Let's Talk BOOTLEGS...

[@vinyleyezz]

Do YOU have any Bootlegs? Tell me! 👇

[@hip-hoprapstorage4440]

Please add English subtitles or French subtitles !

[@JohnBaud]

Yeah. A couple of AC/DC cassettes. I know that because they have Lots of Spelling Issues.

[@ottokwak]

I have a bootleg of Metallica's Ride the Lightning on yellow vinyl with a greenish cover. It looks really nice, but the sound quality is really crappy.

[@TheRickster08]

I have a bootleg of Ramones’ Adios Amigos on vinyl. I knew it was a bootleg and I bought it just because the real ones are expensive.

[@mickeyabreu3686]

I have a bootleg picture disc of Radiohead's Pablo Honey and it sounds really good even for a picture disc, maybe it was made with a cassette or some analogic media, but I'm glad i have it

[@hoodphvntom]

Unofficial / Bootleg video game soundtracks on vinyl are becoming much more popular. Definitely worth looking into if you're a fan of video game OSTs.

[@Ssecave]

Seeing how INSANE the cost of official video game soundtrack on vinyl is, I can see a ton of bootlegs online. I mean, in Europe, it's 60-70€ minimum for one album. OOF.

[@berrtopsoen534]

Except info about them is scarce and kept secret =/

[@BennyGarza1899]

Yes this is very true i have found many bootleg music scores for Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Last Of Us. The best way to avoid buying bootleg records is use amazon, but still its not a 100 percent guarantee

[@Boston84]

Song of the day: 21st Century Schizoid Man- king crimson

[@BobBob-qg4lo]

An absolute classic

[@cthulhulvl35illithid]

I legit listened to that this afternoon

[@pelicanpelican2055]

“NO ONE MAN CAN HAVE ALL THAT POWER”

[@jeremydraper733]

@@pelicanpelican2055 you’re not just wrong you’re stupid. Jk like whatever music you like friend

[@chrissegesman3642]

oh god the red screamy man

[@mazasis_princas456]

MetalJesusRocks is forever destined to be in the Song Of The Day section

[@vinyleyezz]

Haha yep, I use that clip a lot 👍

[@ElectroPotato]

@@vinyleyezz Both of you guys are in my top 10 fav youtubers :D

[@VTX666]

Tool's 10,000 days was never released officially on vinyl. Sadly. Really hope they will (re)press all the albums eventually. I'm sure they'll sell out pretty fast.

[@jeremydraper733]

Hopefully in the next year or so would be awesome. I got all the ones that are officially released on vinyl (opiate undertow Lateralus) and I found a bootleg of 10000days at one of my local record stores, but I will gladly replace it with an official copy if and when they release them. I would also love to get a copy of Ænima given that it’s my favorite tool album and I don’t wanna buy a bootleg online (if I found a copy at my local record store I’d get it depending on the price but would replace with an official copy without hesitation) anyway I love to have the whole discography on vinyl. Weird that they haven’t don’t this yet given that they are a band that really pushes physical copies and Maynard has talk about how much the band appreciates vinyl

[@martinvandockum7753]

@@jeremydraper733 owner of a 10.000 days bootleg . But also the aenima one must say its a real good one . No cd player so happy i could get these . Only one missing is salival and the new one.

[@JuniperMe]

Opiate and undertow seem to be reprinted often, officially. Lateralus "limited" edition is still available lol. Need an Aenima reprint, not sure why they haven't it would be like printing money for them lol.

[@Andersljungberg]

Check MFSL

[@nickmoschetti2977]

I have 10,000 days on vinyl it is a good album not their best but it does have good songs I collect so if it's hard as hell to find ill take an unofficial copy

[@TheTapeDiscMan]

Song of the day: "Revolution 9" by The Beatles

[@alifnajwan6834]

_numbah naiiinneh, numbah naiiinneh_

[@beawzonk]

RIGHT! RIGHT!! RIIGGGHHTTTT! rrrrrriiiiiiggghhhhhhHHHHHTTTTTT!!!!

