Bee Gees Odessa (3 CD Deluxe Edition)

• Odessa (City On The Black Sea)(Stereo)
• You'll Never See My Face Again (Stereo)
• Black Diamond (Stereo)
• Marley Purt Drive (Stereo)
• Edison (Stereo)
• Melody Fair (Stereo)
• Suddenly (Stereo)
• Whisper Whisper (Stereo)
• Lamplight (Stereo)
• Sound Of Love (Stereo)
• Give Your Best (Stereo)
• Seven Seas Symphony (Stereo)
• With All Nations (International Anthem)(Stereo)
• I Laugh In Your Face (Stereo)
• Never Say Never Again (Stereo)
• First Of May (Stereo)
• The British Opera (Stereo)
• Odessa (City On The Black Sea)(Mono)
• You'll Never See My Face Again (Mono)
• Black Diamond (Mono)
• Marley Purt Drive (Mono)
• Edison (Mono)
• Melody Fair (Mono)
• Suddenly (Mono)
• Whisper Whisper (Mono)
• Lamplight (Mono)
• Sound Of Love (Mono)
• Give Your Best (Mono)
• Seven Seas Symphony (Mono)
• With All Nations (International Anthem)(Mono)
• I Laugh In Your Face (Mono)
• Never Say Never Again (Mono)
• First Of May (Mono)
• The British Opera (Mono)
• Odessa (Demo)
• You'll Never See My Face Again (Alternate Mix)
• Black Diamond (Demo)
• Marley Purt Drive (Alternate Mix)
• Barbara Came To Stay
• Edison (Alternate Mix)
• Melody Fair (Demo)
• Melody Fair (Alternate Mix)
• Suddenly (Alternate Mix)
• Whisper Whisper-Part Two (Alternate Version)
• Lamplight (Demo)
• Lamplight (Alternate Version)
• Sound Of Love (Alternate Mix)
• Give Your Best (Alternate Mix)
• Seven Seas Symphony (Demo)
• With All Nations (International Anthem)(Vocal Version)
• I Laugh In Your Face (Alternate Mix)
• Never Say Never Again (Alternate Mix)
• First Of May (Demo)
• First Of May (Alternate Mix)
• Nobody's Someone
• Pity
• Odessa Promotional Spot

Before they went disco, but after their Beatlesque pop phase, the Brothers Gibb caught the Big Ambition bug. And like most every other band of the '60s, they sought to Make a Statement along the lines of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." As these things go, 1969's "Odessa," which Reprise Records is reissuing, isn't half bad. It includes the hit "First of May" as well as fan favorite "Melody Fair," a British hit for Lulu, who was married to the late Maurice Gibb (yipes…maybe I know too much about these guys). The reissue includes both the stereo and mono mixes of the original, plus the requisite disc of alternate mixes, unreleased songs, demos and radio promo spots. Now all Bee Gees fans need to make their life complete is an issue of the legendary unreleased 1973 effort "A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants." Any takers?

Abstract by Tony Sclafani