"Marley Purt Drive" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, It was written by Barry, Robin &amp; Maurice Gibb and released in March 1969 on the album "Odessa". It was released in stereo in the United States in January and its mono version was released in the United Kingdom in March. The remastered version of this song was released on 27 February 2009 on Reprise Records.
Originally titled "Marley Purt Drive (Area Code 213)", the song is about a married man in poverty with fifteen children who takes a drive out to Pasadena one Sunday to get some relief from the situation only to return and find he now has twenty more children to look after, thus creating "An orphanage [with] 35 kids.
Recording and structure.
For the recording of the song, the basic instrumental line-up of Barry and Maurice Gibb, Vince Melouney and Colin Petersen were joined by bluegrass musician Bill Keith on banjo. This song was recorded in New York City at Atlantic Studios. Two recordings are available, the earlier of these was recorded on August 15 and later appeared on "Sketches for Odessa" in 2006. The version released on the album was finished at IBC Studios in London in November with the orchestra. Barry later explained the recording of "Marley Purt Drive" in a 24 March 2001 interview with "Billboard", "['Marley Purt Drive'] had a country violinist and banjo player on it because we were listening to American country music at that time".
It was released as a single in South Africa in July 1969, backed with "Melody Fair". The song's demo is entitled Alternate Mix on "Sketches for Odessa" and begins with a false start followed by one count but then goes into an almost identical intro. The mix is not really different, and lyrics are the same.
Release.
This song, owing something to The Band's 1968 hit "The Weight", later appeared on the charity compilation album called "No One's Gonna Change Our World" released on December 12, 1969. 
On 6 November 1974, they performed the song in Sapporo, Japan during their "Mr. Natural" tour. In 2009, Barry Gibb performed the song for the rehearsal for the "Love and Hope Ball".
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