NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A $20 million lawsuit has been filed in New York by a Grammy-winning producer who claims a data storage company lost his "priceless recordings."
Jim Steinman filed the suit in New York Supreme Court claiming Boston-based Iron Mountains Records Management Inc. lost the original recordings of the hit he wrote for Bonnie Tyler, "Total Eclipse of the Heart," and Barbra Streisand's 1984 recording of "Left in the Dark."
Steinman, who shared a Grammy for Celine Dion's "Falling into You" and also wrote Meat Loaf's "Bat out of Hell," told Sunday's New York Post the lost recordings are irreplaceable.
"For a composer, it's like losing the Mona Lisa," he said.
He said Iron Mountain had been charging him $1,700 a month to store his tapes in a mountain area.
"They say, 'We're a mighty fortress on a mountain where nothing can happen,'" he said.
Iron Mountain did not return the Post's phone calls seeking comment.
