Universal Studios fire destroys many master tapes

There's more to this story than meets the eye, I suspect.

How did they manage to keep it secret for so long, given how active and healthy the reissue market has been? Have we - the customers - been lied to about material being remastered "from the original tapes"?

One of the affected artists is Nirvana but they were able to create a completely new mix of "In Utero" for the 2013 edition of the album so they can't have lost *everything*. Steve Albini even commented on how generous Universal had been with the mastertapes and he'd have been able to spot a copy tape.
 
My understanding is that some of the masters genuinely were backed up off site while others were kept in the same vault as the originals, and Sheryl appears to have been one of the unlucky ones, if she isn't talking bollocks
 
Universal have been FAMOUSLY FROSTY about allowing anyone to remaster their stuff- it's gone on for years!
 
I forgot all about that bog roll story :D
 

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