Originally Posted by
soulster
Eminem backed up his stuff just months before the fire.
Virtually all of the A&M singles masters were destroyed.
Virtually everything that was on the ABC or ABC/Dunhill, Dot, Decca, and Backbeat labels are gone.
The entire Chess catalog is gone.
Nirvana's tapes are gone.
It is arguable that the Steely Dan tapes are gone, but they put out a statement today saying that they have long known that the tapes were gone, but, according to the guy who ran the vault said that the backups are safe in New Jersey.
No word yet from Elton John, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Eagles, Don Henley, the Glenn Frey estate, Donna Summer's estate, Quincy Jones, Richard carpenter, Toni Tennille, Aerosmith, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Bobby Brown, Thelma Houston, and a staggering number of other artists who lost tapes.
Keep in mind that this fire happened 11 years ago and these tapes have been known to have perished inside the industry, but Universal was very good at sweeping it under the rug until now. So, we have been living with this reality and many of us didn't even know it. As of this morning they were still doing a Sarah Sanders.
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