Universal Music estimated in a confidential 2009 report that the loss encompassed about 500,000 song titles, the article said. Many of the artists whose own material was reported to have been destroyed expressed shock. “We are trying to get good information to find out what happened, and the effect on the band’s music, if any,” the group tweeted. Almost of all of Buddy Holly’s masters were lost, as were most of John Coltrane’s masters in the Impulse Records collection. Master recordings are typically owned and controlled by the music labels for the artists in their catalog.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 02:15 UTC