The blaze at the Enfield warehouse last week destroyed 3.2 million CDs, vinyl releases and rare boxed sets from thousands of artists and had the potential to cripple many of the 150-plus labels whose stock was distributed by PIAS and stored at the facility.

But, just a week after the fire, the industry has already demonstrated its resilience, fortitude and reluctance to crumple as it faces one of the biggest crises to sweep through the sector since the collapse of ...