Paramount Records. See Amanda Petrusich's book.
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 12:28, Stewart Gooderman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The most spectacular case of wholesale vault trashing is the decision by
> RCA in the early '60s to demolish its warehouse in Camden, N.J. The
> warehouse, according to collectors and industry veterans, held four floors
> of catalogue product, pre-tape-era material ranging from metal parts,
> acetates, shellac disc masters and alternate takes to test pressings,
> master matrix books and session rehearsal recordings.
>
> Several days before the demolition, officials from French RCA gained
> permission to go through the building and withdraw whatever material they
> could carry for their vinyl "Black and White" jazz reissue series. A few
> American collectors were also allowed in the building to salvage any items
> they could carry out.
>
> A few days later. as dozens of RCA officials and collectors stood on a
> nearby Delaware Bridge, demolition experts ignited the dynamite charges.
> Eyewitnesses said they saw "clouds of debris, black and metal chunks flying
> out the windows" of the collapsing building.
>
> The building wreckage was then bulldozed into the Delaware River. A pier
> was built on top of the detritus.
>
> "Was it a case of literally dynamiting away our cultural heritage, or was
> it nobody's business but a private property of a company that had made a
> business decision that made sense to them at the time?" asked a young
> archivist, one of several who have confirmed the story with older
> collectors who were present at the demolition. "The problem is, it was
> both. There's always that tug.”
>
>
> http://www.billholland.net/words/Labels%20Strive%20to%20Rectify%20Past%20Archival%20Problems.pdf
>
> DrG
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2019, at 8:53 AM, David Katznelson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Is there an article about the Victor bulldozing?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 8:50 AM Stewart Gooderman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Thank you for bringing up this article. I haven’t read the entire report
> >> yet, but skimming it brought back the memory of Victor bulldozing all
> their
> >> 78 RPM metal mothers in Camden with collectors running around trying to
> >> save the most important performances in a 40+ year recording history.
> >>
> >> Sigh.
> >>
> >> DrG
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 6:59 AM, Jones, Randye <[log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Amazing article about lose of musical heritage
> >>>
> >>> The Day the Music Burned
> >>>
> >>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
> >>
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