ARP Odyssey Song List
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Table of all ARP Odyssey Tracks
| Artist | Track | Year | Notes & Reference | Media |
| 808 State | Atlas 7 | 2011 | Album: State To State 3. Reference | |
| Alberto Radius | America Good-Bye (album) | 1979 | Synthesizer – Luigi Tonet Album opens with some strong synthwork for the first 15 seconds! Reference | YouTube |
| Neil Ardley | Harmony of the Spheres (album) | 1979 | Neil Ardley plays ARP Omni and ARP Odyssey. Jazz/Rock. Reference | YouTube |
| ARP Analog Synth Jazz Band | Take The A Train | 1980 | ‘Tap Dancer Getting Shot’. A TV spot featuring nine ARP synths, introduced by one a presenter in that ‘incredulous’ style, like they’ve never seen a piece of technology before. arpysynth.com |
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| Matt Berry | Music For Insomniacs (Parts 1 & 2) | 2014 | Synthesizer [ARP Odyssey]. Reference | YouTube |
| Chick Corea | Space Circus | 1974 | Trading licks with Bill Connors: YouTube | YouTube |
| Mickie D's Unicorn | Mickie D's Unicorn (album) | 1979 | Produced by Micky Duwe and Klaus Schulze. Micky plays: ARP Odyssey, Moog Polymoog, Moog Minimoog, PPG Sequencer, EMS Vocoder and all vocals. Reference | YouTube |
| Deep Purple | Space Truckin’ (Live) | 1974 | Jon Lord lets rip on the Odyssey during this 15 minute classic Deep Purple jam. YouTube |
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| Elektronishe Musik Aus Koln | 1. ARP Odysessy | 1990 | Each of the 22 tracks on the album 'Synthesizer Von Gestern' is composed solely with the specified instrument. Reference | |
| George Duke | Cravo E Canela | 1980 | Album: A Brazilian Love Affair. Synths - George Duke. Reference | YouTube |
| George Duke | Funny Funk | 1974 | Album: Feel ”He (Frank Zappa) told me one day, that I should play synthesizers. It was as simple as that! I finally settled on ... an ARP Odyssey. I decided to use an ARP, purely to be different from Jan Hammer, who was playing the Mini Moog, and had a head start on me in the mastery of synthesis. I was really drawn to the possibilities inherent therein. There were some things that were a drag also! Remember, at this time there were no presets or ways of saving patches. Not only that, but you were limited to one note at a time. So overdubbing, a good memory and management system became very important. The year was 1974.” |
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| Elton John | Rocket Man | 1972 | Synth line from 2:15. | YouTube |
| Herbie Hancock | Chameleon | 1973 | Here he playing the Odyssey live (from 6:00): https://youtu.be/0hmVHhH96es?t=330. Reference | YouTube |
| Kraftwerk | Autobahn | 1981 | Duophonic chords at 6:50: Reference: Ernie Rideout, 'Keyboard Presents the Evolution of Dance Music' (Amazon) | YouTube |
| Kraftwerk | The Robots | 1978 | Lead Melody (2:20). Generally believed to be the lead melody as is seen in the official video. This isn’t quite a rock solid guarantee that it was used on the actual recording (any stronger references happily received). Reference | YouTube |
| Gary Numan | Cars | 1979 | "I still like to use the ARP Odyssey because it has the best window-shaking bottom end of any synth." - Gary Numan | YouTube |
| Gianni Safred & His Electronic Instruments | Futuribile (The Life To Come)(album) | 1978 | Gianni Safred plays: Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP Odyssey, ARP Omni. Reference | YouTube |
| Klaus Schulze | "X" (album) | 1978 | Klaus Schulze plays: PPG Synthesizer and sequencer, Moog Minimoog, Korg Polyphonic Synthesizer, Moog Polymoog, EMS Synthi A, Mellotron, ARP Odyssey. Reference | YouTube |
| LCD Soundsystem | Call The Police | 2017 | ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. Reference | YouTube |
| LCD Soundsystem | How Do You Sleep? | 2017 | ARP Odyssey - James Murphy. Reference | YouTube |
| LCD Soundsystem | Tonite | 2017 | [ARP Odyssey Synth Bass] – James Murphy. Reference | YouTube |
| Ultravox! | Hiroshima Mon Amour (album version) | 1977 | Odyssey is seen being played in this Old Grey Whistle test at 3:03. | YouTube |
| Stevie Wonder | Living In the City | 1973 | Reference | YouTube |
| Frank Zappa | Inca Roads | 1974 | This song appears on the album “One Size Fits All.” In the intro, George Duke uses an Odyssey Rev1 to create an LFO based sound effect. arpsynth.com |
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