OT: 175k master recordings lost in fire in 2008

[goonster]

Originally Posted by KJMUNC

music was meant to be made and listened to live.

Some music, yes, and some music, no.

Live performances before an audience are something very different from a studio project, and neither one is a substitute for the other.

There is a TON of amazing music conceived and executed as complex studio projects, sometimes with their own unpredictable serendipity, and there is no live equivalent to them, e.g. Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' or My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless.'

So, yes, this is a tragic loss to our record of human creativity and achievement, future generations will be poorer for it, and we still can't grasp the full scope.

[goonster]

Originally Posted by BobbyJones

The loss has little effect on the way *most* consumers consume or will consume music in the future, even self-professed enthusiasts.

Who cares if the Van Gogh originals go up in smoke, since *most* of us still have our jpegs . . .

Originally Posted by MattTuck

Interesting, I would have thought this was the biggest disaster in the history of music.

Ah yes, we all know that the soul of music is the money, and our hearts bleed for Paul McCartney, who, having been paid for the mono, stereo, 8-track, cassette, CD and digital versions of "Love Me Do" is running out of formats to monetize.

[BobbyJones]

Duplicate post!

[BobbyJones]

Dino Suegiù gets it.

Originally Posted by goonster

Who cares if the Van Gogh originals go up in smoke, since *most* of us still have our jpegs . . .

So, yes, this is a tragic loss to our record of human creativity and achievement, future generations will be poorer for it, and we still can't grasp the full scope.

What if you never knew Van Gogh existed? Sure it's interesting and exciting to come across a "barn find", or to read about one, but if that find just sits and rots away, who really cares? Do we save, i mean "preserve and catalog" every little piece of detritus of life just in case?

[daker13]

Originally Posted by goonster

There is a TON of amazing music conceived and executed as complex studio projects, sometimes with their own unpredictable serendipity, and there is no live equivalent to them, e.g. Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks' or My Bloody Valentine's 'Loveless.'

Can confirm, having seen MBV on the 'Loveless' tour in the early 90s. A lot of technical difficulties.

[goonster]

Go to this Wikipedia article, expand the section titled "List of Artists Affected" and scroll for a while . . .