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ODA "Same" CD HEAVY HARD ROCKER W THE ODA BROTHERS

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ODA SAME CD

7 in stock

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ODA – Oda. Green Tree Records GTR 132. German release. FACTORY SEALED NEW CD. Originally issued in 1971 in a private pressing of 1000 copies. This remastered edition issued in 2009 with the addition of 4 bonus tracks recorded in December of 1971. Comes in a 3-panel foldopen digi-pak. MEMBERS:  Kevin Oda, Art Pantoja, Kyle Schneider, and Randy Oda. TRACKS:  Mable, Wasn’t Very Long, Gabriel, Cheated, Give It Up, Chance, About You, and How Do You Feel. BONUS TRACKS:  Hard Times, One More Time, I Got A Mind To Give Up Living, and All I Want To Do. DESCRIPTION:  Strong local hardrock in the stripped down, riff-happy, non-bombastic style, comparable to the Estes Bros and Glory on Rockadelic as well as the hard rock of, the later, Amulet. They were from the San Francisco Bay area. Guitar playing from Randy Oda is killer throughout, lyrical and fluent yet hard and no-nonsense. Randy also plays the organ in an unusual combination, while his brother Kevin plays drums. Art Pantoja’s vocals are OK in the non-operatic style common to these bands (though clearly not as good as on Dryewater and Top Drawer). Overall this one of the better albums within the style. The CD bonus tracks show an impressive versatility with more melodic moves, as well as a very good take on Butterfield’s Got A Mind To Give Up Living. Randy Oda later had a taste of mainstream success as member of Tom Fogerty’s band Ruby in the late 1970s, then reformed Oda for a 1984 LP.