A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance not officially released by the artist or any other legal authority. Making and distributing such recordings is known as …

Complete information of ALL the bootlegs in the world, cross-referenced with artists, labels, songs, dates, covers, concerts and setlists!

Bootleg records are singles or albums that have been pressed and distributed with neither the knowledge or permission of the recording artist or their record company.

Sep 2, 2014 · Many historically-important bootlegs have since been officially released on vinyl, cassette, CD and download. But the allure of the first-generation bootleg LPs continues to …

Nov 17, 2016 · Here are 25 notable boots from the LP and CD eras, in chronological order. Garry Freeman’s 768-page The Bootleg Guide (2003) has 48 pages on Dylan alone, and it was his …

May 8, 2025 · What are bootlegs and what are the most coveted historical releases on the format? So, you've finally completed your official collection of a band or artist, including all …

Jan 22, 2012 · Bootlegs Bootlegs are generally defined as illegal releases of material that was not officially released by the artist.

Such bootlegs are rock’n’roll relics of the pre-Internet age, perhaps only really valued now by collectors. The audio they contain, once highly prized and difficult to obtain, can mostly be …

Feb 8, 2023 · While bootlegs might be unofficial, they aren’t typically intended to deceive or rip off the artist. They are normally made by fans and will contain previously unreleased material or …

Jan 3, 2025 · The history of bootlegs in the rock era has been well documented elsewhere, most enjoyably in Clinton Heylin’s book Bootleg: The Secret History of The Other Recording …