[@on1ytheb3st]

Too basic, now the first “Revolution” song would be better or original would you

[@TheGamingEffect100]

One video that’s kinda cool with bootleg records is a video taken in the early 70’s of Neil Young going into a record shop and finding them selling bootleg copies of one of his concerts. He talks to the manager and he’s a bit irritated they’re selling copies of his concert. The manager says he’ll call the police if he won’t leave. Pretty interesting to see an artist find a bootleg version of their own work

[@Culturedog]

Such a cool video. I went looking for it again recently, but it looks like it's been taken down. I love that the shop clerk tries playing dumb about stocking boots but then a few minutes later, some guy walks in ready to sell the shop a box of bootleg 8-track tapes.

[@mannye]

About 40 years ago I found an unmarked black box in a crate of records someone was giving away and it had three records in it. Two had weird French labels and one had a blank white label. The French labels said "Rolling Stones" on them, so I quickly snatched up the box as I am a fan of the Stones. Turns out it's a bootleg called, well, "the black box." And it has a great selection of tunes including a lot I've never seen on other albums like just straight blues covers. etc. Unfortunately, the box itself was falling apart, so today, the three records sit in a repurposed "Country Christmas" box and I take them out for a listen every once in a while. Bootlegs are cool if they have concerts on them or something else never published, but all out fakes usually just suck.

[@Kepitt]

7:04 *looks at my bootleg copy of Blonde by Frank Ocean* *sweats nervously*

[@Nathan-mk3uf]

Yo I actually just got a blonde bootleg a few days ago

[@mzeamer6847]

Didn’t Blond only have an extremely limited amount of official pressings? I’m not spending a few hundred bucks for a “real” one if a fake ass bootleg sounds similar

[@Kepitt]

@@mzeamer6847 only the night of the album release. Some official copies are reselling for $1000+ which I definitely can't afford lol

[@joewatson249]

@@mzeamer6847 it wasn’t really that limited, but it was available for limited time, I think there’s something like 4000 pressed but the demand is obviously way larger than that

[@saroshirani6255]

I got one of those too. Bootlegs are great for super rare albums because they actually allow you to own an album for a reasonable price

[@thefunnytvmanofthenight1537]

Song of the day: Oxygen by Swans

[@guin705]

*song of all time

[@ari5102]

masterpiece!

[@jeffsims8270]

Another way to spot a bootleg is to check the runout etchings. If there's minimal etchings that either indicate the band name and/or simply 'A' for side 1 and 'B' for side 2, then it's most likely. Not all cases are like this, but it's fairly common. I've noticed this with several bootlegs in my collection.

[@richsmall6652]

They used to be called "Imports" at my local record stores.

[@riffhard7605]

Gawd where do I start. There is a major difference between bootleg, pirate (which you didn't address) and counterfeit. First, a bootleg consists of unreleased studio or live material. Thus the material may not be covered under copyright laws, depending on where the release was produced. This is why you saw many bootleg CD releases come out of some countries in the late 80's/early 90's when CD's became easier to make. In some countries the medium of CD's was not covered under their outdated or poorly written laws. This loophole has been closed in many counties. A pirate release is someone taking previously released, copyrighted material and repackaging it with a new cover and selling it as an official release. A counterfeit is an exact copy of an official release. Your Tool release appears to be a counterfeit. Someone trying to pass off an exact copy of previous released, copyrighted material, as legit minus some info that is normally found on the cover. In the 70s/80's I was friends with several bootleggers here on the west coast. One of them would send several copies of their Rolling Stones releases to the New York office to forward to Bill Wyman because he collected them. Some artists have fought back by releasing previously unreleased material. Neil Young and Dylan come to mind with some of their recent releases and Zappa with his Beat The Boots box set. The Beatles released the Anthology series in response to Swinging Pig's excellent six volume series of studio quality outtakes. I have 100's of bootleg vinyl, CD and DVD releases in my collection. It is not illegal to buy or own bootleg's. Just selling them. How do I know? I was at a record swap meet in the late 80's buying some bootleg vinyl and unbeknownst to me FBI and RIAA agents were standing behind me while I made the purchase. The seller was busted but they did not bat an eye at me. I was also selling, so I packed up my stuff and got out of there asap before the authorities closed the doors after asking all customers to leave and searching every sellers table. Dodged that bullet so to speak.

