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BartekThrawn
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Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2004 9:46 am
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:51 am 
 

I think it would be nice to have possibility of submitting/reading info about band's boot releases, possibly not in main doscography view. I suppose there are many collectors that would find this useful. Also it could help, when you could find data about licence pressings to find out wheteher cd you have is ligit cd or pirate copy.

What do you guys think?

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MMisantropo
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Joined: Thu Aug 22, 2002 10:52 pm
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Location: Brazil
PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:08 am 
 

1. Bootlegs are potentially endless, unverifiable data of questionable worth. One could download a bootleg album off Kazaa, change the track order a bit, and give it a new name. Is there anything that makes this less relevant than the original? Now what if the guy did 500 versions with every possible track order rearrangement?

2. Unless it's from a very obscure band, you can always assume an album that isn't in the archives is a bootleg.

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BartekThrawn
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 7:18 am 
 

Thinking bootleg I meant live or say demo recordings proffesionally pressed without band's knowledge, not mp3 burned cdrs.

I agree it is hard to confirm such releases existence/format and that is probably cause for submitting is not allowed.

MMisantropo wrote:
1. Bootlegs are potentially endless, unverifiable data of questionable worth. One could download a bootleg album off Kazaa, change the track order a bit, and give it a new name. Is there anything that makes this less relevant than the original? Now what if the guy did 500 versions with every possible track order rearrangement?

2. Unless it's from a very obscure band, you can always assume an album that isn't in the archives is a bootleg.

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