Surprisingly enough, Vertigo released more singles on the European continent than in Britain. As far as we know, all of these were issued in a picture sleeve. Every country page within this site has some fine examples of those, have a look!
Especially in Germany, many singles saw the light of day. We have seen German copies of all singles that were released in Britain, save 6059 051 (Freedom), though that doesn't mean it does not exist, of course.

First German label design with information spread over both sides.	Second German label design with information of both sides on the B-side.	Promo German label design without Vertigo logo. ''Sample copy'' note at the bottom.

Example of Austrian label with both ''Austro Mechana'' and ''Made in Austria''.

The first few singles were released (as with the albums) with B-side styled labels on both sides. The full swirl A-side label was adopted later. White label promos were issued. They sported the same picture sleeve as the regular issues did. The back side of the sleeves advertised for newly released Phonogram albums or singles.
All swirl singles were released in STEREO in Germany. The matrix numbers are built up quite logically. 10 AA 6059001 1W 320 for the first release, where ''10 AA'' is an internal code in use on the albums also, next the catalogue number ''6059001'', then the side ''1'' and ''W'' for stereo, finally ''320'' for the country of Germany.
The first two singles (in Britain V1 and V2) received the catalogue numbers 6059 001 and 6059 002 respectively.

Austrian singles are spread among the German ones.

The following singles were released in Germany and as far as we are aware NOT in Britain.


1970

6059 020 URIAH HEEP
A: Gypsy. B: Bird of prey.

1971

6059 028 MANFRED MANN CHAPTER III
A: Virginia. B: I ain't laughing.

6059 029  RONNO
A: 4th hour of my sleep. B: Powers of darkness.
[This was released in Britain, but was just spotted as a white label promo from Germany.]

6059 037 URIAH HEEP
A: Lady in black. B: Simon the bullet freak.

6059 055 FREEDOM
A: London City B: Thanks.

6059 056 IAN MATTHEWS
A: Da doo ron ron. B: Never again. (in Britain Philips 6006 197).

1973 and later

6059 076 SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
A: Catch you on the rebop. B: The edge.

6059 077  JACKSON HEIGHTS
A: Maureen. B: Ragamuffins fool.

6059 078  MANFRED MANN'S EARTHBAND
A: Get your rocks off. B: Sadjoy.

6059 080  MARSHA HUNT
A: The beast day. B: Somebody to love.

6059 082  SPENCER DAVIS GROUP
A: Mr.Operator. B: Touching cloth.

6059 091  ALEX HARVEY
A: Giddy up a ding dong. B: Buff's bar blues.

6059 115  ALEX HARVEY
A: Anthem. B: River Of Love

6073 256  JIM CROCE
A: Bad bad Leroy Brown. B: Hard time losin' man.

6086 002 ROD STEWART
A: Gasoline alley. B: Only a hobo.

6147 002  LUCIFER'S FRIEND
A: Hobo. B: Prince of darkness.

6147 003  ATLANTIS
A: Rock 'n' roll preacher. B: Maybe it's useless.

6147 004  LUCIFER'S FRIEND
A: Rock 'n' roll singer. B: Satyr's dance (B-side non-LP).

It is very well possible, that there were more singles released in Germany that weren't in Britain. If anyone out there knows of any, please contact us!

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Austrian picture sleeve for 6000 518, Status Quo What you're proposing/ A.B. blues.	Austrian picture sleeve for 6000 640, Nazareth Every young man's dream/ Let me be your leader.	Austrian picture sleeve for 6000 799, Status Quo Dear John/ I want the world to know.

German picture sleeve for 6059 001, Juicy Lucy Who do you love/ Walking down the highway.

German picture sleeve for 6059 002, Black Sabbath Evil woman/ Wicked world.	German picture sleeve for 6059 003, Fairfield Parlour Bordeaux rosé/ Chalk on the wall.	German picture sleeve for 6059 008 Fairfield Parlour Just another day/ Caraminda.

