BEE GEES Odessa 2LP POLYDOR 1969 ITA orig+foc+red felt+stereo SLPHM/D 184199/200

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 Relying on their top-notch songwriting and impeccable vocals, the Bee Gees were able to craft

a long-running career that began in the late '50s in Australia. Along the way they became

a hit-producing psychedelic pop group in England during the '60s, the biggest disco band 

in the world in the '70s, and had a late comeback as adult contemporary crooners in the '90s. 

Their long-reaching influence extended past sales figures 

and saw their sound and style mirrored in acts as...

"ODESSA"

1969      2LP     POLYDOR RECORDS    STEREO   SLPHM/D 184199/200

MADE IN ITALY      ORIGINAL COPY

RED FELT GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH GOLDEN LETTERING ON FRONT

This version: the release date on the runout groove: 1969

(on labels): THE BEE GEES

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: POLYDOR - RED LABEL with WHITE LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (inside right panel only): 583 049/50 Stereo   SLPHM/D 184199/200  

Catalog on labels:

(disc one) 184199 A / 184199 B

(disc two) 184200 A / 184200 B

Matrix / Runout (A Side, Stamped): 5 ? 1969   B9   ?Z   00 184199 S1

Matrix / Runout (B Side, Stamped): 5 ? 1969   B9   ?Z   00 184199 S2

Matrix / Runout (C Side, Stamped): 5 ? 1969   B9   ?Z   00 184200 S1

Matrix / Runout (D Side, Stamped): 5 ? 1969   B9   ?Z   00 184200 S2

On labels: rim text reads "Stampato in Italia........."

STEREO

BIEM (boxed)

M33

Direttore Musicale: Bill Shepherd

Tecnici: P. Wade, E. Sharp & A. Barber

Studio d' incisione: IBC Studios, London

Produzione: Robert Stigwood & The Bee Gees

Rights Society BIEM

On inside right panel: All the tunes in this album were composed by B. R. & M. Gibb

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: ODESSA (City On The Black Sea)

YOU'LL NEVER SEE MY FACE AGAIN - BLACK DIAMOND

Side B: MARLEY PURT DRIVE - EDISON - MELODY FAIR

SUDDENDLY - WHISPER WHISPER

Side C: LAMPLIGHT - SOUND OF LOVE - GIVE YOUR BEST

SEVEN SEAS SYMPHONY - WITH ALL NATIONS (International Anthem)

Side D: I LAUGH IN YOUR FACE - NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN

FIRST OF MAY - THE BRITISH OPERA

grading

RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The group members may disagree for personal reasons, but Odessa is easily the best and most enduring 

of the Bee Gees' albums of the 1960s. It was also their most improbable success, owing to the conflicts behind its making. 

The record started out as a concept album, to be called "Masterpeace" and then "The American Opera," 

but musical differences between Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb that would split the trio in two also forced 

the abandonment of the underlying concept. Instead, it became a double LP -- largely at the behest 

of their manager and the record labels; oddly enough, given that the group didn't plan on doing something 

that ambitious, Odessa is one of perhaps three double albums of the entire decade (the others being 

Blonde on Blonde and The Beatles) that don't seem stretched, and it also served as the group's most densely 

orchestrated album.The myriad sounds and textures made Odessa the most complex and challenging album 

in the group's history, and if one accepts the notion of the Bee Gees as successors to the Beatles, 

then Odessa was arguably their Sgt. Pepper album. The album was originally packaged in a red felt cover 

with gold lettering on front and back and an elaborate background painting for the gatefold interior,