[@Dr.Dampe123]

So happy for this topic! My bootlegs found in the wild are Yes- The Affirmery and Jethro Tull- MY GOD!!! Song: Suppers Ready- Genesis

[@driftingtorem]

I have like 6 bootlegs in my collection (Beyoncé, Frank ocean, and Megan thee stallion) but I don’t really mind the sound quality, I don’t have the best turn table but I just love hearing the music I like on vinyl and the pretty colors they make them on :)

[@Unadvert]

10% bootleg opinions 90% Song of the Day

[@ciaranlefebvre0579]

Just got my first record player today for my bday Audio techniva lp120 I'm soo happy I have 2014 summer hills drive and my beuatiful dark and twisted fantasy so far Your channel helped me alot setting up😁

[@CeschiArt]

I really like what Pearl jam does at their concerts They sell albums recorded at their concert and sold ONLY at their concert where they recorded it They are called Official Bootlegs, my dad bought the one when they came to Padova in Italy and the cover is made of cardboard and has an iconic statue of the city

[@ratlungworm4256]

Have you ever seen the Soviet era ‘Bone Music’ ‘Ribs’ or ‘Roentgenizdat’ bootlegs? They are recordings of banned music such as The Beatles, Elvis and Chubby Checkers pressed onto old X-ray prints. They look insanely cool but they have awful quality unsurprisingly, and only could be played about 10 times. You can find them on EBay for a moderately expensive price but they are still a very cool collectors item. Once again a great video!

[@spunkinat0r]

I have got two bootlegs: Rammstein - Mutter (green vinyl, japanese edition) TOOL - undertow (the rare 1993 promo grey vinyl)

[@yinnii1]

The promo grey vinyl isn't a bootleg. Its a true promo and actually one of the best pressings of the record out there. Its also worth a fair bit!

[@TheSoundrookie]

Bootlegs are no fun nowadays, but back in the 80's it was a whole other matter. Not only was the quality mostly pretty good, but often you had the music on white labels months before the official release (Not to be confused with dj promo's). For some reason music (especially dance/house tracks) had quite a tendency to leak from the studios back then, and often you infact had the time to get tired of the music before others could even buy it. Those were the days.

[@malachiengle8167]

you just have bad luck with purchasing i guess, all the bootleg records i have are up to par with my official release records, the cover sleeve on some of them are a little off but the records sound great, i've just learned with some bootlegs its worth spending a little extra

[@eversosleight]

There's a weird South Korea Megadeth Killing is my Business vinyl with a "Music for Nations" label instead of the original Combat label. Don't know how it sounds but thought it was interesting to run into. Great vid!!

[@B_man-ny7ob]

Song of the day: The Lemon Song- Led Zeppelin

[@tR6yMusic]

I have a copy of 10,000 days on vinyl. It came on Red and Blue vinyl. The quality is alright. I’m just happy to have it.

[@stanmanh1]

On a side note. I have a “Despecialized Edition of the Star Wars Trilogy” on blu-ray. No deleted scenes, unaltered special effects or endings. Basically it’s a remix of laser disc, dvd, blu-ray, film stock, matte paintings etc. All put on HD Blu-ray audio/video. Painstakingly put together over a few years. Look into Harmy’s Despecialized Edition. For a true Star Wars fans!!!

[@Mr_Ghoulie]

I assume that was way cheaper than my Laserdisc players (yes, plural,) and my ultimate edition Star Wars trilogy on Laserdisc. Widescreen!

