CONTRACT PRESSING ISSUES ARE RECORDS BOTH SINGLES AND ALBUMS PRESSED IN NON EMI COMPANY PRESSING PLANTS. THE NEED TO CONTRACT OUT THE PRESSING OF THE ISSUE WAS CAUSED BY THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND FOR THE RELEASE. THIS DEMAND BEING TOO MUCH FOR EMI TO PRODUCE THE NUMBERS REQUIRED. SOME ISSUES WERE SO POPULAR THAT TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT COMPANIES WERE CONTRACTED. THE MOST WELL KNOWN CONTRACTED COMPANIES ARE DECCA, PHILLIPS AND PYE. THERE ARE OTHERS BUT THESE HAVE NOT YET BEEN DOCUMENTED

SOME COMPANIES CONTRACTED FOR PRESSING SINGLES

 ABOVE ARE  SOME OF THE DIFFERENT DECCA,PHILLIPS & PYE**  VARIATIONS -  (** PYE SHOWS THE EARLIER HIGHLY TEXTURED CENTRE & THE LATER SMOOTH CENTRE- PYE ALSO USED A SOLID CENTRE VARIATION)