Purchasing
Bootlegs
Hi. Thanks for your interest in bobsboots.com, and
for your request to purchase bootleg items from the site.
Please forgive us for answering your
request
with this link page, but we get this same request every day.
To help speed up the process of returning
e-mail,
we can no longer answer requests for purchase of boots
individually. If this page doesn't answer
all
of your questions, please feel free to e-mail us again.
Thanks!
CD Pinkerton
Temporary
Notice:
Private collector eliminating some rare silver CDs - please email for
items
and shipping/payment information" Email: collectcd@optonline.net
Country: USA
(This is not a retailer, but a friend of bobsboots.com who is
eliminating his private collection)
bobsboots.com stands behind this honest collector, and guarantees every
transaction)
We are only chronologers of existing
bootleg material
of Bob Dylan.
We neither
condone nor condemn the practice
of
bootlegging, we merely document it.
We do not sell or trade the items on this
site,
however.
To learn more see our FAQ's
page.
Be sure to visit our STORE,
where we Do sell rare, official release Bob Dylan items.
Our 'Trader's Page'
is a section where people looking to trade tapes, CD-rs, etc., can meet
one another.
Finding Material
For now, the best bet for finding material
is
to:
A) Check our 'Trader's
Page' for tape or CDr trades.
B) Post the newsgroups. Our favorite is rec.music.dylan
Before asking a question there, see if it's
been
asked before. Click
Here to do a search of RMD topics. When you get to the search page,
click the "Search only in rec.music.dylan" radio button at the very top
of the page. Type any word or phrase into the locator window, then
click
"Google Search".
C) If you have material to trade and/or are looking for something in
particular, try the Edlis
TBAP
D) Consider a tree. For more info, the best place to start is Dylantree.com.
E) You can also find many individual traders from their name links
under the Collector's Corner at Bob
Links
F) A good online retail source for rare and import CDs
is Silver
Disc.
Another is VVMO.
To find the Dylan titles there, go to the search page.
Scroll to the bottom, type Dylan, click on the CD only
radio button (optional), and then click the search now button.
G) Finally, and most importantly, whether dealing with an individual
or a group; be sure to use not only
proper internet etiquette, but follow the
established
rules of the boot world as well. Read Posting
for details.
Tools:
David McMillan's
site is a good tool for traders looking for particular items. It
documents
known flaws in circulating recordings.
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is indispensable for finding links to other Dylan
sites, concert reviews,
and/or dates. |
A Note To New Collectors:
There is a great tutorial for new traders by Arthur Louie located Here
There are thousands of recordings of the man whose career spans over
four decades.
Don't let the mind boggling amount of info intimidate you.
The best way to start is to categorize and prioritize. Start collecting
the area that most interests you first.
Some ways to categorize Bootleg Dylan recordings are:
Pre CBS material
1960's studio outtakes
1960's Live shows
Cover Songs
Country period
1970's studio outtakes
1970's Live shows
Rolling Thunder Material
1980's studio outtakes
1980's Live shows
Christian period
1990's studio outtakes
1990's Live shows
Never Ending Tour
2000's studio outtakes
2000's Live shows
Pick a category that most interests you, or come up with your
own, such
as 'Duets with other artists'.
The idea is to find where your immediate interests lie. Start by
looking
for material from that category.
Your collection will soon grow and expand. Remember, EVERYONE ... even
Bob's Boots... started
with ONE tape.
Posting to a newsgroup:
Return to 'Finding Material'
If you cannot set this newsgroup up on
your system,
we can attempt to do it for you.
Click here to
attempt to set up the RMD newsgroup
Before asking a question there, see if it's
been
asked before. Click
Here to do a search of RMD topics. When you get to the search page,
click the "Search only in rec.music.dylan" radio button at the very top
of the page. Type any word or phrase into the locator window, then
click
"Google Search".
Remember proper etiquette
when
dealing with a newsgroup:
1) Spend some time there and lurk around
before
just blurting out your request.
2) It's better to find someone from the
group
who seems knowledgeable and contact them privately
then to post requests for everyone to see.
3) Don't use the term 'Bootleg' if/when
dealing
with a retailer. Use the terms 'Live', 'Rare', 'Import', etc.
4) Don't offer to purchase a tape or CDr.
If
the other party offers to sell, use your own judgment.
It is more proper and preferable, however,
to
offer trade. If you have nothing, state that you
are a 'Newbie' and have nothing to trade.
There
are those who will still want to help you.
5) In cases of purchase, be sure to follow
the
proper etiquette below.
Purchases
If you are looking for a vinyl collectible
(LP
album), you are dealing with an out of circulation collectible.
It is acceptable to offer to purchase these
items,
though not advisable in a public forum.
Feel free to use our price
guide for an idea of an LP's value in US dollars.
Our grading
scale might
be helpful as well.
Glass mastered CDs are bought and sold as
well,
although sources are difficult to locate.
There are legal reasons for this.
NEVER ask for a source, or reveal a source
for
CDs in a public arena, or from someone you don't know.
Agencies who police such transactions use
common
email addresses with proper names.
Therefore, use discretion with the person
on
the other end of the email.
Again, be fair to the artist and their
Label. NEVER
accept or trade counterfeit or pirated music tapes, CDs
CDr's, or MP3's of licensed material that
is
commercially available.
There is a major difference in this type of
material
and the bootlegs traded
by fans.
This fair practice, of course, does not
apply
to commercial bootlegs. As they are not authorized, their claim of
copyright
is invalid. Some like to collect only commercial, silver CD boots. Some
prefer only CD-r, while others seek tapes, MP3, or a combination of two
or more. This is an individual preference that has been decided upon
for
many reasons. All are acceptable in the trading community, and none
should
be looked down upon by the trading community as being "Less Proper".
All
unauthorized recordings fall into the same category, whether
commercially
available or not. There are varying degrees of quality of sound, cost,
availability, and convenience offered by the various formats, however.
Many choose not to accept cassette tape, MP3, or even a particular
brand
name of the medium they collect. This is all for technical, and not
moral
reasons.
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