Musicians lament reported loss of recordings in decade-old Universal fire
By Reuters
13 June 2019 |
2:49 pm
Several big-name musicians voiced dismay on Wednesday that some of their recordings may have been among thousands of original masters that The New York Times Magazine reported were lost in the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot fire of 2008.
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