Hi All, During my tenure as a record engineer, I usually ran two machines during mixing, creating two 1/4" masters. Sometimes, the label paying the bill would squawk about the extra cost of the tape or the potential cost of storage, but usually not. Most distressing was the fact that there was no geographic separation. Both sets of masters were usually stored next to each other. Columbia/Epic would always make 5 copies and send each copy to a pressing plant but, I'm not sure what happened after that. Cheers! Corey Corey Bailey Audio Engineering www.baileyzone.net On 6/26/2019 9:39 AM, Shai Drori wrote: > I was reading this list and then realized that in all my years as a > recording engineer, I have always pleaded with the artists to pay the extra > studio time to run a duplicate master just for this reason that should the > label lose their masters, they will have their own master. With automation > in place, it's really easy to just run the tape twice (the studio I worked > at that time only had one 1/4" master recorder and two DAT machines). Some > agreed, some didn't. For my label, I have duplicate masters stored in two > separate continents. Just cause I can. > > Reading that list gave me shivers. It's really the whole music history of > our time. I hope Sony takes better care of their archives. > > Cheers > Shai Drori > Expert digitization services for Audio Video > 3K scanning for film 8mm-35mm > Timeless Recordings Music Label > www.audiovideofilm.com > [log in to unmask] > Tripadvisor level 6 contributor, level 15 restaurant expert > >