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Rock 'n' Roll Artists A-Z...The Marmalade

http://openlink.br.inter.net/p.buchsbaum/

http://www.mccartneyt.freeserve.co.uk/Marmalade.htm

Marmalade is a pop rock band from Scotland (60-70's), that gave to the world gems like Reflections of my Life, a must in flashback memories. In spite of several smash songs, Marmalade was completely forgotten by the media, maybe because they have released some weak songs (some of them are very commercial or orchestred songs), and from 1973 onwards, the group kept his name, but the magic never was the same.

The history began in 1961 in Glasgow -Scotland, when teenagers William "Junior" Campbell and Patrick Fairley have met on Campbell's 14th birthday and discovered that they both enjoyed playing rock 'n roll. Their early inspirations were the Everly Brothers and Cliff Richard & The Shadows. In the beginning, both played guitar, but Campbell played keyboards too (more and more in later years) then added Billy Johnson (bass) Tom Frew (drums). They took the name The Gaylords, and played local clubs and Johnson and Frew were later succeeded by Bill Irving and Raymond Duffy. Bill Irving was fastly replaced by Graham Knight.

The group began to shine, when the singer Dean Ford joined in 1963. Dean Ford is a pseudonym to Tom McAleese, his nickname is a mixture of Dean Martin, the Ford car and a gangster film. Dean Ford was an very active band's composer. They had regular bookings at the Picasso club in Glasgow and made appearances on BBC's Scotland's TV show, Come Thursday.

They developed a unique sound as Patrick Fairlay switched to a six-string bass while Graham Knight played a regular four-string model. George Martin flew to Scotland and held auditions in a ballroom. He gave Dean Ford and the Gaylords a recording contract and produced their first singleTwenty Miles. The group released 3 singles, but without success.

By 1967, they had signed with the CBS and chosen a new name, Marmalade, which was more akin with the times. This name were created when they was having breakfast with their manager Peter Walsh, that was engaged because Tremeloes, the Peter Walsh's band, liked its music.

Despite being little more than a mainstream pop outfit at this time they managed to get gigs at 'underground' venues like the Marquee and were a regular attraction at jazz and blues festivals. Various publicity stunts were used to put them in the public eye, including a promotional film and the distribution of jars of marmalade to various radio stations. By now, the group had relocated to London and set up a communal home in Archway.

Their debut 45, It's All Leading Up To Saturday Night, had a harpsichord introduction and conveyed the imagery of weekend freedom pretty effectively. The flip was a rather lightweight composition of their own. The follow-up, Can't Stop Now, was a pop/soul effort rather overshadowed by another group original on the flip. Their third release was a considerable advance - their first self-penned 'A' side. Notable for its tight harmonies, strong chorus and tuned-down lead guitar line, I See The Rain captured them at their most creative and together with the follow-up, Man In A Shop, which was full of gorgeous harmonies and swirling tapes, captured the feel of that memorable Summer of 1967, though sadly neither were hits here, though I See The Rain did get to No 23 in Holland. Jimi Hendrix called it his record of the year.

Their breakthrough finally came with a cover of US band The Grassroots' Lovin' Things, a commercial, bubblegum-style song, which CBS pretty much forced upon them, as time was running out for the band. On the flip side they did a cover of Hey Joe - they'd earlier been on a tour with Hendrix. Lovin'Things reached No. 6 in the UK hit parade.

Having achieved a hit formula they stuck to it with Wait For Me Mary-Anne and a cover of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da from The Beatles' White Album, which took them to No 1. Both songs were extremely commercial and destroyed any 'underground' credentials which some of their earlier recording had nurtured. They were a classic case of a band who had to compromise to achieve success. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da stayed in the charts for five months. They wore Scottish national dress on "Top of the Pops".

Baby Make It Soon gave them another Top 10 hit (No. 9), though Butterfly, one of their more creative songs and their final release for CBS sadly flopped, as did their album, There's A Lot Of It About.

On 14 November 1969, they signed a new contract with Decca, which gave them complete freedom to write, arrange, produce and record whatever material they wanted free from record company interference - something they'd never enjoyed with CBS. The first result of this new arrangement was Reflections Of My Life, a ballad penned by Junior Campbell and Tom McAleese. Decca was sceptical about realeasing it as a single because they felt the first release on a new label should be positive and up-tempo. The song, that is like a Hollies' ballad, took some weeks to enter the charts but it climbed to No.1 in the "New Musical Express".

