The Beatles Bible - Topic: Got a favourite bootleg?

Egroeg Evoli on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:08:46 +0000

mja6758 said

Egroeg Evoli said
Ok, that's it! I've tried to figure it out, but I don't get it at all! WHAT IS A BOOTLEG?!

A bootleg is a collection of (usually) unofficially released material - such as live shows or studio outtakes. In a few cases it can be the rejigging of officially released material. A pirate is a straight copy of released material in an attempt to fool the purchaser they are getting official product.

Ohhhhh... okay. Thanks!

mja6758 on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:07:20 +0000

Egroeg Evoli said
Ok, that's it! I've tried to figure it out, but I don't get it at all! WHAT IS A BOOTLEG?!

A bootleg is a collection of (usually) unofficially released material - such as live shows or studio outtakes. In a few cases it can be the rejigging of officially released material. A pirate is a straight copy of released material in an attempt to fool the purchaser they are getting official product.

mja6758 on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:58:18 +0000

BBCSessions1963 said
Recently downloaded some home demos of "throwaway songs" off of several bootlegs cd's I own such as I'm In Love and the demo for If I Fell. Also downloaded songs from the Let It Be Sessions. Out of these my favorite has to be John's demo of If I Fell. It's just so wonderful. I also bought the 1993 issue of The Great Dane Complete BBC Sessions off of eBay

Should be noted, there's some argument over Lennon's I'm In Love. Some think early 60s, others think early 70s. My favourite early 60s Lennon demo is the May 1963 Bad ...

Egroeg Evoli on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:51:38 +0000

Ok, that's it! I've tried to figure it out, but I don't get it at all! WHAT IS A BOOTLEG?!

BBCSessions1963 on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:49:02 +0000

Recently downloaded some home demos of "throwaway songs" off of several bootlegs cd's I own such as I'm In Love and the demo for If I Fell. Also downloaded songs from the Let It Be Sessions. Out of these my favorite has to be John's demo of If I Fell. It's just so wonderful. I also bought the 1993 issue of The Great Dane Complete BBC Sessions off of eBay

mja6758 on Got a favourite bootleg?

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:26:47 +0000

How do you have 2 Hollywood Bowls for '64? They only played there the once. 23 August. If they sound like different performances, one ain't the Hollywood Bowl. Love the Great Dane Complete BBC Sessions which I got on DVD-ROM years ago.

Great and easy source for bootlegs is YouTube. None of this torrent stuff. Past few weeks I've got dozens from there. The Red Light's On [3-disc] is especially good. Also found Revolution [take 20] - a complete revelation, and maybe the best still-unreleased track out there.

Easy to rip the audio. There's a free music editor, Audacity, follow through all ...

DrBeatle on Got a favourite bootleg?

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:19:24 +0000

I've ben a huge bootleg collector for the better part of 20 years, Beatles, Stones, Who, Zeppelin, Cream, Rush, Blur, etc...

As for favorite Beatles ones, I love the 4 complete Hollywood Bowl shows (2 from '64, 2 from '65), the complete rooftop gig, the final gig in SF in '66, the Japanese shows in '66, and probably my favorite live performance, Sweden in October '64...pristine sound and they were kicking ass and taking names that night!

And my absolute favorite, the 10-CD Complete BBC Sessions...it's stunning

SatanHimself on Got a favourite bootleg?

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 19:43:21 +0100

Here's a site with loads of downloadable bootlegs: http://bootleg-addiction.blogspot.ca/

They have something like 125 Beatles boots (including a bunch of the Purple Chick titles), and tons more. I tried downloading some .zip files, but I can't seem to get them to unpack properly. The site suggests using Stuffit Expander, but I couldn't get it to do anything with the files.

Anybody have any better ideas?

kedame on Got a favourite bootleg?

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:04:43 +0100

I know how to do torrents. I have a lot of solo Paul torrents, and I regularly use my anti-virus. I can say I have gotten pretty adept at cleaning out viruses, too, because I'm not always as careful as I should be.

I just didn't know how Beatleg worked, but it sounds like too much trouble for someone with almost no time on her hands.

meanmistermustard on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:32:06 +0100

I dont go near torrents. Would love to get the Twickenham discs of A/B Road as i have the Apple sessions but am happy to wait. Thirty Days is a great bootleg but i didnt bothered to take the Apple tracks since i had them already.

The Get Back sessions are a real slog at times, i got thru 5/7ths of the 31st January but hitting the numerous Let It Be takes killed me.

SatanHimself on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:22:34 +0100

That is a LOT of material there. The largest collection I ever had of that stuff was the 17-disc '30 Days' set, which compiled the "best" of those sessions.

I decided that maybe I'd supplement my official discs with the Purple Chick deluxe sets, just for fun, so I'm downloading a couple now. Not too many seeds, so it's pretty slow...

GeorgeTSimpson on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:12:56 +0100

Alright i downloaded some parts (mainly the first ones, I want to download them all) of a/b road and it's my new favourite bootleg

SatanHimself on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 22:00:17 +0100

kedame said
Novice bootlegger here. How exactly does one acquire such recordings? You know, if one were inclined to, say, download them?

When I was bootlegging, I did through http://bootlegzone.com/ . It's kind of old-school, where you make up a list of your CDs for trade and then go through other peoples' lists and contract them for trades. It was fun, but a lot of work.

MMM is right about going the torrent way. If you're unfamiliar with torrents, they can be a bit intimidating at first. Once you get the hang of them and know how to spot fake links and ...

meanmistermustard on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:28:39 +0100

Most folks go to torrent sites which are mostly safe to use but you have to know what youre doing - others will be able to tell you what to do with those im sure, i havent a clue as i honetly havent used one. One of the most popular and biggest torrent sites, Demonoid, was closed down recently by the Law Authorities so users are having to find alternate places.

Another way is beatles blogspots and forums where fans post/share albums and or single tracks - like vonbontees remixes. Most blogspots have links to others so it becomes easy to look about. Its more ...

kedame on Got a favourite bootleg?

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:43:21 +0100

Novice bootlegger here. How exactly does one acquire such recordings? You know, if one were inclined to, say, download them?