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Bootlegs

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Eddie the bootlegger

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bootlegs, Concerts, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam

It’s a long and well-established tradition for Pearl Jam to allow their fans to record their concerts.  This has driven

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The album leak

April 7, 2022April 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Leaks, Bootlegs, Guster, Pearl Jam, White Stripes

One of the worst things to happen to an artist is to have an album leak before it’s supposed to

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Music News 

How many live albums does Pearl Jam have now? We’ve officially lost count.

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bootlegs, Deep, Live Shows, Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam’s egalitarian attitudes have always extended to allowing fans to record their gigs. They’ve also been very generous with

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Music News 

UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS AND AUDIO: 50 unreleased Rolling Stones tracks have suddenly appeared online. Why? And how?

March 9, 2021March 10, 2021 Alan Cross 11 Comments Bootlegs, Fully Finished Studio Outtakes, Rolling Stones

Over the weekend, 50 unreleased Rolling Stones songs stretching back over almost 60 years appeared online. No one seems to

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, March 10, 2020

March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bang and Olufsen, Bootlegs, Brett Kissel, Coronavirus, El Mocambo, Juno Awards, Zeffert

You know that things are weird when my visit to Costoco revealed that my local store totally out of antiseptic

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Music History 

Back in 1971, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were on the trail of the “bootleg king.” Watch.

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bootlegs

Illegally made recordings are as old as recorded music itself. In 1901, Lionel Mapleson, the librarian at the Metropolitan Opera

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, December 4, 2018

December 4, 2018December 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4:20, AIDS, Bono, Bootlegs, Brian Wilson, Classical Music, Cowbells, David Bowie, EMI, Grammy Awards, Guitarists, iPhone, Mashup, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Muse, Music sales, Ozzy Osbourne, Saudi Arabia, Tencent, Thriller, Vinyl, Ziggy Stardust

I understand why people back into parking spaces at the mall, but when it’s crowded and busy during the holiday

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Music History 

Watch a 1972 Film of Neil Young Catching a Store Selling Neil Young Bootlegs

April 1, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bootlegs, Neil Young

Unauthorized sharing of songs goes back further than Napster. Much further. As proof, here’s a short film Neil Young shot

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Music History 

The Secret History of Bootleg Records

November 21, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bootlegs

I confess: I used to buy a lot of bootleg CDs. And I mean a lot. They ran the gamut:

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, November 19, 2016

November 19, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 3 Comments Black Friday, Bob Dylan, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bootlegs, Donald Trump, K-Pop, Kanye West, Killers, Mick Jagger, Nick Gordon, RIP, Sharon Jones, Vince Neil

It was on this day in 1963 that the first-ever push-button telephone went into service. And now, some music news…

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Music History 

A History of Stealing Music

May 31, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bootlegs, File-Sharing

Think stealing music started with Millennials. Nope. Noisey points out that this has been going on a lot longer than

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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