Pye (UK) Album Discography: Later Albums and Selected PRT Releases

Here is a guide to the later releases of Pye Records and all the known LP releases that were on the PRT label that succeeded it after Precision Records and Tapes decided not to renew its agreement to lease the Pye name.

PRT achieved nowhere near the chart action or name recognition under that name as was had when it was called Pye Records. They had precisely four entries in the UK Top 10, three of which were remixes.

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The one top-10 chart entry PRT had that wasn’t a remix was one of over 140 versions of a tune that is often played at weddings and Oktoberfest events and also should be very familiar to many who have made it past primary school. Where a lot of people called it the Chicken Dance, producer Henry Hadaway called it “The Birdie Song”. The oom-pah tune has its origins in the 1950s, when it was composed by a Swiss accordionist from Thurgau whose name was Werner Thomas. Mr Hadaway added some handclaps and a dance to the song, which he credited to a group called the Tweets; this group consisted of people in bird costumes who mimed their instruments on TV with younger people dancing to the tune on the stage. The ploy worked in the song’s favor, as it spent two weeks at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, with two records to keep it out of the top spot on each week. On the first week, the punk group Adam and the Ants, with their CBS single “Prince Charming”, kept “The Birdie Song” lodged at #2. The next week, it was progressive rock keyboardist Dave Stewart and Kanterbury scene singer Barbara Gaskin who kept “The Birdie Song” from reaching the top spot with their revival of Leslie Gore’s 1963 hit “It’s My Party” on Stiff. “The Birdie Song” stayed in the UK top 10 for another five weeks and was easily the biggest hit PRT had with any original song in their eight-year run, but it did not spawn an album; that would come later when Spartan issued the Tweets’ self-titled LP, which became the only LP released on the Crash label [CRA LP 701].

PRT’s other notable entries in the top-10 on the Singles Chart were all remixes. The Real Thing had two with the Decade Remix versions of “You To Me Are Everything” and “Can’t Get By Without You”, while Petula Clark, much to her astonishment, latched into a #10 position on the Singles Chart with a remix of “Downtown” in the winter of 1988. In an interview with The Age in 2004, she remarked that:

The first time I heard the ’88 remix of ‘Downtown’ I was in my car. I thought: “This sounds familiar. I wonder who’s singing this?” and it turned out to be me! They’d wiped out the orchestra and put on some kind of ticka-ticka-tick thing. I don’t know what the hell it was, but it turned into a hit. They don’t have to ask my permission, if you know what I mean. But it’s fine. I find it rather flattering, actually. And quite amusing.

Among the other releases of note on PRT (though they didn’t chart) were the products of its further association with the GRP-Crescendo label, which was inherited from Pye. The label’s new owner, Neil Norman, who was into science fiction, had secured a deal with Paramount Pictures to have GRP-Crescendo release various soundtracks for the Star Trek franchise (and also for Fatal Attraction), and PRT handled UK distribution for said soundtracks.

Not much else happened at PRT Records during the ensuing eight to ten years except that it introduced EAN codes in 1983 and CDs in 1985. In exactly two fell swoops — the dropping of the Pye name and the takeover by Rupert Holmes a Court — the company, once a major UK hitmaker, became a shell of its former self. It was closed amidst financial troubles at the Bond Corporation following their buyout of PRT in 1988.

The first PRT label was green with a red orb forming from the top to the centre and a PRT logo at the top of the orb.

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In either late 1985 or early 1986, this was changed to a label with a stacked PRT sitting in front of a blue to white gradient.

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The last releases used a white label with a boxed logo containing the PRT text.

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PRT albums could be awarded an awkward medal of perseverance for continuing to hold on to the notice on the back of their LPs indicating that “this Stereo record can be played on mono reproducers provided either a compatible or stereo cartridge wired for mono is fitted”. When PRT was renamed from Pye in 1980, few people were making mono record players, and by 1987, when PRT stopped using that notice on the back cover, few people wanted any record players, as the cassette (and later CD) was rapidly taking over as the main format of choice for music consumption. It’s doubtful PRT could have lived, if it chose, to see people going back to buying record players and things to play on them in the 2010s.

N 100 series

This series began under Pye. The first few albums in the series used the purple-to-carnation Pye label of the mid-to-late ’70s. A few albums in, it was changed to a black to white label with similar graphics:

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The PRT label designs started to be used in the series in 1980.

Some albums in this series were released on a revived Piccadilly sublabel, which had a unique design featuring a diner-like layout on side A and a track listing on side B.

N 101 — Dancing Till Dawn — Jimmy James [05–79] I Can’t Stop My Feet From Dancing/Be What You Wanna Be/If You Think Funk Is Junk You’re Drunk/Let’s Go Disco//Till I Can’t Take It Any More/Girl, I Really Love You/Now That You’ve Gone/You Made Me Love Again/Tell The World

N 102 — Jake Sollo — Jake Sollo [05–79] Father Time Mother Nature/Say No More/Weebo-Me Weebo/Pas Du Tout/Five O Five//African Gypsy/Show Me How/Greetings

N 103 — Ronnie Scott’s Presents Sarah Vaughan Live Volume 2 — Sarah Vaughan [05–79] The Man I Love/Passing Strangers/Gershwin Medley: But Not for Me-Love is Here to Stay-Embraceable You-Someone to Watch Over Me//Blue Skies/The More I See You/Early Autumn/On a Clear Day You Can See Forever/Everything Must Change/I Cried For You

N 104 — Ronnie Scott’s Presents Tony Lee and Friends — Tony Lee and Friends [05–79] Blue ’N’ Boogie/Body And Soul/Tenderly//Leeward/If/Bluesology

N 105 — Higher than High — Brotherhood of Man [05–79] Papa Louis/Sleeping Beauty/Light From Your Window/Tell Me How/Taxi/Middle Of The Night//Ole Ole/Higher Than High/Part Of My Life/Lonely One/Gypsy/Goodbye Goodbye

