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The Day The Music Burned

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Neutral Corner, Jun 12, 2019.

  1. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Well written and horrifying story of the destruction of tens of thousands of master tapes in a fire at Universal Studios in 2008. I had no idea that this had happened. The master recordings of a number of record companies like Chess... well, hell. Here:

    "UMG maintained additional tape libraries across the United States and around the world. But the label’s Vault Operations department was managed from the backlot, and the archive there housed some of UMG’s most prized material. There were recordings from dozens of record companies that had been absorbed by Universal over the years, including several of the most important labels of all time. The vault housed tape masters for Decca, the pop, jazz and classical powerhouse; it housed master tapes for the storied blues label Chess; it housed masters for Impulse, the groundbreaking jazz label. The vault held masters for the MCA, ABC, A&M, Geffen and Interscope labels. And it held masters for a host of smaller subsidiary labels. Nearly all of these masters — in some cases, the complete discographies of entire record labels — were wiped out in the fire."

    "Among the incinerated Decca masters were recordings by titanic figures in American music: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland. The tape masters for Billie Holiday’s Decca catalog were most likely lost in total. The Decca masters also included recordings by such greats as Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and Patsy Cline.

    The fire most likely claimed most of Chuck Berry’s Chess masters and multitrack masters, a body of work that constitutes Berry’s greatest recordings. The destroyed Chess masters encompassed nearly everything else recorded for the label and its subsidiaries, including most of the Chess output of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Bo Diddley, Etta James, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy and Little Walter. Also very likely lost were master tapes of the first commercially released material by Aretha Franklin, recorded when she was a young teenager performing in the church services of her father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin, who made dozens of albums for Chess and its sublabels.

    Virtually all of Buddy Holly’s masters were lost in the fire. Most of John Coltrane’s Impulse masters were lost, as were masters for treasured Impulse releases by Ellington, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders and other jazz greats. Also apparently destroyed were the masters for dozens of canonical hit singles, including Bill Haley and His Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock,” Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats’ “Rocket 88,” Bo Diddley’s “Bo Diddley/I’m A Man,” Etta James’s “At Last,” the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” and the Impressions’ “People Get Ready.”

    "The list of destroyed single and album masters takes in titles by dozens of legendary artists, a genre-spanning who’s who of 20th- and 21st-century popular music. It includes recordings by Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, the Andrews Sisters, the Ink Spots, the Mills Brothers, Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, Sammy Davis Jr., Les Paul, Fats Domino, Big Mama Thornton, Burl Ives, the Weavers, Kitty Wells, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Bobby (Blue) Bland, B.B. King, Ike Turner, the Four Tops, Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Joan Baez, Neil Diamond, Sonny and Cher, the Mamas and the Papas, Joni Mitchell, Captain Beefheart, Cat Stevens, the Carpenters, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Al Green, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Elton John, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, the Eagles, Don Henley, Aerosmith, Steely Dan, Iggy Pop, Rufus and Chaka Khan, Barry White, Patti LaBelle, Yoko Ono, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Police, Sting, George Strait, Steve Earle, R.E.M., Janet Jackson, Eric B. and Rakim, New Edition, Bobby Brown, Guns N’ Roses, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Sonic Youth, No Doubt, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Hole, Beck, Sheryl Crow, Tupac Shakur, Eminem, 50 Cent and the Roots."

    That barely scratches the surface of what was lost. Read the article. If you love music, it will make you cry for what was lost. The quality of a master recording is always far better than the quality of the playback. Each time that a new and more accurate recording medium is invented, the record company has had the option to go back to the original master recording and "remaster" it for the new technology. The masters of tens of thousands of songs and thousands of artists are now gone forever. The digital recordings that came from them are all that is left now. Those songs and album masters as well as any alternate takes or unreleased material which was on those tapes is gone forever.

    It's a horrible story, and I never had a clue.


    The Day the Music Burned
     
    Last edited: Jun 12, 2019
  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    Kind of a sidetrack - but when talking about lost legacies. If you've ever done a story about the Greatest Generation or a veteran finally receiving a long-overdue medal, this fire always comes up.

