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Re: [ARSCLIST] Brunswick Records rights/Universal
James L Wolf <jwol@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Looks like Universal is going to focus on LP-era material. That's fine, and I
>hope they do a good job with these things and make them available at at-least
>CD quality. But the fact that they're not touching the 78-era material is
>telling.
If it were me, I'd be a lot more concerned with preserving tapes from the LP era and put that ahead of worrying about metal mothers from the 78 era. A friend of mine did a huge number of transfers from safety transcription acetates for them a few years back so that area might also be pretty well covered even if they aren't issuing any of it yet.
>From my conversations with the folks who have been handling the Motown catalog I know that they are very concerned with preserving everything and even documenting recordings beyond what came along with the tapes. The folks doing the actual work come mostly out of broadcasting.
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