
Early singles were pressed several times and distributed into 5 types of generic picture covers (see table below).
Labels have a wine red background until 1968 then turn to a vivid red.
Back covers were also pretty standardized in the early days: initial '5 heads' cover prints have generic liner notes on the back, later ones sport a discography reminder including the band's first EP. Up to 1965 and 'Satisfaction', rears could show either short [up to 'It's All Over Now' - Decca DL 25144] or long [up to 'Little Red Rooster' - Decca DL 25158] discographies.
It is not before '19th Nervous Breakdown' in 1966 that a first exclusive cover will stand out of the lot. Then 'Have You Seen Your Mother...', 'We Love You', '2000 Light Years From Home' and 'Street Fighting Man' also were German only artworks.
Two DJ promo titled covers were also produced for 'Paint It Black' and 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'.
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The '5 heads' type was used for the very first 4 singles. Back with a text - reissues w/ the band's catalogue and darker front. Beware of counterfeits. |
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The '1st LP' shot type called as such because of the reference to the picture for the band's debut LP. Backs with short or long discographies. |
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The 'Got Live' type looks like the 'Got Live If You Want It!' UK EP. Backs with short or long discographies. Some variations have a red beam instead of brown. |
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The 'stage' type, first used for 'Paint
It, Black' in 1966. Back as front. |
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The 'stairs' type appeared in mid-66 and was used until 1967. Back as front. A variation with white titles for 'Mothers Little Helper' exists. |
Note: some of these PS were sent untitled to Norway or Sweden who would then print titles and catalogue numbers their way - often on one side only - to use with imported UK pressings. |

Decca | Title | Rel. date |
---|---|---|
DL 25129 | I Wanna Be Your Man | 1964 |
DL 25133 | Not Fade Away | 04/64 |
DL 25144 | It's All Over Now | 1964 |
DL 25157 | Time Is On My Side | 10/64 |
DL 25158 | Little Red Rooster | 1964 |
DL 25172 | The Last Time | 19/03/65 |
DL 25200 | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 1965 |
DL 25205 | Get Off Of My Cloud | 1965 |
DL 25222 | 19th Nervous Breakdown | 03/66 |
DL 25240 | Paint It, Black | 05/66 |
DL 25260 | Mothers Little Helper | 08/66 |
DL 25265 | Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby...? | 10/66 |
DL 25280 | Let's Spend The Night Together | 01/67 |
DL 25306 | We Love You | 09/67 |
DL 25321 | 2,000 Light Years From Home | 12/67 |
DL 25340 | Jumpin' Jack Flash | 06/68 |
DL 25350 | Street Fighting Man | 09/68 |
DL 25380 | Honky Tonk Women | 07/69 |
labels | logos | notes |
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type I | ![]() |
gold oval Decca logo w/ wine red lettering [1964] |
type II | ![]() |
wine red oval Decca logo w/ gold lettering [1964 - 1966] |
type III | ![]() |
gold 'boxed' Decca [mid-1966 - 1967] |
type IV | ![]() |
b&w 'boxed' Decca [mid-1968-1971] |
Decca DL 25129 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#7 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
03/64 | '5 heads' PS | liner notes | I |
b | ![]() |
1964 | '5 heads' PS | short discography [incl. 1st EP] | II |
c | ![]() |
10/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
d | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II* |
Not Fade Away / Little By Little
Decca DL 25133 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#8 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
04/64 | '5 heads' PS | liner notes | I |
b | ![]() |
1964 | '5 heads' PS | short discography [incl. 1st EP] | II |
c | ![]() |
10/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
d | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II |
It's All Over Now / Tell Me (You're Coming Back)
Decca DL 25144 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#9 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1964 | '5 heads' PS - untitled | I | |
b | ![]() |
07/64 | '5 heads' PS | liner notes | I |
c | ![]() |
1964 | '5 heads' PS | short discography [incl. 1st EP] | I |
d | ![]() |
11/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
e | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II |
f | ![]() |
10/65 | 'Got Live' PS | as front | II |
g | ![]() |
10/65 | 'Got Live' PS | discography | II |
h | ![]() |
1967 | 'stairs' PS - misspelled 'I'ts' | as front | III |
i | ![]() |
1967 | 'stairs' PS | as front | IV - black 45 |
j | ![]() |
1967 | 'stairs' PS | as front | IV - white 45 |
Time Is On My Side / Congratulations
Decca DL 25157 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#10 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
10/64 | '5 heads' PS | liner notes | II |
b | ![]() |
1964 | '5 heads' PS | short discography [incl. 1st EP] | II |
c | ![]() |
12/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
d | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II |
Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook
Decca DL 25158 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#11 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
12/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II - white promo l. |
b | ![]() |
12/64 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
c | ![]() |
12/64 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II |
The Last Time / Play With Fire
Decca DL 25172 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#12 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
19/03/65 | '1st LP' PS | short discography [up to DL 25144] | II |
b | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' PS | long discography [up to DL 25158] | II |
c | ![]() |
