ZOMBIES:Odessey & Oracle(Date) US Original PSYCH LP NM

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ZOMBIES  - ODESSEY & ORACLE
(Date #TES 4013 USA 1968)

Very rare US original stereo LP

+ I give for FREE a nice 1971 picture of Colin Blunstone !!!

Odessey and Oracle was recorded in 1967 after the Zombies signed to the CBS label, and was their second album.
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.
Nine of the twelve 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. In August, when Abbey
Road was unavailable, the Zombies temporarily shifted base to Olympic Studios where they recorded "Beechwood Park",
"Maybe After He's Gone" and "I Want Her She Wants Me." They returned to Abbey Road Studios in September.
The sessions ended in November and the final two tracks to be recorded were "Time Of The Season" and "Changes."
By then, morale within the band was at a low point. Two singles, "Care Of Cell 44" and "Friends Of Mine", had been
released to total indifference. Colin Blunstone and Paul Atkinson felt disillusioned and tempers flared during the r
ecording of "Time Of The Season." Blunstone wasn't at all keen on the song written by Argent, who insisted Colin
sing it a certain way. Colin's patience snapped and he effectively told Argent to sing it himself.To everyone's relief,
Blunstone finally sang the vocal as required. Little did they realize the song would become an enduring rock classic.
The album was recorded using a Studer four track machine — the same type of tape machine used on the Beatles's
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band — and was mixed down in stereo using an experimental transistor console at
EMI Studios in 1967. Argent and White mixed the album down into mono, but when they handed the master to CBS,
they were informed that a stereo mix was required. The recording budget having been spent, Argent and White were
forced to dip into their songwriting royalties in order to pay for the time and resources needed to create the stereo mix.
Unfortunately, this was the last straw for Paul Atkinson and Colin Blunstone, who quit and effectively split up the band.
The stereo mix was completed on January 1, 1968, but by then the Zombies were no more. One major problem arose
when it came time to mix "This Will Be Our Year" into stereo. Zombies original producer Ken Jones had dubbed live
horn parts directly onto a mono mixdown. With the horns not having been recorded on the multi-track beforehand,
a faked stereo mix had to be made of the mono master, and it wasn't until the 1997 Zombie Heaven boxset that it
was finally given a stereo mix, albeit minus the horns. This was made possible because the Zombies owned the multi
track masters, which are in the possession of Chris White. Because the album was recorded to a tight budget and
deadline, the Zombies worked quickly in the studio, having rehearsed rigorously beforehand. This meant that there
would be no outtakes or unused songs recorded during the sessions. Cello and Mellotron parts were added to the track
"A Rose For Emily" but discarded at the final mixing stage. Alternate mixes of that song featuring the discarded overdubs
can be heard on Zombie Heaven and the 30th anniversary release of the album. Odessey and Oracle was released in the
UK on April 19, 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 artwork. American CBS boss Clive Davis initially decided not to release the album. However, at the
urging of staff producer Al Kooper, the U.S. CBS/Columbia Records label was eventually persuaded to release the album
on their small Date Records subsidiary label. Kooper had picked up a copy of the album during a trip to London, and when
he returned to America and played the album, he loved it and believed it contained three hit singles. CBS chose to release
Butcher's Tale as the first single in the States, feeling the song's anti-war theme would resonate with record-buyers due to
the Vietnam War. After its release, Time Of The Season slowly gained popularity before finally hitting big on the US charts
in 1969, by which time Rod Argent and Chris White were busy with their new band, Argent. 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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        collectible.
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        sleeve may have medium overall wear or some ring wear.
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SEW=slight edge warp     CW=cover wear     S/S=still sealed     SPLS=split seams    

SIS=still in shrink     TOS=tape on seams     FOC=fold out cover     BC=band corner    

SCW=slight cover wear     SOC=sticker on cover     WOL=writing on label    

SOBC=sticker on back cover     PRS=promo stamp or promo sticker     RW=ringwear    

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