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Joe's Music Rack Part of YOUR KEY TO COLLECTIBLES© ODE RECORD SECTION Part of the International Pacific Recording Corporation

A Lou Adler's label. After selling the very successful Dunhill label to ABC Records in 1967, Lou formed Ode Records. Ode released rock and roll comedy, and singer/songwriter music. For the first three years it was distributed by CBS (1967 - 1969). In 1970, Adler arranged for A & M to distribute the label. Which lasted until 1976, when Ode returned to the CBS fold for distribution.

Ode was successful from the start with Scott McKenzie/John Phillips - Mamas and Papas song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)" in the summer of 1967. By 1969, after switching distribution from Columbia to his old partner Herb Alpert's label, A & M, Adler released a third Carole King album called Tapestry (1971), her first two bombed with Adler. It zoomed up the charts and became the largest selling album for Adler, up to that time. The album spawned off several singles, including "I Feel The Earth Move," "So Far Away," "It's Too Late" and "You've Got A Friend", all hits on the 45 chart.

Adler deactivated the label several times including another short run with A & M in 1989 as Ode Sounds. It was disbanded when A & M was sold to PolyGram in late 1989.

Ode is now part of Sony BMG Music Entertainment

44000 series (CBS distribution, 1967 - 1969) The Ode label on the first CBS-distributed series is yellow with black printing. The Ode emblem is directly above the center hole with "ODE" below the emblem. The first two issues were released in mono and stereo, and used a separate catalog number for the mono and stereo albums! By the time the third album was released (Z 12-44005), the industry had moved to stereo only releases, and discographers were saved from yet another mind-bogglingly complex numbering system.

Z 12-44001 Scott McKenzie - The Voice of Scott McKenzie [1967] (12-67, #127) [Mono of Z12-44002] San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)/Celeste/It's Not Time Now/What's The Difference (Chapter II)/ Reason To Believe/Like An Old Time Movie//No, No, No, No, No/Don't Make Promises/Twelve-Thirty/Rooms/ What's The Difference (Chapter I)

Z 12-44002 Scott McKenzie - The Voice Of Scott McKenzie [1967] (12-67, #127) [Stereo issue of Z12-44001 San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)/Celeste/It's Not Time Now/What's The Difference (Chapter II)/ Reason To Believe/Like An Old Time Movie//No, No, No, No, No/Don't Make Promises/Twelve-Thirty/Rooms/ What's The Difference (Chapter I)

Z 12-44003 Spirit - Spirit [1968] (4-68, #31) [Mono issue of Z12-44004] Fresh Garbage/Uncle Jack/Mechanical World/Taurus/Girl In Your Eye/Straight Arrow//Topanga Windows/Gramophone Man/Water Woman/The Great Canyon Fire In General/Elijah (Ibid: Could never figure out way after ten years mono was still around.)

Z 12-44004 Spirit - Spirit [1968] (4-68, #31) [Stereo issue of Z12-44003[ Fresh Garbage/Uncle Jack/Mechanical World/Taurus/Girl In Your Eye/Straight Arrow// Topanga Windows/Gramophone Man/Water Woman/The Great Canyon Fire In General/Elijah

From this point, albums are issued in stereo only.

Z 12-44005 Comfortable Chair - The Comfortable Chair [1968] Ain't No Good No More/Child's Garden/I'll See You/Princess/Now/Some Soon-Some Day// Be Me/Loved It All/Let Me Through/Stars In Heaven/Pale Night Of Quiet/The Beast (Kali Yuza)

Z 12-44006 Peggy Lipton - Peggy Lipton [1968] Let Me Pass/Natural Woman/Memories of a Golden Week/San Francisco Glide/Stoney End/Who Needs It/Hands Off/ It Might As Well Rain/Wasn't It You/Lady of the Lake/Honey Won't Let Me

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Z 12-44010 Africa - Music From Lil Brown [1968]

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Z 12-44012 The City - Now That Everything's Been Said [1969] Snow Queen/I Wasn't Born to Follow/Now That Everything's Been Said/Paradise Alley/Man Without A Dream/Victim of Circumstance// Why Are You Leaving/Lady/My Sweet Home/I Don't Believe/That Old Sweet Roll (Hi-De-Ho)/All My Time

