Rare 1969 Bee Gees Odessa Promotional ATCO Records Vinyl Promo LP VG+

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Rare Bee Gees  Odessa Promo

Label: ATCO Records  – TL-ST-142

Format: Vinyl,  LP, Partially Mixed, Promo

Country: US, 1969

Promotional LP For Record Department-In-Store-Play

Excerpts from Atco LP-SD 2-702 Bee Gees Odessa

Track titles are not listed on the release and there are no separator bands in between the cuts. Each side is a continuous mix.

Vinyl VG+ with light and minimal surface wear. Clean and unmarked labels. Sleeve is VG+, clean, intact edges, no splitting, no cut-outs, no stains, no price stickers. Rear cover contains an elegant inscription and artful doodles from previous ownership which enhances the album visually imo. Some light surface and edge wear from age, use, storage and handling.

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A1 - Odessa (City On The Black Sea)

A2 - You'll Never See My Face Again

A3 - Black Diamond

A4 - Melody Fair

A5 - Whisper Whisper

B1 - Sound Of Love

B2 - I Laugh In Your Face

B3 -  Never Say Never Again

B4 - First Of May

B5 - Marley Purt Drive

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Odessa  is the sixth  studio album  by the  Bee Gees, a double vinyl  LP  released in February 1969 in the US and March 1969 in the UK,  initially in an opulent red flocked cover with gold lettering. Despite reaching the UK top ten and the US top 20, the album was not particularly well-received, though now is regarded by many as the most significant of the group's 1960s albums. An ambitious project, originally intended as a  concept album  on the loss of a fictional ship in 1899, it created tension and disagreements in the band regarding the work's direction; finally, a dispute over which song to release as a single led to  Robin Gibb  temporarily leaving the group. Released by  Polydor Records  in the UK and  Atco Records  in the US,  Odessa  was the group's fourth album released internationally, and their only  double album  of original music. It would be the final Bee Gees album to include guitarist  Vince Melouney. The album includes the 1969 hit single "First of May" (UK no. 6 / US no. 37) and notable tracks such as "Lamplight", "Marley Purt Drive" and "Melody Fair", the latter of which features on the 1973 compilation  Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2. The album was reissued as a single disc in September 1976 when interest was revived in the Bee Gees' career. Since then the album has gained increasing critical acclaim. It was reissued again in January 2009, as a deluxe three-disc set, and is included in  1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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The  Bee Gees  were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers  Barry,  Robin, and  Maurice Gibb. The trio was especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the  disco  music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognisable three-part  tight harmonies: Robin's clear  vibrato  lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry's  R&B  falsetto  became their signature sound during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The group wrote all their own original material, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists, and are regarded as one of the most important and influential acts in pop-music history.  They have been referred to in the media as  The Disco Kings, Britain's First Family of Harmony, and The Kings of Dance Music. Born on the  Isle of Man  to English parents, the Gibb brothers lived in  Chorlton, Manchester, England, until the late 1950s. There, in 1955, they formed the  skiffle/rock and roll  group  the Rattlesnakes. The family then moved to  Redcliffe, in the  Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia, and later to  Cribb Island. After achieving their first chart successes in Australia as the Bee Gees, they returned to the UK in January 1967, when producer  Robert Stigwood  began promoting them to a worldwide audience. The Bee Gees'  Saturday Night Fever  soundtrack  (1977) was the turning point of their career, with both the film and soundtrack having a cultural impact throughout the world, enhancing the disco scene's mainstream appeal. They won five  Grammy Awards  for  Saturday Night Fever, including  Album of the Year. The Bee Gees have sold over 120 million records worldwide, placing them among the  best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the most successful trio in the history of contemporary music. They were inducted into the  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame  in 1997;  the Hall's citation stating at the time, "Only  Elvis Presley,  the Beatles,  Michael Jackson,  Garth Brooks  and  Paul McCartney  have outsold the Bee Gees." With nine number-one hits on the  Billboard  Hot 100, the Bee Gees are the third-most successful band in  Billboard  charts  history behind only the Beatles and  the Supremes.