Universal Music Group Opens its Iron Mountain Tape Vault And You are Invited!

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TrackingAngle's exclusive visit to Universal Music Group's Iron Mountain tape vault outside of Pittsburgh also includes a tour of Iron Mountain Entertainment Services' facilities. You'll get to go deep within the former limestone mine where Universal Music Group has one of its worldwide tape storage facilities and see how, with the help of Iron Mountain Entertainment Services, the company catalogues and keeps track of its vast audio and video tape holdings.
The visit also includes a ride through other parts of the labyrinthian, underground facility where governmental agencies we can't identify also store data, safe from natural environmental damage as well as from acts of war.
You'll see the process by which a licensee gets selected assets for a music album reissue, whether it's the tape for an all-analog reissue or a digital file for a digitally sourced reissue. You'll see the action from finding the tapes in the vast facility to cataloguing it and preparing it for reissue.
The visit was like going onto a science fiction movie set, only this was real! For most people this will be a first and only opportunity to see this facility in this almost two hour long presentation. Watch as much or as little as you wish, but if you don't watch all of it, you'll be missing out on some amazing footage shot deep within the mine.
UMG also prepared for TrackingAngle.com a series of displays showing existing master tapes that The New York Times claims were burned in the tragic 2008 fire atop Universal Mountain outside of Los Angeles including the Buddy Holly catalog, which did not burn-as anyone who's purchased Analogue Productions' AAA reissues cut from original master tapes of "Buddy Holly" and "The Chirpin' Crickets" knows still exists-I've seen pictures of the tapes used for the cut. The newspaper refuses to correct their mistakes.
The visuals UMG provided will appear shortly on The TrackingAngle.com website. Watch for the story!
Tracking Angle thanks Universal Music Group, Iron Mountain and Iron Mountain Entertainment Services for allowing us into the usually off-limit facility and for everyone's hospitality and cooperation. It was an experience I'll long remember!
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@jeffbamberger7396 10 месяцев назад

I love how they have all these important tapes (they wouldn’t be there if they weren’t) and people are standing over the boxes with coffee and water 😂

@67Pepper 10 месяцев назад

Ozzy and his son Jack did an episode of their "Ozzy and Jack's world detour" where they went to Iron Mountain. They pulled a mastertape out and played it back for Ozzy and he got pretty emotional, saying he hadn't forgotten how great Randy Rhodes was.

@paulc5358 10 месяцев назад

I saw that one it was nice!!!

@robdisner 10 месяцев назад

It’s a head stack, not headstock!

@ksteiger 10 месяцев назад

@@robdisnerexactly.

@thomaskauser8978 10 месяцев назад

Jack Osborne is such a good son!

@dynjarren8355 10 месяцев назад

So are the Nirvana or Prince Master Tapes burned or still in existence? Because the fire consumed a lot of Master Tapes from major bands.

@gjamieson78 10 месяцев назад

Good to see the Buddy Holly masters are safely where they belong. Seeing what's left of the original 7" boxes with Buddy's handwriting gave me the chills.

@robbieblackmon1801 10 месяцев назад

Likely dubs or separated/mixed originals with dubs. Hoffman is known to have "swapped" masters for copies. Details can be found with a Google search.

@HighnoonsVinyl 10 месяцев назад

Seeing those Jellyfish reels gives me hope of a reissue one day.

@samgorin9836 10 месяцев назад

How anyone can work there and not just want to pull tapes that are found and just listen to them - is the ULTIMATE in self control. The sheer amount of brilliance that's in there is astounding !

@artysanmobile 10 месяцев назад

Some of these tapes are in an unplayable state and have been carefully digitized long ago, completely obsoleting their deteriorating sources, some of which we are looking at. Much of a decade, 80-90 or so, of professional recording tape was made on a backing that just deteriorated to glue without close supervision. They need a baking and cooling for many hours before they can ever be put on a machine, and then, just for a day or two. These are, for the most part, nostalgic ‘saves’ of original recordings. Typically, a bathroom isn’t large enough to hold all the analog tape of a single major release. Once content owners decide to spend the money and ‘future-proof’ their work, an immortal reference is created, to be copied literally hundreds of times over the years.

