PYE PRESSING Amazingly some 'dealers' still state this obviously really an Oriole press is still Pye. Tiresome isn't it. Pye from 1964 era is a quite thin record unlike the thick ORIOLE vinyl. Many indies used PYE to contract press. A harder one to spot if you don't know UK vinyl, it has the centre ridge like a DECCA but the serrated edge matching will confirm. The record edge is rounded off unlike a Decca. Pye always have a small scratched number (usually 1) on the runout at the right when the matrix is at the bottom. They smell different to other vinyl too! Pye were mostly pressed with push out centres, though we've seen as early as 1960 with a Lonnie Donegan with a solid centre. Through the 60s you find solid & push out centres used at random, the push out being used more for jukebox use. See below for 4 different types of 1964 Pye pressing, Pye itself & 3 other Contracts. Beware! PYE "RED VINYL" isn't real Red Vinyl! From about 1972 to 1990 Pye actually used a non-black vinyl to press a large amount of their 45s with. Laid on a turntable it still looks black, but hold it up to the LIGHT and it appears a SHADE OF RED, from weak pinky red to a rich blood red. This is not a special pressing & holding "black" records to the light isn't very interesting. If it's red (or any colour) vinyl in normal light it's red vinyl, these "hold up to the light" jobs aren't. You find other countries with streaky vinyl that lets light through & then proper streaky coloured vinyl you can easily see. Some USA Diamond 60s vinyl looks brown up to a bright light. If you think it's worth more, then enjoy it. You put a light in a Tiffany Lampshade to show it's beauty, records aren't held by 100w lamps as they get hot & warp. We saw one ebay seller find the Pye Contract of Special AKA 'Gangsters' and backlit it on his scanner to make it appear red in the photo. Some sucker paid £60 for it & you can imagine the scene on receiving a black record & being told that's the red vinyl item!

ˆ1967 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1969 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1974 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1973 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1967 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1973 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1971 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1972 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1975 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1968 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1965 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1965 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1977 PYE CONTRACT	ˆ1968 PYE CONTRACT
ˆ1969 PYE CONTRACT