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.Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg The genres the label has released include pop, blues, country, Jazz, new age, Maori, Pacific and world music.SOUNZ Ode Records, Profile Around 2005, the label was purchased by Roger Marbeck of the Marbecks Record stores chain.New Zealand Listener, 10 December 2013 Roger Marbeck: shouting out to the pessimists by Ian Dando Along with the Kiwi Pacific International Ltd, and Kiwi Records labels, Ode had a speciality in Polynesian music.National Library of New Zealand The history of recording in New Zealand, 8. Independent Recording Labels Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg
General releases (selective) Singles Abdullahs' Regime – "Sally I Do" / "Silver Ship" (Dedicated To Those Services Active In Vietnam) - Ode Records ODE.1 - (1968)Discogs Abdullahs' Regime – Sally I Do 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)45cat Õde Recording Co. - Label Discography Nash Chase - "Sound Of Love" / "My Special Prayer" - ODE-8 - (1970)45car Nash Chase - Discography 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-15Discogs Nash Chase Discography Anderson & Wise - "Anderson and Wise" / "Yo Yo Mac" - ODE-50 - (1972)National Library of New Zealand Anderson & Wise (sound recording); Yo Yo Mac / Taptiklis & Kaye; (performed by) Anderson & Wise.InMyCollection 7" - Anderson & Wise - Anderson & Wise Herb McQuay – "Oh How Happy" / "Mrs Jones" - Ode Records ODE 711 - (1980)Discogs Herb McQuay – Oh How Happy
Albums Herb McQuay - You Are The One - Ode - (1981)National Library of New Zealand Herb McQuayDiscogs Herb McQuay – You Are The One Shane - Portrait 68 - Ode Records SODE 243 - (1986)Discogs Shane* – Portrait 68 Taj Mahal - Taj - Ode Records SODE 256 - (1986)Discogs Taj Mahal – Taj Will Crummer - Shoebox Love Songs - Ode CD MANU 5113 - (2011)Discogs Will Crummer – Shoebox Love Songs Deane Waretini - Now is the Hour - Ode CD MANU 5145 - (2012)New Zealand Charts online Deane Waretini - Now Is The Hour (Album)Music.net.nz Now Is The Hour - Deane Waretini - Top 40 Albums
World and ethnic music (selective) Albums Patea Methodist Club - Toia - Ode Records SODE017 - 1973 (LP) 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)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 FijiWorldCat The first centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji Tumuenua Dance Group - Cook Island Drums, Chants and Songs - Ode VOY 1335 - (1991) (CD)South Pacific Handbook, By David Stanley Resources 877 Songs from the Second Float: Music from the Island of Takū - Recorded, compiled, and annotated by Richard Moyle. Ode Music MANU 2042 - (2005) (CD)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
References
External links Ode Records master tape archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library