The Essential Odyssey

~ Release by Odyssey (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

℗ «This compilation»
℗ «2017 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment»

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(As of 2020-08-31).

  • South America: 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (fk)
  • Northern Europe: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (sj)
  • Eastern Africa: 🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory (io)
  • South-Eastern Asia: 🇲🇲 Myanmar (mm) 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (tl)
  • Oceania: 🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (cc) 🇨🇽 Christmas Island (cx) 🇳🇫 Norfolk Island (nf)
  • Polynesia: 🇨🇰 Cook Islands (ck) 🇳🇺 Niue (nu) 🇹🇰 Tokelau (tk)
Annotation last modified on 2020-08-31 19:23 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Native New Yorker
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 404)
recording of:
Native New Yorker
writer:
Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
publisher:
Featherbed Music, Linz Music (US work publisher), Three Wise Boys Music LLC, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion) and ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
2.53:26
2Going Back to My Roots (single version)
cover recording of:
Going Back to My Roots
lyricist and composer:
Lamont Dozier
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd., Maurice Starr Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
53:24
3Use It Up and Wear It Out (7″ single edit)
edit of:
Use It Up and Wear It Out by Odyssey (originally US family act Lopez Sisters, now UK fronted by Steven Collazo)
recording of:
Use It Up and Wear It Out
writer:
Lawrence Russell Brown (lyricist) and Sandy Linzer
publisher:
ATV Music Ltd., Chappell & Co Ltd., Featherbed, Larball Music (publisher), Peermusic (UK) Limited, Unichappell (publisher) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
4:11
4Inside Out (single mix)
recording of:
Inside Out
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Rae (Scottish singer/songwriter)
3:45
5Hang Together (7″ single version)
recording of:
Hang Together
writer:
Lawrence Russell Brown (lyricist) and Sandy Linzer
3:37
6Easy Come Easy Go
3:21
7If You’re Lookin’ for a Way Out (7″ single version)
recording of:
If You’re Looking for a Way Out
writer:
Ralph Kotkov and Sandy Linzer
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
3:12
8Ever Lovin’ Sam
3:24
9When You Love Somebody
recording of:
When You Love Somebody
writer:
Harry Lloyd (songwriter) and Gloria Sklerov
4:23
10Magic Touch (single mix)
3:31
11Together (single version)
3:58
12Lucky Star
4:26
13Weekend Lover (7″ remix)
3:17
14Don’t Tell Me, Tell Her (7″ single version)
recording of:
Don’t Tell Me, Tell Her
writer:
Doug James (Songwriter / Composer / Keyboards) and Sandy Linzer
publisher:
Featherbed, Sumac Music (publisher) and Unichappell (publisher)
3:19
15I Got the Melody
producer:
Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
assistant mixer:
Brian Kornfeld
mixer:
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) and Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
bass guitar [bass]:
Neil Jason (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Allan Schwartzberg
glockenspiel [orchestra bells] and vibraphone [vibes]:
George Devens
guitar:
Bob Mann (US session guitarist) and Jeff Mironov
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Paul Shaffer (pianist, bandleader, Dave Letterman's sidekick)
solo vocals:
Ellen Dedrick
vocals:
Lillian Lopez, Louise Lopez and Billy McEachern
conductor:
Chris Dedrick
arranger:
Chris Dedrick
vocals arranger:
Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1981)
mixed at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States
cover recording of:
I’ve Got the Melody (Deep in My Heart)
lyricist and composer:
Patti Austin
publisher:
Victor Music Arts and Yippity Yippity Music
4:07
16Follow Me (Play Follow the Leader)
recording of:
Follow Me (Play Follow the Leader)
writer:
Alvin Fields, Doug James (Songwriter / Composer / Keyboards) and Sandy Linzer
4:01
17It Will Be Alright (single version)
3:47
18Oh No, Not My Baby
producer:
Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
assistant mixer:
Brian Kornfeld
mixer:
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) and Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Hugh McCracken and John Tropea
bass guitar [bass]:
Neil Jason (bassist)
drums (drum set):
Allan Schwartzberg
electric piano [Yamaha CP‐30] and Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]:
Paul Shaffer (pianist, bandleader, Dave Letterman's sidekick)
percussion:
Jimmy Maelen (percussion)
vibraphone [vibes]:
George Devens
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Maxine Brown (soul & R&B singer)
vocals:
Lillian Lopez, Louise Lopez and Billy McEachern
arranger:
Al Gorgoni
vocals arranger:
Steve Tyrell (American producer and vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1981)
mixed at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, United States
cover recording of:
Oh No Not My Baby
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
composer:
Carole King
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division)
3:38
19Single Again / What Time Does the Balloon Go Up (single version)
recording of:
Single Again / What Time Does the Ballon Go Up
writer:
Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
3:36
2▶Digital Media

Credits

Release

purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/album/1313574083 [info]
https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=B2ir5pnepr6rkg6daafglrsoqiy [info] (until 2020-10-12)
ASIN:US: B077GJWMNQ [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/album/7vxxotS8o6xjqhe64fPlmq [info]
https://www.deezer.com/album/51671072 [info]
streaming page:Amazon Music US [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/album/1313574083 [info]
https://tidal.com/album/81238588 [info]

Release group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 216)