Advertisement“Our data suggests that 22 of those could be ‘original masters’ which are associated with five artists,” it continued. “For each of those lost masters, we have located high-quality alternate sources in the form of safety copies or duplicate masters. UMG lawyers argued that the master recordings at hand belonged to UMG, not the musicians or their representatives, so any losses suffered were the company’s. AdvertisementSeveral sources have confirmed that the vault did indeed house a vast repository of original master recordings by innumerable artists. Master recordings made by Judy Garland are among many said to have been destroyed in a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 17, 2019 23:24 UTC