    The 1973 Fire, National Personnel Records Center
     
  3. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

  4. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

  5. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    Nevertheless, the names listed below come with several caveats. For the artists named below, it is not possible to assert definitively which masters were burned in the fire, nor can it be said categorically that all of these artists did in fact lose masters. It also cannot be determined exactly how many of the destroyed masters were primary-source originals.

    What can be said with certainty is that these are artists whose material UMG believed had been lost in the fire and whose recordings the company spent tens of millions of dollars trying to replace.

    Artists Named in UMG Documents
    38 Special
    50 Cent
    Colonel Abrams
    Johnny Ace
    Bryan Adams
    Nat Adderley
    Aerosmith
    Rhett Akins
    Manny Albam
    Lorez Alexandria
    Gary Allan
    Red Allen
    Steve Allen
    The Ames Brothers
    Gene Ammons
    Bill Anderson
    Jimmy Anderson
    John Anderson
    The Andrews Sisters
    Lee Andrews & the Hearts
    Paul Anka
    Adam Ant
    Toni Arden
    Joan Armatrading
    Louis Armstrong
    Asia
    Asleep at the Wheel
    Audioslave
    Patti Austin
    Average White Band
    Hoyt Axton
    Albert Ayler
    Burt Bacharach
    Joan Baez
    Razzy Bailey
    Chet Baker
    Florence Ballard
    Hank Ballard
    Gato Barbieri
    Baja Marimba Band
    Len Barry
    Count Basie
    Fontella Bass
    The Beat Farmers
    Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra
    Beck
    Captain Beefheart
    Archie Bell & the Drells
    Vincent Bell
    Bell Biv Devoe
    Louie Bellson
    Don Bennett
    Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones
    David Benoit
    George Benson
    Berlin
    Elmer Bernstein and His Orchestra
    Chuck Berry
    Nuno Bettencourt
    Stephen Bishop
    Blackstreet
    Art Blakey
    Hal Blaine
    Bobby (Blue) Bland
    Mary J. Blige
    Blink 182
    Blues Traveler
    Eddie Bo
    Pat Boone
    Boston
    Connee Boswell
    Eddie Boyd
    Jan Bradley
    Owen Bradley Quintet
    Oscar Brand
    Bob Braun
    Walter Brennan
    Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats
    Teresa Brewer
    Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
    John Brim
    Lonnie Brooks
    Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam
    Brothers Johnson
    Bobby Brown
    Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
    Lawrence Brown
    Les Brown
    Marion Brown
    Marshall Brown
    Mel Brown
    Michael Brown
    Dave Brubeck
    Jimmy Buffett
    Carol Burnett
    T-Bone Burnett
    Dorsey Burnette
    Johnny Burnette
    Busta Rhymes
    Terry Callier
    Cab Calloway
    The Call
    Glen Campbell
    Captain and Tennille
    Captain Sensible
    Irene Cara
    Belinda Carlisle
    Carl Carlton
    Eric Carmen
    Hoagy Carmichael
    Kim Carnes
    Karen Carpenter
    Richard Carpenter
    The Carpenters
