Cado Belle

Cado Belle
Origin	Scotland
Genres	Scottish Soul]
Years active	1974–1979
Labels	Anchor Records
Associated acts	Kokomo, Mike Oldfield, Maggie Reilly
Members	Maggie Reilly Alan Darby Gavin Hodgson Stuart MacKillop Davy Roy Colin Tully

Cado Belle were a Scottish rock group prominent in the pub rock scene of the mid 1970s, and are notable for making the first recordings featuring singer Maggie Reilly who went on to have success with Mike Oldfield and as a solo artist. Band member Colin Tully achieved some fame with the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed film Gregory's Girl. Their genre has also been described as Scottish Soul.

In Glasgow, singer Maggie Reilly met Stuart MacKillop who asked her to join his band Joe Cool. In October 1974 the band merged with another called Up, forming Cado Belle. They issued their only, self-titled album in autumn 1976. It was followed a year later by an EP. They continued to gig in 1978 but dissolved the following year.

Their only LP, entitled simply Cado Belle, was released in 1976 on the Anchor Records label. The track listing was:

Mel Collins, Frank Collins and Paddie McHugh from the band Kokomo guested on the album.

In 1977 they recorded the "Cado Belle EP", containing the following tracks -

A CD containing all fourteen tracks from the album and the EP was released by Mirror Image Records in 2008.

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