Odyssey [1972 Debut Album] [LP-8/8/2025-Real Gone]

[Motown Eddie]

Info from Real Gone Music:

Motown’s L.A.-based Mowest label lasted less than two years, but managed in that short time to release some of the most adventurous music the company ever put out. And probably the most intrepid—and nowadays, adored—Mowest release of them all was the 1972 self-titled release from Odyssey. This one-off brought elite West Coast sessionmen like Wrecking Crew mainstay Don Peake, one-time Chicago member Donnie Dacus, and arranger/orchestrator extraordinaire Gene Page together with a bunch of West Coast hippie rockers [as Peake says, "We were invited to lunch, introduced to some nice people and told we were going to form a band"].

SIDE I
1. Home of the Brave
2. Georgia Song
3. Country Tune
4. Gossamer Wings
5. Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love


SIDE II
1. Wondrous Castles
2. Battened Ships
3. Sunny California Woman
4. Black Top Island [of the West]
5. Broken Road

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[mysterysinger]

Just as I would expect from Real Gone since they have, in the past, released other Mowest product such as Bobby Darin and Lesley Gore on CD. Certainly, I welcome re-release of Mowest product, though we've already had straight releases of this Odyssey album on CDs from Japan. Vinyl doesn't interest me personally but I hope this release sells well.