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Z 12-44014 Spirit - The Family That Plays Together [1969] (1-69, #22) I Got A Line On You/It Shall Be/Poor Richard/Silky Sam/The Drunkard/Darlin' If// It's All The Same/Jewish/Dream Within A Dream/She Smiled/Aren't You Glad

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Z 12-44016 Spirit - Clear [1969] (8-69, #55) Dark-Eyed Woman/Apple Orchard/So Little Time To Fly/Ground Hog/Cold Wind/Policeman's Ball// Ice/Give A Life, Take A Life/I'm Truckin'/Clear/Caught/New Dope In Town

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Z 12-44018 Brothers and Sisters of Los Angeles - Dylan's Gospel [1969] The Times They Are a Changing/I Shall Be Released/Lay Lady Lay/Mr. Tambourine Man/All Along the Watchtower// The Mighty Quinn/Chimes of Freedom/I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/My Back Pages/Just Like a Woman

77000 series (A & M distribution, 1970 - 1976)

The first Ode label on this series was white with black printing. There are three concentric curved silver bands in the upper left corner of the label and an "Ode 70" symbol is in the upper right corner of the label, with the "0" in "70" being the Ode logo in a circle. This label was used in 1970 and 1971.

In 1971 and 1972, a second design was used, with a small Ode logo within a silver circle replacing the "Ode 70" logo. On these issues (shown), the three silver curves at the top left of the label were actually a large, slanted part of a huge Ode logo.

The third Ode label on this series is white with black printing. There are three curved silver bands in the upper left corner of the label (now concentric like the first label, rather than a portion of a logo) and a larger Ode symbol is in the upper right corner of the label. "Ode Records Inc." in silver directly below the emblem. This label was used from about 1973 to 1975.

SP 77001 Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter [1970] NEED PLAY LIST INFORMATION

SP 77002 Fred Karlin & Ole Blue - The Baby Maker [1970][Soundtrack] Composer: Fred Karlin; Cast: Ole Blue

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SP 77004 Barry McGuire & The Doctor - Barry McGuire & The Doctor [1970]["The Doctor" is Eric Hord] South Of The Border/The Old Farm/Too Much City// Train/Electric Train/Meet Me At The Bottom

SP 77005 Don Everly - Don Everly [1970] Tumbling Tumbleweeds/Eyes of Asia/Don't Drink the Water/Safari/Omaha/February 15th// When I Stop Dreaming/My Baby/Thinking It Over/My Friend/Sweet Dreams

SP 77006 Carole King - Writer: Carole King [1970] (5-71, #84) Spaceship Races/No Easy Way Down/Child Of Mine/Goin' Back/To Love/What Have You Got To Lose// Eventually/Raspberry Jam/Can't You Be Real/I Can't Hear You No More/Sweet Sweetheart/Up On The Roof

SP 77007 Scott McKenzie - Stained Glass Morning [1970] Look In The Mirror/Yves/Crazy Man/1969 (Enemies And Friends)/Dear Sister// Going Home Again/Through A Stained Glass Morning/Illusion/Take A Moment

SP 77008 Various Artists - Celebration [1971] Air Algiers - Country Joe McDonald/Bridge Over Troubled Water - Merry Clayton/Entertainment Is My Business - Country Joe McDonald/Let It Be - Joan Baez/Lovesick Blues - Linda Ronstadt/The Law Is For The Protection Of The People - Kris Kristofferson/The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez/The Only Mama That'll Walk The Line - Linda Ronstadt/The Times They Are A Changin' - Merry Clayton/To Beat The Devil - Kris Kristofferson/Wouldn't It Be Nice - Beach Boys

SP 77009 Carole King - Tapestry [1971] (4-71, #1) I Feel The Earth Move/So Far Away/It's Too Late/Home Again/Beautiful/Way Over Yonder// You've Got A Friend/Where You Lead/Will You Love Me Tomorrow?/Smackwater Jack/Tapestry/(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Original pressings had the "Ode 70" label with a fold-open record jacket. Later pressings had a variety of labels, including the late 1970s Ode/Epic label and then the blue Epic label. Most later issues had a regular, non-fold-open jacket

