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Marmalade - The Only Light On My Horizon Now (1977/2010)

2017-02-06T15:51:41Z

Marmalade - The Only Light On My Horizon Now (1977/2010)


01. The Only Light On My Horizon Now
02. You Steal The Limelight
03. Living To Feel The Magic
04. Walking The Tightrope
05. Louisiana
06. So Sad
07. Hello Baby
08. What You Need Is A Miracle
09. The Rusty Hands Of Time
10. It's Hard To Understand
11. Rollin' On
12. Falling Apart At The Seams
Bonus Tracks:
13. Fly Fly Fly
14. My Everything
15. Sentimental Value
16. Mystery Has Gone
17. Wasting My Time
18. Talking In Your Sleep
19. Make It Really Easy
20. Hot And Cold All Over
21. The Blind man

Sandy Newman - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals 
Garth Watt-Roy - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals 
Graham Knight - Bass, Vocals
Alan Whitehead - Drums, Percussion
Tony King - Arranger [Strings]

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1977 album from the '60s hitmakers including nine bonus tracks (two of them previously unreleased). Only Light on My Horizon Now was their one and only LP that they recorded for the seminal Target Records. Original LP artwork, highly detailed liner notes plus pictures of all the relevant singles are a feature of the packaging. Includes the UK #9 hit single 'Falling Apart at the Seams' which also hit the Top 50 in the U.S. 7Ts. ---Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

'The only light on my horizon now' - Target TGS 501 (1977). Issued a year after their swansong hit that features as the final track here. Hardly worth the effort of typing out the long titles of these numbers. Soft poppy ballads with more strings than guitars. Definitely not for the 'Radancer' fan. Five numbers by Tony Mccauley (he owned the label and incidentally wrote 'Baby make it soon'), six by Newman and one by Watt-Roy. --- .rockingscots.co.uk

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The Marmalade ‎– There's A Lot Of It About (1968/2000)

2019-08-04T13:57:53Z

The Marmalade ‎– There's A Lot Of It About (1968/2000)


1 	Lovin' Things	3:05
2 	I Shall Be Released	4:04
3 	I See The Rain	3:48
4 	Hey Joe	4:01
5 	Summer In The City	2:12
6 	There Ain't No Use In Hanging On	1:59
7 	Piece Of My Heart	3:56
8 	Wait For Me Mary-Anne	3:23
9 	Mr. Tambourine Man	3:16
10 	Chains	2:33
11 	Mr. Lion	3:02
12 	Station On Third Avenue		3:21
13 	Mess Around		3:14
14 	Man In A Shop	3:27
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15 	It's All Leading Up To Saturday Night	2:19
16 	Wait A Minute Baby	2:12
17 	Can't Stop Now	2:09
18 	Laughing Man	3:24
19 	Cry		2:40
20 	Ob La Di Ob La Da	3:03
21 	Baby Make It Soon	3:03
22 	Time Is On My Side	2:41
23 	Butterfly	3:48
24 	Otherwise It's Been A Perfect Day	2:42
25 	Clean Up Your Heart		2:32

Original band 1968:
Patrick Fairley – vocals, 6 string bass/rhythm guitars 
William Junior Campbell – vocals, guitars, keyboards 
Dean Ford – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
Alan Whitehead – drums 
Graham Knight – vocals, bass

At a time where a lot of bands were going for otherworldly psychedelic ‘mind-crashers’, Marmalade went another direction. They had a very commercial sounding aura about them, and after four failed singles, they finally made the top 10 of the U.K. Charts. Fortunately for them, unlike massive bands like the Small Faces and The Move, Marmalade actually had a top 10 hit in the United States with “Reflections of my Life”, making them a one hit wonder in that country.

What Marmalade captures to do is create commercially sounding pop songs, without going over the top with or sounding too corny (most of the time!) Lead singer Dean Ford really puts them in control with a fantastic voice, and one that is synergistic with the songs themselves. It is too bad that he never never made it big as a solo artist after he left the group in 1974, after doing four albums with them.

As for the songs themselves, lets start with the covers. There is a total of five of them included on here, and I would say three of them were worth recording. Their version of Big Brother & Holding Company’s “A Piece of my Heart” could have made it big itself. It perfectly encapsulates the spirit of the 60’s. Look up some live BBC songs on Youtube. There are many songs there that have that same feeling as “Piece of my Heart”. It’s easy to get lost in a magical rush of serotonin when Ford sings on this one. The Bob Dylan cover of “I Shall Be Released” might not be for everybody, but for a lot of people it will serve as a song you might listen to constantly for months. So smooth, and includes astounding horns that will make you reverse the songs a few times to hear it again.

