Ode Records (New Zealand)

Ode Records is a New Zealand record label. Artists recordings released through the label include Herb McQuay, Deane Waretini. The first release on the label was a single in 1968, "Sally I Do" by Abdullahs' Regime. The label also became an important outlet for ethnic and world music, especially music from Melanesian and Polynesian sources.

Background

The label was started in 1968 by Terence O’Neill-Joyce.^[1] The genres the label has released include pop, blues, country, Jazz, new age, Maori, Pacific and world music.^[2] Around 2005, the label was purchased by Roger Marbeck of the Marbecks Record stores chain.^[3] Along with the Kiwi Pacific International Ltd, and Kiwi Records labels, Ode had a speciality in Polynesian music.^[4]^[5]

General releases (selective)

Singles

Abdullahs' Regime – "Sally I Do" / "Silver Ship" (Dedicated To Those Services Active In Vietnam) - Ode Records ODE.1 - (1968)^[6]
Andrew - "Hand Bags And Glad Rags" / "Jordan Marsh (My Best Friend)" - ODE 3 - (1968)
The Dizzy Limit - "Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight" - ODE 5 - (1969)
The Dizzy Limit - "Wrote A Song For Everyone" / "Good Golly Miss Molly" - ODE-7 - (1969)^[7]
Nash Chase - "Sound Of Love" / "My Special Prayer" - ODE-8 - (1970)^[8]
Nash Chase - "What Greater Love" / "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" ODE-11 - (1970)
Nash Chase - "I Will Bring You Flowers In The Morning" / "Words" - ODE-15^[9]
Anderson & Wise - "Anderson and Wise" / "Yo Yo Mac" - ODE-50 - (1972)^[10]^[11]
Herb McQuay – "Oh How Happy" / "Mrs Jones" - Ode Records ODE 711 - (1980)^[12]

Albums

Herb McQuay - You Are The One - Ode - (1981)^[13]^[14]
Shane - Portrait 68 - Ode Records SODE 243 - (1986)^[15]
Taj Mahal - Taj - Ode Records SODE 256 - (1986)^[16]
Will Crummer - Shoebox Love Songs - Ode CD MANU 5113 - (2011)^[17]
Deane Waretini - Now is the Hour - Ode CD MANU 5145 - (2012)^[18]^[19]

World and ethnic music (selective)

Albums

Patea Methodist Club - Toia - Ode Records SODE017 - 1973 (LP)^[20]
South Taranaki Methodist Maori Cultural Group -Music of the Maori - Ode Records SODE035 - 1976 (LP)
The First Centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji - Ode Records SODE081 - 1976 (LP)^[21]^[22]
Tumuenua Dance Group - Cook Island Drums, Chants and Songs - Ode VOY 1335 - (1991) (CD)^[23]
Songs from the Second Float: Music from the Island of Takū - Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Richard Moyle. Ode Music MANU 2042 - (2005) (CD)^[24]^[25]

References

^ Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg
^ SOUNZ Ode Records, Profile Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
^ New Zealand Listener, 10 December 2013 Roger Marbeck: shouting out to the pessimists by Ian Dando
^ National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 8. Independent Recording Labels Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg
^ Discogs Abdullahs' Regime – Sally I Do
^ 45cat Õde Recording Co. - Label Discography
^ 45car Nash Chase - Discography
^ Discogs Nash Chase Discography
^ National Library of New Zealand Anderson & Wise (sound recording) ; Yo Yo Mac / Taptiklis & Kaye ; (performed by) Anderson & Wise.
^ InMyCollection 7" - Anderson & Wise - Anderson & Wise
^ Discogs Herb McQuay – Oh How Happy
^ National Library of New Zealand Herb McQuay^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Discogs Herb McQuay – You Are The One
^ Discogs Shane* – Portrait 68
^ Discogs Taj Mahal – Taj
^ Discogs Will Crummer – Shoebox Love Songs
^ New Zealand Charts online Deane Waretini - Now Is The Hour (Album)
^ Music.net.nz Now Is The Hour - Deane Waretini - Top 40 Albums
^ "Toia". Te Ao Hou. July 1973. p. 60-61. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Papers Past.
^ The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero LP - The First Centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji
^ WorldCat The first centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji
^ South Pacific Handbook, By David Stanley Resources 877
^ The University of Queensland Sound Reviews, 97, Songs from the Second Float: Music from the Island of Takū. 2005
^ Songs from the Second Float: A Musical Ethnography of Takåu Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Richard Moyle xxiv Preface, Companion CD

External links

Ode Records master tape archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library

[1] Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg

[2] SOUNZ Ode Records, Profile Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[3] New Zealand Listener, 10 December 2013 Roger Marbeck: shouting out to the pessimists by Ian Dando

[4] National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 8. Independent Recording Labels Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[5] Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg

[6] Discogs Abdullahs' Regime – Sally I Do

[7] 45cat Õde Recording Co. - Label Discography

[8] 45car Nash Chase - Discography

[9] Discogs Nash Chase Discography

[10] National Library of New Zealand Anderson & Wise (sound recording) ; Yo Yo Mac / Taptiklis & Kaye ; (performed by) Anderson & Wise.

[11] InMyCollection 7" - Anderson & Wise - Anderson & Wise

[12] Discogs Herb McQuay – Oh How Happy

[13] National Library of New Zealand Herb McQuay^{[permanent dead link]}

[14] Discogs Herb McQuay – You Are The One

[15] Discogs Shane* – Portrait 68

[16] Discogs Taj Mahal – Taj

[17] Discogs Will Crummer – Shoebox Love Songs

[18] New Zealand Charts online Deane Waretini - Now Is The Hour (Album)

[19] Music.net.nz Now Is The Hour - Deane Waretini - Top 40 Albums

[20] "Toia". Te Ao Hou. July 1973. p. 60-61. Retrieved 12 November 2021 – via Papers Past.

[21] The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero LP - The First Centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji

[22] WorldCat The first centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji

[23] South Pacific Handbook, By David Stanley Resources 877

[24] The University of Queensland Sound Reviews, 97, Songs from the Second Float: Music from the Island of Takū. 2005

[25] Songs from the Second Float: A Musical Ethnography of Takåu Atoll, Papua New Guinea, Richard Moyle xxiv Preface, Companion CD

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