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Marble Arch Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records that released budget records from 1964 [1] to around 1980. Compact discs were also released from the late 1980s to around 1994. [2]
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 because of the expense. The name came about because of a famous London location of the same name. [3]
A number of Chess Records blues LPs were released on the Marble Arch label, usually having one track per side less than the original recording. Chess artists covered included Muddy Waters ( Muddy Waters sings Big Bill), Bo Diddley, and Little Walter.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 10, 1964. p. 3 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Marble Arch Records". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2001-09-11). "Marble Arch Years – The Kinks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
| This article needs additional citations for
verification. (April 2016) |
Marble Arch Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records that released budget records from 1964 [1] to around 1980. Compact discs were also released from the late 1980s to around 1994. [2]
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 because of the expense. The name came about because of a famous London location of the same name. [3]
A number of Chess Records blues LPs were released on the Marble Arch label, usually having one track per side less than the original recording. Chess artists covered included Muddy Waters ( Muddy Waters sings Big Bill), Bo Diddley, and Little Walter.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 10, 1964. p. 3 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Marble Arch Records". Discogs.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2001-09-11). "Marble Arch Years – The Kinks | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-10.