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Release Date: 6 December 2019
- Little By Little - Dusty Springfield
- Simon Smith And His Amazing Dancing Bear - Alan Price Set
- Brand New Baby - Los Bravos
- Don’t Ask Me To Mend A Broken Heart - The Eyes Of Blue
- Wearing A Smile - The Chants
- That Other Place - Susan Maughan
- The Way You Love - Kathy Kirby
- Blackness Of The Light - Cat Stevens
- Odyssey - Paul Slade
- Tower of Strength - Frankie Vaughan
- Time To Say Goodnight - The Martells
- Please Stay - The Cryin’ Shames
- Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison
- Swinging’ Low - The Outlaws
- Chain Cang - Ronnie Carroll
- From Me To You - Del Shannon
- Loo-Be-Loo - the Chucks
- Tequila ’68 - Ole Jose And The Golden Leaves
- Memories Of Missy - Rogues
- Endless Sleep - Marty Wilde and His Wildcats
- Thursday Morning - Giles, Giles & Fripp
- Michael Hannah - Twinkle
- Girl In The Mirror - Christopher Colt
- I Feel Lucky Tonight - The Stylistics
- Where’s The Girl - The Walker Brothers
Odyssey has been compiled by Ivor’s son Simon Raymonde with author, journalist and music historian Kieron Tyler. Simon explains that: “The research Kieron and I did for Paradise showed us that there was still an extremely rich seam of his music to be uncovered. A follow-up volume was increasingly inevitable.”
Simon explains: “Since the release of Paradise the love of Dad’s life and my dear mum Nita passed away. I thought it fitting that the cover reflects the huge influence this woman had on him. So often, as was society’s norm in the ’50s and ’60s, the woman behind the scenes rarely got a mention. She raised four children while he made his way in the rapidly changing music business, and definitely helped keep his feet on the ground. Using this beautiful photo of Mum as a cover for Odyssey: The Sound Of Ivor Raymonde Vol II redresses the balance a little. He kept it perched on top of his upright walnut Kemble piano in his study and while Mum took it down when he died, thankfully she put it away somewhere safe. It’s certainly a peculiar and unsettling feeling to be left with no parents to turn to, to call, to rely on, and perhaps this emptiness lead me into such a deep period of soul mining.”