Title: The Marmalade – The Best Of The Marmalade
Year/Genre/City: 1969, Pop Rock / Psychedelic Pop, Glasgow, Scotland
Matrix #: BN 26553
Condition: VG+

Cultural Facts:

UK Hit Machine: The Marmalade were part of the late-’60s British pipeline where sharp singles and TV-ready bands could break big fast—this comp is basically a snapshot of that “radio-first” era.

Beatles Connection: They scored a major #1 with “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” one of the most famous early examples of a Beatles cover outranking the original in the UK charts—an unusual flex in Beatlemania culture.

Glasgow Export: They’re a key Glasgow success story from the period—proof that the UK scene wasn’t just London/Liverpool, with Scottish bands feeding directly into mainstream British pop.