Good work on many of the Blue Note reissues. The Van Gelder editions are over-compressed and "super-loud" mastered too much for my liking, but mucho kudos to your company for putting so much material on the market in good old reliable CD format with nice booklets. I wish you owned the jazz library that a certain mega-glomerate owns and keeps mostly locked in vaults or parcels out occasional reissues in awful iTunes format. Oh and congratulations on Nora Jones! -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andes, Donald" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Curious--was: well, this might <snip> As the Director of Archives I oversee the collection, cataloging, and storage of all Creative assets (Audio/Video/Film/Photo/Artwork) for EMI in the US. I don't deal with any legal, accounting, or contractual paperwork as that is stored in paper vaults under someone else's careful watch. I do have metal parts, 16" transcription discs, 78's LP's, ect. as well as analog tape, digital tape, cd's, dvd's, and most other media storage formats. I also keep session notes, recording logs, release books, etc. If it came out in the US with EMI/Capitol/Virgin/Blue Note (or any other subsidiary label) then technically I should have the masters and 2 copies of the finished product. The job keeps me pretty busy, which is why I lurk more then I post in this forum. Don Andes Director of Archives EMI Music P.S. I don't do the suing.....Legal Affairs gets that job. -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Lennick Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 8:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Curious--was: well, this might <snip> Steven C. Barr(x) wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andes, Donald" <[log in to unmask]> >> Don Andes >> Director of Archives >> EMI Music >> > Your signature caught my eye! Are these archives of masters/metal > parts, archived recording ledgers, or some completely different form of "archive?" > > Steven C. Barr > > Or is this the guy who's going to sue me for transferring 51-year-old Capitols for offshore CD reissues? I know NUSSING........ xq - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from EMI This e-mail including any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received it in error please advise the sender immediately by return email and then delete it from your system. The unauthorised use, distribution, copying or alteration of this email is strictly forbidden. If you need assistance please contact us on +44 20 7795 7000. This email is from a unit or subsidiary of EMI Group plc. Registered Office: 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5SW Registered in England No 229231. - --------------------------------------------------------------------