måndag 25 november 2013

THE BEST OF THE MARMALADE SPR 36 (-69) UK

The band's second album. The first "There's A Lot Of It About" mostly consisted of earlier '45 cuts. So does this, having six tracks in common. All nine prevous A-sides 1966-69 plus two original cover songs from the debute - "Mr Tambourine Man" and "Piece Of My Heart". In comparison I like the track choice of the first one best with "Mr Lion" and two top B-sides - "Hey Joe" and "There Ain't No Use In Hanging On". Instead this has the last three CBS singles, including the UK list topping cover of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da". Luckily the group's two best songs, the pop psych masterpieces "I See The Rain" and "Man In A Shop" is on here too, seemingly re-mixed for the issue with improved audio. Since I'm more into their earlier stuff I prefer "There's A Lot Of It About", but if you're a true fan you'll probably need both. US issue 1970 on Epic (BN 26553) came with different cover design. Premiere UK had label as shown here, thick vinyl and laminated cover. (MYK*)

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