RECORDS
Independent American label: Ode Records was was started by Lou Adler in 1967, after he sold his 'Dunhill' label. In Britain, selected Ode records were initially licensed to CBS - Scott McKenzie's hit, 'San Francisco', was one of them. Early 1970 saw a switch from CBS to A&M. Ode records were issued on A&M at first, with the 'Ode' logo added to the A&M label; from November 1972 releases appeared on the Ode label proper. 1974 saw a slight change in the logo, with the outer ring disappearing and the text becoming 'Ode Records Inc'. When A&M changed distributors from Pye to CBS, in 1975, Ode went with it; the basic design of the remained unchanged but there were differences in the typefaces and in some of the credits. The company seems to have used two slightly different numerical series for its singles simultaneously: ODS-66000, which was the main American one, and ODS-66300, which appears to have been for British releases. Not everything which was released abroad was released in Britain, which accounts for the gaps in the catalogue listing below. ODE PreFix's were all American releases. The label's star was Carole King, but its only Singles Chart placing over here came courtesy of Roger Daltrey ('I'm Free'; ODS-66302) in 1973. The final Ode releases appear to have come out in 1976, in April 1977 Adler was checking possible buyers of the label. That same year Ode teamed up with Epic to form the Epic-Ode label; whether CBS licensed or bought the label remains to be determined. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 70 | Peggy Lipton | Wear Your Love Like Heaven | ODE | ODE | 66001 |
| 70 | Dan Greer | Curiosity Killed The Cat | ODE | ODE | 66002 |
| 70 | Merry Clayton | Gimme Shelter / Good Girls | ODE | ODE | 66003 |
| 70 | Jumbo | Not So Bad / Tell The People | ODE | ODE | 66004 |
| 70 | Children | From The Very Start / Such A Fine Night | ODE | ODE | 66005 |
| 70 | Carole King | Up On The Roof / Eventually | ODE | ODE | 66006 |
| 70 | Merry Clayton | Country Road / Forget It, I Got It | ODE | ODE | 66007 |
| 70 | Fred Karlin | Lotus Baby Rant'N Mantra Blues (From "The Baby Maker") | ODE | ODE | 66008 |
| 70 | Don Everly | Tumbling Tumbleweeds | ODE | ODE | 66009 |
| 70 | Barry McGuire | South Of The Border / The Old Farm | ODE | ODE | 66010 |
| 70 | Merry Clayton | Lift Ev'Ry Voice And Sing (Black National Hymn) | ODE | ODE | 66011 |
| 70 | Mckenzie Scott | Going Home Again | ODE | ODE | 66012 |
| 70 | Children | Hand Of A Lady | ODE | ODE | 66013 |
| 70 | Mark Guerrero | Lila, Love Me Tonight | ODE | ODE | 66014 |
| 71 | Carole King | It'S Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move | ODE | ODE | 66015 |
| 71 | Beach Boys | Wouldn'T It Be Nice (Recorded Live At Big Sur) | ODE | ODE | 66016 |
| 71 | Gritz | Bayou Country / Kentucky Home | ODE | ODE | 66017 |
| 71 | Merry Clayton | After All This Time / Steamroller | ODE | ODE | 66018 |
| 72 | Carole King | So Far Away / Smackwater Jack | ODE | ODE | 66019 |
| 72 | Merry Clayton | After All This Time / Steamroller | ODE | ODE | 66020 |
| 72 | Cheech & Chong | Dave | ODE | ODE | 66021 |
| 72 | Carole King | Sweet Seasons / Pocket Money | ODE | ODE | 66022 |
| 72 | Jan Berry | Mother Earth / Blue Moon Shuffle | ODE | ODE | 66023 |
| 72 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66024 | |
| 72 | David T. Walker | Hot Fun In The Summertime / I Want To Talk To You | ODE | ODE | 66025 |
| 72 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66026 | |
| 72 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66027 | |
| 72 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66028 | |
| 72 | Robinson Family Plan | Nothing Comes Easy / You Poured Sugar On Me | ODE | ODE | 66029 |
| 72 | Merry Clayton | Suspicious Minds / Oh No, Not My Baby | ODE | ODE | 66030 |
| 73 | Carole King | Been To Canaan | ODE | ODS | 66031 |
