N.Y. Times: Music by The Five Blind Boys from Selma Alabama was destroyed in a 2009 fire.

    The N.Y. Times reports that music masters by The Five Blind Boys of Alabama were among the archived materials destroyed in a June 1, 2008 fire in L.A.



     The new story is a continuation of a week ago story by The Times reporting on the true scope of destruction, which the story says was not revealed by Universal Music Group (UMG):

"Many artists have commented on social media, expressing indignation in particular over UMG’s failure to inform them about the potential losses to their catalogs. On June 12, the day after the Times article was published online, the singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow tweeted:“shame on those involved in the coverup. Massive fire at UMG 11 years ago, and we’re just hearing about this now??” Geoffrey Downes, the keyboardist for the English prog-rock group Asia, also reacted on Twitter.
“This might explain why nobody can find the original Asia album masters,” he wrote. “Very sad, and UMG have kept it quiet for more than 10 years.”