NH 106 — The Music Machine — Music Machine with Patti Boulaye [05–79] Let Me Feel Your Heartbeat/Disco Dancer/The Dilly/Get The Feel Right/Jumping The Gun//Music Machine/Move With The Beat/Music’s My Thing/Ready For Love/Music Machine

N 107 — Hedda — Hedda [07–79] Intro/Good Company (Blue Blue Windows at Midnight)/Rooted to the Spot/Morning Lovers Live Forever/Old Bones and Baggage/Gonna Have Another Kick at Life/You Stood in the Spotlight//Carrie/Beautiful People/Come Closer Stranger/Too Long Ago/You Come to Me/Outro

N 108 — Thank You For The Music (I Sing The Songs) — Vera Lynn [10–79] Thank You For The Music/What I Did For Love/Are You Lonesome Tonight/I Wonder/Harbour Lights/Tomorrow//Sunshine On My Shoulder/Weekend In New England/In The Blue Canadian Rockies/You And Me Against The World/Until It’s Time For You To Go/I Sing The Songs (I Write The Songs)

N 109 — Jack Good’s Oh Boy! — Various Artists [07–79] Featuring Shakin’ Stevens, Fumble, Alvin Stardust, Freddie “Fingers” Lee, Joe Brown and GBH

N 110 — Discolongamax — Max Bygraves [10–79] Get Me To The Church On Time/How Ya Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm/You Need Hands/Autumn Leaves/Moonlight Serenade/Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey//Ma! (He’s Making Eyes At Me)/My Mammy/Tulips From Amsterdam/Love Is A Song/Somebody Stole My Gal/Feelings

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N 112 — Webster’s Dictionary — Ben Webster [11–79] Our Love Is Here To Stay/Where Are You/Willow Weep For Me/For All We Know/That’s All/Someone To Watch Over Me/The Shadow Of Your Smile/Come Sunday/For Heaven’s Sake/Old Folks

N 113 — We Can Count Our Friends on One Hand — Brian and Michael [10–79] Bottle Of Gin/There’s A Place Back Home If Things Don’t Go Your Way/Pinocchio/Island In The Sea/L.O.V.E.//Belong To Me/You Don’t Call Me Darling/Me And 10cc/Our Song/I Can Count My Friends On One Hand

N 114 — The Lady’s Gonna Sing — Marti Caine [10–79] Quite Please, The Lady’s Gonna Sing/At Seventeen/That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be/Ebony Eyes/I’d Rather Leave While I’m In Love/Fire And Rain//I’m Getting Ready For Love/With One More Look At You/Love Song/Joy Inside My Tears/If There Were Only Time For Love/One More Night

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N 116 — Six Pieces — Enid [11–79] Punch And Judy Man/Once She Was/The Ring Master//Sanctus/Hall Of Mirrors/The Dreamer

N 117 — Mary Rose — NYJO [11–79] ‘Eave-’O (Bring The Mary Rose Up)/Early Morning Train/Dykes On Bikes/The Legend Of Mary Rose/Happy Katz//Mary Rose/Nothing Like A Thane/No Flowers By Request/Cop This/Cuban Thing

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N 119 — That’s What Friends Are For — Georgie Fame [11–79] Maybe Tomorrow/Lovely Day/L. In L.A./You/I Don’t Care Who I Dance With//That’s What Friends Are For/Don’t Hit Me When I’m Down/Sitting In The Park/If I Didn’t Mean You Well/Cat’s Eyes

N 120 — …And How! — Blonde on Blonde [11–79] Whole Lotta Love/Shut Down/Love In The Afternoon/Who’s On The Line//Hold On, I’m Coming/Past, Present And Future/The Letter/Woman Is Free

N 121 — Ronnie Scott’s Presents George Coleman Live — George Coleman [11–79] Blues Inside Out/Walking//Stella By Starlight

N 122 — Singing a Song — Brotherhood of Man [12–79] Tomorrow/The Circus Came To Town/Singing A Song/Only Love/I Saw Yesterday Today/Gold//Willie/I’ll Take You Higher Than High/Got A Funny Feeling/Caravan/Vanishing Lady/Andy McDougal

N 123 — Lena’s Music Album — Lena Martell [10–79] (11–79: #4 UK) Can’t Smile Without You/As Time Goes By/Darlin’/Come To Me/Forever In Blue Jeans/You/One Day At A Time//Say-May-Be/You Needed Me/Delta Dawn/We Love Each Other/Don’t Remember Your Name/Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

N 124 — Made in Hungary — Acker Bilk, His Clarinet and Strings [01–80] Victors Theme/New Summer/Needing Someone/Berolina/From Night To Night/Mama Please/Love Is Different/Summer Song//Miracle/Heartbreak/Fly High/Fancy/How Many Evenings/Those Were Beautiful Days/Let Me Stay

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N 127 — Ronnie Scott’s Presents the Louie Bellson Big Band Explosion Live — Louie Bellson Big Band Explosion [1980] Spacin’ Home/Intrigue/Groove Blues//Spanish Gypsy.I Remember Duke/Time Check

N 128 — Mama Told Me So — Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band [02–81] This album is on the Piccadilly label. Mama Told Me So/The Chips Are Down/Gee Baby Ain’t I Good To You/Times A Wastin’//Don’t Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me/Um/Liza/Someday You’ll Be Sorry/The Gospel Truth

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N 131 — Let’s Do It — George Melly with John Chilton and the Feetwaarmers [10–80] Gonna Catch You With Your Britches Down (Black Eye Blues)/Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)/The Lady Wants Some Jazz/Backwater Blues/Medley: From Monday On-Introducing “My Monday Date”/I Want My Fanny Brown//Downhearted Blues/You’re Driving Me Crazy/A Hundred Years From Today/Was I drunk/T’aint Watcha Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)/On Revival Day

