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Originally Posted by ThePits
Some bands, particularly when starting out, have encouraged bootlegging of gigs in order to increase exposure
Some bands even put out free downloads to achieve the same ends
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That smacks of desperation, but to each their own. In any case, how can a poorly recorded version of a song be threatening to the overall sales of the polished version? Also, if it wasn't for bootlegers the world over, we would have rarely been able to hear the other side of The Velvet Underground's story, to name one band, the side that had them blowing up amps and terrifying audiences. All their official live albums are the fruit of dedicated bootlegers, so there.
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Poorly recorded?
Hmm you might want to check out the guy at the top of Canal St Market, Camden who was recently busted by Trading Standards and the BPI
The recordings he was selling, and in some cases dvd's, were very good quality
Funnily enough he is a former crew member of Siouxie and the Banshees
One of the guys caught at the Prince aftershow had a couple of thousand pounds worth of pro recording kit concealed on his miserable carcass and the recording of the main Prince arena show that we listened to was as clear as a bell