OFF: A Question on Bootlegs vs trading - the bottom line

[Captain Bl@ck]

Some counterfeits of rare items are in existence. I remember some years ago
a friend turned up at my house with a mint copy of Sam Gopal's Escalator.
What was interesting about that one was although the surface of the disc was
pristine, there appeared to be scratches in the recording.

I gather the Sonic Attack single was subject to the same process.

Captain Bl at ck


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Subject: Re: OFF: A Question on Bootlegs vs trading - the bottom line


> In a message dated 2/10/01 11:13:51 AM, novadrive at HOME.COM writes:
>
> << Yes and no.  According to "Bootleg: The Secret History Of The Other
> Recording Industry" by Clinton Heylin, what you described is a counterfeit
> (think millions of fakes of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" made in China),
and
> a pirate is unauthorized release of official material, but not in its
> original form (those same Chinese taking a dozen tracks form albums across
> The Gloved Perv's whole career and throwing them together, along with a
> fuzzy press photo as a cover, in a CD called "The All Good Songs from
> Michael Jackson").
> No, I've never seen a Hawkwind counterfeit, but maybe some of the zany
> completeists out there have stumbled across one?
>  =====
> well.
> the 'fakes' i recall were cassettes of major-label releases, with a
2-color
> sleeve, not even trying to look like the original. cheaper price, too. i
> recall seeing 'em in a couple headshops, one of which was also my source
for
> 'real' lp bootlegs.
> i bought a fake of...[wait for it]...the 1st America lp as such a tape;
> might've been my 15th birthday [ducks]
>
> ditto went for 'fake' country/western cassettes, at truck stops, etc.
>
> i believe  the fake cassette stuff of that sort was cleared out by the end
of
> the '70s[?]
> ==
> yeah, this one can easily imagine those chinese michael jackson
> counterfeits...and wonder if 60s kids in  european communist countries
were
> whipping up some records, too.
>
> "<>"