Bee Gees / Odessa (US, ATCO Records, SD 2-702) <30 March 1969>

Bee Gees / Odessa (US, ATCO Records, SD 2-702)
(ONE) ST-C-681521-A
(TWO) ST-C-681522-A
(THREE) ST-C-681523-B
(FOUR) ST-C-681524-A

Odessa is the sixth studio album by the Bee Gees, originally released on 30 March 1969. Regarded as the most significant of the group's Sixties albums, it was released as a double vinyl record initially in an opulent red flocked cover with gold lettering. 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 album's direction; finally, a dispute over which song to release as a single led to Robin Gibb temporarily leaving the group.The album was not well received by the public or the music press on release, and led to a decline in the group's fortunes until their disco period in the mid 1970s.

最初は"An American Opera"、次いで "Masterpeace" と名付けられたこの作品は、最終的にこのOdessaというタイトルで発表されました。もとはコンセプト・アルバムとして企画されたそうです。"First of May", "Lamplight", "Marley Purt Drive", "Melody Fair"などの名曲を収録していますが、発表当初は評価が高くなく、76年再発盤は1枚に編集されてしまいました。いまでは名作として高く評価されています。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YG5CyNxRlE

"Melody Fair"

Who is the girl with the crying face looking at millions of signs?
She knows that life is a running race,
Her face shouldn't show any line.

Melody Fair won't you comb your hair? You can be beautiful too.
Melody Fair , remember you're only a woman .
Melody Fair, remember you're only a girl. Ah...

Who is the girl at the window pane, watching the rain falling down?
Melody, life isn't like the rain ; its just like a merry go round.

Melody Fair won't you comb your hair? You can be beautiful too.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a woman.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a girl. Ah...

Who is the girl with the crying face, looking at millions of signs?
She knows that life is a running race.
Her face shouldn't show any lines.

Melody Fair won't you comb your hair? You can be beautiful too.
Melody Fair , remember you're only a woman.
Melody Fair, remember you're only a girl. Ah ....