Marmalade - Reflections Of My Life (1969) 4K

Marmalade performing “Reflections of My Life“, released originally in 1969. It reached #2 in Ireland, #3 in the UK Singles Chart, #6 in the Canada Top Singles, #7 in the US Cash Box Top 100 and #10 in the US Billboard Hot 100. This dramatic ballad from the Age of Aquarius finds the singer describing a very bleak outlook on life and the times. The song was sort of a hippie version of the blues. The recording took place over three days in October 1969 at Decca Studios 2 and 1 in West Hampstead London with band members Graham Knight on bass, Alan Whitehead on Drums, Pat Fairley on acoustic guitar, and Junior Campbell on keyboards and electric guitars. Dean Ford sang lead vocal and Junior Campbell and Graham Knight provided harmony vocals. The Marmalade were a Scottish pop group who enjoyed several hits in the UK between 1968 and 1976. Originally a band called Dean Ford & The Gaylords, they changed their name to Marmalade in 1967. They are best remembered in Britain for t