SP 77010 Cheech & Chong - Cheech & Chong [1971] (9-71, #28) Acapulco Gold Filters/Blind Melon Chitlin'/Cruisin' With Pedro De Pacas/Dave/Emergency Ward/ Pope: Live At The Vatican/Trippin' In Court/Vietnam/Waiting For Dave/Welcome To Mexico/Wink Dinkerson

SP 77011 David T. Walker - David T. Walker [1971]

SP 77012 Merry Clayton - Merry Clayton [1971] (11-71, #180) After All This Time/Grandma's Hands/Light On The Hill/Love Or Let Me Be Lonely/Same Old Story/Sho' Nuff/ Song For You/Southern Man/Steamroller/Walk On In/Whatever

SP 77013/SQ 88013 Carole King - Music [1971] (12-71, #1) Back To California/Brighter/Brother, Brother/Carry Your Load/Growing Away From Me/It's Going To Take Some Time/ Music/Some Kind Of Wonderful/Song Of Long Ago/Surely/Sweet Seasons/Too Much Rain

SP 77014 Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu [1972] (7-72, #2) Sister Mary Elephant/Ralph And Herbie/Streets Of New York Or Los Angeles Or San Francisco Or.../ Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip/The Continuing Adventures Of Pedro De Pacas And Man//The Bust/Television Medley: Tortured Old Man-Empire Hancock-Let's Make A Dope Deal-Unamerican Bandstand

SP 77015 Various Artists - An Evening With Richard Nixon [1972][Original Cast] Original play by Gore Vidal; Cast includes: The Saliva Sisters, Gene Rupert, Humbert Allen Astredo, Phillip Sterling, George S. Irving, and Robert King.

SP 77016 Carole King - Rhymes & Reasons [1972] (11-72, #2) Come Down Easy/My My She Cries/Peace In The Valley/Feeling Sad Tonight/The First Day In August/Bitter With The Sweet// Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone/Stand Behind Me/Gotta Get Through Another Day/I Think I Can Hear You/Ferguson Road/Been To Canaan

SP 77017 Tufano & Giammarese - Tufano-Giammarese [1973] Music Everywhere/Wednesday Down/I'm A Loser/Rise Up/Just A Dream Away/Here We Are// Communicate/Show Me If You Can/She Takes Me There/Can You Say What You Need/Take Me Back/Give Yourself A Dream

SP 77018 Carole King - Fantasy [1973] (6-73, #6) Being At War With Each Other/Believe In Humanity/Corazon/Directions/Fantasy Beginning/Fantasy End/Haywood/ Quiet Place To Live/That's How Things Go Down/Weekdays/Welfare Symphony/You Light Up My Life/You've Been Around Too Long

SP 77019 Cheech & Chong - Los Cochinos [1973] (9-73, #2) Sargent Stadanko/Peter Rooter/Up His Nose/Pedro And Man At The Drive-In// The Strawberry Revival Festival/Don't Bug Me/Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course/Les Morpions/Cheborneck/White World Of Sports/Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces

SP 77020 David T. Walker - Press On [1974] (2-74, #187) Brother, Brother/Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time/I Got Work To Do/I Who Have Nothing/If That's The Way You Feel/ If You Let Me/Press On/Save Your Love For Me/Superstition/With A Little Help From My Friends

SP 77021 Tom Scott & L. A. Express - Tom Scott & The L. A. Express [1974] (4-74, #141) Bless My Soul/Sneakin' In The Back/King Cobra/Dahomey Dance/Nunya// Easy Life/Spindrift/Strut Your Stuff/L.A. Expression/Vertigo

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SP 77023 Don Everly - Sunset Towers [1974] Melody Train/Jack Daniels Old No. 7/Warmin' Up the Band/Helpless When You're Gone/Did It Rain// Brand New Rock & Roll Band/Takin' Shots/The Way You Remain/Evelyn Swing/Southern California

