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Revised 22/7/14

MERCURY
DE Labels and Company Sleeves 1959-1973

Labels
Electrola distribution
Electrola distribution
Electrola distribution
Electrola distribution
R 21 142 - 1958
to
R 21 855 - 1960
R 21 202 - 1959
to
R 21 613 - 1960
MCF 127 017 - 1961
to
MCF 127 199 - 1963
R 21 856 - 1961
to
R 22 028 - 1961
Mercury Record Corporation was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. Early in the label's history, Mercury opened two pressing plants, one in Chicago and the other in St. Louis, Missouri. With the use of automatic presses and providing 24-hour turnaround, they went into direct competition with the major recording labels such as Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor.
In 1972, Philips along with German Electronics giant Siemens merged their record operations with Deutsche Grammophon to become PolyGram.
In Germany, the label was handeled by Electrola GmbH until 1963 when Deutschen Philips GmbH took over.
Philips distribution
Philips distribution
Philips distribution
Philips distribution
127 217 MCF - 1964
to
127 248 MCF - 1966
154 104 MCF - 1965
to
154 310 MCF - 1966
154 318 MCF - 1968
to
154 324 MCF - 1970
127 364 MCF - 1968
to
127 500 MCF - 1970
Philips distribution
Philips distribution
132 501 MCF - 1968
to
132 508 MCF - 1970
Apr 1970
to
1972
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
R 21 142 - 1958
to 
1962
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For sleeve details
(different colours/types)
See Electrola Records
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 Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 2
1962
to 
1963
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For sleeve details
(different colours/types)
See Electrola Records
..
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 3
-
to 
MCF 127 199 - 1963
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For sleeve details
(different types)
See Electrola Records
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   Cut straight  Inside glued   
Thematic sleeves
T 1
R 21 856 - 1961
to 
Sleeve not available
for scan
       
Artist sleeves
A 1
.
to 
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Little Richard
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Franz Zeleny, Austria for scans in this section
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