“I’ve done a lot of good things in my life, like going to Abbey Road and hearing Beatles master tapes,” says Michael Fremer. “But a couple of weeks ago I had one of the most amazing adventures I’ve ever had….” Woah! Something better than getting up close with actual Beatles masters in Abbey Road?? This … More Michael Fremer visits Universal Music Group’s Iron Mountain tape vault – and takes us with him!

If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that there have been some very exciting releases on master tape copy from Italian label Hemiolia Records in recent months – Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um, Getz / Gilberto, Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and John Coltrane’s Blue Train. If you’re heading to the Munich High End Show … More Hemiolia Records at Munich High End Show – and with another brand new tape!

Back in mid 2020 when much of the world was lockdown, each of us responded to having the brakes slammed on our lives in different ways. Some of us took a break. Some of us broke. Some got busy with everything from Zoom yoga to learning Norwegian. And some carried on doing what they do, … More A very neat idea: Analogy Records ‘Basic 15’ Line

Count Basie is one of hundreds of artists thought to have lost much of his archive material in the 2008 Universal Studios fire. A 2019 New York Times Magazine exposé (‘The Day the Music Burned’) asserted that the fire destroyed between 118,000 and 175,000 audio master tapes belonging to Universal Music Group. Fortunately, his 1970 album High Voltage was released on MPS, the German … More High times with the Count Basie Orchestra’s ‘High Voltage’ from Horch House