    Barbara Carr
    Betty Carter
    Benny Carter
    The Carter Family
    Peter Case
    Alvin Cash
    Mama Cass
    Bobby Charles
    Ray Charles
    Chubby Checker
    The Checkmates Ltd.
    Cheech & Chong
    Cher
    Don Cherry
    Mark Chesnutt
    The Chi-Lites
    Eric Clapton
    Petula Clark
    Roy Clark
    Gene Clark
    The Clark Sisters
    Merry Clayton
    Jimmy Cliff
    Patsy Cline
    Rosemary Clooney
    Wayne Cochran
    Joe Cocker
    Ornette Coleman
    Gloria Coleman
    Mitty Collier
    Jazzbo Collins
    Judy Collins
    Colosseum
    Alice Coltrane
    John Coltrane
    Colours
    Common
    Cookie and the Cupcakes
    Barbara Cook
    Rita Coolidge
    Stewart Copeland
    The Corsairs
    Dave “Baby” Cortez
    Bill Cosby
    Don Costa
    Clifford Coulter
    David Crosby
    Crosby & Nash
    Johnny Cougar (aka John Cougar Mellencamp)
    Counting Crows
    Coverdale•Page
    Warren Covington
    Deborah Cox
    James “Sugar Boy” Crawford
    Crazy Otto
    Marshall Crenshaw
    The Crew-Cuts
    Sonny Criss
    David Crosby
    Bob Crosby
    Bing Crosby
    Sheryl Crow
    Rodney Crowell
    Pablo Cruise
    The Crusaders
    Xavier Cugat
    The Cuff Links
    Tim Curry
    The Damned
    Danny & the Juniors
    Rodney Dangerfield
    Bobby Darin
    Helen Darling
    David + David
    Mac Davis
    Richard Davis
    Sammy Davis Jr.
    Chris de Burgh
    Lenny Dee
    Jack DeJohnette
    The Dells
    The Dell-Vikings
    Sandy Denny
    Sugar Pie DeSanto
    The Desert Rose Band
    Dennis DeYoung
    Neil Diamond
    Bo Diddley
    Difford & Tilbrook
    Dillard & Clark
    The Dixie Hummingbirds
    Willie Dixon
    DJ Shadow
    Fats Domino
    Jimmy Donley
    Kenny Dorham
    Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
    Lee Dorsey
    The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
    Lamont Dozier
    The Dramatics
    The Dream Syndicate
    Roy Drusky
    Jimmy Durante
    Deanna Durbin
    The Eagles
    Steve Earle
    El Chicano
    Danny Elfman
    Yvonne Elliman
    Duke Ellington
    Cass Elliott
    Joe Ely
    John Entwistle
    Eminem
    Eric B. and Rakim
    Gil Evans
    Paul Evans
    Betty Everett
    Don Everly
    Extreme
    The Falcons
    Harold Faltermeyer
    Donna Fargo
    Art Farmer
    Freddie Fender
    Ferrante & Teicher
    Fever Tree
    The Fifth Dimension
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Five Blind Boys Of Alabama
    The Fixx
    The Flamingos
    King Floyd
    The Flying Burrito Brothers
    John Fogerty
    Red Foley
    Eddie Fontaine
    The Four Aces
    The Four Tops
    Peter Frampton
    Franke & the Knockouts
    Aretha Franklin
    The Rev. C.L. Franklin
    The Free Movement
    Glenn Frey
    Lefty Frizzell
    Curtis Fuller
    Jerry Fuller
    Lowell Fulson
    Harvey Fuqua
    Nelly Furtado
    Hank Garland
    Judy Garland
    Erroll Garner
    Jimmy Garrison
    Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
    Gene Loves Jezebel
    Barry Gibb
    Georgia Gibbs
    Terri Gibbs
    Dizzy Gillespie
    Gin Blossoms
