Information
about the Site
Welcome
Thanks for stopping by to visit bobsboots.com.
Even after a decade of offering the
most
comprehensive Bob Dylan bootleg museum in existence, we are still
growing,
and adding to the site daily. Be sure to check the Daily
Update page to keep track of the newest additions. While
easily
bigger than nearly all other Dylan sites combined, there are still
hundreds
of items scheduled to appear here in the future. It is a time consuming
process to research and catalog all of the information and items,
however.
Please be patient with us, and you will be rewarded with some fantastic
Bob Dylan collectible items on a daily basis.
Goal
The main goal of our site is to be a
complete
and accurate historical library of every Bob Dylan bootleg LP
album and commercially available CD to exist.
We now
chronicle approximately 97% of all LPs ever
produced,
and about 85% of all CDs.
It
is far beyond our goal to include small, fan produced CDr
projects, and cassette tape recordings. There are other sites that do a
good job with chronicling these. This site is a visual museum intended
only for the study and cross reference of the unauthorized commercial
bootleg
recordings of Bob Dylan. We do not offer any sound bites or audio
downloads.
Patronage
We welcome your responses and comments. If
you
find mistakes on our site let us know via e-mail.
If you have additional items that you would be interested in adding to
our site, please Let us know. There are many hundreds of items
(even
out of alphabetical order), that we have just not been able to catalog
at this time due to the enormous work load. However, we will be happy
to
hear of your item, give you instructions on how to submit it to us, and
try to get it on site as soon as possible.
Of Interest
The bobsboots.com
website is the creation
of Dr.CD Pinkerton. He has been involved in the music business for over
30
years as a musician, teacher, author, and business owner. He is an avid
world class collector of Bob Dylan music and memorabilia. His industry
background, intellect, writing abilities, and many years of collecting
and cataloging the recordings of Bob Dylan give him a unique
perspective
for the creation of this massive body of work. By
2001, bobsboots.com
was approaching one million hits per month. In 2003
the average was nearly 1½ million per month, and rising. 2005
saw 2 million hits per month, and the numbers continue to rise. There
are
currently
over 20,000 files, and multiple gigs of images
that
are on site, and/or linked to the off site locations. Each and
every
photo or scan on the site is the unique creation of bobsboots.com.
Even submitted photos are cropped, sized, orientated, and enhanced to
create
an aesthetic standard on the site. Every word and track list in the
thousands
of files in the LP section was written by CD
Pinkerton throughout the early 1990's, and
is unique to this site. To expedite the process of entering the CD
section, non copyrightable information such as some CD
titles and track listings have been cut and pasted from various sites
on
the net such as the indispensable Boblinks.
Others have been submitted, but 99% of
copyrightable
information on site is held by CD Pinkerton / bobsboots.com. By the
time a disc is
reviewed, photos
or scans taken, page created, information entered, and all internal and
external page links are attributed, there have been about four hours
spent
on each title. As you can see, an item or two per day creates a full
time
job.
That is the reason that titles can't appear online any quicker. As we
ingressed 2006, economics no longer permited us full
time
employees. We continued to offer the same high quality reviews as
years past, but new items appear every few days rather than daily. 2007
found us in legal struggles with an individual whose true identy we
have chosen to protect. He has stolen from us, lied about us, lied to
the Dylan comunity about us, as well as made numerous efforts to shut
down our site. He goes by the title "Monica's Dude" and has called
himself "Bill Clinton", "Anne Thrax", and many other colorful monikers
over the years. In real life, he is a failed and dishonest attorney
that has wasted his life trying to destroy the lives and hobbies of Bob
Dylan fans, among others. If you are a fan or collector of Bob Dylan,
and bobsboots, you are doing them an injustice by patronizing the
website of this individual. We plan on revealing the true identity and
the unbelievable antics of this twisted individual in the future. The future is here.
Disclaimer
bobsboots.com
contains
images and information relating to bootleg record albums and CDs
only for use as historical reference, and preservation. We do not
condone
the practice of bootlegging. This site is a visual museum for the study
and cross reference of the unauthorized commercial bootleg recordings
of
Bob Dylan. We do not offer any sound bites or audio downloads. We do
not
offer any bootleg item for sale or trade. We are a completely
autonomous
organization. We are not traders, wholesalers, retailers, distributors
or manufacturers of any boot item; nor are we related to, or connected
with any such entity. We give permission to others on an individual
basis
to link to our pages and/or images for descriptive purposes. There are
also, of course, an uncontrollable amount of unauthorized links to our
pages, and unauthorized usage of our information and images. The pieces
shown on the site are all in private collection, and are not for sale
or
trade. Photos, images and quotes are for description and review, and
fall under Fair
Use laws. For purpose of review, we will accept gratuitous copies
of commercially available items to be included on the site, but will
not
compensate with endorsement, link, or advertisement.
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