The guitar that set the Bee Gees on the road to Saturday Night Fever and international disco stardom is to be offered at a Wiltshire sale.
In what Gardiner Houlgate is dubbing “the UK’s largest-ever auction of guitars” on September 12, the Gibson J45 acoustic used by Maurice Gibb to compose the band’s 1975 breakthrough disco hit Jive Talkin’ is estimated at £10,000-15,000. It has been consigned by a UK private collector.
The success of that track led to the Bee Gees being offered the chance to contribute to the soundtrack of the hit 1977 film, Saturday Night Fever. It was the film’s music that breathed new life into the disco craze of the late 70s and propelled the Bee Gees to global chart dominance.