shows with artists such as The Settlers, Foggy Dew-O and The Strawberry Hill Boys (later The Strawbs).
In ’69 Glennon introduced them to record producer Jon Miller. Jon was in partnership with Dick James, ex-pop star, erstwhile Beatles and Elton John publisher and a powerful figure in the music industry. Jon had also worked as a booking agent and then for Spencer Davis’ management company as well as UK pop-psych act The Piccadilly Line, before he hooked up with Dick James to form a publishing company called Jamil that aimed to sign up new British acts. He invited both Dave and Marian to record some demos and this resulted in the duo signing up to DJM for both publishing and recording. These demos, which are similar in style to the early Strawbs, can be heard along with assorted early recordings and demos (as well as solo performances by Marian) on the excellent Paper Flowers album
issued by Lightning Tree in 2004.
Realising that times were changing and that the ’60s pop-folk sound had become dated, Jon decided that Marian and Dave needed to move away from the lightweight American style folk sound and travel in a heavier more progressive direction. He introduced Rod Edwards, one half of The Piccadilly Line, and came up with the name Jade whilst also offering to manage the group. The three part harmonies of Marian, Dave and Rod were perfectly offset by a harder and denser electric rock sound Jon had envisaged. Whilst in retrospect it can be seen how many folk bands were going through this creative transformation Marian was not aware of their contemporaries until many years later. “As we became successful and met more artists professionally and socially, we could see and hear the changes in the clubs.” Jade was born right at the very dawn of this new folk-rock trend.
Through his contacts Jon was able to call on many highly respected session players to record the debut album by Jade and so, when Marian, Dave and Rod entered Trident Studios in March ’70, they were able to call on a host of talent that included Pete Sears (Fleur De Lys, Jefferson Starship), Michael Rosen (Eclection), Pete York (Spencer Davis Group, Hardin & York), Clem Cattini (The Ivy League, The Tornados, virtually everybody!), Terry Cox (Pentangle), Mick Waller (Rod Stewart) and Jimmy Litherland (Colosseum). The Jade album features entirely original material written by Marian. When it was prepared for release on the DJM label in the UK in June of ’70 it was housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve depicting the trio in period outfits wandering wistfully across a wintry Hampstead Heath. The album wouldn’t appear in the US until June ’71 on Bell Records due to the fact another band called Jade already operated in America – even then
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