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Bing Crosby - A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings

Primary Artist
Bing Crosby
Album Title
A Centennial Anthology of His Decca Recordings
Release Date
April 8, 2003 
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Review by William Ruhlmann
Bing Crosby recorded exclusively for Decca Records from 1934-1955 and non-exclusively for a couple of years after that, and Decca purchased some of the masters he recorded for Brunswick prior to his Decca contract, so parent company MCA (a part of Universal) owns the bulk of his studio recordings. The European copyright limit of 50 years on recordings has put many of those recordings in the public domain overseas, leading to a flood of low-quality compilations, many of which turn up in the U.S. Read More