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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Moontrane on June 12, 2019, 08:41:49 PM
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Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Aretha Franklin and 500,000 more recordings destroyed in fire
A 2008 fire at Universal Studios in Hollywood destroyed scores and master tapes of approximately
500,000 albums and singles that shaped music history, a New York Times investigation has revealed.
The fire was subject to headlines around the world, but Universal shifted the attention of its carnage
to the destroyed King Kong theme park attraction. Whilst building 6197 —UMG’s main West Coast
storehouse of masters— perished in the blaze with no real coverage from media. Initially, reports
shared that “a vault full of video and television images” was destroyed in the fire, and an unnamed
representative for Universal quoted: “Thankfully, there was little lost from UMG’s vault. A majority
of what was formerly stored there was moved earlier this year to our other facilities. Of the small
amount that was still there and waiting to be moved, it had already been digitized so the music will
still be around for many years to come.”
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well at least fortress record collection is still around!
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This is good if it will stop the record companies from releasing a bunch more "remastered" versions of these records.
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Hopefully, the Osmond Collection was not lost.
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I read about this the other day. It talked about how some of the master recordings that new CDs are made from were lost, so now anything released now will be substandard.
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So with all the money they have they couldn't place these irreplaceable recordings in large fireproof safes? really?