Swedish 7" discography / Decca singles 
The first PS available in Sweden was 'Not Fade Away' [F 11845] in spring 1964, whom record, as its predecessor's 'I Wanna Be Your Man' [F 11764], was imported from England. Its artwork is unique, even if similar patchworks of colored squares and early b&w photograph of the artist was a design used for other acts at the time.
Two covers were made for 'It's All Over Now' [F11934], the first single pressed in Sweden [the blue/purple version is rarer than the yellow/grey one but a variation of the first with ads on back is quite rare].
| type I | type II | type III |
|---|---|---|
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| sky blue - 1964 | navy blue - 1964-1967 | boxed - 1967+ |
'Little Red Rooster' [F12014]
was the first PS made in Germany for Sweden. Two versions exist, depending on the thickness of the lettering for titles on front - both first types of Swedish labels applying as well.
The '1st LP' cover-type was also used for the next single 'Satisfaction' [F12220]. Earliest covers were misprinted titling 'The Spider And The Fly' [the original B-side in the UK] instead of 'The Under Assistant...' on front, which was roughly corrected by a black stripe overprinted on the wrong title [moreover, two different backs exist - with a short or long discography - for each version of this cover].
Also with an export [or US] coupling, 'Get Off Of My Cloud' [F 22265] offered an exclusive cover - its pink titles variation being very uncommon.
The German 'Got Live' type of cover was used next for '19th Nervous Breakdown' [F12331], the '1st LP' type for 'Paint It, Black' [F12395], and the 'stage' type for 'Have You Seen Your Mother...' [F12497] whom a narrow lettering rivalizes with a wider titling also used in Denmark.
No less than three covers were made for 'Let's Spend The Night Together' [F 12546] in 1967, the 'Got Live' type being one of the rarest Swedish singles.
'We Love You' [F 12654] was the last German print, still using the 1964 '1st LP' type [!] with a special psychedelic lettering on top exclusive to Sweden [two versions of German back catalogues exist on back], but the inspiration will still come from that country for the artworks of 'She's A Rainbow' [F 22706] and 'Street Fighting Man' [F 22825].
Whereas 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' [F 12782] and 'Honky Tonk Women' [F 12952] have similar covers to the rest of the world, the last original single 'Little Queenie' [F 13126] issued in 1971 is properly rare and exclusive [2 different back covers exist].
Seventeen singles in picture covers were distributed by Decca in Sweden until 1973. All bore British catalogue numbers and - export - couplings.
Except for the first and the last two, all records were pressed locally [see types of labels below], but most were imported from the UK as well [labels with the NCB - Nordisk Copyright Bureau - logo].
If some picture covers were printed in Sweden, a good half of them were made in Germany solely for the Swedish market; therefore the German patterns ['1st LP', 'stairs', 'Got Live' and 'stage' PS] could be found here as well, some rears still being in German language advertising for the German back catalogues!
Note that for some reason, some of the late picture sleeves with identical fronts & backs could also be found untitled on one side.
