Marmalade - Kaleidoscope (1966-70)

The Marmalade (formerly Dean Ford & The Gaylords) was a band I have never paid much interest to. They were responsible for the cover of the dull "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", which gave them their only number 1 hit. To be honest it was the only song I have heard by them. In 1999 Tenth Planet released a collection of 15 tracks entitled "Kaleidoscope [An Alternate History Of The Marmalade]" (Tenth Planet TP044) and I gave The Marmalade a second try. It was a good decision 'cause songs like "I See The Rain", "Laughing Man" or "Man In A Shop" are Psych-Pop/Freakbeat masterpieces. There are also a few weaker tracks like "Chains", "Mr. Tambourine Man" or "And Yours Is A Piece Of Mine" (plus the uninteresting Bee Gees cover "Butterfly") but the rest of the set is pretty strong, most notably the eastern-influenced "Kaleidoscope".

Tracklist:
- I See The Rain
- There Ain't No Use In Hangin' On
- It's All Leading Up To Saturday Night
- Chains
- Hey Joe
- Butterfly
- Laughing Man
- Kaleidoscope
- Mr. Lion
- Man In A Shop
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- And Yours Is A Peace Of Mind
- Mess Around

Personnel:
Dean Ford (lead vcls) [ABCD]
Junior Campbell (lead gtr) [AB]
Pat Fairley (gtr) [ABC]
Graham Knight (bs) [ABCD]
Raymond Duffy (drms) [A]
Alan Whitehead (drms) [B]
Dougie Henderson (drms) [CD]
Hugh Nicholson (lead gtr) [C]
Joe Breen (bs) [D]
Howie Casey (drms) [D]
Mike Japp (gtr, keyb'ds, vcls) [D]

Band origin:
Glasgow (Scotland)

Discographie [up to 1976]:
Albums:
1. (B) There's A Lot Of It About (CBS 63414) 1968
2. (B) Best Of The Marmalade (CBS SPB 36) 1969
3. (B) Reflections Of The Marmalade
   (Decca LK/SKL 5047) 1970
4. (C) Songs (Decca SKL 5111) 1971
5. (D) Our House Is Rockin' (EMI 3047) 1974

45's:
 1. It's All Leading Up To Saturday Night/
    Wait A Minute Baby (CBS 202340) 1966
 2. Can't Stop Now/There Ain't No Use In Hangin' On
    (CBS 202643) 1967
 3. I See The Rain/Laughing Man (CBS 2948) 1967
 4. Man In A Shop/Cry (CBS 3088) 1967
 5. Lovin' Things/Hey Joe (CBS 3412) 1968
 6. Wait For Me Marianne/Mess Around (CBS 3708) 1968
 7. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/Chains (CBS 3892) 1968
 8. Baby Make It Soon/Time Is On My Side (CBS 4287) 1969
 9. Butterfly/I Shall Be Released (CBS 4615) 1969
10. Reflections Of My Life/Rollin' My Thing
    (Decca F 12982) 1969
11. Rainbow/The Ballad Of Cherry Flavour
    (Decca F 13035) 1970
12. My Little One/Is Your Life Your Own?
    (Decca F 13135) 1971
13. Cousin Norman/Lonely Man (Decca F 13214) 1971
14. Back On The Road/Love Is Hard To Re-Arrange
    (Decca F 13251) 1971
15. Radancer/Just One Woman/Sarah (Decca F 13297) 1972
16. The Wishing Well/Engine Driver (EMI 2033) 1973
17. Our House Is Rockin'/Hallelujah Freedom Blues
    (EMI 2071) 1973
18. Come Back Joe/Way It Is (EMI 2131) 1974
19. Falling Apart At The Seams/Fly Fly Fly
    (Target TGT 105) 1976
20. Walking A Tightrope/My Everything
    (Target TGT 110) 1976
21. What You Need Is A Miracle/Rusty Hands Of Time
    (Target TGT 113) 1976
22. Hello Baby/Seafaring Man (Target TGT 115) 1976

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