Marble Arch Records Discography

Budget sub label of pye records.

Marble arch records discography.

Active from the 1950s. Marble arch records inc. The world i let go. The duo consisted of brothers jack born 1935 and tom born 1934 both were born in cambusnethan near wishaw lanarkshire.

We need your help to complete this entry. Albums mal prefix for monoi mals for stereo. See what vinyl records we have for sale under the the marble arch records label. Marble arch was a budget imprint of pye records.

The other side of life. Initially releasing predominantly mono recordings the catalogue prefixes later changed to mals for releases with stereo sound. Appears as marble arch on logo and usually as marble arch records full name on spine. As explained in the liner notes to castle s triple disc box marble arch was a subsidiary of the kinks label pye.

Try a little harder b. The label catered to budget shoppers who wouldn t buy regular albums due to the expense. Marble arch was a record label but it wasn t a label that the kinks recorded for at least not directly. Marble arch records began in 1964 as a subsidiary of pye records the same label the issued records for the beatles david bowie the foundations the kinks olivia newton john and labi siffre to name a few.

The discography consists mainly of repackages and reissues some of which were subsequently repackaged as hallmark releases. Features guests brian brocklehurst and ron chesterman on string bass. Save our ship b. Marble arch records was a subsidiary of pye records that released budget records from 1964 to around 1980.

The group was made up of west indians white british and a sri lankan their 1967 debut single baby now that i ve found you reached number one in the uk and canada and number eleven in the us while their 1968 single build me up buttercup reached number two in the uk and number three on the us billboard hot 100. Compact discs were also released from the late 1980s to around 1994. Marble arch records was an english label started in the late 50s. The foundations were a british soul band active from 1967 to 1970.

Our marble arch records discography. 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. The reluctant patriot lp marble arch records mal 1203 uk 1967. We welcome any corrections missing details connections to other.

Value no artist listed a. Marble arch records inc. Click to view.