, the owners of the tapes received a request from lawyers representing Island-UMG, asking they be removed, and could they talk.The group which found and restored the tapes declined to comment on the talks and Island-UMG UK did not respond to a request for comment.
The worker gave the tapes to Joe Gatt. He then recruited friend and jazz musician, Louis Hoover, and the two began what would be a years-long process of having the tapes restored. "Eventually he called us and said, 'I think you should come and have a listen.' Obviously we didn't expect a lot," said Gatt, who was actually at the Lyceum show in 1975.
News of the discovery spread like wildfire around the globe and has been called one of the most significant in music history.How the tapes ended up in the hotelAfter an interview done by Hoover, a call was put out asking for information.
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