Universal Music’s Chief Archivist Issues Update on Damage From 2008 Fire (Read)
, called upon the the court to “move to compel UMG to fully answer their Interrogatory No. 1 [information about what master recordings were actually lost in the fire] and to produce all documents” relating to it, in an effort to reveal more fully the extent of the damage.
Does that mean those recordings are lost forever? Absolutely not. For the very few original recordings we believe were impacted, almost all had previously been commercially released and we have located safeties, copies or digital alternatives for every single album. In the one instance where an unreleased album was affected, we have located multiple copies and we could still release the album if the artist wishes.
Again, I am enormously grateful to those artists and their representatives who have cooperated with us in our review and to the teams across the company who are dedicated to this project. As our work continues, I will continue to provide future progress reports. At this time, we have encountered only one unreleased album potentially affected in the fire, however, we have located multiple copies of that recording and we could still release that album in the future if the artist wishes.
The “assets” in our archives comprise far more than original audio master recordings. The bulk of the material in the archives consist of secondary copies of material. Assets in the archives include protection copies, multi-tracks, demos, safeties, and videos as well as non-recorded items such as artwork, session notes and much more. In fact, the majority of our archived assets are not masters.
If a master is lost or destroyed, is it still possible to reissue high-quality recordings of that music?
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