No, there are still millions of LPs and CDs in use and circulation! No foreseeable lack of physical media in the future.
Media: Should we start hoarding?
Doubtless you’ve heard of the catastrophic loss of thousands of master recordings
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html
What occurs to me as I’m sitting here listening to “Monk: Straight No Chaser” is that a LOT of recordings we are listening to today can never be re-released or remastered. The ONLY way to make new versions/re-releases is to use copies...
It got me to consider upping my music budget and buying everything I can made either from the original master or recently remastered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html
What occurs to me as I’m sitting here listening to “Monk: Straight No Chaser” is that a LOT of recordings we are listening to today can never be re-released or remastered. The ONLY way to make new versions/re-releases is to use copies...
It got me to consider upping my music budget and buying everything I can made either from the original master or recently remastered.