Top 40 Music on CD Forum : Odyssey - "Native New Yorker" https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:16:47 +0000 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:04:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5006 <![CDATA[Top 40 Music on CD Forum]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Odyssey - "Native New Yorker" : Yeah, I made that same recent...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5006&PID=22612&title=odyssey-native-new-yorker#22612 Author: EdisonLite
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Posted: 18 June 2009 at 9:04am

Yeah, I made that same recent discovery, too - when I bought those 4 Frankie Valli CDs recently released - and found on there a few other songs that became covers for other people (where I didn't even know about the Valli originals).]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:04:21 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5006&PID=22612&title=odyssey-native-new-yorker#22612 <![CDATA[Odyssey - "Native New Yorker" : As of the printing of my 1955-1996...]]> https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5006&PID=22611&title=odyssey-native-new-yorker#22611 Author: crapfromthepast
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Posted: 17 June 2009 at 9:04pm

As of the printing of my 1955-1996 book, the listings for this track were mostly the 12" version, with one CD having a sped-up LP version and one being segued together.

I found what I think is the 45 version on the 2-CD Sessions Presents The Ultimate Party Album (Warner Special Products OPCD-4541, 1992), where it has a printed time of 3:31 and an actual run time of 3:27 (excluding outro silence). It sounds pretty nice, like it was mastered properly from a tape source.

This 45 version is also on the UK 5-CD set 100 All Time Classic Dance Hits Of The 1970s (Connoisseur Collection DHOS CD100, 1988), where it runs 3:26. Doesn't sound all that great on here, and the collection itself is pretty rare.

I don't have the RCA 45 to compare, but it sounds right to my ears.

By the way, I discovered that the song is a remake! It was done originally by Frankie Valli on the Lady Put The Light Out album (Private Stock PS 7002, released 1977). The Odyssey version was a hit in early '78. Neato!]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:04:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5006&PID=22611&title=odyssey-native-new-yorker#22611