[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Some news re: UK record labels

[Bill Haesler]

Dear friends,
The following from (ex?) DJMLer Jazz Jerry has just been posted to the 
Australian Dance Bands list.
Be afraid!
Kind Regards,
Bill.

> The latest Newsletter from JazzJerry in the UK contains this news 
> flash:
> Living Era
>
> First the bad news. Following the take-over of the Sanctuary Group by
> Universal Music the latter are continuing their policy of providing
> great service to the public by deleting this entire label. Those of
> you familiar with Living Era CDs will know that over the years they
> have issued a series of very worthwhile albums sometimes covering
> areas and artists not readily available elsewhere. Well, that is
> coming to an end and once current stocks have been sold there will be
> no more!
> Having ruined the Concord and Fantasy Group labels the musical
> imbeciles of Universal have found another label to destroy.
> Incidentally I have heard that another result of this take-over is
> that all 'public domain' material on the Castle and Pulse labels will
> also be deleted once current stocks have gone.