@artysanmobile 10 месяцев назад

Mark my words. Some of these items will be for sale one day.

@samgorin9836 10 месяцев назад

I can understand .. as the 7" home made reels that I have (that were made in the late 60s and 70s) have the backing separating from the Mylar ... and one it flakes off - its "over" :(@@artysanmobile

@theend9494 10 месяцев назад

he says as he drinks a cup of coffee in a crappy cup , are you kidding

@RealHomeRecording 10 месяцев назад

As an archivist, I'll tell you how: Because the next new tape MUST be transferred and is another treasure to listen/watch. It's kind of ironic that "professional tape" was made worse than consumer grade tapes (that I typically work with) by materials that were supposed to help it.

@user-he9hm8xm5g 10 месяцев назад

Hey, wow! So the FBI recovered the Buddy Holly tapes from Hoffman's basement!? That is GREAT news!

@Meddled 10 месяцев назад

Only once he's damaged them, repaired the damage by patching in the missing sections from an '80s CD, then 'mastered' the results with a bloated, mids-heavy EQ to appeal to the 'golden ears' crowd. And he can't do it this week as he's having lunch with his good friend Pete Best.

@drivingwheel9101 9 месяцев назад

@@MeddledPete's paying, of course...still flush with all that Anthology cash *Steve's rich & famous friends*

@originallondon7994 10 месяцев назад

Probably the best video i've seen all year.......amazing to see all of that heritage/history being cared for.......

@jamesmachado8874 10 месяцев назад

Just for the local history of the Bay Area music scene: Beatnik Beach was originally called Bamboo then they changed their name to Zula Pool who was the grandmother of the bass player. His name was Chris Ketner.Ketner was the founder of the SF new wave band Chrome Dinette. Most of the early songs were given writing credits Ketner/Sturmer. Sturmer was the drummer. Keyboard player was names Se Padilla. Se is a good friend of mine and now resides in the Czech Republic running the beer museum in Prague. After the breakup of Beatnik Beatch, Sturmer formed jellyfish. The Zula Pool era really captured the sound of new wave San Francisco music. Tracks from a lost demo include the songs: Same War, The Lie, Watching the Rain, and Can't Go On. I loved seeing the band play at the Berkeley Square when I was in college. Wish someone would put this music out!

@timothystockman7533 10 месяцев назад

This is fascinating. I used to spend some time in radio station libraries listening to music. This looks like it could be orders of magnitude more fun... Back about 20 years ago the discovery they made was the stereo master of Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline. Up to that point, apparently CDs had been made from a safety copy. The master turned up in a storage unit which had been rented by Bob Johnston. The SACD they made from this master sounded great! As to your question about acetates, the second hole was used on some equipment to keep the drag from the cutting head from causing the disk to slip on the lathe.

@SafeAndSoundTXAudioExcursion 10 месяцев назад

Being involved in IT backup storage for years, I find it very lax to allow people with open cups around tape products. I was also surprised to see so many employees involved in this process.

@hooville9059 10 месяцев назад

Todays companies need to provide their employees an open comfortable workplace, they were all professional adults competent at their jobs and enjoy being there. Be open.

@grahampr1 10 месяцев назад

I think you’re both (kind of ) right. There needs to be processes around ensuring the safety of these tapes. Employees need to be comfortable, within the scope of safe practice. They are professionals, but accidents can still happen. The safety systems in place should reflect this.

@poofygoof 10 месяцев назад

@@hooville9059 open cups increases the risk of damaging irreplaceable assets during handling. I don't understand why this is OK when you're near or handling assets, but it's fine if you're at your desk.

@UFO_computers 10 месяцев назад

Not to mention lack of gloves in use.

@deepdiver51 9 месяцев назад

The whole place seems shambolic to me. Comfortable environment??? Coffee????

@nuschmoo 10 месяцев назад

This is quite possibly my most favourite video on You Tube ever! I worked in a major film and TV archive and I recognise the same passion I have for archive in the UMG guys. It's great to know it's all in good hands. Thanks for the video.

@MockduckPlaysGames 10 месяцев назад

Agreed! What an incredible video!

