The basics about the album

O D D S ' N ' S O D S
Recorded - London
Produced by Leo Muller
Released (more like escaped!) - early 1973
Formats - LP and cassette. A CD version has been seen in Japan - assumed to be a recent pirate copy
Label, cat no. - Stereo Gold Award, MER 373
Also known as - released in Germany as "The Rock Machine plays the best of Deep Purple and other hits", cat no 9048 on the Sonic label
The band on the cover - Hard Stuff, who recorded on the Purple label
Gladys Knight? - there was also an album called "Especially for You" by "Gladys Knight & the Pips with guests Funky Junction". Most of the album is by GK & her Pips - two tracks only are by FJ, but it is not known if this is the same line-up as above.
Baby Face - Ritchie and Ian P recorded three tracks with Phil Lynott under the name of "Baby Face", for a single which never appeared. Most sources date that session as late 72 or early 73, so it could have been soon after the Funky Junction album was recorded. Can anyone confirm the sequence of events, or whether Ritchie & Ian were aware that Phil had done an album of DP covers?