Marmalade

Marmalade Records was a short-lived British independent record label (distributed by Polydor ). Started in 1966 by Swiss-resident Georgian pop impresario and ex-manager of both the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds , Giorgio Gomelsky , Marmalade Records released records by artists including Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and The Trinity , who reached No.5 in the UK in 1968 with " This Wheel's on Fire "; Blossom Toes ; early recordings by Graham Gouldman , Kevin Godley and Lol Creme , who became 10cc ; as well as John McLaughlin 's first solo album. Marmalade's first release, in August 1966, was a controversial single called "We Love The Pirate Stations", by five well-known musicians masquerading as The Roaring 60's. They were mainly members of the Ivy League, who later went on to release hits as The Flower Pot Men . "We Love The Pirates" was not a hit despite extensive airplay on Radio 270, Radio Caroline and Radio London – it was a half-hearted Beach Boys pastiche at medium tempo, but still well-loved by pirate radio aficionados.

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