The indepentent Marmalade label was founded by earlier Yarbirds manager Giorgio Gomelsky 1966. Distributed by UK Polydor and mostly concentrating on jazz, prog and psych issues. Before going bankrupt 1969 they released twentyone singles and twelve original albums, this sampler being the last. Today the label is considered highly collectable due to rarity as well as eminent musical quality. Check Gomelsky's liner notes below for details on all tracks. I'm not repeating those here, just saying the outcome is lovely with top audio and a few outmost rarities. Three numbers also appearing on the elusive Julie Driscoll/Brian Auger & The Trinity album "Streetnoise", John McLaughlin's homage to Cream/Jack Bruce lyricist Pete Brown, one cool jazz cut each from married couple Ottile Patterson and Chris Barber, Blossom Toes' psychedelia and Gordon Jackson's "The Journey" from his "Thinking Back" album where he's backed by members of Traffic, Family and Spooky Tooth. Don't have any of those LP:s myself yet, but here I at least get a chance to nibble the goodies. French artist Le Lievre (The Hare) "Dis Toi Bien" was a '45 B-side only and the two cuts from Graham Gouldman and Kevin Goodley never got beyond this sampler. The pair would form 10cc a few years later and here's a small taste of what's to come. Favorite tracks - John McLaughlin "Pete The Poet" and Gordon Jackson "The Journey". Issued in UK only with label as shown here and thin matt cover.
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