RARE & SOUGHT 1968 ORIG LP THE ZOMBIES ODYSEE & ORACLE PERFECT UK POP PSYCH

$

210

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RARE and SOUGHT AFTER

    1968 CLASSIC BRITISH ROCK COLLECTIBLE

                       The ZOMBIES

        ODESSY AND ORACLE 

                        USA - DATE RECORDS - TEWS 4013

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                             The ZOMBIES

     ODESSY AND ORACLE

MINT CLEAN VINYL (see full details below)

SOUGHT AFTER 100% ORIGINAL ISSUE!  

Original 1968 first pressing with colorful paisley-pop first issue cover design of the second and last ZOMBIES album = filled with highly memorable pop-psych gems, backed by lush pepperism arrangements, all becoming quite the "in" collectible of recent years...Trying to get a 46+ year old copy is not easy with all of the demand involved...

Includes the scarce original printed inner sleeve to the first issue!

THEE 1968 release ODESSSY AND ORACLE was one of the best albums of the sixties, and one of the most enduring long-players to come out of the entire British psychedelic boom, mixing trippy melodies, ornate choruses, and lush Mellotron sounds with a solid hard rock base. But it was overlooked completely in England and barely got out in America (with a big push by Al Kooper, who was then a Columbia Records producer); and it was neglected in the U.S. until the single "Time of the Season," culled from the album, topped the charts nearly two years after it was recorded, by which time the group was long disbanded. Ironically, at the time of its recording in the summer of 1967, permanency was not much on the minds of the bandmembers. Odessey and Oracle was intended as a final statement, a bold last hurrah, having worked hard for three years only to see the quality of their gigs decline as the hits stopped coming. The results are consistently pleasing, surprising, and challenging: "Hung Up on a Dream" and "Changes" are some of the most powerful psychedelic pop/rock ever heard out of England, with a solid rhythm section, a hot Mellotron sound, and chiming, hard guitar, as well as highly melodic piano. "Changes" also benefits from radiant singing. "This Will Be Our Year" makes use of trumpets (one of the very few instances of real overdubbing) in a manner reminiscent of "Penny Lane"; and then there's "Time of the Season," the most well-known song in their output and a white soul classic. Odysee & Oracle is all consistently interesting and very good listening, and superior to most other psychedelic albums this side of the Beatles' best and Pink Floyd's early work.

Rod Argent - vocals, keyboards
Colin Blunstone - lead vocals
Paul Atkinson - guitar, vocals
Hugh Grundy - drums
Chris White - bass, vocals

Care of Cell 44"

A Rose for Emily"

Maybe After He's Gone"

Beechwood Park"

 Brief Candles"

Hung up on a Dream"

 Changes"

 I Want Her She Wants Me"

This Will Be Our Year"

 Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)"

 Friends of Mine"

 Time of the Season"

CONDITION: The cover: Solid and colorful and only a bit of minor shelf wear beginning, hardly anything, looks strong, near "EX" (excellent) minor = retains a strong visible appearance...Has NO delete marks, no seam splits, or other alarming problems not mentioned, and the back cover is clean...no upgrade necessary!

The vinyl: all shiny clean, top copy, rated: M- spotless and plays minty clean and smooth all the way - having clean DATE labels too !

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

ATTENTION: There is an (obvious) ERROR in the SHIPPING calculator for INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL which runs about $20 (for the 1 LP) and NOT $77.00 as  the calculator is advising...IF you get MORE LP's in SAME parcel the shipping will go lower PER LP (in SAME parcel)