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The Rolling Stones - Little Queenie • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues As for most countries, the post-sixties era was not very creative at Decca Germany but a fairly number of reissues were made on single to promote LP compilations and a few oddities like the booklet cover of 'Look What You've Done', 'All Sold Out', or the five 'Big Hits 1965-75' reissues from 1987 are worth a look.
The 'Street Fighting Man' 1971 issue or the 'Sympathy For The Devil' picture sleeve from 1974 also stands out of the poor generic titled cover artworks from the 'Oldies but Goldies' series.
b&w boxed Decca logo The rarest single from this period certainly is the infamous 'Cocksucker Blues' issued by Decca on blank labels (!) as a free bonus with the first copies of the 4-LPs box set 'The Rest Of The Best' in 1984. This record is the only 'official' worldwide release of this track, heavily bootlegged since Decca reject it way back in 1970.
All labels from the 70's are red with the boxed black & white Decca logo. Many variations and white promo labels issues exist.

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Decca 70's singles information
# view cat.# date titles a-side / b-side PS - record
29-a DL 25390 1971 Satisfaction / The Under... Vol. 11 - Golden Era s. - wlp
29-b DL 25390 1971 Satisfaction / The Under... Vol. 11 - Golden Era s. - thick Decca
29-c DL 25390 1971 Satisfaction / The Under... Vol. 11 - Golden Era s. - thin Decca
29-d DL 25390 1971 Satisfaction / The Under... Vol. 11 - Golden Era s. - no 'Bestell'
30-a view details DL 25447 1971 Little Queenie / Love In Vain testpressing - large labels
30-b DL 25447 1971 Little Queenie / Love In Vain PS - white promo labels
30-c DL 25447 1971 Little Queenie / Love In Vain PS - thin Decca logo labels
30-d DL 25447 1971 Little Queenie / Love In Vain PS - thick Decca logo labels
31-a DLS 25460 1971 Look What You've Done / Blue.. test pressing
31-b DLS 25460 1971 Look What You've Done / Blue.. gatefold PS - white promo labels
31-c DLS 25460 1971 Look What You've Done / Blue.. gatefold PS - DL 25460 labels
31-d DLS 25460 1971 Look What You've Done / Blue.. gatefold PS - DLS 25460 labels
32-a DL 25470 1971 Street Fighting Man / Everybody. test pressing
32-b DL 25470 1971 Street Fighting Man / Everybody. mislabeled : 2 x A-sides
32-c DL 25470 1971 Street Fighting Man / Everybody.  
33-a DL 25390 1972 Satisfaction / The Under... 6.11166 disc w/o 'stereo' - side 1/2
33-b 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under.... 2 #s' PS - 6.11166 d. w/o 'stereo' - sm. ©
33-c 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under.... 2 #s' PS - 6.11166 d. w/o 'stereo' - big ©
33-d 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under.... 2 #s' PS - 6.11166 disc w/o 'LC'
33-e 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under... 'Stereo' note - 'Teldec' rim line
33-f 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under... 'Stereo' note - 'Decca' rim line
33-g 6.11166 1974 Satisfaction / The Under... no 'Stereo' - 'Decca' rim line
33-h 6.11166 1974 The Under Assistant... one-sided test pressing
34-a DL 25519 07/72 Paint It, Black / Long Long While white promo labels
34-b DL 25519 07/72 Paint It, Black / Long Long While 'Bestell Nr' mentions on labels
34-c DL 25519 07/72 Paint It, Black / Long Long While no 'Bestell Nr' mentions on labels
35-a 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While # 'DL 25519' erased on PS - sm. rim
35-b 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While no 'Stereo' on labels - sm. rim line
35-c 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While no 'Stereo' - big rim line
35-d 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While no 'Stereo' - 'Telefunken/Decca' lines
35-e 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While no 'Stereo' - 'Teldec' rim line
35-f 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While 'Stereo' notes - sm. rim line
35-g 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While 'Stereo' notes - big rim line
35-h 6.11170 1976 Paint It, Black / Long Long While 'Stereo' on B-side only - sm. rim line
36-a DL 25536 11/72 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... white promo labels
36-b DL 25536 11/72 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... 'Bestell Nr' mentions on labels
36-c DL 25536 11/72 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... no 'Bestell Nr' mentions on labels
37-a 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... no 'Stereo' - small 'Decca' rim line
37-b 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... no 'Stereo' - sm. 'Decca' rim l. - difft GEMA
37-c 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... no 'Stereo' - big 'Decca' rim line
37-d 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... no 'Stereo' - 'Telefunken' rim line
37-e 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... 'Stereo' notes - 'Teldec' rim line
37-f 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... 'Stereo' notes - small 'Decca' rim line
37-g 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... 'Stereo' notes - large 'Decca' rim line
37-h 6.11175 1976 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of... 'Stereo' - 'Decca' rim line - difft GEMA
38-a DL 25576 1973 Sad Day/ YCAGWYW test pressing
38-b DL 25576 1973 Sad Day/ YCAGWYW white promo labels
38-c DL 25576 1973 Sad Day/ YCAGWYW  
39-a DL 25610 1974 Sympathy For The Devil / P. Son white promo labels
39-b DL 25610 1974 Sympathy For The Devil / P. Son mislabeled: twice the A-side
39-c DL 25610 1974 Sympathy For The Devil / P.Son  
40-a 6.11668 1975 I Don't Know Why / TAL Harder test pressing
40-b 6.11668 1975 I Don't Know Why / TAL. Harder misprint: unlabeled A-side
40-c 6.11668 1975 I Don't Know Why / TAL. Harder  
41-a view details 6.11734 1975 Out Of Time / Jiving Sister Fanny testpressing
41-b 6.11734 1975 Out Of Time / Jiving Sister Fanny  
42-a 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You testpressing
42-b 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You no 'Stereo' notes - no 'LC 0171'
42-c 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You no 'Stereo' notes - 'LC 0171' mention
42-d 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You no 'Stereo' notes - 'LC 0171' difft GEMA
42-e 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You 'Stereo' notes - small 'Decca' rim line
42-f 6.11981 1976 Dandelion / We Love You 'Stereo' notes - large 'Decca' rim line
43-a 6.12148 08/77 Honky Tonk Women / Sympathy. test pressing
43-b 6.12148 09/77 Honky Tonk Women / Sympathy. 'Stereo' notes on labels - round GEMA
43-c 6.12148 09/77 Honky Tonk Women / Sympathy. 'Stereo' notes - standard GEMA
43-d 6.12148 09/77 Honky Tonk Women / Sympathy. no 'Stereo' notes
44-a 6.12375 10/78 Let's Spend The Night T. / OOT B-side w/ '5:15' timing
44-b 6.12375 10/78 Let's Spend The Night T. / OOT B-side w/ '3:40' timing - thin © lines
44-c 6.12375 10/78 Let's Spend The Night T. / OOT B-side w/ '3:40' timing - thick © lines
45-a 6.12715 04/80 19th Nervous Breakdown / The L. test pressing
45-b 6.12715 04/80 19th Nervous Breakdown / The L.  
46 6.12978 1981 All Sold Out / Connection  
47-a 6.11656 12/84 Cocksucker Blues 1-sided 7" (test pressing)
47-b 6.11656 12/84 Cocksucker Blues 1-sided 7" (w/ 4-LP box set)
48 6.14900 1987 Satisfaction / Jumpin' Jack Flash 'Big Hits' series
49 6.14901 1987 Let's Spend The Night T. / OOT 'Big Hits' series
50 6.14902 1987 The Last Time / Get Off Of My C. 'Big Hits' series
51 6.14903 1987 Paint It, Black / Honky Tonk W. 'Big Hits' series
52 6.14904 1987 It's All Over Now / 19th NB 'Big Hits' series