1965 | Die Fidelen Inntaler | Die Fidelen Inntaler [Telefunken UX 5007] | mispressed |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction / The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
Decca DL 25200 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#13 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
08/65 | NA | testpressing | |
b | ![]() |
08/65 | '1st LP' white beam PS - pink title | long discog. [up to DL 25158] | II |
c | ![]() |
1965 | '1st LP' red beam PS - white title | as front | II |
d | ![]() |
1965 | 'Got Live' brown beam PS - red title | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II |
e | ![]() |
1965 | CS / PS | II - misl. 2 B-sides |
Get Off Of My Cloud / I'm Free
Decca DL 25205 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#14 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
11/65 | NA | NA | testpressing |
b | ![]() |
1965 | 'Got Live' PS - 'I'm Free' on the right | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II |
c | ![]() |
1965 | 'Got Live' PS - 'I'm Free' on the left | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II |
19th Nervous Breakdown / As Tears Go By
Decca DL 25222 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#15 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - thin titles | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II or wlp |
b | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - thick titles | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II |
c | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - thick titles - red beam | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | II |
d | ![]() |
1966 | 'garden' PS | as front | II |
Paint It, Black / Long Long While
Decca DL 25240 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#16 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1966 | DJ titled cover | white | promo wl. |
b | ![]() |
1966 | 'stage' PS - untitled | as front | II |
c | ![]() |
1966 | 'stage' PS - wide titles | as front | II - also wl. testpress. |
d | ![]() |
1966 | 'stage' PS - narrow titles | as front | II or III |
e | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - brown beam | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | III |
f | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - red beam | as front | III |
Mother's Little Helper / Lady Jane
Decca DL 25260 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#17 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1966 | NA | test | |
b | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS | as front | III |
c | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - brown beam | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | III / wlp |
d | ![]() |
1966 | 'Got Live' PS - red beam | 'Fünf harte Brocken' discog. | III |
e | ![]() |
1966 | 'stairs' PS - white title | as front | III |
f | ![]() |
1966 | 'stairs' PS - black title | as front | III |
Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow ? / Who's Driving Your Plane
Decca DL 25265 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#18 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1966 | 'crossed hands' PS | as front | III or wlp |
b | ![]() |
1966 | 'stairs' PS | as front | III |
Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday
Decca DL 25280 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#19 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
02/67 | 'Between the Buttons' PS | as front | III -'shake' mention on A-side |
b | ![]() |
1967 | 'stage' PS | as front | III - also wlp |
c | ![]() |
1967 | 'stairs' PS | as front | III |
Decca DL 25306 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#20 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
09/67 | 'Dandelion' in black | as front | wlp |
b | ![]() |
09/67 | 'Dandelion' in black | as front | III - musical type & timing mentions |
c | ![]() |
09/67 | 'Dandelion' in black | as front | III - musical type & timing mention on B-side only |
d | ![]() |
1967 | 'Dandelion' in white | as front | III - no musical type nor timing mentions |
2000 Light Years From Home / She's A Rainbow
Decca DL 25321 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#21 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
12/67 | catalogue number on the left - white line between titles | as front | III |
b | ![]() |
12/67 | catalogue number on the left - black line between titles | as front | III |
c | ![]() |
12/67 | catalogue number on the right - no line between titles | as front | III or wlp |
Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of The Moon
Decca DL 25340 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#22 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
06/68 | DJ titled sleeve | white | wlp |
b | ![]() |
06/68 | PS | as front | III - arranger credits - some misprinted front PS |
c | ![]() |
06/68 | PS | as front | III - arranger credits - mislabeled B-side on both sides |
d | ![]() |
06/68 | PS | as front | III - missing arranger credits - white '45' triangle |
e | ![]() |
06/68 | PS | as front | III - missing arranger credits - red '45' triangle |
Street Fighting Man / No Expectations
Decca DL 25350 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#23 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1968 | 'Street Fighting Man' in black - misprint: one untitled side | as front | III |
b | ![]() |
1968 | 'Street Fighting Man' in black | as front | III - also wlp |
c | ![]() |
1968 | 'Street Fighting Man' in red | as front | III |
Honky Tonk Women / You Can't Always Get What You Want
Decca DL 25380 | cover | labels | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#24 | view | date | front | back | type |
a | ![]() |
1969 | 'bar' PS | as front | wlp |
b | ![]() |
1969 | 'bar' PS | as front | III |
Strangely, Decca Germany picked up 'Money', included on the band debut UK EP, as the B-side of their first single [DL 25129]. The '5 heads' cover with simple liner notes on the back is very rare but beware of counterfeits - as many exist.
