Rare Gems Odyssey - Rare Gems Odyssey - (US) - Vinyl - 1977

It's quite possible that 99 percent of the world's R&B lovers have never
heard of Rare Gems Odyssey, a little-known disco/funk/soul combo from
Los Angeles. Released in 1977, the band's self-titled debut album received
very little attention. Only one song on this record (which was produced by
Arthur G. Wright) deserves to be called a gem: the hilarious, relentlessly
funky "What Is Funk." Grooving to a James Brown-like riff, the members
of Rare Gems Odyssey provide six minutes of goofy, wacky jive talk and make
"What Is Funk" a classic that would have been worthy of Parliament/Funkadelic.
But that's the only great tune on the LP. From disco-funk items like
"Psychic Lady" and "Restricted Area" to the soul ballad "Rocky Mountain,"
the rest of Rare Gems Odyssey is mediocre -- not terrible, but definitely
mediocre. Commercially, the album bombed, and Casablanca gave Rare Gems
Odyssey the boot. This LP went out of print in 1978 and is unlikely to ever
be reissued on CD.



Rare Gems Odyssey - Rare Gems Odyssey

01 - Love Won't Set Me Free.mp3
02 - Psychic Lady.mp3
03 - Restricted Area.mp3
04 - What Is Funk.mp3
05 - We Are Rare Gems Odyssey.mp3
06 - Wonder Boy.mp3
07 - Me And You.mp3
08 - Rocky Mountain.mp3

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