What was your first bootleg?

Mine was THIS IS AN UNAUTHORISED RECORDING OF PRINCE AND THE NPG LIVE VOL. 2, on SW Records. Part of the terrific Australian legal loophole in the mid-90's that allowed bootlegs to be released legally as long as the cover made it clear that it was unauthorised. My first studio boot was Charade, which I found in a second-hand store last week. I just flipped out when I found it, sitting in Egg Records Sydney. My friend Kramer and I ("Emancipation88" at the org) combined our money to buy it right there (incidentally, In All My Dreams = ).

What was your first bootleg? Factory-pressed only, no CD-R's or nothin'.

1988 ... the Black Album on vinyl

My first full bootleg was Testament/Funk City (thanks, you-know-who-you-are!) but I got given some unreleased songs before that; the first unreleased song I heard was Empty Room.

H2O - about 5 years ago

and it's still my favorite

'Charade' and after that 'Chocolate Box'. Both awful sounding by today's standards, but that wasn't the point.

It was really exciting collecting Bootlegs back then.

2 at the same time : The black album (cassette), and one vinyl which was given the bizarre name of "the pink album with white spots" - it's a fairly well known aftershow which I'm sure goes by other names as well (the one from Paris where he sings Mutiny, Just my Imagination, etc; "So teach me some french", "Encore!").

I haven't listened to it in ages as it's badly warped - and on that note - does anyone know how to unwarp vinyl ? I've had this one sitting under a heavy pile of books and stuff for over a year to flatten it out but it still looks more like a motocross track than an LP.

Oook! EMC Funk Radio

ThataintFunky said:

I think mine was empty room

AsylumUtopia said:

my first boots were a tape of the black album and a vinyl box set called "royal jewels".

something of shitty quality called rude boy. god that sound was awful. so, at the young age of 12, i learned to LISTEN to the boots at the record store first, then purchase!
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A bad quality bootleg called "The Chocolate Box" back in '87 I think...

Marrk said:

Oook! EMC Funk Radio

funkadelic11 said:

ThataintFunky said:

1988 ... the Black Album on vinyl

co-

Marrk said:[quote
It was really exciting collecting Bootlegs back then.[/quote]

Yeah, I co-sign that... One had to go to record fares, or some cool second-hand shops... No internet Napster MP3s, no CD-Rs (I even got vinyl bootlegs...)

Anxiety said:

(1) black album on cassette.

(2) an edited version of Small Club called, "just my imagination".

good start.

Marrk said:

Didn't know what Boots were until I bought my first one...Septembre. It's still only one of a few "official" boots I have.

I had access to many many boots and I had no idea. I thought they were either songs released in a comp or a live recording. I had no idea that a live recording was a boot and was worth having.

MrSquiggle said:

I think it is called 'Live at the Rex' from around 1993 / 1994? it's the Paris recording with lots of Gold experience songs on, I got it around 1995 just after seeing him live at Wembley doing TGE, I remember waiting for the official album to be released (didn't know at the time about the dispute regarding the release). It was at a record fair we just stumbled into and I saw it and paid 20 pounds (after having to run to the cash machine). I think the quality is ok but have not listened to it for a while now.

I also remember buying TGE and checking the CD to find the idiot at 'Our Price' in Bracknell had put the wrong CD in the case , luckily discovered this before getting home and spent the rest of summer listening to the album....arhhhh the good old days
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Oh, wait - one more!

I inadvertently bought a bootleg! I thought I was purchasing The Black Album from an authorized seller on Amazon... it was a boot! Quality was kind of poor - but it had two extra songs on it, one was "Old Friends for Sale"... I forget the other, I gave it to a friend as it was supposed to be his bday gift... but I eventually found another (real) one and gave him that one too Amazon refunded me, BTW!

Gav said:

1989 ... the Black Album on vinyl

I heard "Rebirth Of The Flesh" in a weka sto when they used 2 sell bootlegs

then it was never the same 4 me again.

Gav said:

3bogs said:

(1) black album on cassette.

(2) an edited version of Small Club called, "just my imagination".

good start.

my 1st boot was charade lp vinyl mid 80's

does anyone kno if theres a cd boot of charade ???

The Black Album on CD in 1990 or so. It had "All My Dreams" and "Old Friends 4 Sale" tacked onto the end.

I thought I had found the Holy Grail!

[b]BLACK ALBUM ON VYNAL