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GUEST,Chris B.	Digitisation Nightmare (19)	Digitisation Nightmare	22 Dec 10
News:comp.risks - Risks Digest 26.25 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.risks/browse_thread/thread/a68feb8032233cdc# Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:25:16 -0700 Subject: File Not Found: The Record Industry's Digital Storage Crisis 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 ------------------------------

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