Whos into bootlegs, and whats in your collection

I agree that some of my bootlegs are great recordings sound wise, I don't keep any of them that don't sound acceptable, and performance wise as well. I prefer many of them over official live releases. I can pick and choose which eras of the band I want hear live tracks from w/ bootlegs. I have over three thousand CDs and many of my boots are favorites in my collection.

DaKillerWolf said:

I agree that some of my bootlegs are great recordings sound wise, I don't keep any of them that don't sound acceptable, and performance wise as well. I prefer many of them over official live releases. I can pick and choose which eras of the band I want hear live tracks from w/ bootlegs. I have over three thousand CDs and many of my boots are favorites in my collection.

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Amen DKW... I believe that about sums up how I feel about them.

Most all of my bootleg stuff is Beatle material.

anybody ever seen a boston bootleg?

if so what are they like live?

foreverblue said:

anybody ever seen a boston bootleg?

if so what are they like live?

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What about a ''Bootleg Thread'' so that people with boots can trade with each other?
We could also send a few boots to anyone who's interested in starting a collection.
I prefer to Burn my boots to disc and trade through the post.
NO money would be involved and NO official material would be listed for trade.

i have been collecting hendrix boots since i was about 15-16 y/o...

i have a pretty large collection of live shows numbering about 90-95 on cassette tape and CD...

its been harder going for me to get ahold of alot of the rare studio stuff as i have probably only about 20-25 various studio jams on tape and CD,which pales in comparison to some of the other collectors out there who have more access to the trading circles and the like...

CREAM'd said:

Hi JuddBonus. Was this your 1st boot?

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Hi back at ya CREAM'd,

*chuckles* Hmmmmmmmm yeah I suppose it is.... like I said Im not really into bootlegs... if you read last post... but then also you have to be a little nuts paying that kind of cash to obtain a "questionable" copy any one band no matter who it is..

Oh, I suppose if you count off air recordings... Id admit it... but dont have them anymore and more then likely there somewhere as a "official" release... someplace..

My father on the other hand was big and ok..... Illl say it (long pause) cheap in obtaining bootlegs... but then that was WWAAAAYYY back in the 70's. But I dont know if it really counts... a bootleg is a bootleg.... right? And what he was bootlegging... taking his (cant remember the model) reel to reel tape recorder to Omaha and Gibbon Mn. to record polka bands that was hosted by this really fat ****** named BIG JOE SIEDLIK (alright... alright I just offending everybody.. dont care if you only knew this guy like I do, it fits...). He yell at us kids of spending money on albums when we can just record it off the radio... Ill say it again, he WAS cheap.. so I dont know, YOU tell me if he was bootlegging. *shrug*

btw... thanks for post elsewhere.. seem like the running theme to the thread.

But what ARE bootlegs... beside the obvious... after all, I several copies of thin lizzy and jimi hendrix that dont show up anywhere and not listed if you click that song track on allmusic.com for information...

I have

Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town/ on cassette (no date) made by Pickwick international in England and there 4 tracks that dont show up on the catalog ie. Half Caste, With Love, Dont Play Around & Memory Pain..

Jimi Hendrix - Birth of Success/ on vinyl (1970) this one is listed on allmusic.com, this record is really really bad.. I think whoever recorded this smoked a little bit too much mowie wowie...

I dont think these are bootlegs... I dont think so.. so how can you tell in a flea market if what you have in your hands "IS" bootleg.?

JuddBonus said:

Hi back at ya CREAM'd,

*chuckles* Hmmmmmmmm yeah I suppose it is.... like I said Im not really into bootlegs... if you read last post... but then also you have to be a little nuts paying that kind of cash to obtain a "questionable" copy any one band no matter who it is..

Oh, I suppose if you count off air recordings... Id admit it... but dont have them anymore and more then likely there somewhere as a "official" release... someplace..

My father on the other hand was big and ok..... Illl say it (long pause) cheap in obtaining bootlegs... but then that was WWAAAAYYY back in the 70's. But I dont know if it really counts... a bootleg is a bootleg.... right? And what he was bootlegging... taking his (cant remember the model) reel to reel tape recorder to Omaha and Gibbon Mn. to record polka bands that was hosted by this really fat ****** named BIG JOE SIEDLIK (alright... alright I just offending everybody.. dont care if you only knew this guy like I do, it fits...). He yell at us kids of spending money on albums when we can just record it off the radio... Ill say it again, he WAS cheap.. so I dont know, YOU tell me if he was bootlegging. *shrug*

btw... thanks for post elsewhere.. seem like the running theme to the thread.

