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Noilly Pratt
06-26-2019, 08:12 PM
As per the New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/magazine/universal-music-fire-bands-list-umg.html

It was first it was thought that there were about 100 artists affected. However, it looks like it might be 800, ranging from Hip Hop, R&B, Rock, Comedy, Folk, Country etc etc. Apparently it was caused by workers using a blowtorch to "fix" the roof.

Yes, digital copies were made some time back, but they were often made when the technology wasn't as good as now. Its a tragedy to lose all the original tapes and to add insult to injury, they didn't fully admit to it until now. When Bryan Adams tried to make a compilation box set, they couldn't find the original masters, and didn't give the reason.

Watch the lawsuits fly...

Here's a list of the artists (put as a spoiler because it's so damned long):

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Artists Named in UMG Documents



The names listed below come with several caveats. For the artists named below, it is not possible to assert definitively which masters were burned in the fire, nor can it be said categorically that all of these artists did in fact lose masters. It also cannot be determined exactly how many of the destroyed masters were primary-source originals.



What can be said with certainty is that these are artists whose material UMG believed had been lost in the fire and whose recordings the company spent tens of millions of dollars trying to replace.


Colonel Abrams


Johnny Ace


Bryan Adams


Nat Adderley



Aerosmith


Rhett Akins


Manny Albam


Lorez Alexandria


Gary Allan


Red Allen



Steve Allen



The Ames Brothers


Gene Ammons


Bill Anderson


Jimmy Anderson



John Anderson


The Andrews Sisters


Lee Andrews & the Hearts


Paul Anka


Adam Ant


Toni Arden


Joan Armatrading


Louis Armstrong


Asia


Asleep at the Wheel


Audioslave


Patti Austin


Average White Band


Hoyt Axton


Albert Ayler


Burt Bacharach


Joan Baez


Razzy Bailey


Chet Baker


Florence Ballard


Hank Ballard


Gato Barbieri


Baja Marimba Band


Len Barry


Count Basie


Fontella Bass


The Beat Farmers


Sidney Bechet and His Orchestra


Beck


Captain Beefheart


Archie Bell & the Drells


Vincent Bell


Bell Biv Devoe


Louie Bellson


Don Bennett


Joe Bennett and the Sparkletones


David Benoit


George Benson


Berlin


Elmer Bernstein and His Orchestra


Chuck Berry


Nuno Bettencourt


Stephen Bishop


Blackstreet


Art Blakey


Hal Blaine


Bobby (Blue) Bland


Mary J. Blige


Blink 182


Blues Traveler


Eddie Bo


Pat Boone


Boston


Connee Boswell


Eddie Boyd


Jan Bradley


Owen Bradley Quintet


Oscar Brand


Bob Braun


Walter Brennan


Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats


Teresa Brewer


Edie Brickell & New Bohemians


John Brim


Lonnie Brooks


Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam


Brothers Johnson


Bobby Brown


Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown


Lawrence Brown


Les Brown


Marion Brown


Marshall Brown


Mel Brown


Michael Brown


Dave Brubeck


Jimmy Buffett


Carol Burnett


T-Bone Burnett


Dorsey Burnette


Johnny Burnette


Busta Rhymes


Terry Callier


Cab Calloway


The Call


Glen Campbell


Captain and Tennille


Captain Sensible


Irene Cara


Belinda Carlisle


Carl Carlton


Eric Carmen


Hoagy Carmichael


Kim Carnes


Karen Carpenter


Richard Carpenter


The Carpenters


Barbara Carr


Betty Carter


Benny Carter


The Carter Family


Peter Case


Alvin Cash


Mama Cass


Bobby Charles


Ray Charles


Chubby Checker


The Checkmates Ltd.


Cheech & Chong


Cher


Don Cherry


Mark Chesnutt


The Chi-Lites


Eric Clapton


Petula Clark


Roy Clark


Gene Clark


The Clark Sisters


Merry Clayton


Jimmy Cliff


Patsy Cline


Rosemary Clooney


Wayne Cochran


Joe Cocker


Ornette Coleman


Gloria Coleman


Mitty Collier


Jazzbo Collins


Judy Collins


Colosseum


Alice Coltrane


John Coltrane


Colours


Common


Cookie and the Cupcakes


Barbara Cook


Rita Coolidge


Stewart Copeland


The Corsairs


Dave “Baby” Cortez


Bill Cosby


Don Costa


Clifford Coulter


David Crosby


Crosby & Nash


Johnny Cougar (aka John Cougar Mellencamp)


Counting Crows


Coverdale•Page


Warren Covington


Deborah Cox


James “Sugar Boy” Crawford


Crazy Otto


Marshall Crenshaw


The Crew-Cuts


Sonny Criss


David Crosby


Bob Crosby


Bing Crosby


Sheryl Crow


Rodney Crowell


The Crusaders


Xavier Cugat


The Cuff Links


Tim Curry


The Damned


Danny & the Juniors


Rodney Dangerfield


Bobby Darin


Helen Darling


David + David


Mac Davis


Richard Davis


Sammy Davis Jr.