N 132 — Rain Curtain — Ray Swinfield’s Argenta Ora [10–80] Thinking On It/Stella By Starlight/Hughie/Swingin’ Shepherd Blues//Dulcinea/Italian Village/Rain Curtain/Caroline/My Foolish Heart

N 133 — Twogether — Max Graves with Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band [11–80] This album is on the Piccadilly label. You Say Something Nice About Everybody/Who Wants To Be A Millionaire/I Like Beer/(Medley): Harmonize-Wait Till The Sun Shines On Nellie-Down By The Old Mill Stream-Goodnight Ladies/Civilisation/Home Town/The Movies//Crazy/Stranger On The Shore/Guilty/The Prisoner/Dreaming My Dreams/Tonight You Belong To Me

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ND 135 — I’ve Been Away for Awhile Now — Ral Donner [1980] This album is on the Piccadilly label. Same as Sessions ARI-1014.

N 136 — Wonderin’ — Rollercoaster [10–80] Wish/Reggae Woman/Higher Ground//Superstition/Mr. W./Living For The City

N 137 — Closing the Gap — Georgie Fame [1980] This album is on the Piccadilly label. Give A Little More/Run Away With Me/I Love Jamaica/Eros Hotel//Everything I Own/Lean On Me/Uptight/Bring Back My Love/Give A Little More (Dub Version)

N 138 — Relaxin’ — Acker Bilk [02–81] On Sunday/Theme From The Incredible Hulk/Piccolina/Back To You/Summer Never Came/Aranjuez Mon Amour/The Best Out Of Me//Verde/One More Time/Minuetto/Stay/Cavatina/I’m Happy When I’m Dancing With You/Volveras

N 139 — Singing to the World — Vera Lynn [03–81] Daybreak/You/Caravan Song/Colours Of My Life/That Old Feeling/(Why Don’t We Try) A Slow Dance//Rainbow Connection/My Friend/It’s Easy To Remember/One Voice/One Day I’ll Fly Away/Room Five Hundred And Four

N 140 — Like Sherry Wine — George Melly [11–81] Wait Till You See My Baby Do The Charleston/Baby Won’t You Please Come Home/You’ve Got The Right Key But The Wrong Keyhole/Papa De Da Da/Way Down Yonder In New Orleans/Jerry The Junker//Beale Street Mama/Michigan Water/Please Don’t Mention Your Sign/I Wanna Hot Dog For My Role/Dapper Dan/Empty Bed Blues

N 141 — The Moment I’m With You — Acker Bilk, His Clarinet and Strings [10–81] Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)/The Colours Of My Life (From The Musical Barnum)/Bilitis (From The Film Bilitis)/Little Green Apples/How Does It Feel/Imagine/Chi Mai (Theme From The T.V. Series Life & Times Of Lloyd George)/Spanish Harlem//The First Of Spring/The Moment I’m With You/Chariots Of Fire/Pachelbel Canon/Missing You Ain’t Easy/Love Letters/For The Good Times/Soap (Theme From The T.V. Series)

N 142 — You Won’t Be Blue Will You — Jimmy Davidson [11–81] Close Encounters Of The Third Kind/Once In A Lifetime/The Snooker Game/Tonsilitis/At The Airport/Gone With The Wind/Gertcha//London/Chalky/Nick Nick/My Way/Kung Fu/Let The Sun Shine In/Pinball Wizard/Blueberry Hill/Let The Sun Shine In

N 143 — Meddlin’ With Miller — Frank Barber Orchestra [02–82]

N 144 — Big Bands Are Back — Frank Barber Orchestra [10–82]

N 145 — Here’s To You…From The Spinners — Spinners [10–82] Football Crazy/Island In The Sun/Messing About On The River/Dirty Old Town/London Roving Jack/Liverpool Lou/Here’s To You Sweet England/Black And White//Eros (My Father Was A Cupid)/Kumbaya/Morning Has Broken/Going To The Zoo/Seth Devay (Whiskey On A Sunday)/Malaika/Sweet Thames Flow Softly/Leaving Of Liverpool

N 146 — Portrait of Frank Ifield — Frank Ifield [01–83] Crawling Back/Let’s Take The Long Way Around The World/She Cheats On Me/Touch The Morning/The Crowd//Crystal (I Can See Through You)/(After Sweet Memories) Play Born To Lose Again/Why Don’t We Leave Together/So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)/Yesterday Just Passed My Away Again

N 147 — Makin’ Whoopee — George Melly with John Chilton and Feetwarmers [1983] Goody Goody/Sporting Life/Makin’ Whoopee/Shake Your Can/Someday You’ll Say Your Sorry/Everybody Loves My Baby//Watch The Birdie/Baby Doll/I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/Yellow Dog Blues/I Can’t Give You Anything But Love/Bye Bye Boogie

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N 149 — Barber Cuts — Frank Barber Orchestra with Dave Carey Singers [10–83] James Bond Medley/If Only I Could Talk To You/Michel Le Grand Medley/Charlie Chaplin Medley/Richard Rodgers Medley//Henry Mancini Medley/I Know I’m Lucky/John Williams Medley/Where Are You Now?/Dicing With Disco/James Bond Medley Vocal

N 5000 series

N 5001 — Forces of the Night — D.C. LaRue [1979] Same as Pyramid 9014.

N 5002 — Boy from New York City — Michael Christian [1979] Same as United Artists UA-LA963-H.

N 5003 — Cream of the Crop — Bobby Knight’s Great American Trombone Company [1979] Rebel Rouser/Li’l Bit/I Got Rhythm/When I Fall In Love/Rock Bottom//Strike Up The Band/Here’s That Rainy Day/Recuerdos/Life’s Too Long/Star Wars

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N 5005 — Moments — Various Artists [11–79]

N 5006 — Prez & Joe — In Celebration Of Lester Young — Dave Pell’s Prez Conference featuring Joe Williams [1979] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2124.