But what ARE bootlegs... beside the obvious... after all, I several copies of thin lizzy and jimi hendrix that dont show up anywhere and not listed if you click that song track on allmusic.com for information...

I have

Thin Lizzy - The boys are back in town/ on cassette (no date) made by Pickwick international in England and there 4 tracks that dont show up on the catalog ie. Half Caste, With Love, Dont Play Around & Memory Pain..

Jimi Hendrix - Birth of Success/ on vinyl (1970) this one is listed on allmusic.com, this record is really really bad.. I think whoever recorded this smoked a little bit too much mowie wowie...

I dont think these are bootlegs... I dont think so.. so how can you tell in a flea market if what you have in your hands "IS" bootleg.?

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JuddBonus,you should NEVER pay for your boots.All of my boots have been free.It's all about sharing music that you would otherwise never be able to hear(well that's what it's all about to me) or have in your collection.I listen to a lot of Cream and Led Zeppelin,so I can either listen to the same 4 studio albums over and over again or I can have 20 or 30 different shows to pick from. Sure there's some shitty sounding boots out there,but there's an awful lot of very good boots as well,if all of your music sound quality has to be 100% then stick to soundboard boots or give up now with boots.
If you copy anything from the radio (or anywhere else) that is on general sale,then that's pirating,and would be generaly frowned upon.
There was a Radiohead Live At Woodstock '97 concert on TV on Sunday night,the concert has never been on general release(but has been booted),I recorded the show,then copied it onto my laptop with a USB pen,I then used a DVD audio extractor to rip the audio onto a CD,so I think I could call that a bootleg.If I was to offer to give you a copy of that CD then I don't see any harm in that. If I offered to sell you a copy of that concert,then that's illegal and I'd be trying to profit from another persons(Radiohead) work.

CREAM'd said:

If you copy anything from the radio (or anywhere else) that is on general sale,then that's pirating,and would be generally frowned upon.

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First off, this year light years ago...therefore anything "stereo" or "high-fi" was at least 5 - 7 years away for me.. and the only thing "bootleg" for me was a Jimi Hendrix "Essential I" and "Jimi & Otis at Monterrey" (you know fairly cheap panasonic tape recorder next to a speaker) anything else was either borrowed or dubbed from my psychotic older brother...he had tape to tape capabilities.

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There was a Radiohead Live At Woodstock '97 concert on TV on Sunday night,the concert has never been on general release(but has been booted),I recorded the show,then copied it onto my laptop with a USB pen,I then used a DVD audio extractor to rip the audio onto a CD [/QUOTE]

You mean to tell me that you never ripped that right? 30, 60 or even 90 minutes and the file reads track 1..? "Man, I loved track 5th song so that means you have to FF it all the way to that track... what a pain in the ass.. No noise or hiss filters either... talk about raw, theres noise on the recorder and on that performance... have to get rid of it. I would and encode it at 192kps.

[/QUOTE]so I think I could call that a bootleg.If I was to offer to give you a copy of that CD then I don't see any harm in that. If I offered to sell you a copy of that concert,then that's illegal and I'd be trying to profit from another persons. [/QUOTE]

Not really... if this was in the 50s or 60s... the odds are yes to a point..whats the odds of anybody in 5 miles having that as a hard copy? If its not live so that means "somebody" has the legal rights to it,, and I bet the RIAA would be snorting if you made that statement to them now.. today... it wouldnt fly no matter what.. But what the hell are they going to do to you anyway.. not unless they make public enemy #1 like that poor girl a few years ago. I think in Colorado (where ever she was).

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[/QUOTE]It's all about sharing music that you would otherwise never be able to hear.[/QUOTE]

Hmmm, me thinks thats the theme behind P2P and file sharing servers... like Napster, Audio Galaxy etc... wasnt it.? I mean before Metallicpukes stuck their head up their asses back in '99 (cant you tell and I have absolutely no love NOR respect for these ass wipes AT ALL... sorry had to say it). So I guess ANY bootleg has to be something like a grandfather clause.. you know before a certain year to count otherwise it all pirating..