@rogerturner1881 10 месяцев назад

Those tapes that were burned in the 2008 fire SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

@chrisharding5447 9 месяцев назад

Awesome. I myself have played gigs with desk audio to vhs hifi, been waiting to archive maybe 60+ 3hr tapes with min 2-3hrs of audio on each. Any ideas how to archive all this material, Inc Analog- digital8 sony camera tape stuff.. Any ides would be greatly recieved.

@shysonofficial 10 месяцев назад

some amazing pieces of history, im glad they're in safe hands!

@EzeeLinux 10 месяцев назад

Tape head's paradise. Wonderful to see. Thanks for posting! :)

@nrod66 10 месяцев назад

Jaw dropping archive. Thanks for sharing this video, Michael.

@stevegruenwald3822 10 месяцев назад

Aaaaamazing. Props to you for preserving musical history.

@FiveFigsDigital 10 месяцев назад

I was in charge of putting bar codes on boxes in 1984. Iron Mountain was the first to do it and it led to explosive growth.

@ArthurJS123 10 месяцев назад

One of the coolest videos you’ve ever done. Seeing these pieces of history is incredible.

@SonicWizKid_Kates 10 месяцев назад

There’s something comforting about seeing masters with the word “Decca” on them. I know there were many Decca masters that were sadly lost in the Universal vault fire in Los Angeles a few years ago. It’s nice to see that there are some of them that survived elsewhere.

@robdisner 10 месяцев назад

I worked at Ocean Way and remember seeing those Beatnik Beatch tapes in our vault. I was also there during the recording of Spilt Milk, which is a legendary record.

@pkats9093 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating, immense, crazy! Thanks Michael!

@toddwalker4301 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for posting this. This is a super cool look at this place.

@jppagetoo 10 месяцев назад

Wow, as a musicologist and a database programmer this is right up my alley. Do you comprehend how much information is here? It will NEVER be fully cataloged in a searchable form. Some items will decay and be lost. The Library of Congress has shown that infomation is lost faster than it can be preserved. Quite sad actually. My professional side would love to see how this infomation is currently stored and retireved. This is what "big data" is all about. It is not stored as indexed information that is searchable by key words. It is stored as free form blogs and images (info dumps!) searched by interconnections and context. Big data and indexed data both will be used to handle this mountain of information. And hopefully we can save all this for whatever future is out there for mankind.

@AnthonyGoodley 8 месяцев назад

These tapes are surely starting to decay at best. Some likely have been lost, but no one knows yet. There should be a massive effort to rip each and every one to as high a bit rate in an uncompressed format as possible. Then properly backed up.

@kidheadcase 10 месяцев назад

This is truly magnificent! Thank you so much for uploading this

@RONWOLPA 10 месяцев назад

That answers some of my questions on how to store different kinds of media , masters and whatnot. I had read that there were underground vaults for this purpose but this exceeded my expectations. I have no idea how many million hours of recording there are stored at this vault , but surely no one lives enough to hear all of them. Thank you for sharing this interesting visit.

@djdannydannthebeatmanndustyfin 10 месяцев назад

mind blowing place that s the only way to store those gems of our music history....love it .....

@JacGoudsmit 10 месяцев назад

In December 1987 I was a volunteer for a local radio/tv station in the Netherlands. Back then, there were only a few local stations in the Netherlands and only a few of those did TV. Most of what I did would probably be regarded as pretty lame nowadays but I have a lot of good memories. A colleague had the idea of making a show with music videos and he somehow got through to the national headquarters of the record companies to get them to loan us a few video tapes of music videos. Unfortunately ours was a U-Matic studio and all those record companies only had B-type and C-type open real tapes, because that's what the world had moved on to by then. So my colleague asked for a favor with someone who worked at the national TV broadcasting center (there were no commercial stations in the Netherlands back then), and we went to their VTR room where they transferred those open reel tapes to U-Matic for us. It was an unforgettable day and I learned so much. But it would probably be completely insignificant compared to your trip to Iron Mountain.

@kadro06 10 месяцев назад

An archivist's dream... Many thanx for this...

