PHILIPS US Labels and Company Sleeves 1962-1981
Philips Records
Chicago 1, Illinois
Philips Records
Chicago 1, Illinois
Philips Records - Vendor
Mercury Record Corp.
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40000 - 1962
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40027 - 1962
40028 - 1962
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40158 - 1963
40162 - 1963
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40357 - 1965
40364 - 1966
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40446 - 1967
Philips Records  was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips. It was started as Philips Phonographische Industries (PPI) in 1950. In the late 1950s Philips created a subsidiary label, Fontana Records. After Columbia formed its own international operations in 1961 adopting the name of its then parent CBS, Philips acquired Mercury Records. 
Logo off centre
40517 & 40523 - 1968
Contract pressings?
40448 - 1967
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40470 - 1967
40471 - 1967
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40490 - 1969
40490 - 1969
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40715 - 1972
40715 - 1972
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1981
Label discontinued
Double Hit Series
Reissues
44000-series
Double Hit Series
Reissues
44000-series
Range
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Details
No 1
40000 - 1962
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Incorrect typeface
Philips Records, Chicago 1
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No 2
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40027 - 1962
Correct typeface
Philips Records, Chicago 1
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No 3
40028 - 1962
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40158 - 1963
Logo removed
Vendor
Philips Records, Chicago 1
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No 4
40162 - 1963
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A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
Vendor - Mercury Record
Corporation
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No 5
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A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
Vendor - Mercury Record
Corporation
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No 6
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40459 - 1967
A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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No 7
40460 - 1967
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40491 - 1967
A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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No 8
40490 - 1967
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Bottom front:
A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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No 9
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Bottom back:
A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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No 10
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40715 - 1972
Bottom back:
A division of Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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1972 - PolyGram formed 
No 11
40715 - 1972
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Phonogram Inc.
Formerly Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
Small text
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No 12
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Phonogram Inc.
Formerly Mercury
Record Productions, Inc.
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No 13
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Phonogram Inc.
A Polygram Company
One IBM Plaza
Chicago Illinois 60611
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No 14
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1981
Phonogram Inc.
A Polygram Company
One IBM Plaza
Chicago Illinois 60611
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Reissues
R 1
Double Hit Series
Reissues
A Product of Mercury Record Productions Inc.
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R 2
Double Hit Series
Reissues
 
Polygram Distribution
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