[@Vegasguy79]

I just pull out my Star Wars Definitive Collection (LaserDisc) anytime I want my Star Wars fix. :)

[@sovejanul5884]

Song of the day: Eric Clapton - Layla

[@scottplumer3668]

I own a bunch of vinyl bootlegs from the '70s. I love them! I'm also a collector of concert recordings and a taper (i.e., live concert recordist) myself. There's a lot more to the story, too. I recommend the book "Bootleg - The Rise & Fall of the Secret Recording Industry" for a fairly complete history. Most of the boots from the '70s were in plain white sleeves with printed sheets of paper as a "cover" inserted into the shrink wrap. The fancier ones had actual printed covers, but they were pretty rare, and there was no guarantee they sounded better.

[@nathanielsoto4864]

Were do you buy them from

[@scottplumer3668]

@@nathanielsoto4864 Ebay and record stores, though they can fetch a pretty penny, especially for bigger-name artists. Record shows are also a good source, too.

[@skade245]

Bathory’s official distruibutor label black mark makes notoriously bad remasters and sourced reiussues from remastered CDs etc. This along with the legendary nature of the band leads to origibal copies being very expensive, so when a fanclub bootleg of the first 3 albums got released with the audio sourced from the original master with a high gloss artwork and japanese obi strips aswell as a gold vinyl version I simply had to pick these up. Honestly some of the best records I own.

[@vivianrogers4149]

Also, R.O.I.R. was a cassette only label that released the first Bad Brains album. When I was a kid, "bootlegs" only meant unofficial live recordings and I had a lot of them. Many had just white labels with no track listings. Good times.

[@lilltegis7069]

Hey Jerett! Glad to see your back! How's your January been? 😊

[@vinyleyezz]

It went well, thank you! Making more videos for y'all! What have you been up to?

[@colorado8avalanche]

@@vinyleyezz Crosley sponsored NASCAR plz make a vid on it

[@taillightsandtachometers5861]

Believe it or not I find that counterfeited Prince records are cheaper to buy then the original pressings. Rainbow children for example is over $700 on discogs, the counterfeit I paid $30 bucks for it.

[@ify464]

That is why they are reissuing princes albums.

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Thank you so much for pointing out the difference between counterfeit and bootleg. I see so many people show a counterfeit record and they think what's just a bootleg when in fact it's not a bootleg. Great video man

[@jeffreydeboer8080]

I was at an outdoor record fair once. I was just getting into vinyl, so when I found David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.... on blue vinyl, I thought: that's cool! and it was only 20 euros or something, so not that much. I only found out later that it was a bootleg, because in It Ain't Easy, sometimes, the grooves don't have sound, it's just silent for a second, then the music continues. Seems like it wasn't pressed right... Still cool to have though

[@Channel33RPM]

Hey wait.... was that me??? Fun video. Cheers, Frank

[@vinyleyezz]

It is! Enjoy your videos! Glad you liked this one 😊👍

[@KHSoundandVideo]

Song of the day: I ran (so far away) - A flock of seagulls

[@colorado8avalanche]

Song of the day: Holy Wars by Megadeth

[@lochiepeake34]

Song of the Day: "Lonely Day" - System of a Down

[@hudde814]

Great song, it's even my mom's favorite song of all time!

[@16BitGamer_]

Bootleg cassettes are super big in the Vaporwave community but in most cases its celebrated the two big labels associated are Qingdao Market and Deluxe Vaporwave Cassettes. Qingdao Market has a real great sense of humor about it

[@GabeMoltes]

Yes, I have only 2 bootlegs, one I bought for 10$ the other from a lot that I bought. Both in perfect condition so I was really happy : - Supertramp 1976 Amercain Tour (TAKRL905) - The Cure Forever (80-83), limited 300 copies

[@andymassingham]

There was a triple boot LP of The Who live at Madison Square Garden from Sept. ‘79 which sounded AMAZING. Played it to death. Not like most of them.