SP 77024 Carole King - Wrap Around Joy [1974] (9-74, #1) Nightingale/Change In Mind, Change Of Heart/Jazzman/You Go Your Way, i'll Go Mine/You're Something New/We're All In This Together// Wrap Around Joy/You Gentle Me/My Lovin' Eyes/Sweet Adonis/A Night This Side Of Dying/ The Best Is Yet To Come

SP 77025 Cheech & Chong - Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album [1974] (10-74, #5) Baby Sitters Featuring Pedro And Man/Black Lassie Featuring Johnny Stash/Championship Wrestling/Coming Attractions/ Earache My Eye Featuring Alice Bowie/Hey Margaret/Other Tapes/Testimonial By R. Zimmerman/Three Little Pigs/ Wake Up America

SP 77026 Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Show [1974][Soundtrack] Science Friction-Double Feature - Jamie Donnelly/Dammit Janet - Abigale Haness & B. Miller/ Over At The Frankenstein Place - Abigale Haness & B. Miller/Sweet Travestite - Tim Curry/ Time Warp - Bruce Scott, Jamie Donnelly, Boni Ente, Graham Jarvis & Company/ The Sword Of Damoclese - Kim Milford/Charles Atlas Song - Tim Curry/What Ever Happened To Saturday Night - Meat Loaf// Charles Atlas Song (Reprise) - Tim Curry/Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me - Abigale Haness/Once In Awhile - Abigale Haness & B. Miller/Eddie's Teddy - Meat Loaf & Company/Planet Shmanet Janet - Tim Curry & Company/Planet Hot Dog/ Rose Tint My World - Tim Curry, Boni Enten, Abigale Haness, Kim Milford & B. Miller/I'm Going Home - Tim Curry/ Super Heroes - Abigale Haness, B. Miler & Company

SP 77027 Carole King - Really Rosie [1974] (3-75, #20) Really Rosie/One Was Johnny/Alligators All Around/Pierre/Screaming And Yelling/The Ballad Of Chicken Soup/ Chicken Soup With Rice//Ave. P/My Simple Humble Neighborhood/The Awful Truth/Such Sufferin'/Really Rosie

SP 77028 Gene McDaniels - Natural Juices [1975]

SP 77029 Tom Scott & L. A. Express - Tom Cat [1975] (3-75, #18) Backfence Cattin'/Day Way/Good Evening Mr. And Mrs. America And All The Ships At Sea/Keep On Doin' It/ Love Poem/Mondo/Refried/Rock Island Rocket/Tom Cat

SP 77030 Merry Clayton - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow [1975] (9-75, #146) Do What You Know/Gets Hard Sometimes/Gold Fever/How'd I Know/If I Lose/Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow/ Loving Grows Up Slow/One More Ride/Rainy Day Women #12 And 35/Room 205/Sink Or Swim

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SP 77032 Tufano & Giammarese Band - The Tufano & Giammarese Band [1975] Let Me In The Night/Heartbreak/Gone Like The Wind/Colouring The Trance/Taken The Shaken/Honest Man// Kind Of A Drag/Times Change/Fly Away/Sweet Delight/Hypnotizin' Love/Summer Night

SP 77033 Tom Scott - New York Connection [1975] (12-75, #42) Dirty Old Man/Uptown And Country/New York Connection/Garden/Time And Love// Midtown Rush/Looking Out For Number 7/Appolonia (Foxtrata)/You're Gonna Need Me

SP 77034 Carole King - Thoroughbred [1975] (2-76, #3) So Many Ways/Daughter Of Light/High Out Of Time/Only Love Is Real/There's A Space Between Us// I'd Like To Know You Better/We All Have To Be Alone/Ambrosia/Still Here Thinking Of You/It's Gonna Work Out Fine

SP 77035 David T. Walker - On Love [1976] (9-76, #166) Feeling Feeling/I Get High On You/I Wish You Love/Kinda Sorta/Let Me In Your Life/Lovin' You/On Love/Our Lives/ Windows Of The World

