Turkey Turkish 7" discography / Decca singles [1964-1971]

The Rolling Stones - Turkish EP - If You Need Me - Decca EP SDE 7501 back of generic PS - detailOne EP and seventeen singles were issued in Turkey by Melodi Plak for Decca, from 1963 to 1969, up to 'Honky Tonk Women' [69.106] which was exceptionally issued into an exclusive picture sleeve.

Four types of labels could be met - shown in the table below, a few singles being pressed with labels of both types II and III. Plain promo labels also exist. These singles were distributed into two types of local Decca company dust sleeves : logo in a red oval with blue vertical stripes in the London style [until 1967], and the typical British blue swirl [1967+].

A generic untitled picture cover was made [here on the left] for the EP 'The Rolling Stones - Volume 2' [SDE 7501] which was also used to house some other singles. It only has the 5 members names and portaits on its back. On rare occasions, this picture cover was overprinted [in red, mostly] with titles and catalogue number on its right side for a particular single [so far 3 have been documented for sure, but more may exist].

Decca Turkey - labels types
type I type II type III type IV
Decca Turkey - type I labels Decca Turkey - type II labels Decca Turkey - type III labels Decca Turkey - type IV labels
open Decca
1963-1964
curved Decca I
1965-1966
curved Decca II
1966-1967
boxed Decca
1967-1970


The Turkish branch of Decca followed very much the UK roster, from the debut single 'Come On' [F 11675] until 'We Love You' [F 12654] in 1967, including its catalogue numbers.
'Get Off Of My Cloud' [F 22265] and 'Satisfaction' [F 12220] were released in their 'export' versions, yet 'Satisfaction' was mislabeled with 'The Spider & The Fly' on its flip side instead of 'The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man'.

Quite surprisingly, Turkey was the only other country beside England to have pressed 'Come On' in 1963 as the debut single with 'I Want To Be Loved' on the flip side [Denmark produced PS for the UK imported record only].


Decca singles information
# view cat.# year titles a-side / b-side labels PS / CS
1 SDE 7501 1964 If You Need Me + 3 (EP) I generic PS
2 F 11675 1964 Come On / I Want To Be Loved I CS
3-a F 11764 1964 I Wanna Be Your Man / Stoned I - mislab. : 2 x B-sides CS
3-b F 11764 1964 I Wanna Be Your Man / Stoned I - misspelled A-side CS
3-c F 11764 1964 I Wanna Be Your Man / Stoned I CS
4 F 11845 1964 Not Fade Away / Little By Little II CS / titled PS
5 F 11934 1964 It's All Over Now / Good Times, Bad Times II CS / titled PS
6 F 12014 1964 Little Red Rooster / Off The Hook I CS
7 F 12104 1964 The Last Time / Play With Fire I CS / titled PS
8-a F 12220 1965 Satisfaction / The Under Assistant West Coast Promo. Man II - mislab. : 2 x B-sides CS / titled PS
8-b F 12220 1965 Satisfaction / The Under Assistant West Coast Promo. Man II - wide titles CS / (un)titled PS
8-c F 12220 1965 Satisfaction / The Under Assistant West Coast Promo. Man II - narrow titles CS
9 F 22265 1965 Get Off Of My Cloud / I'm Free II CS / untitled PS
10 F 12331 1966 19th Nervous Breakdown / As Tears Go By II CS / titled PS
11-a view details F 12395 1966 Paint It, Black / Long Long While mislab.: 2 x A-sides CS
11-b F 12395 1966 Paint It, Black / Long Long While II CS / titled PS
11-c F 12395 1966 Paint It, Black / Long Long While mislab.: type II vs III CS
11-d F 12395 1966 Paint It, Black / Long Long While III CS
12-a F 12497 1966 Have You Seen Your....? / Who's Driving Your Plane? III - promo plain l. CS
12-b view details F 12497 1966 Have You Seen Your....? / Who's Driving Your Plane? III CS - plain l.
13 F 12546 1967 Let's Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday III CS
14 F 12654 1967 We Love You / Dandelion IV CS
15 68101 1967 She's A Rainbow / 2000 Light Years From Home IV CS
16-a 68112 1968 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of The Moon IV - mislab. c/w O.A.* CS
16-b 68112 1968 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of The Moon IV - mislab. 2 x B-sides CS
16-c 68112 1968 Jumpin' Jack Flash / Child Of The Moon IV CS
17 68203 1968 The Lantern / In Another Land London CS
18 69106 1969 Honky Tonk Women / YCAGWYW IV unique 'art' PS
* mislabeled copy: B-side by other artist : The Cedars [Decca 68.107 B 'Hide If You Want To Hide']

The Rolling Stones - Turkish single - Honky Tonk Women - Decca 69.106 The Rolling Stones - Turkish single - Honky Tonk Women - Decca 69.106'Honky Tonk Women' [69.106] was the only exclusive cover from the Decca era. It was made of a relatively thick paper, and its back cover advertised for the two last singles.

More art sleeves were produced during the 70's, but on Rolling Stones Records.

The second single 'I Wanna Be Your Man' [F 11764] in 1964 has a correctly spelled 'Stoned' on B-side, but its A-side exists misspelled as 'Wanna Beyour Man' and a copy also exists mislabeled with two B-sides!

A few labels variations were met ['Satisfaction', 'Paint It, Black'...], until the release of 'She's A Rainbow' / '2000 Light Years From Home' [68.101] in late 1967, when the catalogue numbers changed for the Turkish system.



The Rolling Stones - Turkish single - Stoned - Decca F 11764The Rolling Stones - Turkish single - Get Off Of My Cloud - Decca F 22265
The Rolling Stones - Turkish single - The Lantern - London 68.203


If a one-of-a-kind mislabeled copy of 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' [68.112] exists with The Cedars on B-side, the main curiosity there was the release of 'The Lantern' [68.203] on... London! - distributed into a London b&w CS - a track which was never issued as a single in Europe!