[@tenej6992]

When I started collecting vinyl records about a year ago I desperately wanted queen Innuendo on red vinyl. I wasn't aware it was a pirated bootleg release. I only found out after I played it, when it didn't sound right. Most of the songs were in mono and not the right versions than those on the original vinyl record from 1991

[@nihbpsmcgee9246]

I also have that Tool Bootleg and it sounds Great.

[@vinyljoe1940]

Good to know I almost bought that and glad I didn’t now. Hope they release an official version soon.

[@HydratedMan]

Song of the day- The Beatles-Paperback writer

[@carlosu1021]

Bought a bootleg copy of Saint Latin’s Day Massacre from Joe Bataan, the audio was so thin and hollow sounding. A few months later I found an original copy and the difference in sound is so easy to tell.

[@VinylSerenity]

Jarrett, I hope you are doing well...I saw the Almost Famous Soundtrack for 34.99 at a record shop over the weekend. It actually had a sticker that said they could not guarantee the quality since it was "not made by the studio". On discogs, this record goes for stiff change so I passed since the quality might be low.

[@vinyleyezz]

Yeah with bootlegs it’s really a toss up on sound quality so I’d pass on it as well! Good decision lol 👍

[@mikebarooshian7255]

@@vinyleyezzwell I see we’re your coming from well I’m a huge fan of The Rolling Stones I buy everything by them well there the only band that I whould buy bootlegs of I have some bootlegs of the stones and they sound amazing great I have some live albums and they were about the best live recordings the stones ever did and they sound better then some official live releases Love You Live is my favorite live stones albums I have some stones albums with unreleased songs well I brought them because u can’t buy rare stones songs anywhere and to this day the stones never released a lot of songs to this day that’s why I want bootlegs I have everything the stones ever made but on cd

[@egor.kuznetsov]

Great videos, best vinyl channel ever

[@dasdasyxfxd1408]

My opinion on counterfeits: If an album e.g. from the 90s is sold for some crazy prices on Discogs and (and that's the actual problem) is actually bought by people at these prices but neither the artists nor the labels seem to care that you get the album for a normal price and do a repress, then I have absolutely no problem with counterfeits as long as they sound good.

[@TheGamingEffect100]

Song of the day: Life is a Rock but the radio rolled me By Reunion

[@WheresMyGin]

I nominate Tracey Ullman's cover of it. ❤

[@h3yBk]

dude your voice is so calm and soothing, new subscriber here 👍👍

[@diabetesman26]

I have several booties in my collection and the most notable one would be “Demon Days” by Gorillaz. This one sounds decent but I also have a Queens of the Stone Age “Songs for the Deaf” bootleg that sounds amazing. Like the video mentioned, if you can get your hands on boots of rare albums then enjoy them. I’ve heard bad ones but the ones I do have sounds good-great depending on which I play.

[@xandersthoughts]

Song of the Day: Porcupine Tree - “Even Less” Addendum: I actually have one confirmed bootleg in my vinyl collection, the live album Octane Twisted from Porcupine Tree. But it’s finally getting an official vinyl release very soon so I can fix the issue.

[@hypnagogue]

last week I bought station to station by David Bowie and I couldn't find its version on discogs, thanks for posting this I'll try to figure out if it's a bootleg or not

[@DiscologyReno]

Is there an original 10,000 Days LP from TOOL? I am not aware of any official releases on vinyl and Discogs does not list anything but Unofficial releases.

[@Kursulic]

Song of the day: Several species of small furry animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict - Pink Floyd

[@cvrator]

I have a David Bowie bootleg called "1.0 Wishful Beginnings" on splatter vinyl which is the 1. Outside outtakes leaked on the web twenty years ago. I'm a huge Outside fan, so quality doesn't bother me. I also have a counterfeit green copy (it's supposed to be blue) of Metallica's Ride The Lightning on red vinyl. It's supposed to be a rare German misprint, but it's not the real misprint (which wasn't on colored vinyl anyway)

[@drductape]

Great vid! One thing, though - at 6:40 you say "the original is super hard to find" in reference to TOOL's 10,000 days. There never was an official vinyl version of 10,000 days, sadly.