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SP 77040 Cheech & Chong - Sleeping Beauty [1976] (6-76, #25) Adventures Of Red And Roy (The Last Round-Up)/Big Sniff (Starring Ralph And Herbie)/Framed/Jimmy/Pedro's Request/ Sleeping Beauty/T.W.A.T. (Tactical Women's Alert Team)/Uncle Pervy

SP/SQ 99001 London Symphony Orchestra & Chambre Choir with Guest Soloists - Tommy[1972] (12-72, #5) (2-LP boxed set) Overture - London Symphony Orchestra & Pete Townshend/It's A Boy - Sandy Denny/1921 - Graham Bell, Steve Winwood, Maggie Bell & Roger Daltrey/Amazing Journey - Pete Townshend/Sparks - London Symphony Orchestra/Eyesight To The Blind - Richie Havens/Christmas - Steve Winwood & Roger Daltrey//Cousin Kevin - John Entwistle/The Acid Queen - Merry Clayton/ Underture - London Symphony Orchestra/Do You Think It's Alright - Maggie Bell & Steve Winwood/Fiddle About - Ringo Starr/Pin Ball Wizard - Rod Stewart//There's A Doctor I've Found - Steve Winwood/Go To The Mirror Boy - Richard Harris, Roger Daltrey & Steve Winwood/Tommy Can You Hear Me? - Maggie Bell/Smash The Mirror - Maggie Bell/I'm Free - Roger Daltrey/Miracle Cure - Chambre Choir/Sensation - Roger Daltrey//Sally Simpson - Pete Townshend/Welcome - Roger Daltrey/ Tommy's Holiday Camp - Ringo Starr/We're Not Gonna Take It - Roger Daltrey/See Me, Feel Me (Finale From, We're Not Gonna Take It) - Roger Daltrey

CBS consolidated series (1976 -): The Ode label on this series was tan (a background pattern made up of tiny Ode and Epic logos) with black printing. The "Ode" emblem was to the right of the center hole, sometimes alongside an "Epic" emblem in dark brown. Some issues (such as JE 34967) had custom labels.

PE 34944 Carole King - Writer: Carole King [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77006

FE/PE 34946 Carole King - Tapestry [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77009

PE 34947 Cheech & Chong - Cheech & Chong [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77010

PE 34948 Merry Clayton - Merry Clayton [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77012

PE 34949 Carole King - Music [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77013

PE 34950 Carole King - Rhymes And Reasons [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77016

PE 34951 Cheech & Chong - Los Cochinos [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77019

PE 34952 Tom Scott & L.A. Express - Tom Scott & The L.A. Express [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77021

PE 34953 Carole King - Wrap Around Joy [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77024

PE 34954 Cheech & Chong - Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77025

PE 34955 Carole King - Really Rosie [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77027

PE 34956 Tom Scott & L. A. Express - Tom Cat [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77029

PE 34957 Merry Clayton - Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77030

PE 34958 Tufano & Giammarese Band - The Tufano & Giammarese Band [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77032

PE 34960 Cheech & Chong - Sleeping Beauty [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77040

PE 34962 Carole King - Fantasy [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77018

PE 34963 Carole King - Thoroughbred [1977] Reissue of Ode SP 77034

PE 34966 Tom Scott - Blow It Out [1977] (9-77, #87) Gotcha/Smoothin' On Down/Dream Lady/I Wanna Be// Shadows/You've Got The Feel'n/Down To Your Soul/It's So Beautiful To Be

JE 34967 Carole King - Her Greatest Hits: Songs Of Long Ago [1978] (4-78, #47) Jazzman/So Far Away/Sweet Seasons/Brother, Brother/Only Love Is Real/I Feel The Earth Move// It's Too Late/Nightingale/Been To Canaan/Smackwater Jack/Corazon/Believe In Humanity

PE 34969 Tufano & Giammarese - Other Side [1978]

21653 Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show [1978] (4-78, #49) Damn It Janet/Eddie/Hot Patootie-Bless My Soul/I Can Make You A Man/I'm Going Home/Over At The Frankenstein Place/ Rose Tint My World/Science Friction Double Feature/Super Heroes/Sweet Travestite/Time Warp/Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me

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