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Scott Dorsey  
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 More options Apr 11 2012, 10:25 am
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From: klu...@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Date: 11 Apr 2012 10:25:23 -0400
Local: Wed, Apr 11 2012 10:25 am
Subject: Re: Uh-oh! Old CDs breaking down - Check your archives.
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>Nobody knows how many master tapes Universal lost in the studio fire three
>years ago.  Their official statement at the time was, "well, everything
>important has already been released."  But you have to wonder, what about all
>the other stuff that wasn't considered important:  B-sides, album tracks,
>alternate takes, live performances...  there's tons of stuff that isn't
>necessarily "hit" material that deserves to be saved.  

I talked to the film guys, and they said that no film negatives had been
lost, only prints.  Unfortunately a lot of prints were lost and due to the
general decline in popularity of 35mm, I suspect many of them will not be
replaced.

I tried to book Questor Tapes in 35mm for a science fiction convention
this past fall and got that bit of bad news.  No prints available.

>There are rumors that all of Bing Crosby's masters were lost, along with
>Ricky Nelson and scores of others.  Granted, the mastered CDs survive -- as
>CDs -- but it's still sad if the analog master tapes are gone forever.  And I
>wouldn't consider, say, a 1984-1985 CD to sound as good as that tape could
>ever sound, given the issues with A/D converters and digital recording in
>that era.

And that's a real tragedy.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

 
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