Decca Studios

Recording studio in West Hampstead, London, UK. Do not confuse with Decca Tollington Park Studios (purely a recording suite on a different location in London) or with the studios of foreign Decca representatives/banches: Decca Studios, Paris / Decca Studios, New York / Decca Studios, Lagos. Also appears on releases as: - Decca Recording Studio - Decca Recording Studios - Decca Studio - Decca Studio No. 1 - Decca Studio No. 2 - Decca Studio No. 3 Decca's recording and mastering studios since 1937, the building in West Hampstead, London, housed three main studios and control rooms and five mastering rooms. The studios were closed in 1980, renamed "Lilian Baylis House", and became the residence of the English National Opera. Lacquer cutting (mastering) engineers who worked here: These can be identified by a letter at the end of the matrix number, e.g. DRL 88-1A, MG-4266-1B, VEP-233-1C, etc. When entering a lacquer cut credit derived from the runouts, please use the appropriate alias. Please note this only applies to the UK! Guy Fletcher (4) = A (26) Ron Mason (3) = B (3) Trevor Fletcher (3) = C (17) Jack Law = D (36) Stanley Goodall = [a1674651] Cyril Windebank = F (15) Ted Burkett = G (22) J (120) is unknown (possibly Dick?) Anthony Hawkins = K (52) George Bettyes = L (16) James Brown (13) = [a3184363] Gil Went = T (28) [a499277] = V (30) Harry Fisher = W (12) Y (35) is still unknown Recording engineers who worked here: Gus Dudgeon Adrian Martins Dave Baker Mike Jones (3) Derek Varnals Pat Collier Simon Eadon Peter van Biene. Studio manager: Bill Bayliff