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    Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Apologize if this has already been posted:
    https://pitchfork.com/news/devastati...record-supply/

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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Wow, a sad story - the effects of which won't disappear anytime soon.

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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    And then there’s the fire that destroyed a huge amount of master recordings.

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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Are master recordings not stored in a fire proof vault?
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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Quote Originally Posted by brad225 View Post
    Are master recordings not stored in a fire proof vault?
    The reality is they're treated like a commodity and not the irreplaceable art that it is. Then you have labels like Sony intentionally destroying masters to save a few bucks in storage by backing them up in digital.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/u...rsal-fire.html

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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    I don’t play vinyl and the thought of that makes me sick.

    How can companies not see the valuable commodity they have.
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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Quote Originally Posted by brad225 View Post
    Are master recordings not stored in a fire proof vault?
    There really is no such thing as fireproof or bulletproof. There are however, fire resistant and bullet resistant.

    Sure you can make a four hour fire rated vault... but what happens if the fire burns for five hours?
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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    I agree but, soggy vinyl from water is better than not.
    I would bet there are options for more than 4 to 5 hours. Assuming they really want to protect them.
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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    DMM sounds very good when done properly.
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    Re: Fire may impact worldwide vinyl record supply

    Mike Fremer spent a few minutes at the Florida Expo commenting on this fire and it’s impact to the vinyl industry. Of course, extremely concerning since the only other provider is not able to scale up to meet demand. And, environmental laws would make it very difficult to open another plant - at least in California.
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