DECCA US Labels and Company Sleeves 1949-1973
9-23000 - 1949
to
 9-29400 - 1955
Used occasionally up to 9-30592
40000 series
1949 - 1950
Collector's series
9-29401 - 1955
to
9-31100 - 1960
STEREO 33 1/3
Decca Records was a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934. Because of World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades.
The name "Decca" dates back to a portable gramophone called the "Decca Dulcephone" patented in 1914 by musical instrument makers Barnett Samuel and Sons. That company was eventually renamed The Decca Gramophone Co. Ltd. and then sold to former stockbroker Edward Lewis in 1929. Within years Decca Records Ltd. was the second largest record label in the world, calling itself "The Supreme Record Company". 
American Decca bought Universal Pictures in 1952, and eventually merged with MCA in 1962, becoming a subsidiary company under MCA. 
Dissatisfied with American Decca's promotion of British Decca recordings and because American Decca held the rights to the name Decca in the US and Canada, British Decca sold its records in the United States and Canada under the label London Records beginning in 1947.
The Decca name was dropped by MCA in America in 1973 in favour of the MCA Records label. 
The American Decca label went out with a big bang with its final release, "Drift Away" by Dobie Gray in 1973 ( # 33057), reaching #5 on the Billboard chart and receiving gold record status. 
14500 series
1949 - 1955
Faith series
46000 series
1949 - 1951
Country
Mfrd by Decca
New York
Mfrd by Decca
New York
A Division of MCA
New York
Mf'd by MCA Records
Calif., U.S.A. (Ridges)
9-31065 - 1960 
to
31252 - 1961
9-31101 - 1960 
to
1962
1962
to
Late 1971
Late 1971
to
Early 1972
Mf'd by MCA Records
Calif., U.S.A.
Late 1971
to
33057  - 1973
1994-1997
Label revived by MCA
(plain white sleeve)
1998
(plain white sleeve)
Gold Label Series
Reissues
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1
1949
to
1950
 
 Cut straight/notch   Inside glued  
No 2
1949
to
.
Large mesh pattern
Small notch
"Decca..." below frame
   Cut straight/notch   Glued bottom/right  
No 3
.
to
.
Upside down Decca
Small notch
"Decca..." below frame
   Cut straight/notch   Glued bottom/right  
No 4
.
to
.
Upside down Decca
Small notch
"Decca..." below frame
"Printed..." moved right
   Cut straight/notch   Glued bottom/left  
No 5
.
to
.
Upside down Decca
Large notch
"Decca..." inside frame
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 6
.
to
Late 1950
Small mesh pattern
Large notch
"Decca..." inside frame
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
 No 7
Late 1950
to
.
45-albums up to late 1950
   Cut straight  Glued left/right  
 No 8
Late 1950
to
.
45-albums up to late 1950
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 9
1951
to
.
Singles up to 1951
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 10
.
to
.
. Ref 116  Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  Singles up to 1951
No 11
.
to
.
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  Singles up to 1951
No 12
30100 - 1957 (approx)
to
.
Albums from 1956-1957
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 13
.
to
.
Albums from 1956-1957
   Cut straight/notch  Glued left/right  
No 14
.
to
1959
 
Albums from 1957-1958
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 16
1959
to
1959
Albums from 1957-1958
   Cut straightt/notch  Inside glued   
No 17
1959
to
1960
 
Albums from 1958-1959
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued (!)  
No 18
1960
to
1961
 
BRENDA LEE
Albums from 1959-1960
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 19
1961
to
1962
 
EBB TIDE
Albums from 1961
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 20
1962
to
.
THE VERSATILE
Albums from 1961-1962
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 21
.
to
.
THE VERSATILE
Albums from 1961-1962
. Ref 116B  Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 22
.
to
.
THE VERSATILE
Albums from 1961-1962
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 23
.
to
.
THE VERSATILE
Albums from 1961-1962
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 24
.
to
1962
THE VERSATILE
Albums from 1961-1962
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 25
1962
to
.
THE GOLDEN
Albums from 1962-1963
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 26
.
to
1963
THE GOLDEN
Albums from 1962-1963
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 27 a
1964
to
.
SHANGRI-LA
Albums from 1963-1964
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 27 b
.
to
1964
SHANGRI-LA
Albums from 1963-1964
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 28 a
1964
to
.
BURL IVES SINGS
Albums from 1964
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 28 b
.
to
1965
BURL IVES SINGS
Albums from 1964
   Cut straight/notch  Inside glued   
No 29
1966
to
6
..............................................
Albums from 1965
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 30
5
to
6
Albums from 1965
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 31
5
to
6
No ®
Albums from 1964-1965
No date on flap
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 32
5
to
6
®
Albums from 1964-1965
No date on flap
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 33
5
to
6
®
Albums from 1964-1965
"T.R. 1-66" on right flap
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 34
5
to
6
®
Albums from 1964-1965
"R.D. 2-66" on right flap
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 35
5
to
6
®
Albums from 1964-1965
"J.D. 2-66" on right flap
   Curved top   Inside glued  
No 36
1966
to
1967
Phonographs and guitars
. Ref 116A  Curved top  Inside glued   
No 37
1967
to
.
Phonographs, guitars etc.
A disvision of MCA Inc.
   Curved top - high top  Inside glued  
No 38
.
to
.
Phonographs, guitars etc.
A disvision of MCA Inc.
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 39
.
to
1968
Phonographs, guitars etc.
A disvision of MCA Inc.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 40
1968
to
April 1969
No date
   Curved top  Inside glued   
No 41
April 1969
to
1970
Date: 3-69
   Curved top  Inside glued   
No 42 a
1970
to
.
A division of MCA Inc.
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 42 b
.
to
1970
A division of MCA Inc.
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 43 a
1971
to
.
© MCA Records Inc., 1971
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 43 b
.
to
.
© MCA Records Inc., 1971
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 44
.
to
1971
© MCA Records Inc., 1971
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 45
1972
to
.
© MCA Records Inc., 1972
on the back
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 46
.
to
1973
© MCA Records Inc., 1972
on the front
   Curved top  Inside glued  
Christmas sleeves
C 1
 
Albums from 1950-1957
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
C 2
 
Paper brown inside
Albums from 1950-1958
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
C 3
 
Paper white inside
Albums from 1950-1958
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
Artist promotion sleeves
P 1
 
Bobby Helms
First hit July 1957
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
P 2
 
Warner Mack
First hit July 1957
   Cut straight  Inside glued