Phil Mann: Peter Donegan - Rock Island Line (Decca Studios, Oct '18). The last time ‘Rock Island Line’ was performed in this room was probably during the original sessions by Lonnie Donegan​, way back in 1954...I was truly honoured to be involved in such a beautiful night of music alongside Peter Donegan​ and Billy Bragg, and within Studio 2 of the original Decca building. These premises are essentially ground zero for all British Rock'n'Roll: from the Clapton/Mayall's Blues Breakers album to Tom Jones, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Billy Fury, they were all recorded here. CMS user 16/12/19

Recording session in Decca studios, 1968. Recording 'Like A Tear' in Decca's Broadhurst Gardens (Studio 1), with Wayne Bickerton producing and Derek Varnals at the controls. Adrian Martins as tape-op. From the 1969 film 'The Same Trade As Mozart' CMS user 16/12/19

Decca Studios, West Hampstead, 1 January 1962 The Beatles' famous audition for Decca Records took place in London on New Year's Day in 1962. The group - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best - traveled down from Liverpool with driver and roadie Neil Aspinall. Beset by snowstorms, the party eventually arrived just in time for the 11am audition. Brian Epstein had travelled separately on train. The Beatles recorded 15 songs altogether. Five of the Decca recordings - Searchin', Three Cool Cats, The Sheik Of Araby, Like Dreamers Do and Hello Little Girl - appeared on the Anthology 1 collection in 1995. Track Listing: 01. Money (That's What I Want) [0:00] 02. To Know Her Is To Love Her [2:26] 03. Memphis, Tennessee [5:01] 04. Till There Was You [7:22] 05. Sure To Fall (In Love With You) [10:23] 06. Besame Mucho [12:27] 07. Love Of The Loved [15:07] 08. September In The Rain [17:00] 09. Take Good Care Of My Baby [18:57] 10. Crying, Waiting, Hoping [21:26] CMS user 16/12/19

Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand Deram (The original group from 1970)Brotherhood of Man is a British pop quartet which was formed in 1969 by the songwriter Tony Hiller, who told us: "I had two jobs at that time - I was General Professional Manager of an American Music Publishing Company, Mills Music, and I was also a record producer for Decca Records UK. I produced the record at Decca Studios, London. At the recording I had great musicians, wonderful arrangement, terrific engineer, and the exceptional voices of the Brotherhood of Man which I had founded and put together. They were Roger Greenaway (who went on to become a hit songwriter and was inducted into the US Songwriters' Hall of Fame), Tony Burrows (who was unique in that he had three major hits in three different bands in the same period - 'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes),' 'My Baby Loves Love' and 'United We Stand' - making musical history. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/brotherhood-of-man/united-we-stand CMS user 16/12/19