Marble Arch Records

Marble Arch Records was a subsidiary of Pye Records that released budget records from the late 1950s [1] to around 1980. Compact discs were also released from the late 1980s to around 1994.[2]

Background

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 wouldn't buy regular albums because of the expense. The name came about because of a famous London location. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Discogs Marble Arch Records
  2. ↑ Discogs Marble Arch Records Page 4
  3. ↑ All Music The Kinks Marble Arch Years
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