Hi,

just wanted to know which your first stones-bootleg was (or were).

i bought mine ca. 1978 in berlin in a cinema ("kant-kino") out of a little lp-box,
it was the double-sided "Schoolboy blues" / Andrews blues".
i knew this bootleg from reading a Stones-book (lp-format) and now i held my first bootleg in my hands !!!

After that i bought my next, i think it were the ibc-demos, and in 1979
i bought on a flee-market my first live-double-lp, live USA 78, don't know
which concert, was a green sleeve. it was always exciting to hold a bootleg in
my hand.

A 1972 show
Bought a CD in France in 1994.
I didn't own a CD player until 1996 so it was quite cumbersome.

3 cassettes I got from a friend's friend around 1987, I was stunned ! Unlike my fried who was also a Stones fan but just didn't "get it"...I still have them somewhere too. One of them was "Place Pigalle" with "I need You", "Fiji Jim", "Misty Roads", etc...the other one was "The Stars in the Sky" and the last one had stuff from the late 60s like "Blood Red Wine" and also (as I found out later) the 1972 jams in Montreux.

The first one I actually bought was the "Atlantic City" triple CD in july 1990, closely followed by the "Dirty Work Sessions", "Lonely at the Top", that was expensive ;-)

It's funny to think that nowadays all that stuff (and basically everything) is available for free on YouTube. Discovering new stuff is not about knowing the right people and having enough money, it's about having the time and the will to investigate.

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First boot ….. Liver Than You'll Ever Be

Was livin' in the hills of Hounville, Tasmania...…..Hillbilly country
with Heidi and.... James and David two eccentric brothers who came from The Jersey Island ..

James had some bootlegs and he was dead-$$$-broke so bought
Liver Than You'll Ever Be and Hendrix's Live Experience from him .... Still have 'em both somewhere ……………………….






ROCKMAN

A 1995 show released as "Acting Strong" It wasn't any good but I had no idea that there was such a thing before

Brussels Affair. Someone on here was kind enough to send me a copy for free.

"One More Time". Double (or triple?) vinyl of the Gothenburg 1982-show.



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"Out on Bail" & "CS Blues". both bought about the same time 1978-79

Can't recall my first Stones bootleg, but I do recall the first bootleg I ever bought around 1980 with cool cover art (*H.R. Giger's Portrait of Frederick Kuhn), and yes I still have it.
The sound quality isn't that great, and I haven't listened to it in ages, but the cover itself makes it a keeper.



*Giger designed ELP's Brain Salad Surgery, and the creature in Alien among many other things. Giger

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

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I think my first was "Garden State 78". Around the same time, I remember passing up a couple different Hampton '81 boots (great covers, colored vinyl) because I already had the concert on cassette (taped off the radio)...they weren't around long and I regretted not snagging one of them.

The 3 album set Tour of the Americas 75 followed by Bedspring Symphony.

Bedspring Symphony



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The Stars in the Sky They Never Lie (horrible)

Brussels Affair (fantastic)

Bright Lights Big City (fantastic)

All about 1973

Honolulu '73, although it was only a cassette recording taken from vinyl.................my first proper boot was a triple album from Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden 19.6.1982 'Never stop' ........... [www.dbboots.com] ........... 5 months after the show.......

There's No Angel Born In Hell on CD. It was 1989 and I got it in a store called El Corte Ingles in Madrid. I looked at it thinking the sound must be bad and it was pricey. But I took the chance and was shocked by how good it really was. From that point I bought almost every title I saw on TSP label. Those were great days to be a fan.

Essen 1970, called "Das Rolling Stones". To me still first love, one of their best concerts ever.


"Das Rolling Stones".

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Rockman
First boot ….. Liver Than You'll Ever Be

Was livin' in the hills of Hounville, Tasmania...…..Hillbilly country
with Heidi and.... James and David two eccentric brothers who came from The Jersey Island ..

James had some bootlegs and he was dead-$$$-broke so bought
Liver Than You'll Ever Be and Hendrix's Live Experience from him .... Still have 'em both somewhere ……………………….

My first as well.

Hello,

My first boot was Satisfaction Guaranteed, the Sun Devil 1981 show, the 2 cd set from VGP.

I bought in the web, from Japan. As I did not want to gave my credit card number to the store owner I sent him the money by regular mail inside a letter.

Bye
Fernando

Bruxelles Affair by Rattlesnake.

Reverse Blues, a double vinyl containing Bedspring Symphony (Brussels 1973) and On Tour 1978 (Passaic, NJ) in 1980. Fantastic stuff considering you could not hear the quality before buying.

First ones were Stoned MSG 69, We never really got it on till Detroit and Liver than you'll ever be.
All early 70's.

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Rockman
First boot ….. Liver Than You'll Ever Be

Was livin' in the hills of Hounville, Tasmania...…..Hillbilly country
with Heidi and.... James and David two eccentric brothers who came from The Jersey Island ..

James had some bootlegs and he was dead-$$$-broke so bought
Liver Than You'll Ever Be and Hendrix's Live Experience from him .... Still have 'em both somewhere ……………………….

My first as well.

Mine too. In our country it was sold as "Greatest Group on Earth" (Berkeley Concert). Great sound quality, considering those days.
I still remember that I had to hitchhike to Amsterdam late 1969 and bought it there in a tiny sigarette/sigare shop the day it became available.
The owner had them hidden behind a kind of curtain

Welcome To New York LP and several hundreds followed

Mick Taylor we miss you. A great great record I bought second hand in 1986.Still love it!

In the mid 80s I was a new fan (since 1982).
I bought Roy Carr´s book, where he mentioned several
bootlegs/songs at the end. I had every official LP,
so I was confused what he was talking about.
What SONGS? What LIVE RECORDINGS?

Finally: In 1990 I took full risk: Through mailorder
I got hold of Brussels Affair. Midnight Rambler made
me cry. It took weeks to understand what they were
doing. ´Til today it´s THE version to my ears.

And then I bought Paris Outtakes I + II (Vigotone).
I immediately understood that they had a fantastic
studio period 1977 ff. with great songs - they held back...

To sum it up: Half of their greatness is unknown to
the public.

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ryanpow
Brussels Affair. Someone on here was kind enough to send me a copy for free.

same...this place was/is great for that.

got so many good boots from IORR-ians.

love this place

My first was a boot of Hampton in 1981 called 'Grande Finale' I bought at a record show in Canada and was shocked at how much better it was than 'Still Life'!