Universal Music have denied online reports that "thousands of original recording masters" were lost in that fire at the Universal Studios in LA that destroyed one of the 'Back To The Future' sets and a King Kong exhibit last weekend.
There had been reports that some recordings owned by Universal labels like Decca, MCA and ABC were stored at the studios, and had been destroyed in the blaze. But, while the music major does rent storage space at its sister company's studio complex, and one of those storage spaces was affected by the fire, a spokesman for the major has said there was no major loss of recordings.
The spokesman told Billboard: "We had no loss, thankfully. We moved most of what was formerly stored there earlier this year to our other facilities. Of the small amount that was still there and awaiting to be moved, it had already been digitized so the music will still be around for many years. Moreover, in addition to being digitized, we also had physical back up copies of what was still left at that location, so we were covered".