@DANIELTHIBAULTchannel 5 месяцев назад

amazing tapes collection

@jeffdavid1234 10 месяцев назад

Loved the Criteria box. So many hit from there.

@flashback1123 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Thanks

@skip1835 10 месяцев назад

Very interesting and cool - and you were right Michael, I enjoyed the entire presentation - my hat's off to Universal Music for allowing you to bring us the "bird's eye view" of everything!

@JNo-sk5mz 9 месяцев назад

Literally one of the coolest RU-vid videos I've ever seen, wow!

@spacemissing 10 месяцев назад

Older lacquers have either one or three off-center holes to engage a pin on the lathe platter to prevent rotational slippage. Modern disc lathes use vacuum to hold the blank to the platter, therefore there are no drive holes in lacquers used on them.

@SamuelRivera_DAMN 10 месяцев назад

This video was worth the wait! Wow, Michael. Just, wow!

@volkhardruhs7662 10 месяцев назад

For me, just a interested guy, with absolutly no experience in the industrie, this was mind blowing, informativ and entertaining. Thank you.

@seansweeney3532 10 месяцев назад

I lost my wife four years ago. I thought of her as one of the greatest vocalists I ever heard, and she only had 35 years. I was her writing partner, her archivist, her engineer, and the guy who wrote and recorded all of the parts. We were scoped out by mca paramount and she had talked to the A&R guy, and we were headed for that... she had recorded with epic, and I had with Republic/mca... we produced a country artist, and they liked our work. We hadn't even started in earnest...so now I'm trying to get the tracks done and reconnect with the label. I feel that every track I work on is history... her folks never cared. I am her conservator. I really miss her. I miss the freedom of throwaway sessions that became amazing, or didn't... the latter never happened... now I have to do it, or no one will. It's tough. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HNnayiJLHqk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2NvhRGjiCPw.html

@UFO_computers 10 месяцев назад

One day at a time, Sean. You’ll do it. Notes app is your friend.

@johnk.blanchard503 9 месяцев назад

All those open cups of liquid around that archival material shock me.

@Vince_Tasciotti 10 месяцев назад

I used to work at Iron Mountain, I've seen the Sony vault and some of the titles there. I guess here Universal is allowing us to see the master tapes still in existence after the 2008 fire in Los Angeles.

@pierreguertin5033 10 месяцев назад

Looks like something out of a scifi movie. Love it.

@amysarg 10 месяцев назад

This is great, I love these longer videos!

@SDsailor7 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating video! thank you for posting.

@knockshinnoch1950 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely fascinating! This is an amazing place- like some giant underground lair from the final scenes in a James Bond movie! This is truly state of the art. I was engrossed throughout the 1 hour and 40 minutes!

@3dimensionsofmusic3D 10 месяцев назад

Such an interesting visit. I've been at Iron Mountain several times but not for such a glamorous reason 😊. An amazing labyrinth of tunnels big enough to drive thru. Very secure. Thanks for sharing Michael. Greg

@soundconnex 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your experience with us. A truly incredible journey. Thank you! -- Cookie Marenco

@stephenszklarski5446 10 месяцев назад

WOW this is so amazing. Original recordings preserved

@lovbladkarl-olof3975 10 месяцев назад

This is a fabulous video. I had heard about that place. Thanks for showing it

@Bootradr 10 месяцев назад

COMPLETELY FASCINATING!!! What I wouldn't give to be able to look down there, or better yet have access to listen to what's down there, at any time. It looks like organized chaos but it sounds like they really have a pattern down. It must be overwhelming to have gotten to this point. Thanks for the video Michael. I saw you mentioning it I think on Steve's channel a month or two ago and I'm glad to now be able to see what you were talking about. Brian in Fort Worth 🎶

@djbrettb 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing this. What an amazing operation -- so much expertise under one roof, all working towards the same goal of preserving these incredibly important items for, hopefully, eternity. I can tell these folks care deeply about what they're doing.

@paulc5358 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!!! Once again You done it what a great video!! Thank you for sharing

@thevinylmuseum2958 10 месяцев назад

Hi Michael, I just wanted to say, "Thank you for allowing us on this journey with you". Simply an amazing place and I enjoyed every minute. This place just shot up on my Bucket list, of places to visit. One of your best posts for sure.

