Music Preservation

Scene of the devastation from 2008 (photo: Evan Wohrman CC by 2.0) The ripples are just being felt from Jody Rosen's bombshell New York Times Magazine exposé on the Universal Studios fire of 2008. The losses... Read More...

photo: Pinguino K (CC by 2.0) Universal's 2008 fire reportedly destroyed 500,000 recordings, including Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, and Eminem master tapes, according to the New York Times.  UMG says the rep... Read More...

The rare Beatles footage was sitting in an attic for decades. It didn't take long for The Beatles to rise to prominence. The world-renowned quartet came to be in 1960, and by 1963, their tremendous sound, fu... Read More...

For years, the video game franchise Fallout has revitalized the popularity of retro 1940s and 1950s music (at least amongst the younger generations).  Now, legendary German record company Deutsche Grammophon ... Read More...