They returned to the recording studio but the 2 albums released, Home is in My Head and Three, fell on deaf ears.ĭisappointed with his lack of success in America, Lomax returned to Britain at the end of 1973. Records and reunited with members of the Lomax Alliance and The Undertakers.
In 1971 Lomax returned to America to live and work in Woodstock, New York. During this period a Heavy Jelly LP entirely consisting of Jackie Lomax songs was recorded, but only issued for promotional purposed and never released commercially. They released a single on Head Records ("Chewn In"/"Time Out", Head HDS4001, 1969). History 1970–1977Īfter leaving Apple, Lomax joined a band called Heavy Jelly with bassist Alex Dmochowski, guitarist John Moorshead, and drummer Carlo Little. By 1970, The Beatles' breakup had put Apple Records in a shambles and Apple artists under contract to a uninterested label. A final Apple single followed, a cover of "How the Web Was Woven" featuring Leon Russell. Lomax and Harrison recorded the remainder of the Is This What You Want? album in Los Angeles with Hal Blaine and other members of the highly regarded Wrecking Crew but as with the concurrent single, the Lomax-produced "New Day", success remained elusive when the album was released in the spring of 1969. Despite having three-quarters of The Beatles on the record, plus Eric Clapton and Nicky Hopkins, Lomax's debut single on Apple – the Harrison-penned rocker "Sour Milk Sea" – made little impression commercially. More than enough tracks for an album were recorded but it was never released.Īfter Epstein's death, The Beatles' new record label, Apple Records, took over responsibility for Lomax's recording career, andGeorge Harrison became heavily involved in production. During that period, CBS released two Lomax Alliance singles and one Jackie Lomax solo single. He arranged for a single and an album to be recorded and they signed to CBS before Epstein's untimely death. In 1967, Brian Epstein took his latest lineup, The Lomax Alliance, back to Britain to showcase them at London's Saville Theatre.
Lomax spent two years in America with The Undertakers and a couple of other groups. In 1965 they decided to try their luck in America. They signed with Pye Records and released four singles which only managed to place one week on the British charts among them. They followed The Beatles' route through local venues before setting out for Hamburg, Germany and finally securing a record deal. In January 1962, Jackie Lomax left Dee and the Dynamites to join Merseybeat bandThe Undertakers.