ZOMBIES ODESSEY & ORACLE ORIGINAL 67 US DATE TES 4013
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Up for auction this time is the 1960s Psych LP by the THE ZOMBIES titled ODESSEY & ORACLE on ORIGINAL US DATE TES 4013 Records in Stereo.
LP condition is VG+ with no scratches or obvious wear, but some spindle marks on label show that this album was played lightly. Cover has no holes, no cuts, and only slight edge wear at bottom of jacket. beautiful cover because it doe not have the ring wear on front of jacket so common on this title, and as you can see in picture, it is still a beauty not to be passed on, just not quite Mint. Very nice, and now very rare too!
Odessey and Oracle was one of the flukiest (and best) albums of the 1960s, 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. Not all of the album is that inspired, but it's 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.
A true 1960s vintage Psych piece!
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