Before the CD, all illegal recordings were issued on vinyl because–well, all recordings were. Someone would set up a vinyl pressing plant somewhere and churn out things like bootlegs by the thousands.
When the CD came along, vinyl boots stuck around for a while because pressing CDs used to be very complicated and expensive. Eventually, though, the marketplace was flooded with illegal CDs and vinyl boots all but disappeared–along with almost all other vinyl records as demand dried up and factories closed down.
But a weird thing has happened over the last couple of years. With the demand for vinyl going up again, rogue vinyl pressing plants are popping up again. So be careful when shopping for vinyl. Make sure it’s the real, authorized, high-quality thing because a lot of people are getting ripped off.
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Can you recommend any websites that can help some of us yougin’s who are completely clueless to what to look for in a bootleg vinyl pressing?
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I have noticed this as well. My question to you is how can one tell if an album is a bootleg or not? You would think this would be a no brainer. The problem is some albums have asked a third party to create the vinyl or the rights have been sold to another company. Example: I went to my local record store a couple of week ago and almost bought The Black Crowes ‘The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion’. I didn’t end up buying it because it was not on Def American. Another example: I purchased Alice in Chains Sap/Jar of Flies double vinyl, when I got it home and looked more closely I noticed it was not on Sony Music. Because a lot of the big record companies don’t have there vinyl presses anymore they hire third party companies to make them. So how are we to know?
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