Wow! what do record companies do with important catalogs like the Beatles? I thought CD-R were cast in stone! But a cd given to me from a friend of his music ten years ago is already showing deterioration. I transferred it to my hard disk but the loss remains. The final question is, then, what IS an archival medium? Robert -----Original Message----- From: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley, David Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:42 PM To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [klaatumail] Re: King Crimson (no kk) However, that brings up a topic that may interest some people and may bore others to tears. Digital tape is NOT an archival medium. Optical disc is NOT an archival medium.