Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry
by Clinton Heylin
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In the summer of 1969, Great White Wonder, a collection of unreleased Bob Dylan recordings appeared in Los Angeles. It was the first rock bootleg and it spawned an entire industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans. This text tells the whole story.Tags
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Sadly not as good as I wanted. Confusing characters, jumps around too much, probably too long... Admittedly, I probably am looking for some sort of bootleg guide, but he moves too quickly past the historic first era of vinyl bootlegs and gets too deep into the legal aspects.
Since the beginning of time, music fanatics have attempted to collect, preserve and share (and sometimes profit from) 'rare' music,. This book documents the early attempts to make available these live recordings, alternate studio takes, and edited 'throwaways' of popular as well as as classical music. 'Bootleg' also discusses the legal history, and 'pirate' ethics of the characters involved in these somewhat 'illicit' activities. A fascinating history of this significant, yet misunderstood piece of the recording history...that continues into the 21'st century.
A great read if you enjoy bootlegs. Traces their history and highlights the "famous" ones.
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Described by the Mew York Times as "the only Dylanologist worth reading," Clinton Heylin is the author of Dylan: Behind the Shades, which remains in print more than twenty years after publication; two volumes detailing the histories of all 610 original Dylan songs, Revolution in the Air and Still on the Road; Stolen Moments: Dylan Day by Day; and show more The Recording Sessions 1960-1994. show less
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