| 73 | Richie Havens With The London Symphony Orchestra | Eyesight To The Blind | ODE | ODE | 66032 |
| 73 | Tufano & Giammarese | Music Everywhere / Just A Dream Away | ODE | ODS | 66033 |
| 73 | Jan | Blue Moon Shuffle/Don'T You Just Know It | ODE | ODE | 66034 |
| 73 | Carole King | You Light Up My Life | ODE | ODS | 66035 |
| 73 | Tufano And Giammarese | Rise Up | ODE | ODE | 66036 |
| 73 | David T. Walker | Press On / Brother, Brother | ODE | ODE | 66037 |
| 73 | Cheech Y Chong | Basketball Jones / Don'T Bug Me | ODE | ODE | 66038 |
| 73 | Carole King | Corazón | ODE | ODE | 66039 |
| 73 | The London Symphony Orchestra | Underture / I'M Free | ODE | ODE | 66040 |
| 73 | Cheech & Chong | Sister Mary Elephant / Wink Dinkerson | ODE | ODE | 66041 |
| 73 | David T. Walker | I Got Work To Do | ODE | ODE | 66042 |
| 74 | Tom Scott And The L.A. Express | Strut Your Stuff / Sneakin' In The Back | ODE | ODE | 66043 |
| 74 | Perfectly Clear | The Nixorcist | ODE | ODE | 66044 |
| 74 | David T. Walker | Didn'T I Blow Your Mind This Time | ODE | ODE | 66045 |
| 74 | Don Everly | Warmin' Up The Band | ODE | ODS | 66046 |
| 74 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66047 | |
| 74 | Scott Tom & L A Express | Jump Back | ODE | ODS | 66048 |
| 74 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66049 | |
| 74 | 1 jan 1. | Tinsel Town (Hitch-A-Ride-To-Hollywood) / Blow Up Music | ODE | ODE | 66050 |
| 74 | Carole King | Jazzman | ODE | ODS | 66101 |
| 74 | Cheech & Chong | Earache My Eyes | ODE | ODS | 66102 |
| 74 | Tim Curry And Original Roxy Cast (The Rocky Horror Show) | Sweet Transvestite | ODE | ODS | 66103 |
| 74 | Cheech & Chong | Black Lassie | ODE | ODE | 66104 |
| 74 | Tom Scott And The L.A. Express | Tom Cat ? | ODE | ODE | 66105 |
| 75 | Carole King | Nightingale | ODE | ODS | 66106 |
| 75 | Gene McDaniels | Lady Fair | ODE | ODE | 66107 |
| 75 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66108 | |
| 75 | Tom Scott And The L.A. Express | Rock Island Rocket / Refried | ODE | ODE | 66109 |
| 75 | Merry Clayton | Keep Your Eye´S On The Sparrow | ODE | ODS | 66110 |
| 75 | Jan & Dean | Fun City | ODE | ODE | 66111 |
| 75 | Carole King | Pierre | ODE | ODE | 66112 |
| 75 | Not Traced | ODE | ODE | 66113 | |
| 75 | Tufano & Giammarese | Kind Of A Drag | ODE | ODE | 66114 |
| 75 | Cheech & Chong | (How I Spent My Summer Vacation) | ODE | ODE | 66115 |
| 75 | Merry Clayton | If I Lose / One More Ride | ODE | ODE | 66116 |
| 76 | Tim Curry | Baby Love | ODE | ODS | 66117 |
| 76 | Tom Scott | Uptown & Country | ODE | ODE | 66118 |
| 76 | Carole King | Only Love Is Real / Still Here Thinking Of You | ODE | ODS | 66119 |
| 76 | Carole King | High Out Of Time | ODE | ODS | 66120 |
| 76 | Tom Scott | Time And Love / Dirty Old Man | ODE | ODE | 66121 |
| 76 | Tufano* & Giammarese | Times Change | ODE | ODE | 66122 |
| 76 | Carole King | High Out Of Time | ODE | ODE | 66123 |
| 76 | Cheech & Chong | Framed | ODE | ODE | 66124 |
| 76 | David T. Walker | I Wish You Love / On Love | ODE | ODE | 66125 |
| 72 | Tommy | Acid Queen | ODE | ODS | 66301 |
| 72 | Roger Daltrey | I'M Free | ODE | ODS | 66302 |
| 73 | Richard Harris, The London Symphony Orchestra | Go To The Mirror | ODE | ODS | 66303 |
| 73 | Meat Loaf | Clap Your Hands Stamp Your Feet | ODE | ODS | 66304 |
| 75 | Richard O'Brien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Science Fiction Double Feature | ODE | ODS | 66305 |
| 70 | Merry Clayton | Gimme Shelter | ODE | AMS | 802 |
| 71 | Carole King | I Feel The Earth Move | ODE | AMS | 849 |
| 71 | Carole King | So Far Away | ODE | AMS | 867 |
| 72 | Merry Clayton | After All This Time | ODE | AMS | 886 |
| 72 | Carole King | Sweet Seasons / Pocket Money | ODE | AMS | 887 |
| 77 | Cheech And Chong Featuring The Bloaters | Bloat On | ODE | S EPC | 5890 |
