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.

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]

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]

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]

[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
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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)
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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

Ode Records master tape archive at the Alexander Turnbull Library

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

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

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

[4] [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] [5]
Audio Culture, 7 May 2013 Ode - Simon Grigg

[6] [6]
Discogs Abdullahs' Regime – Sally I Do

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

[8] [8]
45car Nash Chase - Discography

[9] [9]
Discogs Nash Chase Discography

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

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

[12] [12]
Discogs Herb McQuay – Oh How Happy

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

[14] [14]
Discogs Herb McQuay – You Are The One

[15] [15]
Discogs Shane* – Portrait 68

[16] [16]
Discogs Taj Mahal – Taj

[17] [17]
Discogs Will Crummer – Shoebox Love Songs

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

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

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

[21] [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] [22]
WorldCat The first centenary of the Methodist Church in Fiji

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

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

[25] [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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Ode Records (New Zealand)

Singles

Albums

Albums

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Ode Records (New Zealand)

Singles

Albums

Albums

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Background

General releases (selective)

World and ethnic music (selective)

References

External links