Back in the 7th grade (mid 1970's), my best friend and i would
sit in his "den" and listen to records all day long..everyday.
He had a huge record collection but we exhausted it quickly.
So one day we went digging through his older brother's records and
found poorly printed photo copies listing records we'd never heard of...live recordings!
I think the first one he ordered was Elton John's "Ol' Pink Eyes is Back".
It took weeks to arrive by mail.....but it was cool knowing that we had
something that none of our friends had. (Keep in mind this was back
when Elton was ripping thru the charts)
Then...his dad started making business trips to Taiwan. He'd come back
with his arms full of black market counterfeit records...sometimes similar
to the offical releases..sometimes not. Led Zep / Beatles / Stones etc...
Audio quality was not as good as official releases but I treasured these.
(They were $1 per vinyl album)
A few years later...when I became a hardcore Stones nut.....I searched
every used record shop etc... within 100 mile radius of my home. Bought
my first Stones boot from a record/head shop...."Welcome to New York".
Bought a few poor recordings...came across a book called "The Illustrated
Discography" of Rolling Stones Bootleg releases & official releases...and
increased my search to "record shows" that were held quarterly.
Over the years I bought dozens and dozens. Met a guy (stones collector)
that had boxes of new shrink-wrapped Stones bootlegs...several copies of 20-25
different titles.
Still have everything I've collected.
Now I'm satisfied with free MP3 downloads.
I acquire them for the music not for the packaging etc...
IORR............but I like it!