It went down well climbing to No 3 in the UK and No 10 in the US. A new album inevitably followed, but Reflections Of The Marmalade failed to make much impact here in the UK, though it got to No 71 in the US, where it was issued as Reflections Of My Life. Rainbow was the next song. It was written by Junior Campbell, Dean Ford (or Tom McAleese) and his wife. The single, which featured the band's strong harmonies, made No.3. Rainbow also made it to No 51 in the US.

My Little One gave them further UK hits and their next album, Songs, contains beatiful songs. By now though Junior Campbell felt the band had gone as far as it could and departed, to be replaced by Hugh Nicholson, who'd earlier played for another Scottish group, The Poets. Whitehead also left and was replaced by another ex-Poet, Dougie Henderson.

These changes gave the group a new injection of life in the short-term. Some Nicholson compositions, Cousin Norman (No. 6), Back On The Road and Radancer (Radancer is a Scottish term for a dancer, this song reached Top 10), Sarah,Ride Boy Ride were all pretty lively songs which, some of them, made the charts and kept the band in the public eye. Though, after the first of these hits Fairley 'retired' from the group. The band received some adverse publicity, though, in 1972, when a popular Sunday newspaper accused the band of sexual debauchery in a typical tabloid-style groupie exposé and the promising Radancer became the revitalised line-ups final 45 and their final 45 for Decca.

At the same time of Nicholson's songs, Tom McAleese composed some nice songs using his pseudonym Dean Ford (Lovely Nights, Just one woman, Mama).

Nicholson left to join Cody but in 1974 Ford, Knight and Henderson re-grouped and signed with the EMI with a new six-piece line-up (D). This recorded the Our House Is Rockin' album and three 45s but Knight left almost as soon as the new line-up was put together and it was clear that the group was falling apart. It was left to Knight and Whitehead to haul the band out of the ashes in 1976 and put together a new line-up. Signing toTarget Records they enjoyed a further UK hit with Falling Apart At The Seams (which certainly described the band's predicament a few years earlier), which also climbed to Nzo 49 in the US, where it was released on Ariola America. Subsequent singles and an album flopped and, in any case, they are beyond this book's remit. Still the band was certainly durable and recorded in various incarnations throughout the eighties.

I think that the best CD on sale is Definitive Collection, though several good songs like Back on the road, Sarah, etc. are missing. Replacing that songs, they have included weak songs like Lovin' Things and Baby Make it Soon. Their recordings from 1973 onwards are not recommended.

Main Composers

William Junior Campbell - He was born at May 31, 1947 in Glasgow - Scotland. He began a promising solo career in 1972 with the stirring Hallelujah Freedom. Combining much of the melody of Marmalade, this soul-influenced single made the UK top 10. The following year similar success came with Sweet Ilusion. The chart single stopped and Campbell’s direction move toward back-room production. In the early 80s, he wrote the theme music to award-winning UK television children programmes, notably Thomas The Tank Engine (narrated by Ringo Starr) and Tugs.

Today he lives in Ascot and he writes music for movies and TV.
Hugh Nicholson - He was born at July 30, 1949 in Rutherlen - Strathclyde - Scotland. Affer Marmalade, he has joined the Blue. The Blue’s debut album (called Blue) in 1973 showcased an engaging, melodic rock and continued the style forged by Nicholson during his brief spell in the Marmalade. Some Blue's albums were produced by Elton John. In the 80s-90s, he worked with Gary Numan (look at sites)

http://www.recordlabel.co.uk/catalog.htm and http://www.recordlabel.co.uk/garyn.htm ). Nowadays, he lives in Surrey (near London) and he is still writing and producing.

Dean Ford - He was born at September 5, 1946 in Glasgow - Scotland, his true name is Thomas McAleese (or Tom McAleese), that is the way he signs the songs that he has written. He was also one of the lead vocals in Pyramid Album - 1978 (Alan Parsons Project), with the song Can't Take It With You. He moved then to LA and he runs a chauffeured limo service and writes songs.

