Photo Credit: Odessey and Oracle Album Cover (1968)
British invasion pioneers The Zombies have entered into an agreement with Q Prime to provide label services and distribution for the band’s iconic ‘60s studio recordings.
Plans are underway for series of four definitive physical re-issues in 2025, remastered from original tapes and compiling all the band’s studio output. The first will be a remastered Odessey & Oracle to hit the shelves early next year. This re-issue will include the classic songs “Time Of The Season,” “Care of Cell 44,” and “This Will Be Our Year.” The album is a regular entry in the Best Albums of All Time lists from publications including Rolling Stone and Mojo Magazine.
The album will be released in its original mono mix, to coincide with the release of The Zombies’ documentary, ‘Hung Up On A Dream.’ The documentary is directed by musician and filmmaker Robert Schwartzman and is co-produced by Schwartzman’s Utopia Films, The Ranch Productions, and Tom Hanks’ Playtone.
Q Prime will manage all aspects of marketing, managing, distribution, and licensing for The Zombies’ new label imprint Beechwood Park Records. The catalog includes the hit singles “She’s Not There,” “Tell Her No,” and “I Want You Back Again.”
The Zombies’ four surviving founding members, lead singer Colin Blunstone, keyboardist Rod Argent, bassist Chris White, and drummer Hugh Grundy, along with Helen Atkinson—the widow and Estate Trustee of late guitarist Paul Atkinson—acquired the rights to their catalog last year from Marquis Enterprises Ltd. The group originally signed with Marquis Enterprises as teens in 1964.
Marquis produced their early recordings, granting limited-term licenses to the labels that released their hits (Decca and CBS Records) and later turned over the production reins to primary songwriters Argent and White. The group recorded Odessey & Oracle at Abbey Road Studios in London with a shoestring budget of just £1,000.
The deal was overseen by Chris Tuthill and Cindy da Silva of The Rocks Management, who together have represented the band for the past 11 years, along with attorney Monika Tashman of Loeb & Loeb. “We went through a painstaking process to find a strategic partner who would truly understand the unique qualities of these beloved recordings,” says Chris Tuthill.
“Ultimately, we knew we had to stay true to the band’s history. They have always benefited from a non-traditional and independent approach to both music and businesses, which is one of the reasons their songs are continually rediscovered by a new generation of fans.”
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