BEE GEES Odessa 2LP POLYDOR 1969 ITA reissue+foc+stereo SLPHM/D 184199/200
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BEE GEES
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"
<reissue, originally published in 1969>
2LP POLYDOR RECORDS STEREO SLPHM/D 184199/200
MADE IN ITALY EARLY-70S REPRESSING (2ND PRESSING?)
GLOSSY GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH GOLDEN LETTERING ON FRONT
This version: the purchase date written by owner on the inside left panel: 3/5/1974
(on labels): THE BEE GEES
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: POLYDOR - RED LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT (rim in white)
Catalog on cover: (inside right panel only): SLPHM/D 184199/200
Catalog on labels:
(disc one) 184 199 1 / 184 199 2
(disc two) 184 200 1 / 184 200 2
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.........e del proprietario dell'oper"
BIEM
Made in Italy
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 / Publishing: BIEM (printed on disc one); S.I.A.E. (printed on disc two, and stamped in blue ink on Side A & C)
On inside right panel: All the tunes in this album were composed by B. R. & M. Gibb
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
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RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX 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,
which made it a conversation piece just to look at...(AllMusic)
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