CAPTAIN'S CARGO
discography - bootlegs
i know i should neglect them, but..: they exist !
BURNLEGS and BURNVIDS
explanation
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QUESTION
teejo, why are some bootlegs called BURNLEGS and BURNVIDS?
ANSWER 1
BURNLEGS
1 january 1996
new
copyright laws to protect the money-hungry music business from
the 'lice' became effective (at least in europe) - which meant the end
of a daily occupation of the true collector: chasing for bootlegs. but
strange enough that same moloch two years later
appears to have made a mistake: it has provided the market with cheap 'cd
factories for at home', inviting even my mother to easily copy every sound
that ever was taped, or exists in digital form. so, now all hardcore
fans
can
start dreaming again - soon hundreds, no millions of not so
official albums will be available!!!
or...: maybe we'd better start
scréaming?...
a lovely old-fashioned
bootleg on vinyl
WARNING for
BURNLEGS
home-burning quickly became very popular.
it seems that everyone with a set wants to get things 'released' too, and
nothing is easier than to take a genuine bootleg and make loads
of COUNTERFEITS ! that already has happened to almost every interesting
ceedee bootleg, so watch out if nowadays you still can buy items which
originally were released before 1996...
HOW TO RECOGNIZE
BURNLEGS
the back of the ceedee
is coloured blue / greenish
the plate
bears a sticker in stead of an imprinted picture
usually: deformed information like
an anachronistic lay-out, and / or wrong and / or incomplete data
the 'picture sticker'
on the earliest counterfeit
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WARNING for
SEMI-OFFS
by 2000,
many home-burners have started a 'legal business' from behind their computer.
they mix a basic recording, come up with instant notes, get real (silver)
discs pressed and glossy booklets
printed, and register as a record company. next they manage to get an official
bar
code for the product, buy ceedee boxes in bulk, have some costs
for distribution and promotion - and another
'official beefheart'
is presented to us innocent customers! but, disgustingly, many of those
home-bakes aren't tasteful at all...: their content often is bad taste
and / or a re-release, and / or they sound bad, and / or are ridiculous
expensive. so, in case you're interested in any recent or future ceedee
release: take your time to read some reviews first (skipping the ones on
websites which are selling it, of course).
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[updated 05.03]
ANSWER 2
NOTE on
BURNVIDS
after the possibility to burn audio waves,
the predictable next stage of the technical developments made it possible
to burn video tapes onto discs. so,
from
2003 on we could start dreaming or
scréaming again! in so many home laboraties numerous
sound & motion bootlegs were put together from official and unofficial
material - often covering the same stuff....
WARNING for
BURNVIDS
similar to the one for burnlegs...
HOW TO RECOGNIZE
BURNVIDS
usually just like burnlegs, by its amateuristic
editing and / or poor print work and / or demented notes
WARNING for
SEMI-OFFS
similar to the one for burnlegs
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theo tieman -
updated
210204
click clack back to the bootlegs or return to the power station
captain beefheart electricity
as felt by teejo
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