sosgemini said:

Yes. Compare it to paintings: would you rather have a nicely printed, 'official' poster of The Starry Night or a color copy you printed out from an image you found online? Even though the poster is not the original painting, the poster's quality is better than if you were to print one yourself. That's how I see it. All my bootlegs except maybe 2-3 are original pressed, ex or sb, etc. I'm not interested in the crappy ones. The db is my bible.

And my Goldnigga is the real deal. I checked the numbers on the inner disc, etc...

To each his/her own I suppose.

jone70 said:

:sosslowlywalksawayslowlyslowly:

DAMN, y'all got cash to spare! I didn't even wanna give up $19 for Sheila's 2nd cd

jone70 said:

wait a minute..i must come back to this because well, the analogy doesnt really hold up...when your dealing with painting replicates its been created by the artist...

linnear notes from a bootlegger have been created by the bootlegger..the only thing to come from the artist is the music, which can be downloaded (for free) without the non-artist contributed stuff.....

ya know what i mean?

(ps..your free to keep spending oodles and oodles of ooos..im just trying to better understand your reasonings..)

sosgemini said:

Not really--painters don't replicate posters of their works (except maybe Warhol, but that's a WHOLE different topic); the museums who own the works own the rights/reproductions of those works. van Gogh died before MoMA owned The Starry Night, but you can probably buy a poster of The Starry Night at MoMA (I don't own a poster of it, so I'm presuming here) I doubt van Gogh & his estate are getting any money from the sale of the poster. But the poster is nice, big and colorful and definitly better quality than if I tried to make my own poster from an image I found on the internet. The poster is not quite as cool as owning the original, but its more practical for people who like van Gogh and won't be able to own the real painting.
Bootlegs are 'replicas' of Prince's songs. People who 'own' (have access to) the unreleased versions reproduce them and sell them to people who like the artist but don't have access/can't afford the original master tapes.
Like van Gogh, Prince doesn't get any money from the sale of bootlegs. Like the person who buys the poster, if I buy a bootleg, I get something that I normally couldn't afford or have access to, and it sounds better than if I tried to do it myself.

I understand your point. Maybe I should have compared that part to an artist monograph instead of a poster. To use Van Gogh again, I can buy a book on van Gogh, full of beautiful, color reproductions of his paintings, and essays written about said paintings. Did van Gogh write the essays? No. Did van Gogh create the book? No. I know that people who write essays for monographs would hopefully be scholars and I am aware that bootleg liner notes are FAR from scholarly essays, but they provide the same service--they give information/images that I would not otherwise have access to.



Those are my reasonings...I'm fully aware that most people will think I'm but I'm used to that so again, .

(Ironically, I don't buy posters of art, I only buy the real deal. Nothing too expensive or famous--yet. )

jone70 said:

i think i got that and tmbgitw from 1800newfunk at the same time for $50. (shipping was $25 or something lol... they used to overcharge like crazy)

Gold Nigga went for £52 by the way!

I paid 120 Dollar for "One nite alone Piano and Voice"
one Year ago.

I paid $50 for the "Crystal Ball" CD set of five disc (clear Case) w/Tee shirt!
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$0 for my collection. Trading is the way to go.

$300 for a playable Undertaker CD...

PLOVER said:

Same here. Picked The Work up for £220 around the time it first came out. No regrets here either! Apart from that I paid £150 for an original Gotta Stop 12". I've had some bargains over the years as well but that's a whole other thread I guess!

Issues04 said:

Oh shit, I forgot about that

jone70 said:

That makes you a stupid ass fool.

$60 numerous times...Cosmos, Dreams, Fantasia...

I once paid $80 (aussie dollars) for the Lovesexy Live 1+2 VHS tapes. I thought they were rarer that they actually turned out to be When I was in London a few months later I found them for like 5 quid each!

lovemachine said:

I bought Exodus from 1800 NEw Funk and I didnt pay $35

jone70 said:

you got the right attitude, those bootlegs are true cultural art, I wish I had originals of everything! Even the crappy ones, which sometimes have the most flavor! I wish artwork was still vinyl size.

Spinlight said:

And your comment makes you seem like a rude, judgemental prick.



kinder, gentler edit
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I Paid $100.00 For The Original Black Album Cd Before It Was Pulled Off Market,"Old Friends For Sale" Is A Classic & Was Well Worth It! Peace O+>

i think i paid $170 for 3cd set deposition,
and when in europe i saw the black album on vinyl, got excited and paid about 40 euros for it.

on the other hand i picked up a madhouse cd for about 12 dollars
a (i would think rare) picture interview disc for 7 euro
and sexy mf+strolling on vynyl that is actually cut in the shape of his symbol for about $15

most things are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them
dont you think?

Bugger me, I thought when I spent £50 on Goldnigga was enough. Just bout Madhouse 8 and 16 on CD for $40 on eBay tho.

£21 diamds and pearls holagram of ebay

i paid 10p for i wish you heaven 7" at a bootsale last year

i got parade on lp today from a bootsale for 50p!!

do you have bootsales in america? what they is a massive field (noormaly a filed owned by a farmer) and loads of people take teir cars amd set up a stole
nd sell records and other stuff