Marble Arch Records Label

Appears as marble arch on logo and usually as marble arch records full name on spine.

Marble arch records label.

Marble arch was a budget imprint of pye records. Did you know that marble arch had its own record label. Philips records moved to new and bigger premises at stanhope house near marble arch during 1956 with their own recording studio in the basement. Situated in london with its logo based on london s famous marble arch landmark.

Marble arch records was an english label started in the late 50s. Unfortunately the central line tube ran underneath it and could occasionally be heard during recordings. The label was launched in october 1964 see billboard magazine 10 october 1964. Pye records was a british record label its best known artists were lonnie donegan 1956 1969 petula clark 1957 1971 the searchers 1963 1967 the kinks 1964 1971 sandie shaw 1964 1971 status quo 1968 1971 and brotherhood of man 1975 1979.

The marble arch area has a colourful music heritage with past residents and frequenters ranging from jimi hendrix and joe strummer of the clash to michael william balfe the composer best remembered for his opera the bohemian girl and richard tauber the famous 1920s tenor and actor however few people remember the record label named. With a much smaller distribution system and a limited market avenue recordings are rare in normal outlets. See what vinyl records we have for sale under the the marble arch records label. Initially releasing predominantly mono recordings the catalogue prefixes later changed to mals for releases with stereo sound.

Avenue records were small in comparison to the other labels doing cover recordings such as pye flair marble arch deacon fontana mfp reddifusion or hallmark. Marble arch records was a subsidiary of pye records that released budget records from 1964 to around 1980. Pye records created this subsidiary label with in a type of a mini album format with a shorter run than the average lp album to cater to a certain area of the buying public who would not buy regular albums. Label select a specific search field.

In the us these type albums were done as well by labels such as k tel. The label changed its name to prt records in 1980 before being briefly reactivated as pye records in 2006. Situated in london with its logo based on london s famous marble arch landmark. Compact discs were also released from the late 1980s to around 1994.

Marble arch records canada mals 599 1966 sell. Budget sub label of pye records.