Their cover of “Hey Joe” starts a bit boring for sure, the first verse is a little lazy. However, it picks up speed quickly and the last 2/3 of the song is definitely worth it. Their version of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City” is a song that I can take or leave it…Not bad, but not exceptional either. Now, as for the originals, you will mostly be happy with;

There are two particularly psychedelic songs on the album, one of them being the incredible “I See The Rain”, reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. Ironically, Hendrix stated that “I See The Rain” was the the best song of 1967 for him. Crunchy guitar riffs, and parts of “Hey Joe” noticeable throughout it. I have never read or heard anybody say that, but there is a guitar part in this song that is identical to parts of Hendrix’s version.

The other psychedelic song, “There ain’t no use in Hangin’ on”, is a groovy piece of musical art that will captivate you with its catchiness and impressive guitar parts by lead guitarist William Junior Campbell. Then, we get to tracks like “Station on Third Avenue” and “Chains” both stylistically different, but they will each get you into music mode. “Chains” especially will grab you, with its Rubber Soul sounding maturity.

The opening track, “Lovin’ Things” got them into the charts. Not a bad song, but the non album single “Wait for me Mary-Anne” is much better and should have replaced “Lovin’ Thing”. However “Lovin Things” did get them their first hit in the UK, peaking at number six.

I would also recommend their follow up album, Reflections of the Marmalade, and 1974’s Our House is Rocking which features a much harder sound from them. If you enjoy pop, I would totally advise you check this album out. Not perfect by any means, but there are enough songs on here by this Scottish band that should make it on your on your miscellaneous playlists. ---Matt Kessler, moofmag.com

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The Marmalade – Reflections of The Marmalade (1970)

2010-08-25T08:54:43Z

The Marmalade – Reflections of The Marmalade (1970)


1 	Super Clean Jean 	
2 	Carolina In My Mind 	
3 	I'll Be Home (In A Day Or So) 	
4 	And Yours Is A Piece Of Mine 	
5 	Some Other Guy 	
6 	Kaleidoscope 	
7 	Dear John 	
8 	Fight Say The Mighty 	
9 	Reflections Of My Life 	
10 	Life Is 	
+ Bonus tracks:
11 	Rollin' My Thing 	
12 	Rainbow 	
13 	The Ballad Of Cherry Flavor 	
14 	My Little One 	
15 	Is Your Life Your Own 	
16 	Stay With Me Baby 	
17 	Can You Help Me 	
18 	Some Fine Day 	
19 	Evening Shadows

Dean Ford - lead vocal
Graham Knight - bass, harmony vocals
Alan Whitehead - Drums
Pat Fairley - acoustic guitar
Junior Campbell - keyboardsm electric guitars, harmony vocals

The group's second album is a diverse collection of tracks that manages to take in elements of country-rock, lite-rock, and psychedelia -- and occasionally comes up with winning moments do to some tight songwriting. The band had a great sound that seemed to fall somewhere between the Small Faces and Bread. As much of a vehicle as the album might have been for "Reflections of My Life," there are several tracks that manage to stand out after a few listens. From the excellent bit of countrified harmony pop that is "Carolina on My Mind" to the fragile, baroque ballads like "Dear John" and "And Yours in Piece of Mine," the group delivers flowery soft rock with Left Banke-esque touches and dashes of Moog. The track "Kaleidescope" is precisely the kind of psychedelic overload you would expect. "Fight Say the Mighty" takes the rollicking country-rock route for awhile before dropping in a buzzing Moog and a disorienting, crashing cymbal at the end of each chorus. "Reflections of My Life" is probably the group's finest moment as it fuses harmony, colorful orchestration, and soul music into one triumphant four-minute pop song. The guitar solo featured in the middle is one that must have fallen from the pages of George Harrison's songbook. "And Yours in Piece of Mine" follows the same formula as "Reflections," while not soaring quite so high, but still managing to effectively blend syrupy orchestration and harpsichord. Through and through, the pop guitar work of Junior Campbell and vocalist Dean Ford manage to make things consistently interesting. If you are a fan of psychedelic lite-pop and soft folk-rock, this is a great release from a great, unsung band. ---Jon Pruett, AllMusic Review

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