Decca
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Decca may refer to:
  • Decca Records
    Decca Records
    Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

    , a 1929 British record label, also known as Decca Music Group
  • Decca Studios
    Decca Studios
    Decca Studios was a recording facility in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North London, England.Famously, The Beatles failed their audition with Decca Records at the location on 1 January 1962, and subsequently signed with Parlophone instead....

    , a recording facility in West Hampstead, England, owned by Decca records
  • Decca Radar
    Decca Radar
    The Decca Company, a British gramophone manufacturer that, as Decca Records, released records under the Decca label, contributed to the British war effort during the Second World War...

     (later Racal-Decca Marine), a British marine electronics manufacturer, a spin-off from the gramophone and records company
  • Decca tree
    Decca tree
    The Decca Tree is a spaced microphone array most commonly used for orchestral recording.It was originally developed as a sort of stereo A–B recording method adding a center fill. It is the most commonly used spaced-pair technique...

    , a microphone recording system
  • London Decca
    London Decca
    London Decca is a manufacturer of phonograph tonearms and pick-up cartridges. The London Decca cartridges may be unique in that they do not employ a "proper" cantilever, neither are they "moving magnet" nor "moving coil" designs. These products are critically acclaimed for their sonic detail....

    , a maker of turntable tonearms and a unique type of phonograph pick-up cartridge
  • Decca Navigator System
    Decca Navigator System
    The Decca Navigator System was a low frequency hyperbolic navigation system that was first deployed during World War II when the Allied forces needed a system which could be used to achieve accurate landings...

    , a hyperbolic low-frequency radio marine and aeronautical navigation system
  • Jessica Mitford
    Jessica Mitford
    Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was an English author, journalist and political campaigner, who was one of the Mitford sisters...

     (1917-1996), a British-American investigative journalist, nicknamed "Decca"
  • Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
    Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford
    Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford is 2006 collection of letters by Jessica Mitford. The book was edited by Peter Y. Sussman and the publisher is Weidenfeld & Nicolson.-Synopsis:...

    , a collection of letters by Jessica Mitford.
  • Decca, old spelling of Dhaka
    Dhaka
    Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

     city, capital of Bangladesh
    Bangladesh
    Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...


See also

  • Deccan (disambiguation)
    Deccan (disambiguation)
    The word Deccan refers almost exclusively to the Deccan Plateau in southern and central India. Many companies, locations and organizations are named after this plateau, including:-Locations:* Deccan Gymkhana, a neighborhood in Pune, India....

    , terms related to the Deccan Plateau in southern India
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