Odessa

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988005382306
ASIN: B0006GAXIM

Release Date: 2004-12-21

Odessa

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Album Description

Japanese only pressing of 1969 album. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

The Red Album, the best album no-one has heard.......2007-02-18

The Best Album no one has heard of...I am fortunate to have an early copy of this CD that is tragically long out of print. Highlights are not necessary, but here are a few to listen for if you're new to this masterpiece by the Brothers Gibb.
Odessa (City On The Black Sea) - the 7 minute overture to the original concept

Edison- great track about you know who

Melody Fair- Like a Penny Lane that was never heard by the public, brilliant

Whisper Whisper - dark track by Barry

Lamplight- should of been the hit

Give Your Best - Hokey square dance country number that somehow works here in the concept

Seven Seas Symphony [Instrumental]

Beatles Were White - Bee Gees Were Red.......2006-08-22

Note: This is a re-issue until Rhino Records releases the Remastered Expanded version.

Yes, this was the Bee Gees 'white' album, only this doubled LP had a red velvet cover and a 'Titanic'-like illustration in the gatefold. Now available on a single CD, it marks the end of the sixties period for the Bee Gees.
The music? This was an important time for the Gibbs' who were maturing (at ages 19 and 21) and already millionaires. The music was conceptual and starting with the title track, it delivers with powerful orchestration and emotional, lyrical simplicity. It is a skewed look at a fabled seafarer lost at sea and emotionally destitute. At least, that's what the project started out to be.

Somewhere during the recordings, egos flared and tempers snapped, so what you ended up with is a collection of half Bee Gees conceptual songs and half individual Gibb contributions. It is still a remarkable recording!

Stand-out cuts are "Marley Purt Drive" that could have been recorded by "The Band" and "Melody Fair", a single in some countries and a well covered track.

Most of the other tracks deal with period issues like, drugs, sex, rock 'n roll, psychodelia and why not? Producer Stigwood unwittingly fueled the tensions by choosing "First Of May" as the A-Side single instead of B-Side "Lamplight", which was just as strong.

Regardless, the final outcome is a conceptual album filled with an orchestrally sweeping moodiness aligned with perfect harmonies and lyrics envied by everyone. This is one of the few albums of the period with orchestral solos with the Gibbs providing the chorus. It is monumental.

Track List Japanese Version.......2006-07-22

Track list of Japanese Version:

1. Odessa (City On The Black Sea)
2. You'll Never See My Face Again
3. Black Diamond
4. Marley Purt Drive
5. Edison
6. Melody Fair
7. Suddenly
8. Whisper Whisper
9. Lamplight
10. Sound Of Love
11. Give Your Best
12. Seven Seas Symphony [Instrumental]
13. With All Nations [Instrumental]
14. I Laugh In Your Face
15. Never Say Never Again
16. First Of May
17. The Brithsh Opera [Instrumental]

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