Chris de Burgh


Lenny Dee


Jack DeJohnette


The Dells


The Dell-Vikings


Sandy Denny


Sugar Pie DeSanto


The Desert Rose Band


Dennis DeYoung


Neil Diamond


Bo Diddley


Difford & Tilbrook


Dillard & Clark


The Dixie Hummingbirds


Willie Dixon


DJ Shadow


Fats Domino


Jimmy Donley


Kenny Dorham


Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra


Lee Dorsey


The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra


Lamont Dozier


The Dramatics


The Dream Syndicate


Roy Drusky


Jimmy Durante


Deanna Durbin


The Eagles


Steve Earle


El Chicano


Danny Elfman


Yvonne Elliman


Duke Ellington


Cass Elliott


Joe Ely


John Entwistle


Eminem


Eric B. and Rakim


Gil Evans


Paul Evans


Betty Everett


Don Everly


Extreme


The Falcons


Harold Faltermeyer


Donna Fargo


Art Farmer


Freddie Fender


Ferrante & Teicher


Fever Tree


The Fifth Dimension


Ella Fitzgerald


Five Blind Boys Of Alabama


The Fixx


The Flamingos


King Floyd


The Flying Burrito Brothers


John Fogerty


Red Foley


Eddie Fontaine


The Four Aces


The Four Tops


Peter Frampton


Franke & the Knockouts


Aretha Franklin


The Rev. C.L. Franklin


The Free Movement


Glenn Frey


Lefty Frizzell


Curtis Fuller


Jerry Fuller


Lowell Fulson


Harvey Fuqua


Nelly Furtado


Hank Garland


Judy Garland


Erroll Garner


Jimmy Garrison


Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers


Gene Loves Jezebel


Barry Gibb


Georgia Gibbs


Terri Gibbs


Dizzy Gillespie


Gin Blossoms


Tompall Glaser


Tom Glazer


Whoopi Goldberg


Golden Earring


Paul Gonsalves


Benny Goodman


Dexter Gordon


Rosco Gordon


Lesley Gore


The Gospelaires


Teddy Grace


Grand Funk Railroad


Amy Grant


Earl Grant


The Grass Roots


Dobie Gray


Buddy Greco


Keith Green


Al Green


Jack Greene


Robert Greenidge


Lee Greenwood


Patty Griffin


Nanci Griffith


Dave Grusin


Guns N’ Roses


Buddy Guy


Buddy Hackett


Charlie Haden


Merle Haggard


Bill Haley and His Comets


Aaron Hall


Lani Hall


Chico Hamilton


George Hamilton IV


Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds


Marvin Hamlisch


Jan Hammer


Lionel Hampton


John Handy


Glass Harp


Slim Harpo


Richard Harris


Freddie Harts


Dan Hartman


Johnny Hartman


Coleman Hawkins


Dale Hawkins


Richie Havens


Roy Haynes


Head East


Heavy D. & the Boyz


Bobby Helms


Don Henley


Clarence “Frogman” Henry


Woody Herman and His Orchestra


Milt Herth and His Trio


John Hiatt


Al Hibbler


Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks


Monk Higgins


Jessie Hill


Earl Hines


Roger Hodgson


Hole


Billie Holiday


Jennifer Holliday


Buddy Holly


The Hollywood Flames


Eddie Holman


John Lee Hooker


Stix Hooper


Bob Hope


Paul Horn


Shirley Horn


Big Walter Horton


Thelma Houston


Rebecca Lynn Howard


Jan Howard


Freddie Hubbard


Humble Pie


Engelbert Humperdinck


Brian Hyland


The Impressions


The Ink Spots


Iron Butterfly


Burl Ives


Janet Jackson


Joe Jackson


Milt Jackson


Ahmad Jamal


Etta James


Elmore James


James Gang


Keith Jarrett


Jason & the Scorchers


Jawbreaker


Garland Jeffreys


Beverly Jenkins


Gordon Jenkins


The Jets


Jimmy Eat World


Jodeci


Johnnie Joe


The Joe Perry Project


Elton John


J.J. Johnson


K-Ci & JoJo


Al Jolson


Booker T. Jones


Elvin Jones


George Jones


Hank Jones


Jack Jones


Marti Jones


Quincy Jones


Rickie Lee Jones


Tamiko Jones


Tom Jones


Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five


The Jordanaires


Jurassic 5


Bert Kaempfert


Kitty Kallen & Georgie Shaw


The Kalin Twins


Bob Kames


Kansas


Boris Karloff


Sammy Kaye


Toby Keith


Gene Kelly


Chaka Khan


B.B. King


The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.


