Pye Records music catalogue

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The company Pye Ltd., founded in Cambridge in 1896 by William George Pye, originally made scientific instruments and radios and later TVs. More

The firm became a player in the record industry when it took over Nixa Records in 1953. In 1955 Polygon Records was acquired. Nixa and Polygon Records together became Pye Nixa Records . In 1959 it became Pye Records. The sub-label Pye International was founded in 1958 to be able to release recordings from foreign labels in Great Britain. Sub-labels such as Pye Golden Guinea and Marble Arch entered the budget market in the 1960s. The Piccadilly Records sub-label was especially for new acts. When the rights to the Pye name expired in 1980, the name was changed to "Precision Records and Tapes": PRT

Other sub-labels include Dawn and Blueprint

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