't forget to remember" which hit number 2 in the uk in august 1969, going virtually head to head with robin gibb's solo single "saved by the bell", which reached number 2 in the uk the previous month. the album struggled to make an impact and stalled at number 57 in the uk and number 94 in the us. indeed it was the last bee gees album to chart in the uk until saturday night fever in 1978. ==background and recording== on 19 march 1969, robin gibb announced his solo career, while the bee gees recorded three songs "tomorrow tomorrow", "sun in my morning" and "ping pong" (unreleased). maurice recalls, "since robin left, barry and i are a lot closer, we're workin
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