@VinylGourmetTV 10 месяцев назад

Incredible, thank you Mr. Fremer :)

@anadialog 10 месяцев назад

Finally managed to see the whole thing. I am speechless. This is truly amazing. Thank you so much Michael for this extremely interesting tour! I think I want to live in Iron Mountain.

@arthurfears9464 10 месяцев назад

I love your Videos.Great infos,man!!

@Ezoangelofdeath 10 месяцев назад

What an interesting watch, I was sad when it ended, def one of the best vids of the year.

@Markymarkvinylnut 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Michael, enjoyed that to the end...cheers.

@melvinharryvan 10 месяцев назад

If someone needs a tape machine, it’s you ! Incredible video i love it👌

@trackingangle929 10 месяцев назад

Just had my Revox A700 restored

@SDsailor7 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for posting this video! 👍 Very interesting and entertaining.

@CrazyAboutVinylRecords 4 месяца назад

Awesome! The tapes that weren't destroyed in the fire.

@carlfuggiasco7495 10 месяцев назад

At one point during the pandemic I worked at a scanning site. So, I am familiar with the OCR concept - but this setup blows it out of the water. Fantastic presentation. lucky you and thank you.

@mattgregory971 10 месяцев назад

Michael that was a wonderful tour!! Nice to know we didn’t lose the tapes. What a interesting tour too see how we get the box sets and other projects

@carlinphx 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating video. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@adrianwagner336 5 месяцев назад

im so very happy to know that this facility and its staff exists...there IS hope for the hooman race after all thank you very much!! 😁😁

@analoguecity3454 10 месяцев назад

This is the most exciting amazing thing I've seen on RU-vid in quite a while! Under the mountain I'd guess it's pretty much "fire proof"!😮😮😮

@dimebagdave77 10 месяцев назад

Amazing..all this and Day of the Dead too, manythnx!

@djmusique8963 9 месяцев назад

This just shows how serious the music business is. thank you for this!

@oraclejmt 9 месяцев назад

And rigged (4080)

@canaconn2388 8 месяцев назад

How serious the ORIGINAL music business is

@SCRATCH574 8 месяцев назад

Man thank u, I'm loving this!!! Lately I've got my hands on some digital stems of popular artists, and to see how the process starts, priceless.

@MrBonger88 10 месяцев назад

Wow. That was educational. Glad I watched it all.

@hooville9059 10 месяцев назад

WOW! Mind boggling. Michael you always provide us with such great content that only you can. Watched to the end and how difficult gathering all the tape for a remaster must have been before their new scanning equipment development. It was a pleasure to see how friendly and accommodating UMG and IM staff were, they will be amazed the benefit this will have for them. I still miss your WFDU radio hour! The Best.

@trackingangle929 10 месяцев назад

Let’s see the subscriber by number go up. Come on people!!!

@hooville9059 10 месяцев назад

Michael I have 2 accounts and subscribe only on one, I'll fix that!@@trackingangle929

@indigohammer5732 10 месяцев назад

You've knocked it out of the Park with this one!

@scottstrang1583 10 месяцев назад

Some of those umatics (20 min ones) had no cases.

@mounirehab 10 месяцев назад

Stunning ...

@pauldavies6037 10 месяцев назад

Mike really gives some amazing content I can only dream of going there and playing some of those master tapes

@TheAgeOfAnalog 10 месяцев назад

Easily, one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

@randyp6370 10 месяцев назад

I used to deliver tapes there when I drove for FedEx. Amazing experience.

@georgemusic4all4seasons 10 месяцев назад

This was so so interesting to watch and thank you for taking us along with you.

@billc6087 10 месяцев назад

Holy moley, this is incredible.

@bronsonosborne3962 10 месяцев назад

this sure is awesome thanks for all you do michael

@gregoryminton 10 месяцев назад

Amazing content! This is the stuff of dreams. Thank you so much for sharing.