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N 5008 -

N 5009 -

N 5010 -

N 5011 — Deeper Zone — Space [1980] Deeper Zone/Inner Voices/Space Media//Mixed Up/On The Air/Love Starring You And Me

N 5012 — Twistin’ Knights At The Roundtable (Recorded Live!) — Bill Haley & His Comets [02–81] Same as Roulette SR-25174.

N 5013 — The Best of Space — Space [1981]

N 5014 — Delta Lady — David Matthews Orchestra Featuring Earl Klugh [1982] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS-2123.

N 5015

N 5016 — Sophie’s Choice (Soundtrack)— Marvin Hamilsch [1983] Same as Southern Cross SCRS 1002.

N 6550 series

N 6550 — The Many Moods of Melly — George Melly [1984] Masculine Women, Feminine Men/It’s The Bluest Kind Of Blues (Nuages)/Nobody’s Sweeter/Drunk Again/Kitchen Man/St. Louis Blues//Do Your Duty/As Time Goes By/Black Mountain Blues/Give Her A Little Drop More/Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair/Happy Feet

N 6551 — Full Cycle — Don Sebesky [1984] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS-2164.

N 6552 — Live in Tokyo — Bobby Enriquez [1984] Same as GRP Crescendo GNPS-2161.

N 6553 — Last Night We Had a Do — Spinners [1984] Whiskey In The Jar/Grannies Old Armchair/Yellow Bird/Little Boxes/Rock Island Line/Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Cushie Butterfield/Sloop John B//A Pub With No Beer/Midnight Special/Judy Drownded/Freight Train/The Car Song/Frankie & Johnny/Tom Dooley/The Strangest Dream/Goodnight Irene

N 6554 — Ice — Fuse One [1985] Same as GRP Crescendo GNPS 2174.

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N 6556 — Raise the Banner (for Rock ’n’ Roll) — Spider [1986] Raise The Banner (For Rock ’N’ Roll)/Gimme Gimme It All (Extended Version)/I’m Not The Only One/Need To Konw ‘Bout You/When You Hear That Song//Bad Boys/Mind, Heart, Body ’N’ Soul/Rock Tonite/Games In The Park/So Sorry

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N 6558 — The Good Times — Neil Sedaka [1986] Love Made Me Feel This Way/Sweet Dreams Of You/Rosarita/The Hungry Years/Wonderful World Of Love//The Good Times/Let Me Walk With You Again/Paint Me Again/Tomorrow Never Came

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N 6560 — The Very Best of the Spinners: Spun Gold — Spinners [1986] Liverpool Lou/Tom Dooley/Morning Has Broken/Grannie’s Old Armchair/Freight Train/Dirty Old Town/Imagine/The Family Of Man/Going To The Zoo//Black & White/Wild Rover/Yellow Bird/Little Boxes/Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats & Dogs/Scarborough Fair/Island In The Sun/Bring A Little Water Sylvie/Goodnight Irene

N 6561 — John, Paul & Acker: The Beatles Songs — Acker Bilk, His Clarinet and Strings [1986]

N 6562 — Running Wild — George Melly with John Chilton’s Feetwarmers [1986] Sweet Georgia Brown/Hometown/The Boogie Woogie Man/I’m Busy And You Can’t Come In/It’s De-Lovely/My Momma Rocks Me//Shaking The Blues Away/Dragging My Heart Around/Don’t Get Around Much Anymore/I Won’t Grow Old/Thinking Blues/Running Wild

N 6563 — Passion — Robin Trower [1987] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2187.

NCP 700 series

NCP 701 — The Glorious North — Alexander Brothers [1984] The Glorious North/Caledonia/The Hill O’benachie/The Lass O’bon-Accord/The Oil Rigger/The Cornkister Medley//The Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen/The Dark Island/Lonely Scapa Flow/Jigs Medley/McGinty’s Meal & Ale/Farewell My Love

NCP 702 — The Greatest Science Fiction Hits, Vol. 2 — Neil Norman [1984] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2163.

NCP 703 — Band of Gold — Victor Silvester Orchestra [1984]

NCP 704 — The Radio Years, Vol. 1 — Bing Crosby [1985] Same as GNP Crescendo GNP 9044.

NCP 705 — Tribute to Eric Coates — The Pro Arte Orchestra [1985] March: London Bridge/Ballet: The Enchanted Garden//Second Symphonic Rhapsody: Bird Songs at Eventide-I Heard You Singing/Cinderella: Phantasy

NCP/NCPX 706 — Star Trek® : “The Cage” And “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (Soundtrack) — Alexander Courage [1986] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 8006. A picture disc version was also issued.

NCP 707 — The Radio Years, Vol. 2 — Bing Crosby [1985] Same as GNP Crescendo GNP 9046.

NCP 708–1953 Pasadena Concert — Duke Ellington [1986] Same as GNP Crescendo GNP 9045.

NCP 709 — Behind the Iron Curtain — John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers [1986] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2184.

NCP 710 — The Radio Years, Vol. 3 — Bing Crosby [1985] Same as GNP Crescendo GNP 9047.

NCP 711 — The Radio Years, Vol. 4 — Bing Crosby [1985] Same as GNP Crescendo GNP 9048.

