[78-L] Decca???

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: <soundthink at aol.com>
> That's all well and good, but the key question that remains unanswered is: 
> where did the name "Decca" come from? I've never found anything but 
> theories:
>
> a) It represents a five-note sequence, D-E-C-C-A from a Beethoven 
> composition Edward Lewis was fond of (Beethoven's bust can be found on 
> England Decca labels)
> b) Named for the Deccan plateau in India, where shellac came from
> c) Named for Dacca, a city in Pakistan
> d) Something else?
>
In actual fact...NOBODY KNOWS!!

The name was first used for a series of very successful "portable"
phonographs in the mid "teens!" In 1929, the firm started issuing
phonorecords under the same name,,,!

...stevenc