THE KINKS * THE SEARCHERS * LONG JOHN BALDRY * - PYE RECORDS - BEST OF BRITISH THE INVASION * DECADES OOP - NM 9/10 *

THE KINKS * THE SEARCHERS * LONG JOHN BALDRY *

PYE RECORDS - BEST OF BRITISH THE INVASION *

DECADES OOP - NM 9/10 *

Pye International: Pye International started in November 1958, mainly for licensed recordings from foreign labels for the UK market, including Chess, A&M, Kama Sutra, Colpix, Warner Bros., Buddah, 20th Century, and King. It also released recordings from British artist Labi Siffre which were produced outside the company. Shut down in 1979.

Pye in the US:
Starting with the "British Invasion" of 1964, Pye placed their artists in the US mostly on labels that they distributed in the UK: the Kinks to Cameo Records and then to Reprise Records, David Bowie, the Sorrows and Petula Clark to Warner Bros. Records, Donovan to Hickory Records, the Searchers to Mercury Records, Liberty Records, and finally Kapp Records, and Status Quo to Chess Records (which issued their records on their newly created Cadet Concept Records label).
From 1969 to 1971, Pye was a co-owner with GRT (General Recorded Tape) of Janus Records, which at the outset served as the US label for such Pye acts as Jefferson, Sounds Orchestral, Pickettywitch, Mungo Jerry and Status Quo, and also re-issued the early (pre-1966) recordings of Donovan. Pye sold its share of Janus back to GRT in 1971.
In 1972, Bell Records set up a short-lived Pye label, featuring Michel Pagliaro, a Canadian artist whose first English-language album was issued on UK Pye (largely recorded in England), and Jackie McAuley, whose lone solo album was originally issued on UK Dawn.
In 1974, Pye established an American version of its record label. The label was not a success, however, and closed its US operations in 1976. The head of the US division, Marvin Schlachter, then started Prelude Records, named after one of Pye's acts of the time, Prelude; its initial LP and 45 catalogue series were carried over from the ill-fated American Pye label (with the catalogue prefix changed from PYE- to PRL-), and Prelude had a string of disco and dance music hits into the early 1980s. (DSC)

Various ‎– The Pye History Of British Pop Music: Best Of The British Invasion
Label: Pye International ‎– PYE 506
Series: The Pye History Of British Pop Music
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: USA, Canada & UK Released: 1975

Track List:
A1 –Lonnie Donegan Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Over Night Composed By – Billy Rose, Ernest Breuer, Marty Bloom
A2 –The Searchers Sweets For My Sweet Composed By – Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman*
A3 –The Honeycombs Have I The Right Composed By – Howard Blaikley
A4 –The Rockin' Berries He's In Town Composed By – Goffin And King
A5 –Sandie Shaw There's Always Something There To Remind Me Composed By – Bacharach And David
A6 –The Kinks All Day And All Of The Night Composed By – Ray Davies
B1 –Sandie Shaw Girl Don't Come Composed By – C. Andrews*
B2 –The Ivy League Tossing And Turning Composed By – Carter*, Lewis*, Ford*
B3 –The Foundations Baby Now That I've Found You Composed By – John Macleod, Tony Macaulay*, Tony Macaulay
B4 –Long John Baldry Let The Heartaches Begin Composed By – John Macleod, Tony Macaulay*
B5 –Status Quo Pictures Of Matchstick Men Composed By – Francis Rossi
B6 –The Foundations Build Me Up Buttercup Composed By – Mike D'Abo, Tony Macaulay

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