Wayne King


The Kingsmen


The Kingston Trio


Roland Kirk


Eartha Kitt


John Klemmer


Klymaxx


Baker Knight


Chris Knight


Gladys Knight and the Pips


Krokus


Steve Kuhn


Rolf Kuhn


Joachim Kuhn


Patti LaBelle


L.A. Dream Team


Lambert, Hendricks & Ross


Frankie Lane


Denise LaSalle


Yusef Lateef


Steve Lawrence


Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gormé


Lafayette Leake


Brenda Lee


Laura Lee


Leapy Lee


Peggy Lee


Danni Leigh


The Lennon Sisters


J.B. Lenoir


Ramsey Lewis


Jerry Lee Lewis


Jerry Lewis


Meade Lux Lewis


Liberace


Lifehouse


Enoch Light


The Lightning Seeds


Limp Bizkit


Lisa Loeb


Little Axe and the Golden Echoes


Little Milton


Little River Band


Little Walter


Lobo


Nils Lofgren


Lone Justice


Guy Lombardo


Lord Tracy


The Louvin Brothers


Love


Patti Loveless


The Lovelites


Lyle Lovett


Love Unlimited


Loretta Lynn


L.T.D.


Lynyrd Skynyrd


Gloria Lynne


Moms Mabley


Willie Mabon


Warner Mack


Dave MacKay & Vicky Hamilton


Miriam Makeba


The Mamas and the Papas


Melissa Manchester


Barbara Mandrell


Chuck Mangione


Shelly Manne


Wade Marcus


Mark-Almond


Pigmeat Markham


Steve Marriott


Wink Martindale


Groucho Marx


Hugh Masekela


Dave Mason


Jerry Mason


Matthews Southern Comfort


The Mavericks


Robert Maxwell


John Mayall


Percy Mayfield


Lyle Mays


Les McCann


Delbert McClinton


Robert Lee McCollum


Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.


Van McCoy


Jimmy McCracklin


Jack McDuff


Reba McEntire


Gary McFarland


Barry McGuire


The McGuire Sisters


Duff McKagan


Maria McKee


McKendree Spring


Marian McPartland


Clyde McPhatter


Carmen McRae


Jack McVea


Meat Loaf


Memphis Slim


Sergio Mendes


Ethel Merman


Pat Metheny


Mighty Clouds of Joy


Roger Miller


Stephanie Mills


The Mills Brothers


Liza Minnelli


Charles Mingus


Joni Mitchell


Bill Monroe


Vaughn Monroe


Wes Montgomery


Buddy Montgomery


The Moody Blues


The Moonglows


Jane Morgan


Russ Morgan


Ennio Morricone


Mos Def


Martin Mull


Gerry Mulligan


Milton Nascimento


Johnny Nash


Nazareth


Nelson


Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band


Ricky Nelson


Jimmy Nelson


Oliver Nelson


Aaron Neville


Art Neville


The Neville Brothers


New Edition


New Riders of the Purple Sage


Olivia Newton-John


Night Ranger


Leonard Nimoy


Nine Inch Nails


Nirvana


The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


No Doubt


Ken Nordine


Red Norvo Sextet


Terri Nunn


The Oak Ridge Boys


Ric Ocasek


Phil Ochs


Hazel O’Connor


Chico O’Farrill


Oingo Boingo


The O’Jays


Spooner Oldham


One Flew South


Yoko Ono


Orleans


Jeffrey Osborne


The Outfield


Pablo Cruise


Jackie Paris


Leo Parker


Junior Parker


Ray Parker Jr.


Dolly Parton


Les Paul


Freda Payne


Peaches & Herb


Ce Ce Peniston


The Peppermint Rainbow


Pepples


The Persuasions


Bernadette Peters


Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers


John Phillips


Webb Pierce


The Pinetoppers


Bill Plummer


Poco


The Pointer Sisters


The Police


Doc Pomus


Jimmy Ponder


Iggy Pop


Billy Preston


Lloyd Price


Louis Prima


Primus


Puddle Of Mudd


Red Prysock


Leroy Pullins


The Pussycat Dolls


Quarterflash


Queen Latifah


Sun Ra


The Radiants


Gerry Rafferty


Kenny Rankin


The Ray Charles Singers


The Ray-O-Vacs


The Rays


Dewey Redman


Della Reese


Martha Reeves


R.E.M.


