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As I read the posts on this catastrophe, I note the absence of the names of Decca's classical artists — admittedly, not many — whose masters were surely destroyed. Jascha Heifetz, Andrés Segovia, Rudolf Ganz, Percy Grainger, Robert Goldsand et al. all recorded for Decca in the forties, which were mastered on 16.5-in. lacquers cut vertically. Like Columbia, approved takes from the lacquers were dubbed to produce the released 78rpm shellac discs. Heifetz's preserved some extraordinary performances of encore pieces in which virtuosity was explored to the utmost. Due to the dates, those lacquers were all glass-based, and were either broken in transit or burned up in the vault fire. A similar fate befell the others. It is perhaps a small part of what was destroyed, to be sure, but as grievous a loss our cultural patrimony as anything else. DDR On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 1:44 AM Jeff Willens <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html > -- 1006 Langer Way Delray Beach, FL 33483 561.265.2976