Graham Knight - He was born at December 8, 1946 in Scotland. He have composed a beatiful song with cool
guitar solos called Empty Bottle. In Rickenbacker Home Page, there is a Graham's photo holding a Fireglo 4001 Rickenbacker. He is in the current Marmalade's line-up. All integrants are classified below. The letters A,B,C ou D classifies the member in a correct line-up

WILLIAM JUNIOR CAMPBELL lead guitar A B (May 31, 1947 - Glasgow - Scotland)
RAYMOND DUFFY drums A
PAT FAIRLEY guitar and 6-string bass A B C (April 14, 1946 - Glasgow - Scotland) (Lives in LA)
DEAN FORD lead vocals A B C D (September 5, 1946, Glasgow - Scotland)
GRAHAM KNIGHT bass A B C D (December 8, 1946 - Scotland)
ALAN WHITEHEAD drums B (July 24, 1947 - Oswertry - England)
DOUGIE HENDERSON drums C D (nowadays in a band called "Blues Poets" in Scotland)
HUGH NICHOLSON lead guitar, vocals C (July 30, 1949 - Rutherlen - Scotland)
JOE BREEN bass D
HOWIE CASEY drums D
MIKE JAPP guitar, keyboards, vocals D
Line-ups
A - Till 1967 (Dean Ford, Graham Knight, Junior Campbell, Pat Fairley & Raymond Duffy)
B - 1968 to 1971 (Dean Ford, Graham Knight, Junior Campbell, Pat Fairley & Alan Whitehead)
C - 1971 to 1972 (Dean Ford, Graham Knight, Pat FairLey, Dougie Henderson &Hugh Nicholson)
D - 1973 to 1976 (Dean Ford, Graham Knight, Dougie Henderson. Joe Breen, Howie Casey & Mike Japp)

The Gaylords I (1961 - ? )

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards - b. William Campbell.
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Billy Johnson - bass
Tom Frew - drums

The Gaylords II ( ? - ? )

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Bill Irving - bass
Raymond Duffy - drums

The Gaylords III / Dean Ford & The Gaylords I ( ? - ? )

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Bill Irving - bass
Raymond Duffy - drums
Dean Ford - vocals - b. Thomas McAleese

Single: "Twenty Miles"

Dean Ford & The Gaylords II ( ? - ? )

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Raymond Duffy - drums
Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Name changed to The Marmalade.

The Marmalade I( ? - 1966)

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Raymond Duffy - drums
Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals

Single: "It's All Leading Up To Saturday Night"

The Marmalade II(1966 - 1970)

Junior Campbell - guitar/keyboards
Patrick Fairley - guitar
Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Alan Whitehead - drums

Albums:
"There's A Lot To Talk About" (1969)
"Reflections Of My Life" (1970) - Singles: "Reflections Of My Life", "Rainbow"
Singles: "Can't Stop Now", "I See The Rain", "Man In A Shop", "Lovin' Things"

The Marmalade III(1970 - 1971)

Patrick Fairley - guitar
Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Alan Whitehead - drums
Hugh Nicholson - guitar/vocals - formerly with The Poets.

The Marmalade IV (1971 - 1972)

Patrick Fairley - guitar
Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Hugh Nicholson - guitar/vocals
Dougie Henderson - drums - formerly with The Poets.

Album:
"Songs" (1971) - Single: "Radancer"

The Marmalade V(1972 - ? )

Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Hugh Nicholson - guitar/vocals
Dougie Henderson - drums

The Marmalade VI ( ? - ? )

Dean Ford - vocals
Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Dougie Henderson - drums
Mike Japp - guitar/vocals

Albums:
"Ob La Di" (1973)
"Our House Is Rocking" (1974)

The Marmalade VII ( ? - ? )

Dean Ford - vocals
Dougie Henderson - drums
Mike Japp - guitar/vocals

Album:
"The World Of Marmalade" (1976)

The Marmalade VIII (aka, Vintage Marmalade) ( ? - ? )

Graham Knight - bass/vocals
Alan Whitehead - drums
Sandy Newman - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Charlie Smith - guitar

Albums:
"Only Light On My Horizon Now" (1977) - Single: "Falling Apart At The Seams"
"Doing It All For You" (1979)
"Marmalade" (1981)

The Marmalade IX ( ? - ? )

