Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees and “British Invasion” pioneers, The Zombies, have re-issued their seminal Odessey & Oracle Mono album.
The album, the first of four definitive physical reissues from their catalogue, includes the classic songs ‘Time Of The Season’, ‘Care of Cell 44‘, and ‘This Will Be Our Year‘ and coincides with The Zombies’ recent documentary, Hung Up On A Dream. The album release marks the first time the band’s original mono mix, remastered from studio tapes, has appeared on LP since the record’s British issue in 1968, presenting the album as they originally intended it to be heard.
Recorded primarily at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1967, Odessey & Oracle was self-produced in Mono on a shoestring budget by primary songwriters Rod Argent (keyboards/ vocals) and Chris White (bass/vocals). Under last-minute pressure from their record label, the album was hastily remixed in the newly emerging Stereo format, which sacrificed key elements from the Mono recording, most notably the beloved horn parts, now restored in ‘This Will Be Our Year‘.
Although never released as a single, this deep cut has found a new life thanks to prominent uses in TV and film, including memorable scenes in Mad Men, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, and Schitt’s Creek, along with covers by artists like Foo Fighters, OK Go and Susanna Hoffs.