[@paulganiel4164]

Song of the day “Would?” - Alice In Chains

[@juddery]

Ooo... is that a Sony D6C I see in the still image? I love mine and listen to it most days whilst working from home. I do prefer my awesome little early model DC2, but that's poorly at the moment unfortunately.

[@vinyleyezz]

It is indeed! I’ll be making a video about it soon!

[@juddery]

@@vinyleyezz I'll definitely be looking forward to watching that video then. They truly are fantastic little machines. I switched back to cassettes from mp3s, (mostly for mobile listening), a couple of years ago now and it was the best decision ever. I'm really missing my little Sony WM-DC2 though and really need to get it repaired. Easier said than done though.

[@juddery]

@@vinyleyezz I finally got around to repairing my WM-DC2 yesterday. So happy now. I really missed that little Walkman. :-)

[@barryfarmer9591]

Last year I finally found new factory-pressed cds of Def Leppard's First Strike and Warchild to go with the E.P. cd that I found decades ago. Moving on to hunt for bootleg vinyl picture discs now.

[@tremoloman]

On Vinyl: Lana Del Ray aka Lizzie Grant Megadeth - Cryptic Writings Rush - Spirit Of The Airwaves (AMAZING concert) The Cure - In Orange On CD: Close to 100, too many to list. (Mostly by The Cure, Rush, Zeppelin, and AC/DC)

[@xWindreaderx]

As a Mac Miller Fan, despite the dodgy quality of some bootlegs, it is a guilty pleasure of mine collecting these bootlegs. Some of his projects never were pressed on vinyl and likely never will be due to the sampling (like his "Faces" mixtape), so to get all his work that he has done in the vinyl format, the bootlegs are the only option. I don't mind, but some may totally be turned off from this route and I completely understand why. And great video as always! Your content is always fantastic to see pop up in my feed! :)

[@brandongorin7978]

Great White Wonder Didn't have a stamp at first also I am pretty sure some Beatles out takes came before GWW. A lot of what happens with boot is because of European copyright law. Those laws are what makes the Grey market gray. One of the things that is interesting about Bootlegs is a lot of what is going on in vinyl culture right now is cribbed from what boots used to do like colored vinyl and alt takes of songs.

[@nesspav]

I have an Amy Winehouse Bootleg of rare recordings of her live performances that never got released. Was a huge piece of treasure to me since her passing I miss her so much!

[@kalenbaker7901]

The only bootleg I own is a Bathory one called Bloodbath. It's got a bunch of non-album tracks from the Jubileum compilations as well as the original tracks where Bathory debuted on Scandanavian Metal Attack. Doesn't have all my favorites but it has enough that I'd say it's worth it.

[@cordeirobs]

I own three Led Zeppelin bootlegs from live concerts. Two vynils and one CD. Of course the quality is not 100% good, but it is a great register of a moment in history that, otherwise would be forgotten.

[@mathiasgustavsen2312]

bootleg CDs is a big part of my childhood

[@MegaMoto85]

You can easily tell if the vinyl audio is sourced from a lossy audio format by pulling the jackplug on your headset a couple of millimeters out of the amplifiers jackplug socket. or just enough to hear the sound "change". If you hear background noise that sounds "autotuned" or compressed\under water - well then you most likely have a low quality source, and of course the lower the lossy bitrate the easier it is to hear

[@MegaMoto85]

same applies to compact discs, you can also use a frequency \ spectogram meter on cd audio, if there is a staight line around the 16khz mark then its clearly a mp3, not sure if that same logic applies to vinyl

[@Avatar610]

Are there bootleg downloads as well? As a teenager i had a friend who was very much intoThe Beatles and he had a bunch of bootlegs as well as the legit LPs. So I got to listen to rare stuff before the CD era, when the Beatle catalog expanded to the stuff released in the Anthology sets.