    Tompall Glaser
    Tom Glazer
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Golden Earring
    Paul Gonsalves
    Benny Goodman
    Dexter Gordon
    Rosco Gordon
    Lesley Gore
    The Gospelaires
    Teddy Grace
    Grand Funk Railroad
    Amy Grant
    Earl Grant
    The Grass Roots
    Dobie Gray
    Buddy Greco
    Keith Green
    Al Green
    Jack Greene
    Robert Greenidge
    Lee Greenwood
    Patty Griffin
    Nanci Griffith
    Dave Grusin
    Guns N’ Roses
    Buddy Guy
    Buddy Hackett
    Charlie Haden
    Merle Haggard
    Bill Haley and His Comets
    Aaron Hall
    Lani Hall
    Chico Hamilton
    George Hamilton IV
    Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
    Marvin Hamlisch
    Jan Hammer
    Lionel Hampton
    John Handy
    Glass Harp
    Slim Harpo
    Richard Harris
    Freddie Harts
    Dan Hartman
    Johnny Hartman
    Coleman Hawkins
    Dale Hawkins
    Richie Havens
    Roy Haynes
    Head East
    Heavy D. & the Boyz
    Bobby Helms
    Don Henley
    Clarence “Frogman” Henry
    Woody Herman and His Orchestra
    Milt Herth and His Trio
    John Hiatt
    Al Hibbler
    Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks
    Monk Higgins
    Jessie Hill
    Earl Hines
    Roger Hodgson
    Hole
    Billie Holiday
    Jennifer Holliday
    Buddy Holly
    The Hollywood Flames
    Eddie Holman
    John Lee Hooker
    Stix Hooper
    Bob Hope
    Paul Horn
    Shirley Horn
    Big Walter Horton
    Thelma Houston
    Rebecca Lynn Howard
    Jan Howard
    Freddie Hubbard
    Humble Pie
    Engelbert Humperdinck
    Brian Hyland
    The Impressions
    The Ink Spots
    Iron Butterfly
    Burl Ives
    Janet Jackson
    Joe Jackson
    Milt Jackson
    Ahmad Jamal
    Etta James
    Elmore James
    James Gang
    Keith Jarrett
    Jason & the Scorchers
    Jawbreaker
    Garland Jeffreys
    Beverly Jenkins
    Gordon Jenkins
    The Jets
    Jimmy Eat World
    Jodeci
    Johnnie Joe
    The Joe Perry Project
    Elton John
    J.J. Johnson
    K-Ci & JoJo
    Al Jolson
    Booker T. Jones
    Elvin Jones
    George Jones
    Hank Jones
    Jack Jones
    Marti Jones
    Quincy Jones
    Rickie Lee Jones
    Tamiko Jones
    Tom Jones
    Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
    The Jordanaires
    Jurassic 5
    Bert Kaempfert
    Kitty Kallen & Georgie Shaw
    The Kalin Twins
    Bob Kames
    Kansas
    Boris Karloff
    Sammy Kaye
    Toby Keith
    Gene Kelly
    Chaka Khan
    B.B. King
    The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Wayne King
    The Kingsmen
    The Kingston Trio
    Roland Kirk
    Eartha Kitt
    John Klemmer
    Klymaxx
    Baker Knight
    Chris Knight
    Gladys Knight and the Pips
    Krokus
    Steve Kuhn
    Rolf Kuhn
    Joachim Kuhn
    Patti LaBelle
    L.A. Dream Team
    Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
    Frankie Lane
    Denise LaSalle
    Yusef Lateef
    Steve Lawrence
    Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé
    Lafayette Leake
    Brenda Lee
    Laura Lee
    Leapy Lee
    Peggy Lee
    Danni Leigh