NCP 1000 series

NCP 1001 — Could This Be Magic?: 14 Original Classic Tracks From The Golden Era Of Cruising — Various Artists [1981] Daddy’s Home — Shep & The Limelites/Gee — Crows/Crying in the Chapel — Sonny Til and Orioles/A Thousand Miles Away — Heartbeats/Could This Be Magic — Dubs/Sunday Kind of Love — Harptones/Don’t Say Goodnight — Valentines//Come Back My Love — Wrens/Tears on My Pillow — Little Anthony and Imperials/See You In September — Tempos

NCP 1002 — Do You Wanna Dance?: 14 Original Classic Tracks From The Golden Era of Cruising — Various Artists [1981] Kansas City- Ronnie Hawkins/Party Doll — Buddy Knox/Forty Days — Ronnie Hawkins/You Don’t Know What You’ve Got — Ral Donner/Speedoo — Cadillacs/Honeycomb — Jimmie Rodgers/Woo Hoo — Rock-a-Teens//Do You Wanna Dance — Bobby Freeman/Barbara Ann — Regents/Teenage Love — Frankie Lymon and Teenagers/Fanny Mae — Buster Brown/Too Young — Lewis Lymon and Teenchords/I Need Your Lovin’ — Don Gardiner and Dee Dee Ford/Poor Boy — Royaltones

NCP 1003 — Greatest Science Fiction Hits — Neil Norman [1981] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2128.

NCP 1004 — Safe as Milk — Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band [1981] Same as Buddah BDS 5001.

NCP 1005 — The Wild Man — Bobby Enriquez [1981] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2144.

NCP 1006 — Mirror Man — Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band [1981] Same as Buddah BDS 5077.

NCP 1007 — King Size King: The Hits Of Jonathan King — Various Artists [1982] Una Paloma Blanca — Jonathan King/Sugar, Sugar — Sakkarin/Let it All Hang Out — Jonathan King/One for You, One for Me — Jonathan King/Loop di Love — Shag/It Only Takes a Minute — One Hundred Ton and a Feather/It’s the Same Old Song — Weathermen/In the Mood — Sound 9418//Everyone’s Gone to the Moon — Jonathan King/Lazy Bones — Jonathan King/FLirt — Jonathan King/Johnny Reggae — Piglets/Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes Love It) — 53rd & 3rd featuring Shag/(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction — Bubblerock/Hooked on a Feeling — Jonathan King/The Sun Has Got His Hat On — Nemo

NCP 1008 — Dance Party — Various Artists [1982] Birdie Song — Tweets/Barbados — Typically Tropical/Hokie Pokie (All Over the World) — Big John Russell/Una Paloma Blanca (White Dove) — Jonathan King/Feels Like I’m in Love — Kelly Marie/Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart — Trammps/Save Your Kisses for Me — Brotherhood of Man//Simon Says — 1910 Fruitgum Company/Mony Mony — Tommy James and Shondells/Blue Moon — Marcels/Puppet on a String — Sandie Shaw/My Old Man’s a Dustman — Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Reggae — Piglets/My Ding a Ling — Chuck Berry

NFP 5500 series

NFP 5500 — Love in the Shadows — Dan Hill [1983] Same as Mercury SRM-1–4081.

NFP 5501 — Silkwood (Soundtrack) — Georges Delerue [1984] Same as DRG 6107.

NFP 5502

NFP 5503 — The Atomic Mr. Basie — Count Basie Orchestra [1984] Same as Roulette R-52003.

COMP series

COMP 1 — Disconnections — Various Artists [1981] This album is on the Calibre label. COMP 2 — ‘Tilt O’ The Kilt (The Pride And The Passion Of Scotland) — Various Artists [1981] COMP 3 — Hear My Prayer — The Choir Of Winchester Cathedral [1981] COMP 4 — Welcome The Alexander Brothers — The Alexander Brothers [1981] COMP 5 — Victor Borge At His Best — Victor Borge [1982] COMP 6 COMP 7 — Welcome The Alexander Brothers Vol. 2 — The Alexander Brothers [1983] COMP 8 — The Best Of Miki & Griff — Miki & Griff [1983] COMP 9 — Dreams — Sounds Orchestral [1984]

DOW series

This was a series of 10" albums issued in the early 1980s.

DOW 1 — Don’t Be Fooled By The Name — David Bowie [1981] DOW 2 — Fresh Quota — Status Quo [1981] DOW 3 — No Strings Attached — The Barry Gray Orchestra [1981] DOW 4 — Shape Of Things To Come — The Kinks [1983] DOW 5 — Wheels Of Steel — Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels [1983] DOW 6 — Short Sharp Shots — Tommy James And The Shondells [1983] DOW 7 — Back To The Beat — The Foundations [1983] DOW 8 — Reminding You — Sandie Shaw [1983] DOW 9 — Best In The West — Lovin’ Spoonful [1983] DOW 10 — Works — Status Quo [1983] DOW 11 — Love Lies Bleeding — The Searchers [1983] DOW 12 — Candy From Mr. Dandy — The Kinks [1983] DOW 13 — Minstrel Boy — Donovan [1983] DOW 15 — Music In Sea Minor — Captain Beefheart [1983] DOW 16 — Meek And Honey — The Honeycombs [1983] DOW 17 — Upminster Kids — Kilburn & The High Roads Featuring Ian Dury [1983]

DOW 451 — It Happened Then — Various [1984] DOW 452 — Acting My Age — Graduate [1986]

FBL/FBLP Flashback Series

FBL 1001 — Junior Saw It Happen: 20 Classic Tracks — Various Artists [1979] FBL 1002 — Down At The Club — Various [1979] FBL 1003 — Sounds Of Summer — Various [1980]