[@aaronmartinez5139]

I just realized a week ago I bought a Charli XCX bootleg for her number one angel LP. Her and Sophie’s records are supeeer rare, but I’m still pretty happy and stoked with it. I think her Pop 2 had a repress, but original pressing was a gatefold exclusive of those two albums.

[@marcgoecke9401]

I got a bootleg vinyl. A couple of years ago Motörhead released a live recording from 1996 as sound files (for free). This happened to be my first Motörhead concert I attended in my life. At the time I found out about hese files I didn't find them anywhere on the web. But luckily I found them pressed on a nicely done bootleg Vinyl which I bought from a shop in France. Without that bootleg I couldn't enjoy one of my favorite concert memories l in this way. There are different color variations of this out there and not all are banned for selling on Discogs. If I ever find the files released from Motörhead I can compare the sound quality.

[@ethhein5460]

For song of the day I will toss my hat in the ring for a song that almost brings me to tears everytime I listen to it. Its 猫 シ Corp. - 8:46 AM off his album News at 11. The entire side A & B of the album uses samples from television ads and programs that ran on 9/11 right before the towers fell. Its almost an eerie and haunting experience to drink in. God Bless the United States of America.

[@jesseboijai]

Literally last night, I searched your channel for a video on bootlegs. I have bad timing.

[@MOOeymania]

I recently bought a Smashing Pumpkins bootleg of a live show that sounded pretty good. It came from a radio broadcast. Yes I knew it was a boot.

[@MxStruble]

I have a decent collection of Devo bootleg records. Like ten or twelve. I always get excited to find a new boot.

[@gen0565]

What app do you use to scan vinyl barcodes?

[@BillAdams-fb3jm]

I have a 7'' Nirvana boot, the songs on it are "Drain You," "Endless Nameless" (named "The End Of Music" on the back cover) and "Dumb." The title is Foretaste and I got it in 1994. I'm pretty sure the whole point of the Nirvana box set which came out years ago was to take the steam out of the proliferation of Nirvana bootlegs which have been swimming around since the Nineties. I have a Misfits album and a Cramps album which might be bootlegs too (one is a copy of Bad Music For Bad People and the other is a copy of Walk Among Us) -- but I like them so much that I choose not to dig too deeply into finding out. Growing up in a border town, there were always lots of bootlegs kicking around -- you just had to know where to look. Kiss The Stone used to be a really good bootleg label in the Nineties (I don't know if it still exists), I remember having a really good-sounding Smashing Pumpkins unplugged (can't remember what it was called) bootleg. I know the show that set was lifted from was a French show (not sure if it was in Quebec or France) because Billy Corgan goes out of his way to say, "Bonjour," at the beginning.

[@DireWolfLive]

Record Fairs from the 70's, 80's. 90's. The sellers traveled from city to city. You'd hear about them on the radio. That's where you scored the rare Zep, Stones, Beatles, Pink Floyd, GDead (live/outtake) albums and VHS tapes.

[@sully1296]

Boots are a YMMV purchase. That Tool boot is awesome for a boot. I did an AB with the CD and they sound very similar...MP3 sourced, I’d say not. If you think it’s sound is “poop” , you should stop buying boots because it will only go down hill in sound quality from this Tool boot. The MegaDeth - Cryptic Writings is also pretty good. Again, the sound is similar to the CD. I only get the ones where official releases are not pressed or ridiculously expensive in the second hand market. However once an official release on vinyl is made I’ll be ready with cash in hand.

[@gottaluvJB]

Where can you buy bootleg vinyls??!!!

[@cheesecakefox7106]

I have a few bootleg cassette tapes I found at one of my favorite record stores. The mostly consist of R&B and Rap from 2000-2002, including one that has a “somewhat rare” Michael Jackson Remix.

[@rodrogers7553]

It's been a while, Jarrett. Welcome back!!

