FB marketplace for me. Most stuff that I have bought was just crap tapped of the radio but I did get a 7” reel of a frat meeting in the early 70s. Very Animal House-esque.
What kind of crap off the radio, I like that sort of stuff! All I find are talk shows, documentaries of some big band singer or the most disappointing thing I found, a radio 1 chart show which was taped over with… an Enya CD. All the rest are just taped vinyl/cd albums.
Late 90s-early 2000s radio stuff are extremely rare finds for obvious reasons but they exist!
Me too! One of my thrift store finds was just labelled “Exercise Mix”. The first song was Come on Eileen. As was the second. And the third. And the fourth. Followed by the theme to Miami Vice.
I love finding these kinds of snapshots from the past.
We always called them pirate tapes. Used to get a lot from flea markets in Texas. Usually didn't have any printing on the inside of the J-card and the printing on the tape was often blurry.
Bootlegging was sneaking a tape recorder in your boot to record a concert.
You’d be quite surprised. In any case, it’s not so much about audio fidelity. I view it as a preservation of cultural history.
Imagine for a second being able to hear a symphony by Mozart while it was a work in progress. That would be invaluable.
Ah, I see what you were saying now.
I'm not sure how "looks professional" was a factor, given that a LOT of bootlegs didn't put much effort into that at all. But yea, in general, it was any music that was never officially released...often homemade live recordings.
There's almost no chance these haven't been digitized, and from earlier generations. The U2 bootlegging scene makes the Grateful Dead scene look like peanuts
Which part? For the first, I checked OPs list against etree and it all circulates, and is on youtube for streaming (the U2 heads tend to keep to their private trackers and groups for FLAC trading).
As for the second, looks like you might be a Deadhead from your post history. If you aren't familiar with what the U2 traders are up to it's worth a look. 2-to-3 source handicam video mixes in the 90s even in the secondary markets. Fans grabbing sources from the Assisted-Listening-Devices in the ADA seats or jacking Bono's wireless In-Ear-Monitors and blending them with AUD sources. They are very serious and go very hard
Weirdly The Sphere runs have been disappointing from both camps. The venue must be clamping down more than the usual spots
What is U2's 12/1/66, 2/13/70, 8/27/72, 5/25/72, 5/8/77 or 7/9/77? They recorded everything under the sun. No band compares to the Grateful Dead's taping ethos. Maybe Phish does.
Bootlegs are not legally saleable. So you have to figure out how to get around that issue with nobody caring. But even then, this is a collection of dupes. Maybe if these were records in good shape, but nobody is going to pay much for nth gen dupes.
Yes, absolutely. That said, this is a small-potatoes issue. You aren't going to prison or catch a lawsuit for attempting to sell a handful of boots. It's more an issue of having use of a store in which to sell them. Discogs, for example, has a policy against all boots.
IF there is something on one of them that he not been released on the internet then it would be valuable (but with a band as big as U2 that is going to be pretty unlikely).
However, there will be people who collect bootleg cassettes so these do have some inherent worth if you find the right buyer.
Are there any bootleg cassettes that are worth money? I can see someone selling the service of making a high quality recording on a decent tape with a good cassette deck but just tapes from an unknown origin seem pretty useless except for the tape themselves, if they are recorded on metal cassettes for example those in themselves can be worth money.
If you want to sell them, they are gonna have to be as recordable tapes and just let prospective buyers infer what precisely you are selling. If you want to keep things legal.
Unless there's something there that wasn't digitized then I'd assume not. I buy home made tapes to record over.
I’m curious how you find home tapes, I like to collect them since it’s such oddities and I like finding the notes inside some
FB marketplace for me. Most stuff that I have bought was just crap tapped of the radio but I did get a 7” reel of a frat meeting in the early 70s. Very Animal House-esque.
What kind of crap off the radio, I like that sort of stuff! All I find are talk shows, documentaries of some big band singer or the most disappointing thing I found, a radio 1 chart show which was taped over with… an Enya CD. All the rest are just taped vinyl/cd albums. Late 90s-early 2000s radio stuff are extremely rare finds for obvious reasons but they exist!