German picture sleeve for 6059 009, Gracious Once on a windy day/ Fugue in d minor.	German picture sleeve for 6059 010, Black Sabbath Paranoid/ The wizard. There are 3 different backsleeves known to exist.	German picture sleeve for 6059 011, Bob Downes No time like the present/ Keep off the grass..

German picture sleeve for 6059 013, Magna Carta Airport song/ Elizabethan	German picture sleeve for 6059 015, Juicy Lucy Oh pretty woman/ I'm a thief.	German picture sleeve for 6059 018, Linda Hoyle with Affinity Eli's comin'/ United states of mind..

German picture sleeve for 6059 020, Uriah Heep Gypsy/ Bird of prey.	This was released with two different back sleeves: one depicting Vertigo material, the other various Phonogram produce.

German picture sleeve for 6059 027, Warhorse St.Louis/ No chance.	German picture sleeve for 6059 029, Ronno 4th hour of my sleep/ Powers of darkness.	German picture sleeve for 6059 034, Assagai Telephone girl/ I'll wait for you.

German picture sleeve for 6059 036, Legend Don't you never/ Someday.	German picture sleeve for 6059 037, Uriah Heep Lady in black/ Simon the bullit freak.	German picture sleeve for 6059 041, Ian Matthews Hearts/ Little known.

German picture sleeve for 6059 042, Graham Bond with Magick Twelve gates to the city/ Water water.	German picture sleeve for 6059 043, Magna Carta Time for the leaving/ Wayfarin.	German picture sleeve for 6059 049, Gravy Train Alone in Georgia/ Can anybody hear me?.

German picture sleeve for 6059 056, Ian Matthews Da doo ron ron/ Never again.	German picture sleeve for 6059 061, Black Sabbath Tomorrow's dream/ Laguna sunrise. This was also issued for an Austrian bookclub in the same sleeve. The label of that release bears the words ''Austro Mechana'' on the label. The label is depicted to the right. There are also two German variations known. The labels differ: one has Laguna Sunrise published by ''Rollerjoint Music'' with a running time of 2:50, the other has ''Copyright Control'' and 2:49. Scans are below. The covers are identical.	German /Austrian label for 6059 061, as described left.

German picture sleeve for 6059 071, Status Quo Paper plane/ Softer ride.	German picture sleeve for 6059 076, Spencer Davis Group Catch you on the rebop/ The edge.

German picture sleeve for 6059 078, Manfred Mann's Earth Band Get your rocks off/ Sadjoy.	German picture sleeve for 6059 080, Marsha Hunt's 22 (Oh, no! not) The beast day/ Somebody to love.	German picture sleeve for 6059 082, Spencer Davis Group Mr.Operator/ Touching cloth.

Austrian picture sleeve for 6059 123, Status Quo Roll Over Lay Down/ Gerdundula, Junior's Wailing.	Austrian picture sleeve for 6059 183, Status Quo Rockers Rollin'/ Hold You Back.	Austrian picture sleeve for 6059 230, Dire Straits Lady writer/ Where do you think you're going?

Austrian picture sleeve for 6059 248, Status Quo Living on an Island / Runaway.	Austrian picture sleeve and label for 6059 452, Thin Lizzy Trouble boys/ Memory pain.

German picture sleeve for 6073 150, Lighthouse Hats off [to the stranger]/ Sing, sing, sing.	German picture sleeve for 6073 153, Lighthouse Take it slow [Out in the country]/ Lullaby.	German picture sleeve for 6073 250, Jim Croce You don't mess around with Jim/ Photographs and memories.

Austrian picture sleeve for 6079 020, Nazareth Gone dead train/ Desolation road.	Austrian picture sleeve for 6079 042, Nazareth Holiday/ Talkin' about love.	German picture sleeve for 6147 002, Lucifer''s Friend Hobo/ Prince of darkness.

German picture sleeve for 6147 003, Atlantis Rock'n roll preacher/ Maybe it's useless.	German picture sleeve for 6147 004, Lucifer's Friend Rock'n roll singer/ Satyr's dance.

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