FBLP 8071 — Rock Island Line — Lonnie Donegan [1985] FBLP 8072 — This Is My Song — Petula Clark [1985] FBLP 8073 — Deck Of Cards — Max Bygraves [1985] FBLP 8074 — Colours — Donovan [1985] FBLP 8075 — In The Summertime — Mungo Jerry [1985] FBLP 8076 FBLP 8077 — The London Cast Recording Of ‘Little Me’ — Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh — London Cast Of ‘Little Me” [1985] FBLP 8078 — Moira Anderson Sings “Operetta” — Moira Anderson [1985] FBLP 8079 — Roy Hudd’s Very Own Music Hall — Roy Hudd [1985] FBLP 8080 — Hans Andersen — Frank Loesser — Tommy Steele, Sally Ann Howes, Anthony Valentine [1985] FBLP 8081 FBLP 8082 — Na Na Na — Status Quo [1985] FBLP 8083 — What A Wonderful World — Jimmy Young (5) [1985] FBLP 8084 — Sweets For My Sweet — The Searchers [1985] FBLP 8085 — Smike — Roger Holman & Simon May [1985] FBLP 8086 — Edmund Hockridge Sings Hit Songs — Edmund Hockridge [1985] FBLP 8087 — High Spirits (Original West End Cast) — Hugh Martin, Timothy Gray — Cicely Courtneidge, Marti Stevens, Denis Quilley, Jan Waters [1985] FBLP 8088 — Winifred Atwell’s Piano Party — Winifred Atwell [1985] FBLP 8089 — Max At The Met Plus Two — Max Miller [1985] FBLP 8090 — Ragtime — The Big Ben Banjo Band, Norrie Paramor [1985] FBLP 8091 — The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society — The Kinks [1985] FBLP 8092 — Mama Told Me So — Acker Bilk And His Paramount Jazz Band [1985] FBLP 8093 — Presenting Lena Martell — Lena Martell [1985] FBLP 8094 — Handsome — Kilburn And The High-Roads [1985] FBLP 8095 — Music, Maestro, Please — Frankie Vaughan [1985] FBLP 8096 — The Best Of Noel Coward And Ivor Novello — Peter Knight [1985] FBLP 8097 — Songs From Stage And Screen — Russ Conway [1985] FBLP 8098 FBLP 8099 — Stranger On The Shore — Acker Bilk [1985] FBLP 8100 — A Variety Of Varney — Reg Varney Orchestra Conducted By Harry Robinson [1985] FBLP 8101 — Rotatey Diskeys With Unwin — Stanley Unwin [1985] FBLP 8102 FBLP 8103 — Dietrich In London — Marlene Dietrich [1985] FBLP 8104 — Kenny Ball’s Golden Hits — Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen [1985]

PRT Collector Series

GHCD1 — PRT Collector — The Kinks [1989] GHCD2 — PRT Collector — The Searchers [1989] GHCD3 — PRT Collector — Status Quo [1989] GHCD4 — PRT Collector — Mungo Jerry [1989] GHCD5 — PRT Collector — Donovan [1989] GHCD6 GHCD7 GHCD8 — PRT Collector — Real Thing [1989] GHCD9 GHCD10 — Big Bands — Frank Barber Orchestra [1989] GHCD11 GHCD12 — Stephane Grappelli — Stephane Grappelli [1989] GHCD13 — PRT Collector — Carl Douglas [1989] GHCD14 GHCD15 — The Best Of Jackie Trent — Jackie Trent [1989]

Early CD Reissues

CDMP 8821 — My Friends The Bandleaders — The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Vic Lewis [1986] CDMP 8822 — Temptation — The Norrie Paramor Orchestra [1986] CDMP 8823 — To The One I Love — The Alan Tew Orchestra And Chorus [1986] CDMP 8824 — Sketches Of Frank Sinatra And Tony Bennett — Robert Farnon And His Orchestra [1986] CDMP 8825 — Harold Geller and the The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Play For You — Harold Geller and the The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [1986] CDMP 8826 — Clouds — Sounds Orchestral [1986] CDMP 8827 — My Friends The Stars — The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra And Chorus Conducted By Vic Lewis [1986] CDMP 8828 CDMP 8829 — Face To Face — The Kinks [1986] CDMP 8830 — The Kink Kontroversy — The Kinks [1986] CDMP 8831 — Kinda Kinks — The Kinks [1986] CDMP 8832 — Live At Kelvin Hall — The Kinks [1986] CDMP 8833 — Percy — The Kinks [1987] CDMP 8834 — Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon — Status Quo [1986] CDMP 8835 — Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire — The Kinks [1987] CDMP 8836 — Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One — The Kinks [1987]

CDNSP 7770 — Live From The Royal Festival Hall, London — Robert Farnon and the London Philharmonic Orchestra [1985] CDNSP 7771 — Harp Transplant — David Snell [1985] CDNSP 7772 — Sing Along With Max — Max Bygraves [1985] CDNSP 7773 — The Best Of Status Quo (The Early Years) — Status Quo [1985] CDNSP 7774 — Nature Boy — Acker Bilk, His Clarinet and Strings [1986] CDRBL 7775 — Body Talk — Imagination [1985] This album is on the R&B label. CDNSP 7776 — The Song and Dance Men — Max Bygraves and Victor Silvester [1985] CDNSP 7777 — Lena’s Music Album — Lena Martell [1986] CDNSP 7778 — The Many Moods of George Melly — George Melly with John Chilton’s Feetwarmers [1986] CDNSP 7779 — Twogether — Max Bygraves and Acker Bilk [1985] CDNSP 7780 CDNSP 7781 — Sleepy Shores — Sounds Orchestral [1985] CDNSP 7782 — Famous Themes — New World Philharmonic and Olympic Orchestra [1985]

PYL series

PYL 0001 — Troubadour — Max Boyce [1987] Peace Will Be Mine/Old Men And Children/In The Morning (Morning Of My Life)/Railway Hotel/Seth Davey (Whisky On A Sunday)//Tiger Bay/Bunch Of Thyme/Maggie/A Winter Too Late/John O’Dreams

PYL 13 — Good Time Down the Road — Brian Knight, Jon McLoughlin, Steve Bray, Ray Bailey [1988] High Heel Sneakers/Hoochie Coochie Man/99 Years/My Babe/Good Time Down the Road/Meet Me at the Bottom/Honey Bee/She Caught the Katy/Any Way You Want Me to Do/Tired, Broke and Busted

