Sheryl Crow is the first artist to publicly confirm that all of her master recordings were destroyed in the fire that happened ELEVEN YEARS AGO at Universal Studios. She lost master recordings, outtakes and unreleased tracks being stored in a facility with no sprinkler system.The fire reportedly destroyed the masters of Aretha Franklin, Buddy Holly, Duke Ellington as well as music from Soundgarden, Tom Petty and Tupac, some of those estates have started a class action suit against Universal for breach of contract for not protecting their works.
I'm heartbroken for these artists. Their life's work just gone.