gormdane
Thank you for posting. It is criminal in the ways that music was stored.
I did not recall reading how the fire started? Or why for that matter?
Happy Listening!
The Day the Music Burned
Probably many of you have read this by now, but The NY Times put out an article recently on the 2008 Universal fire which was kept under wraps for obvious reasons:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html?action=click&m...
So much musical history was destroyed and will never be recovered - the first generation masters are the musical event - everything else is at best a good facsimile. Makes one question the quality/genealogy of the music that is being put out there. After all, for most audiophiles, the foundation of our hobby is the music and pursuit of good sound. Be curious to get others opinions on this topic.
Happy listening!
Gorm
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html?action=click&m...
So much musical history was destroyed and will never be recovered - the first generation masters are the musical event - everything else is at best a good facsimile. Makes one question the quality/genealogy of the music that is being put out there. After all, for most audiophiles, the foundation of our hobby is the music and pursuit of good sound. Be curious to get others opinions on this topic.
Happy listening!
Gorm
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Here's a list of the effected artist according to UMG: 38 Special |
Looks like this one is going to run as more and more affected artists like Sheryl Crow begin to realise. This could run for years and years... "A group of high-profile pop musicians are currently suing Universal Music for $100m (£78m) over the loss of their master recordings. The case was filed last week in Los Angeles by the rock bands Soundgarden and Hole, singer-songwriter Steve Earle, the estate of Tupac Shakur and a former wife of Tom Petty - who accuse Universal of breaching its contracts with artists by failing to properly protect their tapes. They are seeking class action status, which means other affected artists will be able to join the case at a later date." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-48745638 |
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