@Clipeuh 9 месяцев назад

i just needed to see the grey hair to know i would enjoy this channel. old vinyl heads are awesome. crazy video

@stevekirkby6570 10 месяцев назад

The more I watch of this, the more I go Oh My God. Unbelievable.

@rixvspinner 10 месяцев назад

Great tour of the UMG tape vault facility Michael. I was lucky to have a complete tour, including the tape vault at Abbey Road Studios in 1983. I spent most of the day in St. Johns Wood. Seeing this video reminded me of it and one of the gents is wearing an Abbey Road Studios shirt.

@twisted2291 10 месяцев назад

So much history there. I could never work in a place like that cause my ADHD would be in overdrive and I would be a squirrel bouncing off the walls there. That place is awesome.

@elvispresleycollectorsgroup 9 месяцев назад

One of the most interesting and enjoyable videos I have watched! A great insight into the vaults! Thanks

@glennhoskins1175 9 месяцев назад

Does this mean that Universal Music will actually get off their backsides and actually reissue many Soul & R & B Albums that they seemed so disinterested in giving the time of day? Also, they need to give the Motown label the respect it deserved by relaunching the label that was so criminally allowed to all but die! I look to the future, but I won't hold my breath!

@pasgal2001 10 месяцев назад

Such a cool video. I am a music supervisor/music clearance person dealing with UME daily for approvals for film/TV/etc. I have always wondered about this elusive “vault” holding their treasured assets. Thank you for the video!

@Dave78Ivey 10 месяцев назад

“It took us a while to figure out how to get that 12:00 to blink” 😂😂😂. Love this video. Only Michael is bringing this kind on content to light! Thank you!

@itsjim2875 10 месяцев назад

This is fabulous! I had no idea that there was a centralized archive/storage facility for tapes and probably countless other treasures. Thank you for the enlightening and great tour, Michael!

@PhilsAVArchive 10 месяцев назад

One of my favorite RU-vid videos that I found in a very long time. Thank you. I love to Digitize reel to reel tapes I do alot of AV format digitizing here in Florida. I'm 21.

@donw3912 10 месяцев назад

Seeing the Buddy Holly stuff made y heart soar with delight. This is an epic video for audiophiles IMO. A serious look at a very well kept batch of music history. To all who had a hand in this I sincerely thank you for allowing this look behind the scenes.

@larry2506 9 месяцев назад

I need to watch that part again. Do you remember approximately what time in the video that Holly's tapes were discussed?

@franciscoop1063 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating - more of the same soon please Michael....

@ewalker3 9 месяцев назад

this is amazing

@jevans9359 9 месяцев назад

You have to give it up to the people that take care of our history. Props to all the librarians out there as well.

@ernesttricarico6402 10 месяцев назад

Mike that was a frigging trip! Soo cool

@darrenwells2277 10 месяцев назад

So glad to know this place exists.. I would love to see whats down there myself, and I know Id find plenty of Gold.

@garyokey 10 месяцев назад

I was invited to tour this facility several years go. Incredible place. The underground roads are large enough to accommodate two tractor-trailers side-by-side.

@UFO_computers 10 месяцев назад

Beggars belief. Now just imagine the classified military DARPA Pentagon etc underground infrastructure about.

@jeffneil5291 10 месяцев назад

Tremendous list Ron…enjoyed your thought process. These all had an impression on you in your youth clearly! Thanks for sharing Brother

@analoguecity3454 10 месяцев назад

I'm watching again! I love this video, best video you ever done ,man! So cool classic!🎉😊

@kevingoins9858 10 месяцев назад

Amazing video. Thank you for this.

@eugeneoregonstate67 5 месяцев назад

I'm excited for whatever is coming from those Louis Prima masters!!

@TBNTX 10 месяцев назад

I would LOVE this job!

@alextirrellRI 10 месяцев назад

After all I've read about the 2008 Universal vault file this is quite enlightening and a relief to know that they do have quite a lot.I also remember the comments from people about Iron Mountain, as if things would just go there and never be seen again. Clearly that's not the case!

@CV2200A 10 месяцев назад

The extra hole in a lacquer record is to provide enough torque for the cutting stylus. Sometimes 2 holes, sometimes 4. Someone else has probably said this but too many comments to look through.