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TyronneBootlegs are popular again
October 13th 2006 00:48
The word "bootleg" often carries negative connotations for both producers and consumers - on the producers side, it often means precious money flowing down the drain. On the consumers side, it means suffering through watching a movie filmed within an actual cinema - often with the camera on a horrible tilt - or an unbelievably bad quality recording of a band's live show. I've listened through enough bad rips of Coldplay
and Bloc Party
shows to justify my loathing of the word.Nevertheless, it seems the word is popular again, with some bands promising "official bootlegs" at their live shows. It seems its even spawned its own industry - a little exploration and I discovered that British company ConcertLive specialises in concert recording and mass duplication of these recordings for instant availability of the concert after the show. Bands everywhere have locked onto the idea and decided to give their audiences something a little more. Keane
, The Raconteurs
, Funeral for a Friend
and Coldcut
all appear as clients of the UK company.
The Raconteurs' Live Bootleg Covers
Keane
has just announced their affiliation with the idea, saying that their upcoming UK concerts will be available as live recordings after the show. While you have to pay an extra 15 pounds for them, it certainly is a good offer, provided of course that the quality is listenable. The Raconteurs have even gone a step further and made concert-specific covers for each gig. It certainly is a better way of remembering the concert than, say, a $120 jacket (cough-Coldplay-cough) and listening to the recording would inevitably bring to life that hopefully unforgettable memory. Unfortunately, the idea is restricted to the UK for the time being, but I'm sure it will catch on soon enough.
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