    The Lennon Sisters
    J.B. Lenoir
    Ramsey Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lewis
    Meade Lux Lewis
    Liberace
    Lifehouse
    Enoch Light
    The Lightning Seeds
    Limp Bizkit
    Lisa Loeb
    Little Axe and the Golden Echoes
    Little Milton
    Little River Band
    Little Walter
    Lobo
    Nils Lofgren
    Lone Justice
    Guy Lombardo
    Lord Tracy
    The Louvin Brothers
    Love
    Patti Loveless
    The Lovelites
    Lyle Lovett
    Love Unlimited
    Loretta Lynn
    L.T.D.
    Lynyrd Skynyrd
    Gloria Lynne
    Moms Mabley
    Willie Mabon
    Warner Mack
    Dave MacKay & Vicky Hamilton
    Miriam Makeba
    The Mamas and the Papas
    Melissa Manchester
    Barbara Mandrell
    Chuck Mangione
    Shelly Manne
    Wade Marcus
    Mark-Almond
    Pigmeat Markham
    Steve Marriott
    Wink Martindale
    Groucho Marx
    Hugh Masekela
    Dave Mason
    Jerry Mason
    Matthews Southern Comfort
    The Mavericks
    Robert Maxwell
    John Mayall
    Percy Mayfield
    Lyle Mays
    Les McCann
    Delbert McClinton
    Robert Lee McCollum
    Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.
    Van McCoy
    Jimmy McCracklin
    Jack McDuff
    Reba McEntire
    Gary McFarland
    Barry McGuire
    The McGuire Sisters
    Duff McKagan
    Maria McKee
    McKendree Spring
    Marian McPartland
    Clyde McPhatter
    Carmen McRae
    Jack McVea
    Meat Loaf
    Memphis Slim
    Sergio Mendes
    Ethel Merman
    Pat Metheny
    Mighty Clouds of Joy
    Roger Miller
    Stephanie Mills
    The Mills Brothers
    Liza Minnelli
    Charles Mingus
    Joni Mitchell
    Bill Monroe
    Vaughn Monroe
    Wes Montgomery
    Buddy Montgomery
    The Moody Blues
    The Moonglows
    Jane Morgan
    Russ Morgan
    Ennio Morricone
    Mos Def
    Martin Mull
    Gerry Mulligan
    Milton Nascimento
    Johnny Nash
    Nazareth
    Nelson
    Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band
    Ricky Nelson
    Jimmy Nelson
    Oliver Nelson
    Aaron Neville
    Art Neville
    The Neville Brothers
    New Edition
    New Riders of the Purple Sage
    Olivia Newton-John
    Night Ranger
    Leonard Nimoy
    Nine Inch Nails
    Nirvana
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    No Doubt
    Ken Nordine
    Red Norvo Sextet
    Terri Nunn
    The Oak Ridge Boys
    Ric Ocasek
    Phil Ochs
    Hazel O’Connor
    Chico O’Farrill
    Oingo Boingo
    The O’Jays
    Spooner Oldham
    One Flew South
    Yoko Ono
    Orleans
    Jeffrey Osborne
    The Outfield
    Jackie Paris
    Leo Parker
    Junior Parker
    Ray Parker Jr.
    Dolly Parton
    Les Paul
    Freda Payne
    Peaches & Herb
    Ce Ce Peniston
    The Peppermint Rainbow
    Pepples
    The Persuasions
    Bernadette Peters
    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
    John Phillips
    Webb Pierce
    The Pinetoppers
    Bill Plummer
    Poco
    The Pointer Sisters
    The Police
    Doc Pomus
    Jimmy Ponder
    Iggy Pop
    Billy Preston
    Lloyd Price
    Louis Prima
    Primus
    Puddle Of Mudd
     
