Part 2 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube about bootlegs. Listen to the show below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality
- Bootlegs would get bootlegged
- Plenty of boots of concerts from radio and TV broadcasts
- When Napster emerged, bottom dropped out of bootleg market
- U2's Achtung Baby demos were stolen, ended up on bootlegs
- Ric has an early Men at Work bootleg, just because
- The Legend of Norm De Plume
- Pretenders bootleg has song from the Castaways at the end to fill space on the vinyl
- Bands used to re-record tracks on their live albums in the '70s
- Lots of good early Beck boots out there
- Ric: Searching for a long lost Elvis Costello bootleg
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Fugazi - Merchandise (live at Irving Plaza)
fIREHOSE - For the Singer of REM (live at Ancienne Belgique)
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money (live at The Record Plant)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Fugazi song is from a show recorded at Irving Plaza in New York on 4/3/95. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The fIREHOSE song is from a show recorded at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium on 3/12/91. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The Warren Zevon song is on from a set recorded live at The Record Plant in Sausalito, CA, on 7/27/78. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Completely Conspicuous 218: Trademark of Quality
Part 1 of my conversation with special guest Ric Dube as we discuss bootlegs. Listen to the episode below or download it directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality
- Powered by BBQ
- TMOQ doesn't have actual bootlegs, but features essays about them
- Bootlegs comprise anything not released by a record company
- Jay: Discovered bootlegs and imports in record stores in the '80s
- Ric: First boot was a Springsteen live set from '81
- Jay: First boot was a Zeppelin live box set
- Both sound terrible
- Ric: Most bootlegs he owns are of The Replacements
- A lot of originally bootlegged 'Mats B-sides have turned up on official reissues
- Jay: Bought Prince's Black Album in late '80s from bootleg tape vendor at UNH
- Ric made cassette sleeves in early '90s for bootlegs with manga images
- Ric: Recorded bootlegs at live shows
- Also sold VHS tapes
- Jay: Had a list of bootlegs for sale in early '80s
- Used to get bootlegs from the old Rockit Records stores in '80s and '90s
- Ric: Pitching your bootleg wares to record stores
- Now there's countless boots available for free online
- To be continued
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Mission of Burma - Red (live on WERS)
The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion/Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (live at The Blue Note)
The Dirtbombs - Ode to a Black Man (live at The Blind Pig)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Mission of Burma song is from a live set recorded at WERS-FM on 9/21/80. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The Minutemen songs are from a show recorded live at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, on 5/12/84. Download the songs for free from the Live Music Archive.
The Dirtbombs song is on from a show recorded live at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI, on 7/15/05. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
Show notes:
- Check out Ric's latest project, Trademark of Quality
- Powered by BBQ
- TMOQ doesn't have actual bootlegs, but features essays about them
- Bootlegs comprise anything not released by a record company
- Jay: Discovered bootlegs and imports in record stores in the '80s
- Ric: First boot was a Springsteen live set from '81
- Jay: First boot was a Zeppelin live box set
- Both sound terrible
- Ric: Most bootlegs he owns are of The Replacements
- A lot of originally bootlegged 'Mats B-sides have turned up on official reissues
- Jay: Bought Prince's Black Album in late '80s from bootleg tape vendor at UNH
- Ric made cassette sleeves in early '90s for bootlegs with manga images
- Ric: Recorded bootlegs at live shows
- Also sold VHS tapes
- Jay: Had a list of bootlegs for sale in early '80s
- Used to get bootlegs from the old Rockit Records stores in '80s and '90s
- Ric: Pitching your bootleg wares to record stores
- Now there's countless boots available for free online
- To be continued
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
Mission of Burma - Red (live on WERS)
The Minutemen - One Reporter's Opinion/Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing (live at The Blue Note)
The Dirtbombs - Ode to a Black Man (live at The Blind Pig)
Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review!
The Mission of Burma song is from a live set recorded at WERS-FM on 9/21/80. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The Minutemen songs are from a show recorded live at The Blue Note in Columbia, MO, on 5/12/84. Download the songs for free from the Live Music Archive.
The Dirtbombs song is on from a show recorded live at The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor, MI, on 7/15/05. Download the song for free from the Live Music Archive.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian; check out his site PodGeek.
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