Master tracks lost in fire

[TheDayMan]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

 

[shopson67]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

It's a cover-up of course. I'm sure there were plenty of remasters released on vinyl since then that were implied to be or even advertised as analog, when they were actually from a digital source due to the fire.

If you have something that valuable, how is it NOT in a fire-safe vault?

 

[tnapucco]

Ya gotta have duplicates in two separate locations? Right?

 

[GNG]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

Who the fuck cares?

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Ya gotta have duplicates in two separate locations? Right?

Bingo.

It almost sounds like they're possibly using this as a potential future advertising ploy...imho

And then in about 6 months they'll miraculously discover the duplicates...just in time for xmas.

 

[TheDayMan]

Who the fuck cares?

Well, it’s no “disco era songs,” that’s why I only made one thread.

 

[Dolemite censored]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

Big yawn.

Everything is digitally backed up now.

 

[Dolemite censored]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

 

[Dolemite censored]

Well, it’s no “disco era songs,” that’s why I only made one thread.

Disagree. Burn Baby Burn is on topic.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

REPORT: Fire Destroys Guns N' Roses, Nirvana Master Recordings

Don’t know how it could take so long to realize...

Was this a public service???

Both bands are overrated and their frontmen were total assholes who are dead.


Hint: One of them doesn't know he's dead

 

[TheDayMan]

Was this a public service???

Both bands are overrated and their frontmen were total assholes who are dead.


Hint: One of them doesn't know he's dead

 

[TheDayMan]

Also included were recordings from old time acts such as Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Les Paul, Fats Domino, Burl Ives, B.B. King, Loretta Lynn, George Jones and plenty of other major artists from throughout the rock era.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

It was actually a pretty devastating fire when you get into the meat of this article and read about all the various artist's, labels and master recordings that were lost.

The Day the Music Burned


I remember reading about this a few years ago.

Jazz and Blues really took a major hit unfortunately.

 

[shopson67]

Big yawn.

Everything is digitally backed up now.

...which means the quality is permanently degraded.

 

[shopson67]

Was this a public service???

Both bands are overrated and their frontmen were total assholes who are dead.


Hint: One of them doesn't know he's dead

You could click on the link and see the list of important bands beyond those two that were affected, but why bother.

 

[shopson67]

The lost works most likely included masters in the Decca Records collection by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland. The fire probably also claimed some of Chuck Berry’s greatest recordings, produced for Chess Records, as well as the masters of some of Aretha Franklin’s first appearances on record.

Almost of all of Buddy Holly’s masters were lost, as were most of John Coltrane’s masters in the Impulse Records collection. The fire also claimed numerous hit singles, likely including Bill Haley and His Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock,” Etta James’s “At Last” and the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie.”

The list of artists affected spans decades of popular music. It includes recordings by Ray Charles, B.B. King, the Four Tops, Joan Baez, Neil Diamond, Sonny and Cher, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Al Green, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, the Eagles, Aerosmith, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Barry White, Patti LaBelle, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Police, Sting, Steve Earle, R.E.M., Janet Jackson, Guns N’ Roses, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Tupac Shakur, Eminem, 50 Cent and the Roots.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

You could click on the link and see the list of important bands beyond those two that were affected, but why bother.

I also didn't make the connection at first until I opened the other link that's listed in the original article.

It was dozens and dozens of artists & bands works that was lost +/or damaged.

Tragic.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

And then there's this...

Report: Universal Music Group covered up destruction of irreplaceable master tapes in 2008 fire

UMG Disputes New York Times Story Detailing Devastating 2008 Fire

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

You could click on the link and see the list of important bands beyond those two that were affected, but why bother.

It's obvious my comment was directed at Nirvana and GnR specifically

 

[shopson67]

It's obvious my comment was directed at Nirvana and GnR specifically

Yes it was. And my response was clear that the impact was well beyond those two.