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Sundowners Club – Light Fantastic, Centre Page, Marmalade – Eastbourne April 1976
Sundowners Discotheque – Eastbourne. Light Fantastic, Centre Page and Marmalade April 1976. Remember seeing lots of bands here, always a great night.
Chris Coleman… spent a lot of my misspent youth in there lol
Jane Hartley… Nipped over there after the pubs chucked out and got in before they closed the doors!
Virginia Davis… Forgot about Sundowners. Used to go a lot
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Saw lots of bands there & also, across the road at Kings Country Club – although that was more ‘cabaret’ style artists & comedians. The Barron Knights, Tony Bennett, Mike Reid, Freddie Starr to name but a few!
Charlie Ball… Sweet sensation !…. Used to love the Sundowners, Good fun
Alan Esdaile… Sad Sweet Dreamer Charlie. I think I saw them. I remember seeing Mud and The Real Thing at The Sundowners.
Leigh Wieland-Boys… Yes! Saw them too Charlie! Did we go together?! Lol ️xx Great times! Oh to be young again, eh, Mr B?! ️xx
Paul Austin… Reflections of my life by Marmalade… One of my favourite songs of all time!
Mark Gilham… I played opposite there at Kings Country Club in a cabaret band when I was a 17 year old student!
Jane Dorsett… saw lots of bands at sundowners, had my 18th birthday at kings country club, at will be 40 years ago tomorrow. were has all the years gone, love to do it all again.
Colin Bell… Did some djing there and first saw The Drifters at Kings C.C. over the road, when Johnny Moore was the lead singer, a really lovely guy with a great voice. Im sure Andre did some djing there too?
Or has my memory gone wonky…!
Marmalade – Aquarius 19th May 1973
Mike Guy… Did they ever play any jam nights? I bet they are well-preserved!
Pete Fisher… spreading rumours??
Jim Breeds… Did they ever cover Toast?
Mike Guy… Let’s keep the posts Seville!
Tony Davis… Perhaps they should orrange a reunion
Dave Nattress… Very good chaps!! No I mean it. Remember them from Top of the Pops, great band. I have a greatest hits CD.
Phil Gill… Ray Fenwick introduced me to drummer Alan Whitehead in 1981. He was very well preserved.
Mark Randall… Let’s go back to Lanzarote 1983, I got chatting ( ie he started talking at me) with a Scottish chap named Tam. It’s always interesting that when meeting strangers on hols or whatever, people say they used to be in a band, it was always as the drummer or bassist. Pre Internet it was hard to verify their story. Anyhoo, this drunken Scot insisted he was the drummer in Marmalade .
Marmalade – Hastings Pier 27th July 1969
ad supplied by Sarah Harvey, photo from 1968 Theoldcomposer
Dave Nattress… Used to see them on TOTP’s a lot and they did some great singles. Bought The Very Best of Marmalade on CD years ago from the record shop that used to be in George Street on the left between the Pump House and the big old hardware shop. Is on the Fat Boy Records label – 1993.
Alan Esdaile… I think you mean Old Town Music, Dave.
supplied by Tony May
Diane Neve… Marmalade, Bring back the good times.
Marmalade singer Dean Ford dies
Junior Campbell(guitar) and Dean Ford(vocals), during recordings for Dutch TV programme Fenklup, 5 April 1968. Photograph by W. Veenman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-46738797
Eric Harmer… Shame. Great voice
Roy Winchester… so sad memory of my youth r.i.p matey
David Broome… R.I.P. Reflections Of My Life is my favourite song by Marmalade.
Alan Esdaile… Terrible news. Reflections of my life is one of my all time favourites.
Robert Searle… with that lovely guitar solo from Junior Campbell.
Jan Warren… Oh, that’s sad, I rather liked Marmalade – R.I.P. Dean Ford
Dennis Torrance… Rest in peace Dean Ford
Alan Parker… how sad, only 3 days into the new year and the list is rising already
Dave Nattress… Great shame, I remember seeing them on TOTP’s and many great singles. Got their greatest hits on a CD.
Pauline Richards… It’s started again. So many musicians already!
David Broome… Forgot he was one of the vocalist on The Alan Parsons Project album Pyramid.
Pete Prescott… Reflections of my life. I saved my paper round Money to bye that. Loved his singing.
Eric Harmer… Pete, same here
Joe Knight… One of my favourite