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Hello and welcome to my ventures into the fantastic world of Rolling Stones and their vinyl records manufactured in England by THE DECCA RECORD COMPANY way back in the 60’s.
I have been collecting Stones vinyls since the mid 80’s and through the years I have come to realise that there is not just one version existing of Out Of Our Heads, but a lot of them. First I got one with a red label. A while after that I found another one, but this had a, blue label? Ah, Mono and Stereo! Then I noticed that the red one had a large DECCA text and the blue one had a smaller DECCA that was kind of in a box. Well, the rest is history as they say.
I have for years been looking around on the net for more information on what actually is existing and what you should look for. But I did not really find anyting so I decided to do it myself here on our Nordic Stones Vikings homepage.
On these pages I go through all LP's issued during their DECCA era, both new LP's from the 60's and compilation LP's from the 70's. The key word here is Manufactured in England by DECCA. You will find both DECCA and London records presented. The London LP's are only the ones made in England. London Records did have some of their records pressed by Decca in UK for US domestic market and for export to Japan.
You will find detailed information on sleeves, vinyls and labels. This will help you in dating your own vinyls. There is also a big difference in value for a first original print and later reprints. I have not indicated any values and will not comment on the value of these records. I always say that the value of an item is what you are ready to pay for it.
Most of the material presented here is from my own collection. Some pictures have been supplied by fellow collectors and some pictures are nicked from e-bay
One important thing still to remember. The information you will find here is based on my own findings and I cannot guarantee that all of it is 100% accurate. There will always be issues that I do not know about and so on, new versions being found etc. So, if you find any wrong information here or if you have additions, please do get in touch with me. Whatever comments you have are always welcome. Well, enjoy
And by the way, there are a few collectors out there that has helped me with information and pictures. Especially I would like to thank: Mr John Rutherford aka ”stone-relics” in The States, you are the greatest of the great collectors Vanni aka straycat58 from Italy. Malcolm Charles from UK Julian Hardiman from UK is working on a hugh documentation project, got lots of additions from him Jean Philippe Bezombes from France, Chris Delarue from Belgium Fellow Vikings Robert Lindmark, Olle Wiman, Ville Örtendahl and Tommy Palmqvist from Sweden. John Villanova, Yonkers, NY, Sal D'Amico, Texas USA George Bettyes from UK has given me valuable udates on the production of LP's at Decca He worked as a Disk Mastering Engineer at Decca from 1957 to 1972! Thansk guys
Jan Richardsson, Finland
janrichards@stonesvikings.com
And what have I done so far:
This set of pages are General information good to know about DECCA records:
General information on DECCA
General information on London Records Made In England
Matrix numbers and other "dead vinyl" markings (MAJOR update on January 5th 2010)
DECCA Records issues vs London Records issues (Created on December 26th 2008)
Here are the DECCA records made in England
Various artists including Stones (Page updated on December 3rd 2009)
Rolling Stones LK4605 (Page updated on July 29th 2009)
Rolling Stones No2 LK4661 (Page updated on February 24th 2009)
Out Of Our Heads LK4725 & SKL4725 The export version (Page updated on October 14th 2009)
Out Of Our Heads LK4733 & SKL4733 The UK version (Page updated on December 4th 2009)
Aftermath LK4786 & SKL4786 (Page updated on November 17th 2009)
Big Hits TXL101 & TXS101 (Page updated on November 21st 2009)
Have You Seen Your Mother LIVE SKL4838 (Page updated on August 17th 2009)
Between The Buttons LK4852 & SKL4852 (Page updated on November 21st 2009)
Flowers LK4888 & SKL4888 (Page updated on December 16th 2009)
Their Satanic Majesties Recuest TXL103 & TXS103 (Page updated on November 6th 2009)
Beggars Banquet LK4955 & SKL4955 (Page created on November 21st 2009)
Through The Past Darkly LK5019 & SKL5019 (Page updated on November 21st 2009)
Rolling Stones (aka The Promotional Album) RSM.1 (Page updated on December 15th 2009)
Let It Bleed LK5025 & SKL5025 (Page updated on November 3rd 2009)
Here are the London Records made by Decca in England
Englands Greatest Hitmakers LL3430 (Included on the DECCA Compilation page)
Englands Newest Hitmakers LL3375 (Page updated on March 15th 2008)
12 x 5 LL3402 & PS402 (Page updated on July 9th 2008)
NOW! LL3420 (Page created on January 24th 2009)
Out Of Our Heads LL3429 & PS429 The London version (Page updated on July 29th 2009)
Flowers, Beggars, Satanic At this point of time included on the Decca section
Here are the Decca compilation records from the 70's (This section in under construction)
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out SKL5065
Stoneages SKL5084
Milestones SKL5098
Gimme Shelter SKL5101
Rock'n Rolling Stones SKL5149
No Stones Unturned SKL5173
Metamorphosis SKL5212
Rolled Gold ROST1/2
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