PINK LABEL AND ALL, PYE RECORDS IS BACK FROM THE DEAD – BUT HOW?
KNOWN FOR years as a voice on Scottish radio and TV – as well running his own Radio Six International station – broadcaster Tony Currie has a new objective.
To wit, he’s resurrected historic British label Pye, erstwhile home of The Kinks, Sandie Shaw and Petula Clark, among many others.
“I always cherished Pye,” says Currie from the label’s headquarters in the Inner Hebrides. “I was heavily into big pop instrumentals, and they had John Schroeder, Laurie Johnson, Tony Hatch… I was very sorry in 1980 when the Pye trademark disappeared. I found out later that the owners were too mean to pay the £2,000 to renew it.”