The fire occurred over a decade ago on the back lot of Universal but there was never much detail given apparently. It's not coming out that over 100,000 master recordings were lost including those of Nirvana, REM, Clapton, Aerosmith, The Eagles, Soundgarden, Guns N Roses and the list goes on...
This really sucks. Probably most, if not all, the albums have been re-released on digital, cd or other formats and with the highest audio quality. However, as the article mentions, I am sure there were things in those recordings that were never released or never heard by anyone else other than those present at the recording that will never be able to be heard now.
Big loss for music. - (
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No one ever mentioned the fire had destroyed so many original recordings.
All we do crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see
Dust in the wind...