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Decca West Africa

CTL-I-0105 · Institution

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Combined Graph record U-01461 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-I-0105. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Decca's West African operation was based in Lagos, Nigeria: Decca set up its Afrodisia subsidiary in Lagos in late 1971, refocused on albums from 1973, and released 200+ albums by decade's end; Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1980. Stored city Lagos confirmed for this operation.

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Decca's West African operation was based in Lagos, Nigeria: Decca set up its Afrodisia subsidiary in Lagos in late 1971, refocused on albums from 1973, and released 200+ albums by decade's end; Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1980. Stored city Lagos confirmed for this operation.

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Decca's West African operation was based in Lagos, Nigeria: Decca set up its Afrodisia subsidiary in Lagos in late 1971, refocused on albums from 1973, and released 200+ albums by decade's end; Decca was acquired by PolyGram in 1980. Stored city Lagos confirmed for this operation.

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