The day the music burned up

[ricosuave]

Very disheartening.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/m...ecordings.html

[Cecil Terwilliger]

I’ve been following this for the past week or so since it came out. Unbelievable so much was lost and Universal kept it secret for over a decade.

[tete]

Fascinating article. I'm not sure how many people know, but the University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections acquired the EMI Canada music collection a few years ago and are digitizing the masters.

https://www.ucalgary.ca/utoday/issue...a-university-0

They've been receiving boxes for three years (there are too many to send at once) and there are still more to come. I believe there is still another year to go with the main project.

[transplant99]

Virtually all of Buddy Holly’s masters were lost in the fire.

"The day the music died"...indeed.

Really sad to hear this.

[Harry Lime]

I was wondering if someone would post that article. Interesting read, and it shows just how much more value is placed on money over culture. That should have been a giant story while the building still smoldered, but instead it was buried.

[ricosuave]

Ugh.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/m...-list-umg.html

[Itse]

On the other hand, nobody basically noticed until they made it news.