Debut performance of Sugar and Spice on
CJAY-TV Ch 7 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Teen Dance Party, January 27, 1968 Photo credit:
Brian James
Original lineup with Geoff Marrin (vocals
and tambourine), Larry Mahler (bass), Kenn
Richard (drums), Phil O'Connell (lead
guitar), John MacInnes (rhythm guitar) and
Kathleen, Maureen and Aileen Murphy (lead
vocals).
Early 1968.
L-R Back Row:
Phil O'Connell, Kenn Richard, Geoff
Marrin, Larry Mahler, Jon MacInnes
L-R Front Row: Kathleen, Maureen and
Aileen Murphy.
Original Sugar and Spice Poster - January
1968
Design: Pat Langdon Art: Brian
James Image courtesy of
Michael Gillespie
Image courtesy of John Einarson
Sugar 'n Spice - Third release - Side A
CRUEL WAR (Franklin 622 - 1969) (White
Whale WW295 - 1969)
Written: Yarrow/Stookey *
Produced: Bob Burns
Arr & Cond: Bob McMullen
Recorded: Kay Bank Studios - Minneapolis -
Dec 1968
* Note: The label incorrectly attributed
the song to "Public Domain".
No previous release
by Franklin Records had ever sold more
than the original 1,000 copies ordered
by Frank Wiener. Frank didn't
consider himself a "real" record company
- he used the records to stimulate
bookings!!
Cruel
War sold 23,000 copies on the Franklin
label, contributing to the largest
domestic sales year experienced to date
by London Records, the company who
pressed the disk for Franklin.
The record was licensed to White
Whale Records in the United States (the
Turtles label) and promotion copies were
distributed. The prestigious
Drake-format Top 40 radios stations had
already scheduled the record for play
nation-wide when White Whale was contacted
by an angry Peter Yarrow who had not been
properly listed on the label. A
threatened lawsuit caused White Whale to
drop the record and it never went into
rotation. So near and yet so far!
Michael Gillespie 2011
Beginning as The Griffins in 1966 and
ending with Spice in 1973, the above
graphic
is a timeline of the name changes and band
members throughout the years. Image courtesy of
Michael Gillespie
L-R Standing: Steve Banman, Chuck
Gorling, Geoff Marrin , John MacInnes
L-R Seated: Phil O'Connell, Maureen
Murphy, Aileen Murphy, Kathleen Murphy
DISCOGRAPHY
NOT TO RETURN (Original) / I DON'T NEED
ANYTHING (Franklin 616 - 1968)
DAY BY DAY / IT'S GROWIN (Franklin 620 -
1968)
CRUEL WAR / NOT TO RETURN (Reprise)
(Franklin 622 - 1969)
CRUEL WAR / LE GUERRE SE DECHAINE
(Franklin 625 - 1969)
SOMETHING TO BELIEVE / WITHOUT YOU BABE
(Franklin 627 - 1969)
WHISPER GIRL SHINING / JUDITH AND THE
WINDSWEPT (Franklin 633 - 1969)
ANGELINE / IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME (Franklin
642 - 1970)
