Note that two versions exist for each of the TOP 177x sleeves from 1973, depending on the Japanese text within the top left corner 'ink spot logo'.

As for the HIT series, it looks as if London Japan was anxious to issue every existing couplings from both UK & US discographies, on top of its owns.

In 1966, 'As Tears Go By' [TOP 1013], coupled with 'Gotta Get Away' as the US single, was immediately followed by 'Come On' [TOP 1014], a Japanese late issue of the UK debut record. Both are quite hard to find - their type III labels reissues even harder.

'19th Nervous Breakdown' [TOP 1020] was exclusive to Japan and coupled with 'The Spider And The Fly' on the flip side.

'Paint It, Black' [TOP 1053] and 'Have You Seen Your Mother...' [TOP 1091] reflected their UK couplings, while 'Mother's Little Helper' [TOP 1069] in between its US version. These three covers have similar designs with a paper tear effect on top.

'Let's Spend The Night Together' was the first of the standard PS and has wonderful exclusive shots on both sides, aiming at promoting both tracks equally - as in England. It therefore came out with an extra lyrics sheet.

Exclusive to Japan was the rare 'Yesterday's Papers' / 'Connection' [TOP 1178] single, which also wore unique labels.

By the second half of 1967, the double A-sided singles 'We Love You' [TOP 1200] and '2000 Light Years From Home' [TOP 1240], came out in gorgeous standard back & front PS.

Then 'Tell Me' / 'Time Is On My Side' [TOP 1282] was a typical Japanese compilation - the A-side being the country's favorite since 1964.
Still in 1968, 'Under My Thumb' [TOP 1243] was also an exclusive coupling with a picture cover inspired from a 1965' Thank Your Lucky Stars television show - a very scarce version of this PS exists with Keith Richards pants and shoes colorized in yellow.
Few countries issued 'The Lantern' [TOP 1262] which definitely remains a rare number from the TOP series.

'Jumpin' Jack Flash' [TOP 1282] and 'Honky Tonk Women' [TOP 1422] have similar covers to the US, yet the rare 'Street Fighting Man' [TOP 1320] PS is unique, taken from the 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' footage. At that time, London Japan also issued a 7"x7" catalogue recycling this shot [see at the top of this page].

With Mexico, Japan is one of the rare countries which released 'Sympathy For The Devil' [TOP 1357] and 'Let It Bleed' [TOP 1460] as original single - 'Sympathy For The Devil' will be reissued in 1972 [TOP 1696] in a brand new 'live' cover.

In 1969, a reissue of 'Satisfaction' [TOP 1390] saw the light of the day in a complete different PS.

But it's never enough for the Japanese fans nor London Records, and, as the band was about to leave Decca / London, a rare set of five singles [TOP 1510-1514 - the 'Big Hits Revival' series] reissued the HIT singles 323, 440, 485, 462 and 568 in complete new covers.

'Little Queenie' [TOP 1601] followed, out from the 'Get Yer Ya Ya's Out' album, with a great live cover and a strange - bootleg alike - 'peace & love' monkey drawing inside, supposed to promote a selection of singles called 'We got rock!!'.

Also coupled with 'Love In Vain', the single 'Gimme Shelter' [TOP 1659] in late 1971 was extracted from the 1970' movie of the same name by the Maysles brothers. Its photo montage artwork referred to the infamous dramatic scene from the Altamont Speedway show.

As the band was scheduled to tour on Japan in 1973, London launched a vast program of reissues on various formats. On top of the luxuous OH series EPs, 5 singles with exclusive tracklistings were distributed, dressed in simple insert covers, distinctive with their 'ink stain' logo in the top left corner.
As the tour eventually got cancelled, the text from this sign was changed from 'commemorative release to Japan' [3 lines logo - IS #1] to 'special coupling' [4 lines - IS #2]. No promo issues were made, yet slight variations into labels also exist [see thickness of lettering and position of the word 'STEREO'].

None of these 5 singles are very rare, but the latest - 'Honky Tonk Women' [TOP 1776] - is harder to find than the others with a rarely seen exclusive shot of the band featuring Mick Taylor.

Note that the 5 'commemorative' versions were reissued on SHM-CD by Universal Japan with new catalogue numbers [UICY-96007 to 96011] on June 30, 2021, using the remastered mono versions from 2016 [same front covers w/ the new cat.#, a little wider than 7"x7"].