[78-L] Le Bing & Uni fire

[Scott]

Randy Watts wrote "Universal has been vague regarding the specifics of what was lost in that fire. That portions of Mosaic's Jimmie Lunceford and Louis Armstrong Decca sets had to be mastered from 78s gives some indication, though".

That's partly correct. Uni's blaze took care of Decca lacquers and reels (including non-Decca material that is Uni-owned). The reason I couldn't get metal parts for the Lunceford, Armstrong and the soon to be released Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald sets, is that Uni sold their parts to the L.O.C. and they have yet to unbox and catalog them. 

Scott Wenzel