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



Could you provide more detail?And what fire?This 
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/02/local/me-studiofire2 was the only one I was aware of.

                                     Roger




--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Clark Johnsen <clarkjohnsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Clark Johnsen <clarkjohnsen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Sad news about Dick Sudhalter and Decca archive
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 1:16 PM

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> .  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.


Which leads one to wonder, just how safe are any of the masters? And for
that matter, where *do* they reside?

"Proliferation is preservation."

clark

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