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] >