Company to investigate 2008 storage unit fire in which up to 500,000 master recordings by Aretha Franklin, Elton John and others may have burned Universal Music Group CEO and chairman Sir Lucian Grainge has said that the company owes its artists "transparency" over the loss of up to 500,000 master recordings of songs in a 2008 fire. The New York Times has revealed that original recordings by artists including Chuck Berry, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Snoop Dog, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf were...
Universal Music Group on master tapes fire: 'We owe artists transparency'
The Guardian - 19 Jun 2019 11:03
Company to investigate 2008 storage unit fire in which up to 500,000 master recordings by Aretha Franklin, Elton John and others may have burned Universal Music Group CEO and chairman Sir Lucian Grainge has said that the company owes its artists "transparency" over the loss of up to 500,000 master recordings of songs in a 2008 fire. The New York Times has revealed that original recordings by artists including Chuck Berry, Elton John, Aretha Franklin, Snoop Dog, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf were...
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