antiquark
Derek Ross
From Rolling Stone Magazine:
Vinyl and analog tapes last forever, but hard drives fail and digital
formats change, 7 Dec 2010
Last year, the Beggars Banquet label unearthed the multitrack master
recordings of the Cult's classic 1985 album, Love, for a planned deluxe
edition. The LP was an early digital recording, and to the label's shock,
one master was unplayable; the other contained only 80 percent of the
album. "That's the problem with digital," says Steve Webbon, head archivist
of the Beggars Group. "When it goes, it's just blank. It's gone."
Welcome to the digital nightmare...
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/17389/239965
(via http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/26.25.html)
Vinyl and analog tapes last forever, but hard drives fail and digital
formats change, 7 Dec 2010
Last year, the Beggars Banquet label unearthed the multitrack master
recordings of the Cult's classic 1985 album, Love, for a planned deluxe
edition. The LP was an early digital recording, and to the label's shock,
one master was unplayable; the other contained only 80 percent of the
album. "That's the problem with digital," says Steve Webbon, head archivist
of the Beggars Group. "When it goes, it's just blank. It's gone."
Welcome to the digital nightmare...
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/17389/239965
(via http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/26.25.html)
