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unusual facts about Bootleg recording


Ron Hardy

In 2004, two bootleg 12" records were released with "Ron's edits" and in 2005, Partehardy Records, run by his nephew Bill released authentic edits not heard in over 20 years. There is also another bootleg series of edits called "Music Box", containing either genuine Ron Hardy re-edits or tributes by other DJs imitating his editing style. DJ Theo Parrish also made a series of tribute-remixes called "Ugly Edits" some of which bear a striking resemblance to Hardy's re-edits.


Get Him Back

On February 26, 2005 radio DJ Andrew Harms at 107.7 The End in Seattle began playing previously unheard tracks from a bootleg copy of Extraordinary Machine, and before long, poor quality copies of "Not about Love", "Get Him Back" and "Used to Love Him" were circulating on the internet.

I Don't Want to Do It

A demo of the song, recorded prior to the main sessions for Harrison's 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass, can be found on bootlegs such as Beware of ABKCO!, but this early version has not had an official release.

Nema laži, nema prevare – Uživo, Zagreb `85

Originally a bootleg recording of Riblja Čorba concert held in Zagreb on February 2, 1985, Nema laži, nema prevare - Zagreb uživo `85 was released as a live album in 1995 by Slovenian record label Biveco.

Simon Steur

His bootleg/edit of the popular track "Modjo - Lady", which he made with a friend, was one of the most played tracks of summer 2009 and well into 2010 as well.

Zona B

In 2007 appeared the band's live release which is actually an official bootleg recording of the bands 2006 appearance in Aleksinac.


see also

Alan Whitehead

His name is mentioned by lead singer of Led Zeppelin in a bootleg recording from Southampton University on 22 January 1973.

King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II

Songs from Johnson's first album had been covered by popular rock artists in the late sixties, including Eric Clapton and Led Zeppelin, who based their "Lemon Song" partly on "Traveling Riverside Blues." The Rolling Stones placed a version of "Love In Vain" on their 1969 landmark Let It Bleed before it had been released on LP, having heard the song on a bootleg recording circulating at the time.

Tinman

It is rumored that the original bootleg recording of "Eighteen Strings" contained a sample of the riff from "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana, and that the usage of the sample was disallowed, therefore the guitar riff in "Eighteen Strings" was reproduced for commercial release.

Winley Records

Death Mix was a vinyl pressing of a third- or fourth- hand cassette tape copy of a bootleg recording of a Bambaataa Zulu Nation night at James Monroe High School in the Bronx in 1980.