Decca Studios

Decca Studios was a recording facility in Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, North London, England. Famously, The Beatles failed their audition with Decca Records at the location on 1 January 1962, and subsequently signed with Parlophone instead. Many popular songs and albums were recorded at Decca Studios (for example, John Mayall's 1968 Blues from Laurel Canyon and five albums by the Moody Blues). Britain's leading Big Band, Ted Heath (bandleader) and his Orchestra recorded a succession of outstanding big band jazz records at Broadhurst Gardens for Decca during the band's peak years from 1945 till Heath's death in 1969. David Bowie recorded his first single, 'Liza Jane', at the studio in 1964. The studios also saw the formation of...