Re: [ARSCLIST] Sad news about Dick Sudhalter and Decca archive

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael:

Could you provide some details about the Universal archive fire? When and where did this happen? I 
thought the Decca masters were all consolidated in a climate-controlled and "fire-proof" archive in 
Germany, associated with Berliner Studios.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 3:05 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Sad news about Dick Sudhalter and Decca archive


> It is a sad day over at the 78-L and I am not going to cross-post what is over there, but just 
> give you heads-up.  Richard Sudhalter passed away last night.  And there is now confirmation that 
> the Universal vault fire consumed the entire Decca masters from the 30s thru the 50s.  Metal, 
> tape, test pressings, and paper.
>
> There's no justice in the world.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel@xxxxxxxxx