Lost tapes from major musicians are out there. These guys find them

Mike Lavigne · Apr 14, 2024

great to read about this. likely there is a paywall involved here. but this article might be distributed widely....sourced from the New York Times.

Lost tapes from major musicians are out there. These guys find them

For decades, recordings left at studios have languished in storage rooms and basements. Master Tape Rescue, a company of two industry vets, is coming to save them.

www.seattletimes.com

Pokey77 · Apr 14, 2024

Mike Lavigne said:
great to read about this. likely there is a paywall involved here. but this article might be distributed widely....sourced from the New York Times.

Lost tapes from major musicians are out there. These guys find them

For decades, recordings left at studios have languished in storage rooms and basements. Master Tape Rescue, a company of two industry vets, is coming to save them.

www.seattletimes.com

Mike,
Very interesting story. Thanks for the link.

Lee · Apr 18, 2024

Mike Lavigne said:
great to read about this. likely there is a paywall involved here. but this article might be distributed widely....sourced from the New York Times.

Lost tapes from major musicians are out there. These guys find them

For decades, recordings left at studios have languished in storage rooms and basements. Master Tape Rescue, a company of two industry vets, is coming to save them.

www.seattletimes.com

Great article and fortunately no paywall.

I heard some cool stories at Axpona about tapes from labels being left at Bernie Grundman's place and the labels just not picking them up for many, many years. Sort of boggles the mind how sloppy the music business is.

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