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Lately I have been busy classifying Philips and Fontana singles in series on the basis of the release numbers. EPs.

I also created background pages of the largest series.

The series can be found by searching on:

Philips singles series
Fontana singles series
Philips EP series
Fontana EP series

After searching, you will see the 3 largest series on the left. Click on the button "more" and you will get a complete list of all series sorted by number of items.

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Just an addition to this. The Phonogram singles in the sixties had their own series per country and label. All 6 numbers and 2 prefix letters. The first 3 digits indicate the sequence and the last three the sequential number in the sequence. (Eg 318 876 PF).

Early 1970s Phonogram changed the system; the prefix was dropped and the number of digits was increased to 7: the first four for the sequence and the last 3 for the sequence number. All series start with a 6 (eg 6012 017)

Countries were given their own series again, but there was no longer any link with labels. That meant that multiple labels were possible within a series. The series between 1970 and 1983 that I had also called Philips singles series have essentially a wrong name. Yesterday I renamed all these series to Phonogram singles series instead of Philips singles series. I have combined the Fontana singles series with it. Other labels such as Vertigo will follow.

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February 14, 2021 16:09

For years I have been using the magazine "Warm Sounds" to help me review new entered items. These magazines contain lists of singles released in the Netherlands sorted by release number. Unfortunately these books describe the releases of the 50s and 60s. There was nothing from the years after, so I decided some time ago to do that myself. Time over and all ;-). And to begin with: only the labels of Phonogram, worldwide and in the period 1970 - 1982. So the complete 6000 series. The first 30 series are ready and the first issue on series 6000, 6001 and 6002 can be found here on LastDodo.

Part 2 is finished, but still has to be printed. Corona is at odds here.

In addition to the booklets, there is also a website , which contains everything: the series that are finished, the two magazines and all kinds of information about Phonogram such as countries and their codes, data in the run-out groove and a brief history of Phonogram.

Everyone is invited to come and have a look.

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February 18, 2022 16:03
Just an update....
Booklet 4 is finished and is now also on LastDodo. In the meantime I'm already working on the series 6059. From the series 6000 to 6059 that are in LastDodo as a series, I have made background pages with info from my project. Here you will find an overview of the existing series  https://www.lastdodo.nl/nl/areas/more?include_all=1&q=phonogram+singles&sort_by=relevance&stamps_filter=0&type_id=102
For more detailed information about the Phonogram project see my website.
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It looks good, Frans! My compliments!
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February 24, 2022 16:28
Thank you Rob! It's still fun to do and I keep discovering new things ;-)
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The Phonogram project is progressing steadily. Booklet 5 with the series 6012, 6013 and 6014 is finished and is already on the website and on LD. The first two series are "Dutch series with Dutch artists on the Philips and Fontana labels. Series 6014 contains foreign artists on the Island label.
Also the website has been updated.
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What a job. Cheers!
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Boekenmagazijn 
Thank you ;-)  I am now working on a Greek series 6060 with about 350 singles... unreadable... ;-)
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July 15, 2022 18:17
FransS 
Hats off Frans, what a masterpiece!
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It's a matter of continuing... ;-) As long as it stays fun at least.
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FransS 
You really are the 'Maestro' in the field of Phonogram/Philips singles in the period 1970-1983!
I am sorry that I was unable to contribute much to the reference book.
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vertigo 
Another compliment! It shouldn't get much crazier ;-)

You are already helping by completing the series here on LD. Quite important, because this shows that there is still a lot missing. The Dutch series 6012 contains more than 900 singles, but in LD not even half (430). Of the Greek series 6060, only 9 of the 350 have...
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They are indeed impressive releases and great to have
Tnx Frans
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The last issue in the series "Phonogram: The Singles" is part 6 and can be found in the catalog here . It contains the 6 series: 6015, 6016, 6017, 6018, 6019 and 6020. Except for 6017 (large Dutch series), these are Swedish, Norwegian and Danish series.
I just completed sequence 6069. This contains about 300 singles from Brazilian artists, but unfortunately only one can be found on LD and that is a Spanish football single by Pelé. While this single has also been released in the Netherlands as a Dutch pressing ;-) The next series contains Turkish singles and none of them can be found on LD. So it's about time that Brazilian and Turkish collectors report to LD ;-)
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