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  6. Neutral Corner

    Neutral Corner Well-Known Member

    I had to break that list because it was over 10,000 characters. Jesus.


    Red Prysock
    Leroy Pullins
    The Pussycat Dolls
    Quarterflash
    Queen Latifah
    Sun Ra
    The Radiants
    Gerry Rafferty
    Kenny Rankin
    The Ray Charles Singers
    The Ray-O-Vacs
    The Rays
    Dewey Redman
    Della Reese
    Martha Reeves
    R.E.M.
    Debbie Reynolds
    Emitt Rhodes
    Buddy Rich
    Emil Richards
    Dannie Richmond
    Riders in the Sky
    Stan Ridgway
    Frazier River
    Sam Rivers
    Max Roach
    Marty Roberts
    Howard Roberts
    The Roches
    Chris Rock
    Tommy Roe
    Jimmy Rogers
    Sonny Rollins
    The Roots
    Rose Royce
    Jackie Ross
    Doctor Ross
    Rotary Connection
    The Rover Boys
    Roswell Rudd
    Rufus and Chaka Khan
    Otis Rush
    Brenda Russell
    Leon Russell
    Pee Wee Russell
    Russian Jazz Quartet
    Mitch Ryder
    Buffy Sainte-Marie
    Joe Sample
    Pharoah Sanders
    The Sandpipers
    Gary Saracho
    Shirley Scott
    Tom Scott
    Dawn Sears
    Neil Sedaka
    Jeannie Seely
    Semisonic
    Charlie Sexton
    Marlena Shaw
    Tupac Shakur
    Archie Shepp
    Dinah Shore
    Ben Sidran
    Silver Apples
    Shel Silverstein
    The Simon Sisters
    Ashlee Simpson
    The Simpsons
    Zoot Sims
    P.F. Sloan
    Smash Mouth
    Kate Smith
    Keely Smith
    Tab Smith
    Patti Smyth
    Snoop Dogg
    Valaida Snow
    Jill Sobule
    Soft Machine
    Sonic Youth
    Sonny and Cher
    The Soul Stirrers
    Soundgarden
    Eddie South
    Southern Culture on the Skids
    Spinal Tap
    Banana Splits
    The Spokesmen
    Squeeze
    Jo Stafford
    Chris Stamey
    Joe Stampley
    Michael Stanley
    Kay Starr
    Stealers Wheel
    Steely Dan
    Gwen Stefani
    Steppenwolf
    Cat Stevens
    Billy Stewart
    Sting
    Sonny Stitt
    Shane Stockton
    George Strait
    The Strawberry Alarm Clock
    Strawbs
    Styx
    Sublime
    Yma Sumac
    Andy Summers
    The Sundowners
    Supertramp
    The Surfaris
    Sylvia Syms
    Gábor Szabó
    The Tams
    Grady Tate
    t.A.T.u.
    Koko Taylor
    Billy Taylor
    Charlie Teagarden
    Temple of the Dog
    Clark Terry
    Tesla
    Sister Rosetta Tharpe
    Robin Thicke
    Toots Thielemans
    B.J. Thomas
    Irma Thomas
    Rufus Thomas
    Hank Thompson
    Lucky Thompson
    Big Mama Thornton
    Three Dog Night
    The Three Stooges
    Tiffany
    Mel Tillis
    Tommy & the Tom Toms
    Mel Tormé
    The Tragically Hip
    The Trapp Family Singers
    Ralph Tresvant
    Ernest Tubb
    The Tubes
    Tanya Tucker
    Tommy Tucker
    The Tune Weavers
    Ike Turner
    Stanley Turrentine
    Conway Twitty
    McCoy Tyner
    Phil Upchurch
    Michael Utley
    Leroy Van Dyke
    Gino Vannelli
    Van Zant
    Billy Vaughan
    Suzanne Vega
    Vega Brothers
    Veruca Salt
    The Vibrations
    Bobby Vinton
    Voïvod
    Porter Wagoner
    The Waikikis
    Rufus Wainwright
    Rick Wakeman
    Jerry Jeff Walker
    The Wallflowers
    Joe Walsh
    Wang Chung
    Clara Ward
    Warrior Soul
    Washboard Sam
    Was (Not Was)
    War
    Justine Washington
    The Watchmen
    Muddy Waters
    Jody Watley
    Johnny “Guitar” Watson
    The Weavers
    The Dream Weavers
    Ben Webster
    Weezer
    We Five
    George Wein
    Lenny Welch
    Lawrence Welk
    Kitty Wells
    Mae West
    Barry White
    Michael White
    Slappy White
    Whitesnake
    White Zombie
    The Who
    Whycliffe
    Kim Wilde
    Don Williams
    Jody Williams
    John Williams
    Larry Williams
    Lenny Williams
    Leona Williams
    Paul Williams
    Roger Williams
    Sonny Boy Williamson
    Walter Winchell
    Kai Winding
    Johnny Winter
    Wishbone Ash
    Jimmy Witherspoon
    Howlin’ Wolf
    Bobby Womack
    Lee Ann Womack
    Phil Woods
    Wrecks-N-Effect
    O.V. Wright
    Bill Wyman
    Rusty York
    Faron Young
    Neil Young
    Young Black Teenagers
    Y & T
    Rob Zombie
     
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  7. Rockbottom

    Rockbottom Well-Known Member

    What a fantastic piece of reporting/writing. An immeasurable loss.

    rb
     
  8. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    The Hollywood Flames. But not Alanis Morissette.

    In all seriousness, that's a huge swath of irreplaceable music history from all popular genres. Millions of hours of musicianship lost in one moment. No matter how much Universal had the building insured for, there's no price that could be placed on the original master recordings. Simply unbelievable that better fire protection/supression wasn't implemented with such a valuable collection. Imagine Warner Brothers accidentally burning up the originals of every movie they ever shot. (And that's a different topic, the attempts to preserve vintage film.)
     
  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    A staggering story. Name 10 bands/artists and you're almost assured of seeing one of them on that list, and likely more. The fuckin' Eagles, man!
     
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