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Media: Should we start hoarding?

Doubtless you’ve heard of the catastrophic loss of thousands of master recordings
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html

What occurs to me as I’m sitting here listening to “Monk: Straight No Chaser” is that a LOT of recordings we are listening to today can never be re-released or remastered. The ONLY way to make new versions/re-releases  is to use copies...

It got me to consider upping my music budget and buying everything I can made either from the original master or recently remastered. 


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millercarbon
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If you enjoy listening to it, buy it. If you don't, don't.

If you find yourself doing nonsensical things like hoarding based on an old NYT story that itself is based on years old news, well then stop reading the NYT. Which you should do anyway, just on principle.
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