[@OhRaez]

They actually never released 10000 Days on vinyl. But there was a bootleg with a black record, and a beautiful jacket, that is sold online for $50-$70

[@SE-lc4hm]

I have a Marilyn Manson one. Golden Age of Grotesque. Side A is fuzzy, distorted, the whole lot. But the rest doesn’t sound awful.

[@sinskinner]

I have Marilyn Manson's - Macanical Animals. I got overly excited and bought it without thinking. Its a decent press, but nothing to write home about.

[@Culturedog]

I have a Faith No More concert boot LP that cleverly took its barcode image from a specific Kerrang magazine issue that featured FNM on the cover. Thought that was a fun little easter egg.

[@joeyblack396]

Song of the Day: A symphony of self - Gravity the Architect I love this song and it seems they are a new group so this could really help them

[@NateB1976]

Live bootlegs are the best. I just like to have live records of my favorite bands to hear all the differences they do live or different set lists, crowd banter etc...The last record show I went to a guy had a whole section of Italian bootlegs of all the big 70’s bands that were recorded straight from the soundboard. The next show is on the Feb.27 and I hope he comes back because I regret not picking up a couple of them.

[@scott112883]

Enjoyed the vid. I had similar experience. Found a sealed copy of Tool - Ænima. Brought it home, opened it up. And noticed it had no etching on record or number on the jacket spine. So I now realize it’s “unofficial”. However it sounds pretty nice. And I’m happy to have it. Lastly what I’ve come to realize is. Certain tool albums official/unofficial are seeming to be pretty tough to find. So that being said...nice score!! Cheers!!

[@SouLeozinho]

There are some really good bootlegs, bootlegs don't mean bad sound quality. Too Many Records' video on them is a really good watch.

[@Z_E_B_O]

with bootlegs it more than often helps to look up what others say about sound quality. Discogs of course is mostly there for people to categorize their vinyls but you very often also can find questions like you got at the beginning of the video. How does this sound... etc. so its often also a good idea to look at comments on discogs to see what people there think of the sound quality.

[@beyondobscure]

They're... hit or miss. I have a bootleg 45 of the Beatles' "Cry For A Shadow" and it sounds incredible. I have a mid-70s fake Introducing The Beatles that I use solely for testing purposes and for breaking in new needles because it sounds awful.

[@colinconnolly892]

I actually have a couple of bootleg records where the etchings in the run-off grooves are literally scratched out so the records cannot be traced backed t o where they were manufactured. And I think both records do not have the track listings on the center labels on the albums. So, bootleg records are definitely in a grey area

[@langundovitale1305]

The two bootlegs I've actually been looking for are both Pink Floyd ones: One is from 2017 called Live At Pompeii 1971, and the other is just any vinyl bootleg for Pink Floyd's The Wall tour from 1980-1981, preferably from a source where the band had an almost flawless performance

[@derradune6722]

I’ve got quite a few Beatle bootlegs on both LP and CD from the 1980s. Back then, before the anthologies, it was the only way to get the unreleased tracks, alternate versions, demos etc.

[@mr.nintendo8913]

What about recorded CD's from vinyl? Can you do a video on that?

[@tobiasvilainnewman3569]

Song of the day: Little Fluffy Clouds by The Orb

[@zachi70]

I just realized that I bought a bootleg Amy Winehouse record without realizing it - and from Amazon, no less! Your videos are always informative. Thank you for always making relevant content!

[@jasonadams371]

Bootlegs are common especially back in the tape days. 8 Tracks and Cassettes boots could be found at every truck stop. I own some of the tapes and some Beatle boots as well. I do have a AC/DC that sounds really great actually recorded by a radio station in the 1970's and my Beatles ones don't sound terrible and of course the 8 tracks depended on the source material usually didn't sound much different from the original recordings.

[@goh2499]

I have a couple of local radio dance mixes that I have come across at local thrift stores. White labels stations name, artist, title original release on one side then extended release on other side. I also have seen 12 inch singles labeled studio use only and property of the record label at thrift stores as well.

[@no-nr6de]

Song Of The Day: Xiu Xiu - Bottle Of Rum