rare UK Psych LP ZOMBIES odessey & oracle 1968
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ZOMBIES
odessey and oracle
Label: CBS 63280
Grade: VG, (scuffed, but shiny disc plays well), VG+ cover (close to M-)
Comments: from Wikipedia:
Odessey and Oracle was recorded in 1967 after the Zombies signed to the CBS label, and was only the second album they had released since 1965. As their first LP, Begin Here, was a collection of singles, Odessey can be regarded as the only true Zombies album. While their first album included several cover versions, Odessey consisted entirely of original compositions by the group's two main songwriters, Rod Argent and Chris White.
The group began work on the album in June 1967. Some songs were recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, where earlier in the year the Beatles had recorded Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd recorded The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. This was the first time Abbey Road would be used for an independently produced (non-EMI) release. By the time the recording was finished, in late 1967, the Zombies were effectively disbanded, due to lack of financial success. Odessey and Oracle was released in the UK in April 1968 and in the United States in June. The single Time of the Season became a surprise hit in early 1969, and Columbia Records (in the United States) re-released Odessey in February, with a different album cover that severely cropped the original illustration.
The gap in time between the UK and US record release dates owes to the Zombies having not prepared a stereo mix initially, a condition the American label insisted on. At the urging of Al Kooper and Columbia/Epic/Date records, Argent and White spent their accrued royalties to book studio time and remix the album for stereo specifically for that US release. However, the one song This Will Be Our Year was not mixed into stereo in 1969 owing to a missing horn overdub not on the original multitrack tape.
The first song on the album, Care of Cell 44 has been covered by a number of artists including Elliott Smith and Of Montreal .
Velvet Crush's singles compilation, A Single Odessey, is misspelled in dedication to the Zombies' album.
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