The Rolling Stones - Sad Day - DL 25576 • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black - 6.11170 • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction - Big Hits 1965-75 series • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues

The Rolling Stones - Look What You've Done - booklet detail • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues'Satisfaction' [DL 25390, 6.11166], as one can expect, was reissued many times in the 70's. Up to 1974, two different covers were made for two catalogue numbers, each knowing label variations.
This will also be the case with 'Paint It, Black' [DL 25519, 6.11170] and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' [DL 25536, 6.11175], both being reissued in 1972 and 1976.

During this time, the black and white boxed Decca logo [type IV] slightly evolves and can be found within a more or less thick lettering.

The original 'Little Queenie' cover is as minimalist as can be, black & white, only titled 'Stones' on front, and with actual stones on back.

The Rolling Stones - Look What You've Done • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - Look What You've Done • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - Look What You've Done • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - Look What You've Done • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues


'Look What You've Done' is exclusive to Germany and offers a gatefold booklet cover with the Decca albums back catalogue, each page in color featuring a member of the 1971' band's line-up with album pictures.

The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man - DL 25470 • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues In 1971, 'Street Fighting Man' is reissued with a new cover extracted from the 'Sticky Fingers' sessions featuring Mick Taylor! - and, as for Sweden, is coupled with 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love' only.
Such mistake should not prevent Decca from making further conceptual errors, as could attest the 1970's 'live' cover for the 1966 studio track 'Sad Day' [DL 25576] in 1973, or the early band shots for the covers of 'I Don't Know Why' and 'Out Of Time' - the latter of which being also issued in Italy in the same PS.

Issued in 1974, 'Sympathy For The Devil' cover [DL 25610] uses the famous shot by Michael Joseph from the 'Beggars Banquet' sessions, as for Japan, signing a different PS than the Belgian or Dutch versions. The track here has been shortened to 3:53, fading in the middle of the last verse.

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil - DL 25610 • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues

A real oddity is 'All Sold Out' / 'Connection' in 1981, an exclusive single supposed to promote the then current Decca compilation album 'Solid Rock' - LP and 7" with the same unique 'Mount Rushmore' revisited artwork - as well as the 12-LPs box set 'The Rolling Stones Story'.

The Rolling Stones - All Sold Out • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues This latter set had a follower in 1984 with 'The Rest Of The Best', an unusual 4-LPs box set compilation containing never-released before tracks like 'Da Doo Ron Ron' or 'Memphis Tennessee', and the infamous 'Cocksucker Blues' as a bonus 7".
Teldec / Decca carefully used blank labels for the joke though, leaving the fine print to an extra sticker 'Die Sensation!'.


The Rolling Stones - The Rest Of The Best - 4xLPs box set • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues The Rolling Stones - German Cocksucker Blues sticker • Germany discography: Decca 70's singles & late issues And if you ever dreamt of having the Concord, Neil Armstrong, Che Guevara, Muhammad Ali, and Mick Jagger within the same picture, look no further than the 'Big Hits 1965-75' series from 1987.
This set of 5 new compilation singles of the band's greatest hits was the last Decca effort to sell the back catalogue on singles in Germany before the Polygram offensive in 1989.