iefje wrote:This means that the fact of the master tape destruction in 1973 is incorrect or could it be that maybe a copy of the master tape was used for the 1992 and 1994 CDs?
I am sure that there must have been a copy of the tape (for these two tracks, at least). Even if it no longer exists, the copy is effectively preserved on these two South African discs.
As regards the versions taken from vinyl for the See For Miles CD, technology has moved on. Today, digital noise-reduction has been much improved as compared with thirty years ago.
When I have time, I'll see what I can do with the other two tracks (
Sleepwalk and
Guitar Boogie).
To the question raised by Fenderman:The fire which destroyed some of EMI (SA)'s tape archive happened in South Africa, nothing directly to do with EMI's archives at Hayes, Middlesex.