Graham Knight - bass/guitar/vocals
Sandy Newman - guitar/keyboards/vocals
Charlie Smith - drums/vocals
Alan Holmes - guitar/keyboards/vocals

Compilations:

"Back On The Road 69/72" (1981)
"The Best Of Marmalade" (1969)
"The Very Best Of Marmalade" (1993)
"The Very Best Of Marmalade" (1995)
"The Definitive Collection" (1996)
"Great" (1998)
"Rainbow: The Decca Years" (1999)
"I See The Rain: The CBS Years" (2000)

Discography

Albums:

(B) There's a lot of it about - CBS 63414 from UK (1968)
Tracks: Lovin things/I see the rain/I shall be released/Summer in the city/Piece of my heart/There ain't no use in hanging on/Mr Tambourine man/Wait for me Mary-Anne/Mr Lion/Station on Third Avenue/Chains/Hey Joe/Mess around/Man in a shop.
(B) Reflections of the Marmalade - Decca LK/SKL5047 from UK - 1970 or Reflections of my life (USA)
Tracks: Super clean Jean/Carolina in my mind/I'll be home in a day or so/And yours is a piece of mine/Some other guy/Kaleidoscope/Dear John/Fight say the mighty/Reflections of my life/Life is
(B) Songs (DeccaSKL 5111) from UK - 1971
Tracks: Bad weather/Sarah/Mama/Back on the road/lady of Catrine/Empty bottles,I've been around too long/Lovely nights/She wrote me a letter, Ride boy ride.
Seven by Nicholson, two by Ford and Knight's one effort- .'Empty bottles'. The cover is a mouth lost in the all red surrounding.
(D) Our House is Rockin' - EMI EMC3047 from UK - 1974
The only light on my horizon now - Target TGS 501 - 1977
... doing it all for you - Sky LP-1 - 1978
Marmalade - G&P Records GP1001 - 1980

Best Songs

The best Marmalade's songs are quoted below with a short comment.

I see the rain (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - Great song from Beatles' inspiration. The Dutch love it!
Chains (Campbell) - Other good Beatles-like song.
Hey Joe (Roberts)- Good cover from a famous song from Jimi Hendrix
Reflections of my life(Campbell, McAleese) - The great classic.
Rolling' my Things (Campbell, McAleese) - It's a kind of soft funk music
Rainbow (Campbell, McAleese) - The main mate of the great classic with harmonica.
Ballad of Cherry Flavor (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - beatiful, beatiful and beatiful. Has harmonica.
Is your life your own (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - A remarkable chorus in a nice song.
Life is (Campbell, McAleese) - It's simple and beatiful. Recalls John Lennon's Love
Dear John (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - Good melody with orchestra.
Fight say the mighty (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - It's a little bombastic, but not bad.
Can you help me (Campbell,Mc.Aleese) - Some influence of progressive rock More than 8 minutes!
And yours is a piece of mine (Campbell Mc.Aleese) - A strong melody but with orchestra, that spoils something!
Bad weather (Nicholson) - Basic rock
Kaleidoscope (Campbell, J & Tom McAleese) - Psychedelic song.
Cousin Norman (Nicholson) - Great country-style song, with a relaxed mood
Mama (Ford) - Melodious and very inspired song. Dean Ford has a beatiful voice.
Lady of Catrine (Nicholson) - Very nice song with 2 lead vocals and acustic guitars. Recalls Paul Simon's songs.
I've been around too long (Nicholson) - It's an effort to make a hard rock song. Just kidding!
She wrote me a letter (Nicholson)- Voice and piano from Hugh Nicholson.
Lonely Man (Nicholson) - This songs flows like the wind that already was born blowing!
Radancer (Nicholson) - A hypnotic beat, using a scottish term ("radancer ")
Back on the Road (Nicholson) - Pure rockability!
Sarah (Nicholson) - The old and good Nicholson's pastoral style
Just one woman (Ford) - Ford is a very good songwriter, even in a simple song like this one. Lovely Nights (Ford) - Great and quiet song. Dean Ford (McAleese) knows how to write a song! Very lyrical.
Ride Boy Ride (Nicholson) - Piano, softness and a velvety voice
Empty Bottle (Graham Knight) - Guitars and guitars from Campbell in a outstanding song.



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