Travelling at the speed of space

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

As far as I know the CD-ROM is not Hot Wacks but I intebd to order a couple
for CDS so maybe I will rememebr to let yuo know.
As to books on bootlegs, the best of them all has got to be the one yuo
mentioned Doug, also known as 'The Great White Wonders - A History of Rock
Bootlegs' which is such a great read (and I think I knew some of these
people too), published by Viking.
While I don;t have the time to collect boots at al these days (there's just
far too much great new music out there), and while I am trying to get rid of
my vinyl, I will no doubt keep the first few boot LP's I ever bought, way
back in '71/'72, including a wonderful Hendrix one on this clear orange
vinyl - ah, those were the days.
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: Travelling at the speed of space


> On Fri, 25 May 2001 23:11:37 +0100, ANDREW GARIBALDI
> <andygee at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:
> >To all intents and purposes, the UK boot industry has been replaced by
the
> >fans' CD-R collecting, a far healthier state of affairs if yuo've got to
> >have a black market at all,
>
> I agree wholeheartedly!  This seems to be (mostly) the case in the states
> (although, like I said, one can still find boots at certain stores and
many
> record swaps).  Exactly the reason for my "Home CD Recording is killing
the
> bootleg industry" quote.
>
> >For those with a
> >real thirst for knowledge of all things boot-y, there's just come out a
> >CD-ROM with over 40,000 boot entries and info and track lists, etc, etc,
>
> 'Hot Wacks'?
>
> And, by all means, check out Clinton Heylin's book 'Bootleg' that covers
> the history of rock bootlegs (and a bit of pre-history - rock was HARDLY
> the first genre to experience this "problem"), including the major players
> (and their motivations), the ever-evolving legal issues, the "rotation" of
> countries that were boot-"friendly" at various times, etc. etc.  A great
> read chock-full of interesting facts ...
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com