decca

They had two ladies (not particularly little or old) who made read-only program memories for the Decca Omnitrac civil aircraft navigation computers.

We used Decca Navigator for coastal nav, now also long gone and forgotten.

I wonder if the book elucidates anything about Decca's great recordings of the 1930's -- both the marvelous red-label Decca calypso recordings and the worthy country music 5000 series -- e.g.

The set they played Decca wasn't their best tracks at the time.

You however may well prefer the Decca version conducted by Erich Kleiber with the London Philharmonic (but not the London Philharmonia!) produced by Victor Olof.

For example, the new Decca studio recording of Bellini's Norma.

Kind of like Decca Records turning down The Beatles.

It's like Decca refusing to signup The Beatles.

Don’t forget Decca and Universal as well.

I worked for Decca Navigator in the 1970s.

Frith said the tape appeared to be a professionally edited recording of the Beatles’ New Year’s Day 1962 audition for Decca Records in London, a session that notably ended with the band’s rejection.

Or if you were British, Decca Navigator (the same thing) In an adversarial world, with fibres being cut and satellites unreliable it's possible this kind of close water coastal navigation mesh may be more useful again.

That reminds me of the Decca record label executives rejecting the Beatles in 1962 because “guitar groups are on the way out”.

"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -- Decca Recording Co.

To search from label Decca, just search label:decca (and then select, for example, "See all albums"), or add label:decca to your more specific search if you want to use it as an additional filter.

Imagine you were in the 1960s, pre-internet, trying to decide whether you should get a guitar from a brand name you recognized, like Decca, a record company, or some random Japanese company called "Yamaha".

Collier is self-produced and has the personal label Haganja but partners with Geffen - universal - and Decca).

Decca were proven wrong in a year or so, so that was indeed a short-lived change.

Whereas my experience with vinyl records from Decca/London pressed in the 70s is consistently good.