Marsh was initially snubbed by record companies, distributors and radio stations, so he funded his own tapes and CDs from his performances and work in the building trade, selling them at markets, concerts and music outlets. By his late 60s he had achieved 13 gold and six platinum albums, racking up multiple best male artist of the year titles (2008, 2009, 2013) along with best-selling country artist (2007) and NZ country music legend award in 2011, the same year he was inducted into the Golden Guitar Awards Hands of Fame and the NZ Walk of Fame at the Boulevard of Stars in Orewa.