Marble Arch Chartbuster LP Series

In 1968 the first Chartbusters album was released by Marble Arch [a budget label owned by Pye International]. The below Chartbusters albums contain tracks as alternate releases of recordings by the Avenue Records and early albums indicated they were Avenue recordings. In 1969 the leasing of tracks appeared to list Dyne instead but in fact contained the same as recordings used for Avenue’s Studio 33 releases and followed up on Avenue’s 12 Top Hits series. All these tracks were also releasing through Avenue’s 7” EP series. These recordings can be identified by the Clive Allan Orchestra and Singers. Other credits are unlisted but would be known as listed in other sections of these pages since they are the same tracks.

Marble Arch released 18 different Chartbuster LPs and several showcase releases through 1970. The series was then re-launched as "Chartbusters New Series", starting a new numbering system and moved to the Pye International label. None of those recordings have anything to do with Avenue recordings or the artist known to participate under their guidance.

This series produced the first chart success that David Byron would know. Well before he gained fame with Uriah Heep. The April 1969 release of “Spring Chartbusters” would be the first. While featuring at least two tracks with David’s vocals it charted for one week on May 3, 1969 and stood at the #15 position on the British charts. One other release in this series topped that mark in 1970 when “Chartbusters ‘70” entered the charts on January 31, 1970. It remained on the charts for five weeks and reached a peek at #7. This LP featured as many as eight songs with David singing lead vocals.

Be aware these are track listings for information purposes only and no claim is professed that all of these tracks were recorded with vocals by David Byron.

	*Album Title:* Chart Busters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 776] *Release Date:* April 1968 *Track Listing:* Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde / Daydream Believer The Other Man's Grass / Suddenly You Love Me / Everything I Am Thank U Very Much / Hello Goodbye / Gimme Little Sign / Fire Brigade Am I That Easy To Forget / Mighty Quinn / Everlasting Love
	*Album Title:* More Chart Busters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 788] *Release Date:* May 1968 *Track Listing:* Lady Madonna / The Dock Of The Bay / Cry Like A Baby Valleri / Captain Of Your Ship / Jennifer Eccles / Congratulations If I Only Had Time / Delilah / Step Inside Love / Rosie / Cinderella Rockefella
	*Album Title:* Todays Chart Busters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 835] *Release Date:* June 1968 *Track Listing:* Young Girl / Something Here In My Heart / Lazy Sunday Helule Helule / I Can't Let Maggie Go / Simon Says / Honey Sleepy Joe I Don't Want Our Loving To Die / Hello How Are You / White Horses A Man Without Love
	*Album Title:* Top Chartbusters Of ‘68 *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 845] *Release Date:* August 1968 *Track Listing:* Help Yourself / Everlasting Love / Congratulations Baby Come Back / Cinderella Rockefella / Young Girl I've Gotta Get A Message To You / Mighty Quinn / Lady Madonna Jumpin' Jack Flash / Mony Mony / Hey Jude
	*Album Title:* Autumn Chartbusters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 848] Release Date: September 1968 *Track Listing:* Baby Come Back / Joanna / One More Dance / I Pretend Hush Not A Word To Mary / Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp Yummy Yummy Yummy / Days / My Name Is Jack / Mony Mony Yesterday Has Gone / Jumping Jack Flash
	*Album Title:* New Chartbusters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 868] *Release Date:* November 1968 *Track Listing:* Those Were The Days / Les Bicyclettes De Belsize This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) / Ain't Got No - I Got Life / Mexico Breakin' Down The Walls Of Heartache / With A Little Help From My Friends Jesamine / Light My Fire Only One Woman / Elenore / Eloise
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters ‘69 *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 896] *Release Date:* February 1969 *Track Listing:* Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da / Albatross / Son Of A Preacher Man Race With The Devil / I'm A Tiger / Build Me Up Buttercup / Lily The Pink I'm The Urban Spaceman / Don't Forget To Catch Me / Something's Happening A Minute Of Your Time / 1-2-3 O'Leary
	*Album Title:* Spring Chartbusters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1114] *Release Date:* April 1969 *Track Listing:* Wichita Lineman / Boom Bang-A-Bang / Sorry Suzanne I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose / Dancing In The Street / Please Don't Go Half As Nice / Gentle On My Mind / Where Do You Go To My Lovely Surround Yourself With Sorrow / Games People Play / First Of May
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters Now *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1127] *Release Date:* May 1969 *Track Listing:* Get Back / Goodbye / I Can Hear Music / Cupid Pinball Wizard / Windmills Of Your Mind / Israelites / Monsieur Dupont In The Bad Bad Old Days / If I Can Dream / I Heard It Through The Grapevine Hello World
	*Album Title:* Summer Chartbusters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MAL 1148] *Release Date:* July 1969 *Track Listing:* My Sentimental Friend / Ragamuffin Man The Tracks Of My Tears / Galveston / Behind A Painted Smile / Road Runner Dizzy / Harlem Shuffle / Love Me Tonight / Man Of The World / Dick-A-Dum-Dum Snake In The Grass
	*Album Title:* Autumn Chartbusters Label / Release Number: Marble Arch [MALS 1166] *Release Date:* September 1969 *Track Listing:* Honky Tonk Women / Something In The Air / Conversations It Mek / Ballad Of John And Yoko / Hello Suzie / Give Peace A Chance Curly / Goodnight Midnight / Saved By The Bell That's The Way God Planned It / Baby Make It Soon
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters ‘Movin’ *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1182] *Release Date:* October 1969 *Track Listing:* Bad Moon Rising / In The Year 2525 I Can Sing A Rainbow - Love Is Blue / Heather Honey Too Busy Thinking 'Bout My Baby / Wet Dream / Viva Bobby Joe Si Tu Dois Partir / My Cherie Amour / Early In The Morning Natural Born Boogie / Need Your Love So Bad
	*Album Title:* Top Chartbusters Of ‘69 *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1196] *Release Date:* December 1969 *Track Listing:* Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da / Lily The Pink / Albatross / Half As Nice Where Do You Go To My Lovely / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Israelites Get Back / Dizzy / The Ballad Of John & Yoko / Something In The Air Honky Tonk Women / In The Year 2525 / Bad Moon Rising
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters ‘70 *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1217] *Release Date:* January 1970 *Track Listing:* Something / Yester-Me Yester-You Yesterday / Bijou He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother / Sugar Sugar / Baby I Know / Cold Turkey I'll Never Fall In Love Again / A Boy Named Sue / Green River I'm Gonna' Make You Mine / Nobody's Child
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters Boomin’ *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1273] *Release Date:* March 1970 *Track Listing:* Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) / Jingle Jangle Friends / Without Love / All I Have To Do Is Dream / But You Love Me Daddy Reflections Of My Life / Come And Get It / Leavin' On A Jet Plane Good Morning / She Sold Me Magic / Hitchin' A Ride
	*Album Title:* Instant Chartbusters *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1289] *Release Date:* April 1970 *Track Listing:* Let It Be / Venus / Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye United We Stand / By The Way / Elizabethan Reggae / Instant Karma Wand'rin' Star / Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / That Same Old Feeling Don't Cry Daddy / Let's Work Together
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters Rising *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1326] *Release Date:* May 1970 *Track Listing:* Spirit In The Sky / Young Gifted And Black I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top / All Kinds Of Everything / Gimme Dat Ding Daughter Of Darkness / Knock Knock Who's There / Something's Burning Travellin' Band / Back Home / Good Morning Freedom / Melanie Makes Me Smile
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters Again *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1347] *Release Date:* June 1970 *Track Listing:* In The Summertime / Cottonfields / It's All In The Game Yellow River / Goodbye Sam Hello Samantha / Groovin' With Mr Bloe Bet Yer Life I Do Question / I Will Survive / My Marie / Down The Dustpipe Honey Come Back
	*Album Title:* Chartbusters Today! *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1357] *Release Date:* September 1970 *Track Listing:* The Wonder Of You / Rainbow / Lola Love Of The Common People Neanderthal Man Signed Sealed Delivered [I'm Yours] / Big Yellow Taxi / Sad Old Kinda Movie All Right Now / I'll Say Forever My Love / Natural Sinner Up Around The Bend
	Album Title: Chartbusters Of The Year *Label / Release Number:* Marble Arch [MALS 1366] *Release Date:* November 1970 *Track Listing:* In The Summertime / Yellow River / Wand'rin' Star / Let It Be Back Home / All Kinds Of Everything / The Wonder Of You / Spirit In The Sky Love Grows / You Can Get It If You Really Want / Lola / Two Little Boys