Reflections of my Life

Marmalade is one of those groups that just seems to endure. They are best remembered today for one record, their cover of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da," although they charted number one records and even Top Ten American singles into the 1970s. The group, especially as constituted up through the early '70s, had many sides, including white soul, harmony dominated pop/rock, and progressive pop, all very much like the Beatles in their middle years. However, it was their cover of a Beatles song, oddly enough, that weighed down their reputation.
In point of fact, they did somewhat resemble the Beatles musically, having started out as a band of teenagers eager to play hard rock & roll; like the Beatles, they developed a great degree of sophistication in their singing and playing, but they never had the freedom to experiment with the different sides of their music…

The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States and significant to the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, the Hollies, the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Animals, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Searchers were at the forefront of the "invasion".

Ultimate 60s Jukebox is a fantastically groovy collection capturing the sound of one of the most exciting eras in pop music. Gathered together are some of the most loved and cherished 60s hits from the greatest icons of the time, including The Troggs, The Spencer Davis Group, The Beach Boys, Petula Clark, Status Quo, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Jones, Marmalade plus many more. Also featured are big signature Soul classics, courtesy of Dobie Gray, Edwin Starr, Barrett Strong, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, The Foundations plus beautiful heartwarming melodies from The Mamas and The Papas, The Flowerpot Men, The Righteous Brothers, Thunderclap Newman, The Yardbirds and many more superb names. This is an enjoyable collectable album of cool tunes that encapsulate this exciting time. Take a journey down memory lane to the most exhilarating decade in music.