From mnovak@panix.com Mon Feb 12 17:57:07 1996
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From: mnovak@panix.com (Mateo Novak)
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Subject: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

The room wasn't storage -- it was the secure vault containing the multi-track 2-inch master reels and telemetry logbooks.
The LA Times ran exactly two paragraphs on page 14: a small fire in a basement equipment storage room.

They didn't burn the tapes to destroy the music. They burned them to destroy the telemetry recorded on tracks 23 and 24.

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Mateo Novak
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From nbrennan@hanse.de Mon Feb 12 20:50:07 1996
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From: nbrennan@hanse.de (Natalia Brennan)
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Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1996Feb12.175707.8465@panix.com>, mnovak@panix.com (Mateo Novak) writes:
> Looked up the archived microfiche of the LA Times for September 10, 1989.

The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire.

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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Natalia Brennan
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From rpopov@kth.se Wed Feb 14 02:11:07 1996
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From: rpopov@kth.se (Raj Popov)
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Subject: Re: The fire in Sub-basement B2-114 (September 9, 1989 at 02:14 AM)
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In article <1996Feb12.205007.8924@hanse.de>, nbrennan@hanse.de (Natalia Brennan) writes:
> The Akasaka reels in Tokyo survived because they were sent to Japan on September 1, eight days before the fire.
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

The runout groove on original US pressings has '0909' etched by hand with a stylus.

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Raj Popov
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