Debbie Reynolds


Emitt Rhodes


Buddy Rich


Emil Richards


Dannie Richmond


Riders in the Sky


Stan Ridgway


Frazier River


Sam Rivers


Max Roach


Marty Roberts


Howard Roberts


The Roches


Chris Rock


Tommy Roe


Jimmy Rogers


Sonny Rollins


The Roots


Rose Royce


Jackie Ross


Doctor Ross


Rotary Connection


The Rover Boys


Roswell Rudd


Rufus and Chaka Khan


Otis Rush


Brenda Russell


Leon Russell


Pee Wee Russell


Russian Jazz Quartet


Mitch Ryder


Buffy Sainte-Marie


Joe Sample


Pharoah Sanders


The Sandpipers


Gary Saracho


Shirley Scott


Tom Scott


Dawn Sears


Neil Sedaka


Jeannie Seely


Semisonic


Charlie Sexton


Marlena Shaw


Tupac Shakur


Archie Shepp


Dinah Shore


Ben Sidran


Silver Apples


Shel Silverstein


The Simon Sisters


Ashlee Simpson


The Simpsons


Zoot Sims


P.F. Sloan


Smash Mouth


Kate Smith


Keely Smith


Tab Smith


Patti Smyth


Snoop Dogg


Valaida Snow


Jill Sobule


Soft Machine


Sonic Youth


Sonny and Cher


The Soul Stirrers


Soundgarden


Eddie South


Southern Culture on the Skids


Spinal Tap


Banana Splits


The Spokesmen


Squeeze


Jo Stafford


Chris Stamey


Joe Stampley


Michael Stanley


Kay Starr


Stealers Wheel


Steely Dan


Gwen Stefani


Steppenwolf


Cat Stevens


Billy Stewart


Sting


Sonny Stitt


Shane Stockton


George Strait


The Strawberry Alarm Clock


Strawbs


Styx


Sublime


Yma Sumac


Andy Summers


The Sundowners


Supertramp


The Surfaris


Sylvia Syms


Gábor Szabó


The Tams


Grady Tate


t.A.T.u.


Koko Taylor


Billy Taylor


Charlie Teagarden


Temple of the Dog


Clark Terry


Tesla


Sister Rosetta Tharpe


Robin Thicke


Toots Thielemans


B.J. Thomas


Irma Thomas


Rufus Thomas


Hank Thompson


Lucky Thompson


Big Mama Thornton


Three Dog Night


The Three Stooges


Tiffany


Mel Tillis


Tommy & the Tom Toms


Mel Tormé


The Tragically Hip


The Trapp Family Singers


Ralph Tresvant


Ernest Tubb


The Tubes


Tanya Tucker


Tommy Tucker


The Tune Weavers


Ike Turner


Stanley Turrentine


Conway Twitty


McCoy Tyner


Phil Upchurch


Michael Utley


Leroy Van Dyke


Gino Vannelli


Van Zant


Billy Vaughan


Suzanne Vega


Vega Brothers


Veruca Salt


The Vibrations


Bobby Vinton


Voďvod


Porter Wagoner


The Waikikis


Rufus Wainwright


Rick Wakeman


Jerry Jeff Walker


The Wallflowers


Joe Walsh


Wang Chung


Clara Ward


Warrior Soul


Washboard Sam


Was (Not Was)


War


Justine Washington


The Watchmen


Muddy Waters


Jody Watley


Johnny “Guitar” Watson


The Weavers


The Dream Weavers


Ben Webster


Weezer


We Five


George Wein


Lenny Welch


Lawrence Welk


Kitty Wells


Mae West


Barry White


Michael White


Slappy White


Whitesnake


White Zombie


The Who


Whycliffe


Kim Wilde


Don Williams


Jody Williams


John Williams


Larry Williams


Lenny Williams


Leona Williams


Paul Williams


Roger Williams


Sonny Boy Williamson


Walter Winchell


Kai Winding


Johnny Winter


Wishbone Ash


Jimmy Witherspoon


Howlin’ Wolf


Bobby Womack


Lee Ann Womack


Phil Woods


Wrecks-N-Effect


O.V. Wright


Bill Wyman


Rusty York


Faron Young


Neil Young


Young Black Teenagers


Y & T


Rob Zombie

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Noilly Pratt
06-26-2019, 08:18 PM
Also - See Rick Beato's live feed on this:

https://youtu.be/KWSMGwB_WT0

Muddy
06-26-2019, 08:48 PM
UN-real..!!

DemonGeminiX
06-27-2019, 12:32 AM
It's nothing short of a tragedy.

FBD
10-28-2020, 07:58 PM
"I dont believe in conspiracies, but" :lol: "here's what happened and its basically impossible for this to be an accident"
welcome to the conspiracy club :dance: