The label's primary aim was to record and capture a growing market of 'free-style' jazz-oriented artists and exponents of avant-garde music that were beginning to emerge at the close of the 1960's. Founded in 1967 BYG is an acronym for the founders including Jean Karakos, who later founded Celluloid Records. This thread will focus on early releases from BYG/Actuel and it's sublabels, such as Goody and Faces and Places. BYG Records Actuel Goody Faces And Places The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Double Lovin' (BYG 1968) The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Double Lovin' (Vinyl)
Alex Korner - Mary Open The Door/I'm Tore Down (BYG 1968) https://www.discogs.com/release/5704930-Alexis-Korner-Mary-Open-The-Door-Im-Tore-Down
Shelly Manne/Bill Russo - Deep People (BYG 1968) Shelley Manne / Bill Russo – Deep People (1968, Vinyl)
Alex Korner - A New Generation Of Blues (BYG 1968) https://www.discogs.com/release/4909358-Alexis-Korner-A-New-Generation-Of-Blues Alexis Korner – A New Generation Of Blues (1968, Vinyl) The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (BYG 1968) The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation (1968, Vinyl)
Lightnin' Hopkins - When The Saints Go Marching In (Goody) Lightnin' Hopkins – When The Saints Go Marching In (1969, Vinyl)
Pete Seeger - The House Carpenter/In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (Goody) Pete Seeger – The House Carpenter / In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down (Vinyl)
Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues (Goody) Leadbelly – The Bourgeois Blues (1968, Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_XbCc-R_M
Elmore James - The Blues In My Heart The Rhythm In My Soul (BYG) Elmore James – The Blues In My Heart The Rhythm In My Soul (1969, Vinyl)
Dee Dee Sharp - What Kind Of Lady/You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone) (BYG) Dee Dee Sharp – What Kind Of Lady / You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone) (1969, Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwWI6F82IzI
James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir - Peace Be Still/The Lord Brought Us (BYG) James Cleveland And The Angelic Choir – Peace Be Still/ The Lord Brought Us Out (1969, Vinyl)
Mercy - Love (Can Make You Happy) (BYG) Mercy – Love (Can Make You Happy) (1969, Vinyl) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XBqYvzkPzU
