In July 2008, the Rolling Stones left EMI for Universal Music which then controlled their whole back catalogue.
This also meant the end of genuine UK pressings.
If since 1986, major record labels were mostly pressing in Holland for the whole European market [because of cheaper mechanical rights], the UK kept on manufacturing for itself. Since 2008 though, GZ Vinyl [Gramofonové Závody, standing for Gramophone Record Factory] in Czech Republic has been pressing almost all new releases for distribution throughout Europe & the UK for Universal and its subsidiaries / affiliates [A&M, Abkco, Polydor and Bravado]. Note that most releases, intended for the collector market, would rarely mention the Czech Republic provenance yet, prefering the vague 'made in the EU' tag [matrix numbers in the groove would speak].

The first 7" to see the light of the day was 'Plundered My Soul', an unreleased track from the 'Exile On Main Street' sessions [featuring vocal and guitar overdubs from Mick Taylor and Mick Jagger in 2010], released on April 17, 2010, to coincide with the 'Record Store Day'. The single peaked at #200 in the UK Top 200 Singles chart, at #2 on Billboard's Singles Sales and #42 on Billboard's Rock Songs Airplay.

The 1971' 'Brown Sugar' UK EP was reissued for its 40th birthday as a limited numbered edition for the 2011 'Record Store Day' [April 16].

'No Spare Parts', an unreleased track from the 'Some Girls' sessions, was released in November 2011 the same way than 'Plundered My Soul', but on A&M records [more than 10,000 copies made].

At the same time, was also reissued in the EU the rare US 'lion' picture sleeve of 'Beast Of Burden', only distributed with a limited numbered edition deluxe box set of 'Some Girls' also containing 2 CDs, a DVD, a hardback collector's book, a Helmut Newton print, a 5 postcards set and a poster.

In 2012, the deluxe version of the compilation box set 'Grrr!' [A3 sized with a 96-pages book, 5 CD, postcards, a poster replica] issued to commemorate the band's 50th birthday included a 7" EP of four tracks recorded live in stereo for the BBC at the Camden Theatre, London, on March 19th,1964, heavily bootlegged in the past: 'Route 66', 'Cops And Robbers', 'You Better Move On' and 'Mona'. No mention of Universal is made for this 7" issued under the unique Abkco flag.

That same year, was released The Brussels Affair, a numbered deluxe box set featuring the two gigs that took place at the Forest National arena in Brussels in 1973, originally recorded by Andy Johns on the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. Bob Clearmountain applied the final mix in 2011. 1973 of these boxes at least were made (1,727 collector's + 173 platinum + 73 art editions), offering various versions and content (3x LPs, a watch, numbered book signed by Mick Jagger, a tour litho...); overstock was sold in 2013, some of which included 'Dancing With Mr. D' a 7" single in PS signed by Mick Taylor and supposedly limited to 100 copies.

The band's second EP 'Five By Five' was reissued in mono in 2013 for the Record Store Day [April 15]. A year later, the first EP and 'Got Live If You Want It!' were also reissued for the same event [both had their US versions released before].

In 2015, 100 copies only of the one-sided 7" 'Dead Flowers' were pressed for the Secret 7" event, a charitable project developed by Goodness, UK, for Universal Music and to benefit Nordoff Robbins. A different design was printed in England for each copy - please see the UK section for all artworks - yet the disc may have been pressed in Czech Republic.

'Brown Sugar' was ultimately reissued as a 7" in PS, c/w 'Wild Horses', a month later, to be included into the deluxe box set - and greedy - reissue of 'Sticky Fingers' [actually made in Poland].

Digitally released for the first time on July 22, 2020, 'Scarlet' - a previously unreleased track from 1974 featuring Jimmy Page - was included with two other unreleased tracks, 'Criss Cross' and 'All The Rage', on the multi-format 'Goat's Head Soup' reissues on September 4, 2020. It was released on a 1-sided 7" single in picture sleeve, as an exclusive bonus to the LP [alt. 'goats' cover edition].

Universal / A&M / Abkco / Polydor / Bravado				info
#	view	catalogue #	rel. date	titles a-side / b-side	release
12		Polydor 089407-8	04/09/2020	Scarlet	only available with 'Goats Head Soup' LP reissue
13		Polydor 581 224-8	08/09/2023	Angry	red vinyl, one-sided w/ etched B-side
NA		Virgin France 5857383	20/10/2023	Angie	one-sided PS - exclusive France distr.
NA		Virgin France 5857390	20/10/2023	Start Me Up	one-sided PS - exclusive France distr.
NA		Universal 00602458826357	06/12/2023	Like A Rolling Stone / You Got Me R.	white vinyl w/ RS Mag. - exclusive France distr.
NA		Universal 00602458826357	06/12/2023	Like A Rolling Stone / You Got Me R.	orange vinyl w/ RS Mag. - exclusive France distr.
NA		Universal 00602458826357	06/12/2023	Like A Rolling Stone / You Got Me R.	black vinyl w/ RS Mag. - exclusive France distr.

2009' remastered versions of 'Angie' and 'Start Me Up' were exclusively released as one-sided singles in France by Virgin France Music / Universal and distributed through Fnac stores on Oct. 20, 2023 [the worldwide release date from the album 'Hackney Diamonds' from which was extracted the single 'Angry' a few weeks before].

Such operation was followed by another French-only release via Rolling Stone Magazine on Dec. 6, 2023, offering an exclusive limited 7" PS release in either black, white, or orange vinyl of 'Like A Rolling Stone' c/w 'You Got Me Rocking', both tracks live from the Olympia show in Paris from 1995.