From late 1960's to early 1970's David Byron did a lot of session work mainly for a company called Avenue Recordings singing lead & backing vocals (it has been said that also other Uriah Heep members Mick Box & Paul Newton participated in these sessions as musicians but this has not been fully confirmed). These were cover versions of Top 20 hits and were released on numerous EP's & LP's at the time. There are over hundred of tracks recorded during these sessions featuring David Byron on lead vocals but these records are very hard to find these days.

For 40 years these were available only on the original extremely rare vinyl records and tapes in circulation among fans but in 2012 Artistry Records started releasing these on CD. The release series has now been completed and that included total of 118 songs on six CD's released 2012 - 2017. In addition to this there's one compilation CD with various vocalists including 5 more songs sung by Byron. You can see more info on these releases at the David Byron Discography Section of this site:
DAVID BYRON: THE EARLY SESSIONS
DAVID BYRON: THE EARLY SESSIONS VOL. 2
DAVID BYRON: THE EARLY SESSIONS VOL. 3
DAVID BYRON: SPIRIT IN THE SKY
VARIOUS ARTISTS: TOPS IN POPS OF THE 60S
DAVID BYRON: THE EARLY SESSIONS VOL. 4
DAVID BYRON: THE EARLY SESSIONS VOL. 5

The complete list of tracks surfaced in various formats so far from the Avenue Recordings sessions with David Byron on lead vocals you can find at this page

Byron also did the vocals among some other singers to two albums by a group called John Smith And The New Sound, both released in 1968. It is yet unclear exactly on what tracks Byron sings on these albums.

In 1971 David appeared on two LP's by John Schroeder:

You've Made Me So Very Happy

Witchi Tai To

Byron's voice can be heard on the following tracks:
25 Or 6 To 4, Spinning Wheel, You've Made Me So Very Happy (You've Made Me So Very Happy), Back In The USSR (original performer The Beatles), The Bird Has Flown, Wanna Thank You Girl & Witchi Tai To (Witchi Tai To)

Note! A double cd compilation called Soal Coaxing - The Many Moods Of John Schroeder was released in 2005 and it includes all tracks with David Byron from these two lp's except 'Wanna Thank You Girl'

Byron also was involved with several projects with Peter Lee Stirling (known later as Daniel Boone) who was also one of the vocalists at Avenue Records sessions.

These were all just for money making while Uriah Heep was starting their career. After Look At Yourself became the first succesfull album he quit the session work and concentrated only on Uriah Heep

After leaving Uriah Heep David sang backing vocals on several albums in the late 70's such as Ian Lloy'ds 'Goosebumps' and Peter Bliss' self titled album. He also produced Denny And The Jets single Shoo-Be-Doo and again worked with Peter Lee Stirling (aka Daniel Boone) in several projects.

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