Broadcast Recording From The Swiss Capital In 1968 In late 1967, the Bee Gees began recording their second international album. In February, Horizontal repeated the success of their previous record and featured the group's first UK No. 1 single Massachusetts (a No. 11 US hit) and the No. 7 UK single World The album had a more "rock" sound than their earlier release, although ballads like And the Sun Will Shine and Really and Sincerely were also prominent. The record reached No. 12 in the US and No. 16 in the UK. On 27 February, the band, backed by the 17-piece Massachusetts String Orchestra, began their first tour of Germany with two concerts at Hamburg Musikhalle supported by Procol Harum. The tour schedule took them to 11 venues in as many days, with 18 concerts played, finishing with two shows at the Stadthalle, Braunschweig. Their German concerts were followed by a one-off gig in Bern, Switzerland s de facto capital city. Barry, Robin and Maurice were not the only three Bee Gees at this time; augmented by Colin Petersen on drums and Vince Melouney on lead guitar between 1967 and 1969, it was this 5-piece band who toured Europe during 1968, and this line-up who played at The Stadthalle in Bern on 10th March. Performing a set that featured only two cuts from their latest record, but three from their previous one, and a few more from their Australian only albums, plus singles going back to 1966, the Swiss audience were clearly ecstatic and the entire concert was broadcast across local radio.