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Some copies of 'I Wanna Be Your Man' with the '1st LP' cover have the title misspelt 'Wanna Be Your Man' on label.
The same types of labels and sleeves - 4 in total - were produced for the second single 'Not Fade Away' [DL 25133] initially out in April 1964.
'It's All Over Now' [DL 25144] versions were more numerous. Since 'Good Times, Bad Times' - its UK B-side - had already been included on the band first EP, Decca picked up 'Tell Me' instead. A choice followed by Finland for its band's debut single, while some European countries like Belgium, Denmark, or Norway kept this first Jagger-Richards composition for an A-side.
Note that the original single was found once into an untitled '5 heads' PS.
Another rare version is the 1965 'Got Live' PS edition but the rarest of all is a misspelled copy of the 'stairs' type titling 'I'ts All Over Now' and housing boxed Decca labels on wine red background [type III].
The correctly titled 'stairs' cover should have the new red labels with a b&w Decca logo.
'Time Is On My Side' [DL 25157], the fourth single, knew the same variations as the two first ones, except that the first type of labels with the full gold oval background for Decca had disappeared in the meantime.


'Little Red Rooster' [DL 25158] issued just after, and 'The Last Time' [DL 25172] were only issued in the 'first LP' PS.
'Satisfaction' [DL 25200], backed with 'The Under Assistant' as almost everywhere but England, tried to vary this cover a bit, first with a white beam and a pink title [rare], then with a red beam and white title [common]. For some reason, the B-side title was shortened on all releases. This single was issued a third time within the 'Got Live' cover, in automn 1965, when a new generic back cover appeared titling 'Fünf harte Brocken...'.


'Get Off Of My Cloud' [DL 25205] was issued with the 'Got Live' brown beam PS with two different titlings, the rarer version being the one with 'I'm Free' on left side.
'19th Nervous Breakdown' [DL 25222] also experimented two brown beam variations, and even a very scarce version of the 'Got Live' type on a red background, before the unique final 'garden' cover - very popular among collectors ever since its release in late 1966.
With 'Paint It, Black' [DL 25240] came the first 'stage' picture sleeve - which was also used in Denmark, Sweden and Norway - as well as the new boxed red wine 'Decca' labels. A very rare titled 'DJ' cover was issued for promotional purposes, and ideally contain promo white labels copies. The 'Got Live' variation for this single is extremely rare, not to mention its obscure red background version.

The next single from 'Aftermath', 'Mothers Little Helper' [DL 25260], was released on 4 different covers, including the
'Got Live' type for the last time. Two color versions of the latter were made, the rarest being again a red background variation tells.
The 'stairs' version of the cover is very scarce, and its first print with the main title in white is maybe the most sought-after record among German collectors.
Nice enough is the initial and exclusive cover for 'Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadow?' [DL 25265] - also known as the 'crossed hands' sleeve - which soon left place to a more common 'stairs' cover.
'Let's Spend The Night Together' [DL 25280], as in most countries, was out sporting the 'Between The Buttons' LP shot, but it was also reissued the same year within the 'stage' and 'stairs' covers - these latters appearing for the last time.
The poor seller 'We Love You' [DL 25306], out in September 1967, opened the era of the new red labels [type III] with the b&w boxed Decca logo.
Some labels variations exist here, as the old fashion of indicating the musical type of the songs [eg: beat, foxtrot, slop, shake] below titles on labels disappeared at that time in Germany. The exclusive psychedelic cover has two versions and typographies, 'Dandelion' being either in black or white.
By December, a rococo cover was conceived for '2000 Light Years From Home' [DL 25321] which was also used later for 'Street Fighting Man' in Sweden. Three variations of this PS were made in Germany: having a white or black [rarer] line between titles, or no line with a different typography.
'Jumpin' Jack Flash' [DL 25340], a classic cover for a classic single, also inspired Decca Germany a DJ-titled sleeve for its promotional version - as 'Paint It, Black' before.
'Honky Tonk Women' [DL 25380] with its 'bar' sleeve was no exception neither, yet 'Street Fighting Man' [DL 25350] in between had a unique cover to Germany, with two title color versions [red, black]. Note that the red titled version was also distributed in Switzerland housing an export F.22825 record pressed in the UK.