Bootleg!: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Recording Industry [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Bootleg tells the whole fascinating saga of the industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans - from its underground infancy through the CD protection gap era, to the recent explosion of online trading of MP3 files.

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Overview

Bootleg tells the whole fascinating saga of the industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans - from its underground infancy through the CD protection gap era, to the recent explosion of online trading of MP3 files.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780857122179
  • Publisher: Music Sales Corporation
  • Publication date: 5/3/2010
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 810,138
  • File size: 5 MB

Table of Contents

Prologue 1
Introduction: A Boot By Any Other Name ... 5
Part I Artifacts
1 Prehistory: From The Bard To The Blues 13
2 The Custodians Of Vocal History 22
3 The First Great White Wonders 32
4 All Rights Reserved, All Wrongs Reversed 55
5 The Smokin' Pig 71
6 Going Underground 81
7 Vicki's Vinyl 100
8 White Cover Folks! 111
9 Anarchy In The UK 126
10 East/West 138
11 Real Cuts At Last 161
12 Complete Control 176
13 Eraserhead Can Rub You Out 182
Part II Audiophiles
14 It Was More Than Twenty Years Ago ... 195
15 Some Ultra Rare Sweet Apple Trax 204
16 They Said It Couldn't be Done 214
17 It Was Less Than Twenty Years Ago ... 227
18 The Third Generation 234
19 The First Rays Of The New Rising Sun 244
20 The House That Apple Built 251
21 The Status Quo Re-established 257
22 Bringing It All Back Home 267
23 The Last Go Around 284
24 I Specialise 299
25 Perfectsoundforever 317
26 Roll Over, Bootleggers 329
Glossary 339
Bibliography 341
Notes 345
Acknowledgements 357
Index 359

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