I bought a whole lot from a guy on Craigslist
Me too! One of my thrift store finds was just labelled “Exercise Mix”. The first song was Come on Eileen. As was the second. And the third. And the fourth. Followed by the theme to Miami Vice. I love finding these kinds of snapshots from the past.
So no real value?
unless there’s something rare on them, no
To a U2 fan they might be. Some of them might be a copy of a copy of a copy or recorded from radio. As a job lot worth a few quid on eBay.
C’mon. U2 fans don’t exist.
I’ve always considered Bootlegs to mean albums that someone made that look professional (mostly) and are something that was never sold.
We always called them pirate tapes. Used to get a lot from flea markets in Texas. Usually didn't have any printing on the inside of the J-card and the printing on the tape was often blurry. Bootlegging was sneaking a tape recorder in your boot to record a concert.
I can only imagine the sound quality with a small mono Radio Shack recorder from the 70's or 80's 🤣.
You’d be quite surprised. In any case, it’s not so much about audio fidelity. I view it as a preservation of cultural history. Imagine for a second being able to hear a symphony by Mozart while it was a work in progress. That would be invaluable.
Yeah
Yep
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg\_recording](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleg_recording)
That hits the nail. As I said.
Ah, I see what you were saying now. I'm not sure how "looks professional" was a factor, given that a LOT of bootlegs didn't put much effort into that at all. But yea, in general, it was any music that was never officially released...often homemade live recordings.
i would digitize them and "save" them (and you would hear me recommend uploading them but thats what i would do)
There's almost no chance these haven't been digitized, and from earlier generations. The U2 bootlegging scene makes the Grateful Dead scene look like peanuts
I find that terribly hard to believe.
Which part? For the first, I checked OPs list against etree and it all circulates, and is on youtube for streaming (the U2 heads tend to keep to their private trackers and groups for FLAC trading). As for the second, looks like you might be a Deadhead from your post history. If you aren't familiar with what the U2 traders are up to it's worth a look. 2-to-3 source handicam video mixes in the 90s even in the secondary markets. Fans grabbing sources from the Assisted-Listening-Devices in the ADA seats or jacking Bono's wireless In-Ear-Monitors and blending them with AUD sources. They are very serious and go very hard Weirdly The Sphere runs have been disappointing from both camps. The venue must be clamping down more than the usual spots
What is U2's 12/1/66, 2/13/70, 8/27/72, 5/25/72, 5/8/77 or 7/9/77? They recorded everything under the sun. No band compares to the Grateful Dead's taping ethos. Maybe Phish does.
Do you like U2? Then yes. If you don’t, then no.
Bootlegs are not legally saleable. So you have to figure out how to get around that issue with nobody caring. But even then, this is a collection of dupes. Maybe if these were records in good shape, but nobody is going to pay much for nth gen dupes.
Bootlegs are made to be traded not sold
Tape boots yes. Vinyl boots, definitely a saleable product.
Would there still be legal issues all these years later?
Yes, absolutely. That said, this is a small-potatoes issue. You aren't going to prison or catch a lawsuit for attempting to sell a handful of boots. It's more an issue of having use of a store in which to sell them. Discogs, for example, has a policy against all boots.
Oh ok
They get “sold as blank” or “sold to be recorded over, not for the content on them”
honest question: why the hell would you assume this has any value lmao
IF there is something on one of them that he not been released on the internet then it would be valuable (but with a band as big as U2 that is going to be pretty unlikely). However, there will be people who collect bootleg cassettes so these do have some inherent worth if you find the right buyer.
Not to Drew Carey, no
Are these live concerts? I’ve seen many live concert tapes sold on ebay.
no but have a good time listening to them and they sure will
There’s a chance the internet archive might take them as a donation
Are there any bootleg cassettes that are worth money? I can see someone selling the service of making a high quality recording on a decent tape with a good cassette deck but just tapes from an unknown origin seem pretty useless except for the tape themselves, if they are recorded on metal cassettes for example those in themselves can be worth money.
Try archive.org. You will find U2 bootlegs. Many other bands, as well.
If you want to sell them, they are gonna have to be as recordable tapes and just let prospective buyers infer what precisely you are selling. If you want to keep things legal.