Pye records - really famous UK label of the 50's, 60's and 70's.  Released some crap, released some great stuff.

Over the next few days, I have to - well I don't have to - I am about to go through 35 cd's full of Pye singles, in order, from 1954 onwards.  And they only go up to the end of 1965 so I am "eagerly awaiting" the remaining volumes up to 1970.

Wish me luck and I will save all the good stuff and turn it into podcasts or whatever.

 

p.s. Following this I have 29 volumes of UK HMV to do.

 

 

does this include those pye disco demand...haha

 

interesting stuff pete,good on ya!

Good luck with this and future projects Pete. It's people like you that should be recognised by the music industry for all the hard work that you put in. It's definitely a Labour of love. Steve 

The band I associate above all others with the PYE label is the Kinks.

 

I think the first LP we ever had in our house when I was 11 years old was the first KInks LP.

 

A lot of it rough old white R & B - but I was in awe of every track on there.

 

Guess you're not doing the Pye International (US soul stuff) & Piccadilly (UK recorded soul stuff) labels as well Pete, or are you also including those ?

Should keep you out of trouble! Good excuse not to have to talk to the Mrs for a few days too!

 

    

Pye 7N.25233 to Pye 7N.25284, Ill do 1964 you for pete.

ricky.

Yes a lot of crap on Pye - Ecstacy - Olliver Reed for example. That's on a Complation CD I've got " Here Come The Boys Vol 1 - selections from Pye/Piccadilly. Has got James Galt - Comes The Dawn on it though which is very good and would be good one for a podcast.

Yeah what it is, someone is compiling all the singles and putting them out as downloads, one every 3 days or so.  So no Piccadilly or Pye International, just Pye.  Obviously I've got stacks of these already as I had all of the Sequel releases when they owned the catalogue, but there's still lots of barely known stuff.