[jimdgoulding]

This sucks . . Decca is shutting down: http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrech...-NL-decca.html.  Don't know how active they have been of late but I do have a release by a very pretty fado singer as late as 2005:  Ulisses- Christina Branco.  Crying shame.  They're a legend.

Whoops.  That link doesn't seem to work right.  Sorry.

[richidoo]

My trumpet teacher, Leon Merian, recorded for the Decca Records label back in 1950s. 

Here's the link Jim:
http://www.scena.org/columns/lebrecht/090204-NL-decca.html

It's the British classical label, part of Universal that is shutting down. Grab that new Julia Fischer record while you can!!  Universal was/is? also using Decca in US to market pop and jazz acts, like Sting, Roy Hargrove, Charlie Haden. I wonder if that will go under too. They will move artists around, maybe drop some, it's mostly the marketing name gone and a lot of label employee layoffs.

[jimdgoulding]

Thanks, Rich, well done.  Like your avatar, too.