Hi Garrett. This showed up on the island in Scotland. It's great. Thanks. I'll be listening to it a good few times! Saw Marmalade live 1975 when they popped up (unannounced) at the university union. Curtains back, lights up and Sandy Newman carried it off brilliantly.
Maybe I had to get older to realise how good this band was. Even so, it is just an unofficial reminder that this band had more to offer than some light weighed chart stompers.
Marmalade was THE best band that never really caught on here..but they should have!! Loved all of their releases!!! Killer stuff and awesome band!!! Hell yeah!!!!!!!
Reflections of My Life is a masterpiece that has stood the test of time. Unfortunately, they never came close to writing another song anywhere near that one. One hit wonders despite being brilliant musicians.
I'm not so sure. Reflections is great but has the same chord progression throughout. I personally think Hugh's brief era has songs just as good, like Middle of a Night.
@@neptunedownunder I did. I was referring to U.S. charts even though I'm Canadian. Reflections reached #10 on the U.S. charts in '69 which is an incredible achievement. It really is a moving song that should have charted top 5 in my opinion. Three other Marmalade songs subsequently charted in the U.S., one of them hitting #49. I don't mean to be offensive in saying that those three songs would not have charted if Reflections had not caught everyone's attention.
I think they are underrated because of the bubblegum covers they had to release as singles, especially their #1 Obla Di Obla Da. However if you flipped that single there was a great original B-side called Chains, and many other cover singles had a better B-side original IMO (Wait a Minute, No Use in Hanging on.)
I'm not sure how seriously the band pursued using these songs on an album, although it seems unlikely Hugh would have allowed it to include Junior's old songs. The 1972 songs are all listed as demos but they sound ready for prime time to me. Otherwise, what sounds like a good title?
The very first sentence under the image tells you that this is "A fan-sequence of what a Marmalade album could have looked like in 1972 if they hadn't broke up." The first comment is "It's a shame this was never released."
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It's a shame this was never released. They were a tight band, even though they had bubblegum overtones. Great slow jam on the last song.
Hi Garrett. This showed up on the island in Scotland. It's great. Thanks. I'll be listening to it a good few times! Saw Marmalade live 1975 when they popped up (unannounced) at the university union. Curtains back, lights up and Sandy Newman carried it off brilliantly.
Maybe I had to get older to realise how good this band was. Even so, it is just an unofficial reminder that this band had more to offer than some light weighed chart stompers.
Marmalade was THE best band that never really caught on here..but they should have!! Loved all of their releases!!! Killer stuff and awesome band!!! Hell yeah!!!!!!!
Great recordings TNX
Strange to have all women screen Goddesses of the 40s in the video some 30 odd years before this group were even formed ! Not complaining mind 😊
This is really good....This many Marmalade songs altogether ....I have a couple of the Demos that finally ended up on a CD..
Very very Good Album !!!
Belle période psychédélique à souhait ! on sent l'idée du concept album et du progressif.
Maravilha essa banda!!!.16-9-21 Brasil
Very nice!
Reflections of My Life is a masterpiece that has stood the test of time. Unfortunately, they never came close to writing another song anywhere near that one. One hit wonders despite being brilliant musicians.
I'm not so sure. Reflections is great but has the same chord progression throughout. I personally think Hugh's brief era has songs just as good, like Middle of a Night.
actually we had 11 top ten hits....just saying..do your homework
@@neptunedownunder I did. I was referring to U.S. charts even though I'm Canadian. Reflections reached #10 on the U.S. charts in '69 which is an incredible achievement. It really is a moving song that should have charted top 5 in my opinion. Three other Marmalade songs subsequently charted in the U.S., one of them hitting #49. I don't mean to be offensive in saying that those three songs would not have charted if Reflections had not caught everyone's attention.
cant believe that all these got reused and made even lotsa hits. and am only hearing it now
The bad publicity about under age groupies destroyed their careers.
great band! underrated though.
I think they are underrated because of the bubblegum covers they had to release as singles, especially their #1 Obla Di Obla Da. However if you flipped that single there was a great original B-side called Chains, and many other cover singles had a better B-side original IMO (Wait a Minute, No Use in Hanging on.)
What is the title of this album and did it ever get an official release?
I'm not sure how seriously the band pursued using these songs on an album, although it seems unlikely Hugh would have allowed it to include Junior's old songs. The 1972 songs are all listed as demos but they sound ready for prime time to me. Otherwise, what sounds like a good title?
The very first sentence under the image tells you that this is "A fan-sequence of what a Marmalade album could have looked like in 1972 if they hadn't broke up."
The first comment is "It's a shame this was never released."