PYL 15 — Anything Goes — George Melly with John Chilton’s Feetwarmers [1988] Route 66/September Song/Maybe Not At All/It Had To Be You/Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams/Chicago/I’ve Got What It Takes/Then I’ll Be Happy/Anything Goes/Someday Sweetheart/Life With You

PYL 16 — One More Lonely Night — Frank White [1988] One More Lonely Night/Takin’ The Easy Way Out/Louisiana 1927/You Made A Promise/Love Sweet Love/Don’t Walk Away/Dr Rhythm/The Preacher/I Took A Chance

PYL 17 — Downtown: The Petula Clark Collection [1988] Downtown/A Sign Of The Times/Colour My World/Ya Ya Twist/My Love/Don’t Give Up/Time For Love/You’re The One/Baby Lover/Who Am I/Don’t Sleep In The Subway/The Other Man’s Grass/I Couldn’t Live Without Your Love/Kiss Me Goodbye/I Know A Place/Round Every Corner/This Is My Song/Sailor/Romeo/Suddenly There’s A Valley

PYL 18 — Tarka — Harry Williamson & Anthony Phillips [1988] Movement I/Movement II/Movement III/The Anthem

PYL 22 — The Classic Hancock — Tony Hancock [1990] The Blood Donor/The Radio Ham

PYL 4001 — Hit Singles — The Kinks [1987] PYL 4002 — Hits Collection — The Searchers [1987] PYL 4003 — The Best Of The Foundations — The Foundations [1987] PYL 4005 — Let’s Go Latin — The Chico Arnez Orchestra [1988] PYL 4006 — Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door — Arthur Louis Featuring Eric Clapton [1988] PYL 4007 PYL 4008 — The Best Of Long John Baldry — Long John Baldry [1988] PYL 4009 — The Best Of The Honeycombs — The Honeycombs [1988] PYL 4010 — The Best Of — The Ivy League [1988] PYL 4011 — Cast Your Fate To The Wind — The Best Of Sounds Orchestral — Sounds Orchestral [1988] PYL 4012 — Cruisin’ Cool! — Hits From The 50’s — Various [1988] PYL 4013 — Hits From The 60’s — Various [1988] PYL 4014 — Hits From The 70’s — Burn Rubber — Various [1988] PYL 4015 PYL 4016 — A Bowl Of Rockin’ Berries — The Rockin’ Berries [1988] PYL 4017 — Hits & Pieces — Joe Brown & The Bruvvers [1988] PYL 4018 — Hip Shakin’ Soul Breakin’ Earth Quakin — Live! (The Best Of Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band) — Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band [1989]

PYL 6001–1966 — David Bowie [1987] PYL 6002 — Kinks — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6003 — Kinda Kinks — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6004 — The Kink Kontroversy — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6005 — Face To Face — The Kinks — Unknown PYL 6006 — Something Else By The Kinks — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6007 — Live At Kelvin Hall — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6008 — The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6009 — Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6010 — Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround Part One — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6011 — Percy — The Kinks [1987] PYL 6012 — The Album That Never Was — Dave Davies [1987] PYL 6013 PYL 6014 — Meet The Searchers — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6015 — Sugar & Spice — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6016 — It’s The Searchers — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6017 — Sounds Like Searchers — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6018 — Take Me For What I’m Worth — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6019 — The Searchers Play The System — Rarities, Oddities & Flipsides — The Searchers [1987] PYL 6020 — Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6021 — Spare Parts — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6022 — Ma Kelly’s Greasy Spoon — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6023 — Dog Of Two Head — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6024 — Quotations Vol. 1 — The Beginning (The Early Years: Traffic Jam, The Spectres) — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6025 — Quotations Volume 2 (Flipsides, Alternatives And Oddities) — Status Quo [1987] PYL 6026 — Put Yourself In My Place — Episode Six [1987] PYL 6027 — Too Fast To Live & Too Young To Die — Mungo Jerry [1988] PYL 6028 — The Unforgettable Cleo Laine — Cleo Laine [1987] PYL 6029 — The Singles Collection — Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen [1987] PYL 6030 — The Best Of — Acker Bilk His Clarinet And Strings [1987] PYL 6031 — The Best Of Chris Barber — Chris Barber [1987] PYL 6032 — The One And Only — Vera Lynn [1987] PYL 6033 — The Very Best Of — Lena Martell [1987] PYL 6035 — Fatal Attraction (Soundtrack) — Maurice Jarre [1987] PYL 6036 PYL 6037 PYL 6038 PYL 6039 PYL 6040 — Lawrence Of Arabia (Soundtrack) — London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maurice Jarre [1987] PYL 6041 — Star Trek®: “The Cage” And “Where No Man Has Gone Before” (Soundtrack) — Alexander Courage [1987]

PYL 7001 — The Kinks Are Well Respected Men — The Kinks [1987] PYL 7002 — The Hit Singles Collection — Petula Clark [1988] PYL 7003 — The Hit Singles Collection — Lonnie Donegan [1987] PYL 7004 — Colours — Donovan [1987] PYL 7005 PYL 7006 — They All Laughed! (Did You Hear The One About?…) — Various [1987] PYL 7007 — Forty 45’s (Classic Tracks From A Legendary British Label) — Various [1988]

