Decca
Profile:
Former stockbroker Edward Lewis formed Decca Records Ltd in the United Kingdom in 1929.
By 1939, Decca was the only record company in UK aside from EMI.
Within years, it was the second largest record label in the world, calling itself
"The Supreme Record Company".
A US branch was launched in 1934. This branch was sold off during World War II.
Decca UK started the London Records label to release their material in North America, since they could not use the Decca name there.
The 1970s were disastrous for Decca UK. Although Decca set up the first of the British "progressive" labels, Deram, in 1966, by the time the punk era set in in 1977, Decca had become known primarily as a classical label. Label founder Edward Lewis died in January 1980, and PolyGram acquired the remains of Decca within days of his death.
In 1997, Seagram bought out MCA/Universal, giving them ownership of Decca US. They then acquired Decca UK's parent company PolyGram in 1998, thus consolidating Decca trademark ownership under the new Universal Music Group.
Today, Decca is a leading label for both classical music and Broadway scores. The Decca Music Group also includes the Philips label, and those labels are grouped together with the Deutsche Grammophon and ECM labels into the Universal Classics group.
Labelcode: LC 0171
Contact info for:
The Decca Record Company Limited
Decca House
9 Albert Embankment
London, SE1
UK
URLs:
http://www.decca.co.uk/
http://www.deccaclassics.com/
Num | Year | Artists | Name | |
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74161 | 1961 | LP | Bert KAEMPFERT | Dancing in Wonderland |
DL 4374 | 1963 | LP | Bert KAEMPFERT | Living It Up! |
LK 4065 | 1964 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers) |
LK 4661 | 1964 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | No. 2 |
LK 4733 | 1965 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Out Of Our Heads |
LK 4852 | 1967 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Between the Buttons |
SKL 4888 | 1967 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Flowers |
SKL 4939 | 1968 | LP | Engelbert HUMPERDINCK | A Man Without Love |
SKL 4955 | 1968 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Beggars Banquet |
SKL 5025 | 1969 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Let It Bleed |
SKL 5065 | 1970 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! |
SLK 16585-P | 1969 | LP | Engelbert HUMPERDINCK | Engelbert |
SLK 16663-P | 1970 | LP | Engelbert HUMPERDINCK | We Made It Happen |
TXS 103 | 1967 | LP | The ROLLING STONES | Their Satanic Majesties Request |
DXSA 7206 | 1970 | 2LP | Andrew Lloyd WEBBER | Jesus Christ Superstar |
Spa 364 | 1974 | LP | The New Vaudeville Band | The World Of The New Vaudeville Band |
124 | 1977 | LP | CAMEL | Rain Dances |
478 1140 | 2008 | CD | Andrea BOCELLI | Incanto |
? | 2000 | CD | Marlene DIETRICH | Lili Marlene - Best of Marlene Dietrich |