Archive for the 'Ethical "bootlegs"' Category
Kitchener David Gray Concert with player from archive.org
Here again is that David Gray concert I recorded, which you can access in lossless format here, where you will also find the full track listing and other info. I was happy to see that it’s gotten about 500 downloads so far and one review (four out of five stars), so it’s quite well-received.
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Concert recording of the week: David Gray in Kitchener, May 25 2010
David Gray is an excellent folk-rock singer-songwriter, originally from Wales (Wikipedia page here). He is perhaps best known for his hit “Babylon” from his White Ladder album, but there are many, many excellent tunes on his other albums as well. I finally had an opportunity to try out my new H2 recording device last week [...]
Read More..>>Concert recording of the week: U2 at KRO Studios, Hilversum, Holland (Oct 1980 — before Boy!)
At the risk of focusing too much on U2 (my favourite band as a teenager), my choice this week is another extremely early soundboard recording from 1980 (known as “Touch” in some of its bootleg versions), before the release of U2’s first album, Boy, in November of that year:
U2 Hilversum, Holland. KRO Studios October 14, [...]
Read More..>>Concert recording of the week: U2 at Paris Cinema Studio, London (1981)
When the members of U2 have said anything about trading of concert recordings among fans, they have been quite positive. They are very negative about people trying to profit from bootlegs, especially poorly recorded ones. Both Bono and Edge state the band’s opinion, including statements on the official U2.com site:
“We invite people to bootleg our [...]
Concert recording of the week: Cowboy Junkies at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver (1996)
Since I was a teenager in the 80s, I’ll begin with a band from that era who have encouraged recording and sharing of their live shows: Cowboy Junkies (main archive page here). The Cowboy Junkies’ Trinity Session (1988), which was recorded in a church in Toronto, sounded entirely new — and haunting — to me [...]
Read More..>>Intro to ethical “Bootleg” choice of the week series
In an attempt to revive my activity on this blog, I’m beginning a weekly post that will point you to a downloadable live recording that I find particularly cool or interesting. Alongside my obsession with used LPs, I’ve been getting more and more interested in “bootleg” recordings of live shows of late. The word “Bootleg” [...]
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