SPOT series

SPOT 1001 — Spotlight On John Williams — John Williams [1980] This album is on the Cube label. SPOT 1002 — Spotlight On Gilbert O’Sullivan — Gilbert O’Sullivan [1980] This album is on the MAM label. SPOT 1003 — Spotlight On Chuck Berry — Chuck Berry [1980] SPOT 1004 — Spotlight On Lena Martell — Lena Martell [1980] SPOT 1005 — Spotlight On Acker Bilk — Acker Bilk [1980] SPOT 1008 — Spotlight On Joan Baez — Joan Baez [1980] SPOT 1009 — Spotlight On The Kinks — The Kinks [1981] SPOT 1010 — Spotlight On Status Quo — Status Quo [1981] SPOT 1011 — Spotlight On: Brotherhood Of Man — Brotherhood Of Man [1980] SPOT 1012 — Spotlight On Petula Clark — Petula Clark [1980] SPOT 1013 — Spotlight On Victor Silvester — Victor Silvester — Unknown SPOT 1014 — Spotlight On The Searchers — The Searchers [1983] SPOT 1015 — Spotlight On Hits Of The The Sixties — Various [1981] SPOT 1016 — Spotlight On Al Green — Al Green [1981] SPOT 1017 — Spotlight On Donovan — Donovan [1981] SPOT 1019 — Spotlight On Rock ’N’ Roll — Various [1980] SPOT 1020 — Spotlight On Melanie — Melanie (2) [1981] SPOT 1024 — Spotlight On Acker Bilk Vol. 2 — Acker Bilk [1982] SPOT 1025 — Spotlight On Lena Martell Vol.2 — Lena Martell [1982] SPOT 1026 — Spotlight On Hits Of The Seventies — Various [1982] SPOT 1028 — Spotlight On Status Quo Vol.2 — Status Quo [1982] SPOT 1029 — Spotlight On The Kinks Vol. 2 — The Kinks [1982] SPOT 1030 — Spotlight On Max Bygraves Vol.2 — Max Bygraves [1982] SPOT 1031 — Spotlight On Soul — Various — Unknown SPOT 1032 — Spotlight On Dance — Various [1983] SPOT 1033 — Spotlight On Stateside — Various [1983] SPOT 1034 — Spotlight On The Swingin’ 60’s — Various [1983] SPOT 1035 — Spotlight On The Fabulous 50’s — Various [1983]

SPOT 2002 — Spotlight On Gilbert O’Sullivan Volume Two — Gilbert O’Sullivan — Unknown

SPOT 5500 — Spotlight On Hits Of The Sixties — Various [1981]

SPOT 6800 — Spotlight On Victor Silvester Vol. 2 — Victor Silvester [1984] SPOT 6804 — Spotlight On Sarah Vaughan — Sarah Vaughan [1984] SPOT 6805 — Spotlight On Vera Lynn — Vera Lynn [1985] SPOT 6806 — Spotlight On Sandie Shaw — Sandie Shaw [1986]

Etc.

CDPR 12 — Mystic Energy — Osibisa [1989] Meeting Point/Celebration/Africa We Gogo/Oreba (Magic People)/Moving On/Mama (I Will Be Back)/(I Feel) Pata Pata/Fatima-Obinkabimame

KINK 1 — The Kinks Greatest Hits (Dead End Street) — Kinks [14–10–83] Compilation with bonus 10" EP.

KINK 2 — The Kinks Greatest Hits (Includes 6 Mod Anthems) — Kinks [14–10–83] Compilation with bonus 10" EP.

KINK 7251 — Greatest Hits — Kinks [1985] You Really Got Me/All Day And All Of The Night/Tired Of Waiting For You/Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy/Set Me Free/See My Friends/Till The End Of The Day/Dedicated Follower Of Fashion/Sunny Afternoon//Dead End Street/Waterloo Sunset/Autumn Almanac/Wonderboy/Days/Plastic Man/Victoria/Lola/Apeman

LPB 7971 — Truth of the Matter — John Verity [1985] Roll The Dice/Lookin’ For Love/Hold On To Love/Keep A Little Love In Your Heart/Who D’ya Think You’re Foolin’?//Honesty & Emotion/Only In A Dream/Ride The Wind/Stompin’ Ground/No Pretending

NI 8001 — Brazil’s Greatest Hits — Walter Wanderley [1981] Same as GNP Crescendo GNPS 2137.

NSPM 5001 — Songs For Everyone — Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir [1981] The Bandits’ Chorus From ‘Ernani’/Go Down, Moses!/Nidaros/An Evening’s Pastorale/Fantasia On Welsh Airs//Myfanwy/Anvil Chorus From ‘Il Trovatore/Plantation Songs/Ave Verum Corpus/The Peacocks/Night Song

PCL 101 — The Early Years — Petula Clark [1986] Teasin’/The Card/A Boy In Love/Made In Heaven/Temptation Rag/Poppa Piccaalino/The Who-Is-It Song/Meet Me At Battersea Park/A Long Way To Go/Little Shoemaker/Little Johnny Rainbow//Romance In Rome/Chee Chee Oo Chee (Sang The Little Bird)/The Pendulum Song/Christmas Cards/Tuna Puna Trinidad/Fascinating Rhythm/Majorca/Suddenly There’s A Valley/Another Door Opens/A Million Stars Above/Fortune Teller//Fibbin’/Band Of Gold/Long Before I Know You/Alone/Gonna Find Me A Blue Bird/Memories Are Made Of This/With All My Heart/Who Needs You/Love Me Again/In A Little Moment//Baby Lover/Ever Been In Love/Devotion/I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face/My Favourite Things/The Little Blue Man/To You My Love/Lucky Day/Suddenly/Watch Your Heart (Aye Mon Coeur)

PRB 5621 — Hearts of Love — Various Artists [1983]

SPN 1 — In Our Liverpool Home — Spinners [1983]

TECH 1 — Technostalgia — Techno Twins [1982] Swing Together/Beautiful women in Bermuda Shorts/Gone With the Wind/Hi-Tech/Donald and Julie Go Boating/I Got You Babe//Falling in Love Again/Romantic Nights/Kings & Queens of Pleasure/Can’t Help Falling in Love (12" version)/Angels of Mercy

VSP 3 — Just The Way You Are — Victor Silvester Jr. & The Victor Silvester Orchestra [1980]

VSP 4 — The Very Thought Of You — Victor Silvester Jr. & The Victor Silvester Orchestra [1981]

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