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And knowing how Universal works these days, I doubt that any answers 
will be forthcoming anytime soon. A very different company than it was 
20-30 years ago...

--Scott*

Scott D. Smith C.A.S.
Chicago Audio Works, Inc.*

On 11/9/2010 10:53 AM, Tom Fine wrote:
> Does anyone know if there are or were any lawsuits related to the 
> Universal fire? Court records may include a list of stuff believed 
> lost. For instance, there was a lawsuit about what was burned up at an 
> Iron Mountain facility, and documents showed that lost was a lot of 
> original artwork for Universal LP-era albums.
>
> I've never been able to get an answer from any contact at Universal 
> about the Command master tapes that aren't over in Germany (that would 
> be all of the pop stuff and possibly some of the classical), the Kapp 
> master tapes, the Impulse master tapes that have not been reissued, 
> and Chess tapes that may not have been stored elsewhere. Also, there 
> were supposedly some or many Decca disk-era metal parts, laquers, and 
> documentation stored on the movie lot.
>
> As always, I hope I'm not rumor-mongering, but no one I've asked has 
> given me any facts or answers.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Warner Music Group Archives
>
>
> From: David Seubert <[log in to unmask]>
>> Mostly about the paper stuff, but interesting article nonetheless.
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/arts/music/09archive.html?_r=1
>
> Very interesting.  Now if we could only find out what was lost in the
> Universal warehouse fire . . .
>
> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
>