The connection between British and American Decca was broken during the war, as part of the manoeuverings surrounding lend-lease. Thus, post-war marketing of English Deeca in the US was under the London label, as MCA had the right to the Decca trademark in those territories. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Decca US / was Your taxpayer dollars being given to the Universal Music Group. > From the lengthy article posted a few moments ago, I find: > > On 2011-01-10 11:14 AM, Karl Miller wrote: >> The Universal Music Group, today the largest group of labels in the >> beleaguered recording industry, began its life in 1934 as Decca Records, >> the American affiliate of the British recording company of the same name. > I am so confused by this. If this is the case, why were all the Decca (UK) > recordings sold on the "London" label in the U.S.? > > Maybe everyone but me knows this, and if so, I apologize for my ignorance. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > > Richard > > -- > Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] > Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX > http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.