| Decca singles | information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | view | cat.# | year | titles a-side / b-side | cover | labels |
| 6-a |  |
F 11845 | 1964 | Not Fade Away / Little By Little | Swedish PS | UK |
| 6-b | |
F 11845 | 1964 | Not Fade Away / Little By Little | Swedish PS - back w/ ads | UK |
| 7-a | |
F 11934 | 1964 | It's All Over Now / Good Times. | Swedish (grey, yel. & or.) PS | I or II, UK |
| 7-b | |
F 11934 | 1964 | It's All Over Now / Good Times. | as above, back cover w/ ads | I or II |
| 7-c | |
F 11934 | 1964 | It's All Over Now / Good Times. | Swedish (blue, red. & purp.) PS | I |
| 8-a | |
F 12014 | 1964 | Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook | German export PS - thick titles | I or UK |
| 8-b | |
F 12014 | 1964 | Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook | German export PS - thick titles | I or II |
| 8-c | |
F 12014 | 1964 | Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook | German export PS - thin titles | I - misl. |
| 9-a | |
F 12220 | 1965 | Satisfaction / TUAWCPM | Ge. exp. PS misp. - short disc. | I or II |
| 9-b | |
F 12220 | 1965 | Satisfaction / TUAWCPM | Ge. exp. PS - short disc. | I or II |
| 9-c | |
F 12220 | 1965 | Satisfaction / TUAWCPM | Ge. exp. PS - long disc. | I or II |
| 10-a | |
F 22265 | 1965 | Get Off Of My Cloud / I'm Free | Swedish PS | II |
| 10-b | |
F 22265 | 1965 | Get Off Of My Cloud / I'm Free | Swedish PS | II |
| 11-a | |
F 12331 | 1966 | 19th Nervous Breakdown / As.. | German export PS | II |
| 11-b | |
F 12331 | 1966 | 19th Nervous Breakdown / As.. | German export PS | III |
| 12 | |
F 12395 | 1966 | Paint It, Black / Long Long While | German export PS | II |
| 13-a | |
F 12497 | 1966 | Have You Seen.../ Who's Driving... | German export PS | II |
| 13-b | |
F 12497 | 1966 | Have You Seen.../ Who's Driving... | as above, untitled back | II | 14-a | |
F 12546 | 1967 | Let's Spend The Night. / Ruby T. | German 'buttons' export PS | II or III |
| 14-b | |
F 12546 | 1967 | Let's Spend The Night. / Ruby T. | German 'stairs' export PS | II |
| 14-c | |
F 12546 | 1967 | Let's Spend The Night. / Ruby T. | as above, untitled back | II |
| 14-d | |
F 12546 | 1967 | Let's Spend The Night. / Ruby T. | German 'Got Live' export PS | II |
| 15-a | |
F 12654 | 1967 | We Love You / Dandelion | German export PS - short disc. | III |
| 15-b | |
F 12654 | 1967 | We Love You / Dandelion | German export PS - long disc. | III |
| 16 | |
F 22706 | 1967 | She's A Rainbow / 2000 LYFH | Swedish PS | III |
| 17 | |
F 12782 | 1968 | Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of. | Swedish PS | III |
| 18-a | |
F 22825 | 1968 | Street Fighting Man / No Expect. | Swedish PS | UK |
| 18-b | |
F 22825 | 1968 | Street Fighting Man / No Expect. | as above, untitled back | UK |
| 19 | |
F 12952 | 1969 | Honky Tonk Women / YCAGWYW | Swedish PS | III |
| 20-a | |
F 13126 | 1971 | Little Queenie / Love In Vain | Swedish PS - back w/ MJ | III |
| 20-b | |
F 13126 | 1971 | Little Queenie / Love In Vain | Swedish PS - back w/ LQ | III |
| 21-a | |
F 13204 | 1971 | Street Fighting Man / Everybody.* | Swedish PS - B-side @ 33⅓rpm | UK |
| 21-b | |
F 13204 | 1971 | Street Fighting Man / Everybody.* | Swedish PS - B-side @ 45rpm | UK |
| 22 | |
F 13404 | 1973 | Sad Day / YCAGWYW | Swedish PS | UK |
The graal here is the 'Street Fighting Man' / 'Everybody Needs Everybody To Love' [F 13204] single from 1971 with its 'riot' PS incidentally misspelt 'Everybody Needs Someone To Love', and reminding of the US and Danish [F 22825] original infamous covers. Very rarely seen, it also has the interest to host one of the rarest and most obscure UK pressing [indeed, UK previously issued that same year a 3-track EP with these tracks and 'Surprise Surprise' - F 13195, plus a jukebox issue of 'Street Fighting Man' c/w 'Surprise Surprise' only, so this ultimate coupling was solely made for Sweden], turning at 33⅓ or 45 rpm!
As for Denmark, 'Sad Day' [F 13404] was the last single from Decca in Sweden, and its appealing and unique cover [using the same shot than the famous 1969' promotional album] is very rare and sought after.
Note: 'The Last Time' [F 12104] and 'Heart Of Stone' [F 22180] never were issued as singles in Sweden [both appeared on EP SDE 7262]