Two Bootleg Recordings on the Floyd Page

^^ very lucky

DBSilver wrote: PROGMAN wrote: the album was listed in a rival PROG website ProgGnosis.com and "rival Prog website"  ??? Gee what's next... "Hated Enemy website"?  Certainly the mutual patrons of the two web sites would consider both sites to be assets to the prog community rather than rivals.

OK point taken.....

....by all means not a critism both sites offer good PROG arguments, I didn't literally mean by the word "rival" just showing it was from a different source.

Maybe I should have choson my words more carefully.

Ok... I'll post this link, one more time....

www.harvested.org.

That KQED DVD is created by Harvested.org.  You can even click on the picture of KQED that's on that site; it clearly identifies Harvested on the back of the DVD cover.  A little bit of trivia here... HARVEST RECORDS was the record company that Floyd signed with in 1969, and stayed with until The Final Cut, at which point they moved to EMI.  So what is HARVESTED RECORDS?  A clever play on the name HARVEST RECORDS.  Like most bootleg suppliers, they find something on the band's history to base their name off of.  Take, for instance, Free Range Pigs.  That's another Pink Floyd Bootleg Distributor.  Anyway, you can read Harvested.org's site.  They create that stuff on their own.  Their stuff can only be obtained by trading.  All that information is right on their site.  I fail to see how anymore research is involved.

As for the Complete Zabriskie Point... I own it.  It's a bootleg.  It can only be obtainted by trading.  What more proof does one need?  But I suppose you want me to link you to some information, so...

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/pink_floyd/the_compl ete_zabriskie_point_sessions/
Clearly labled as a bootleg^
http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t6396-the-complete-zabriskie-poi nt-sessions.html
They discuss how its up for trade on that board^  They clearly identify it as a CDR release...
http://pf-db.com/index.php?list=songs&choice=244
There it is listed on an RoIO database (Recordings of illegitimate origin)
http://www.roio.radzionkow.net/roio.htm
Another RoIO database^


And that Masters of Rock Album... that is legit.  I said that.  I spent an hour the other day researching it.  Its the other album, The Best of Pink Floyd album that looks sketchy.  Featuring the same tracklisting, the same Catalogue Number, a spelling mistake directly on the tracklist, and a release four years apart from the known legit Masters of Rock?  That completely suggests being a boot.  Especially the catalogue number.  I can see no reason for it being exactly the same as Masters of Rock.. yet it is.  That is pretty much a sure sign of illegitimacy.


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The Miracle wrote: WiguJimbo wrote: Yep, but unfortunately I can't delete albums. I have contacted Joren, he'll do it as soon as he comes online. She

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I'm male! Or maybe you're suggesting I'm a sissy?

Anyway, I'm not going to delete albums that have been reviewed already. Secondly I don't see any real evidence that those albums are bootlegs. The Masters Of Rock album for example was just an obscure release. And DVDs like KQED may very well be legal. And I don't feel like researching all this. Contact another admin if you guys would like to see this taken care of. Sorry. I'm currently busy doing things for University.

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Ok, I've contacted Joren again, he'll take a look at this...

Easy Livin wrote: It is indeed true that the BBC had full rights to broadcast the sesssions, but as RA says, they rarely had the right to release them as albums. Even those which have been released offically are not usually on a BBC label. The fact that they are titled "BBC sessions" does not mean that they have been released by the BBC.

For me the fact that an album is officially available in a record shop makes it a none-bootleg. Record shops would not sell albums that are illegal; it would only get them into trouble.
Take for example an album like "Maida Vale" by VdGG. It is not an official VdGG recording (proven by the fact that Hammill does not list it on his homepage). On the other hand PH even wrote some liner notes for "Maida Vale" (undoubtedly written by him; his style and sense of humour is unmistakeable). This makes the album a non-bootleg for me.


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Yes, but not that particular recording.  That's a Harvested release.  It's not sold in any stores.  Go read that Harvested site I posted, it might clear it up.  It's a Bootleg.  The only way Harvested material can be obtained is through downloading or trading.

As for the Complete Zabriskie Point Sessions... it's a bootleg too.  I mentioned it earlier.  Anyone gonna take care of that?


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This recent addition appears to be another bootleg.

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD. asp?cd_id=11130

This is also pretty fishy...

Masters of Rock

The Best of Pink Floyd

The first of those two is a known-legitimate release... the second one is fishy as hell.  Compare those two.  The track-listings are identical.  However, on the latter, Candy and a Currant Bun is misspelled directly on the album.  Not to mention, after researching it, I turned up precious little information.  The best lead I got was the album's catalogue number... when I searched it... it led me directly back to Masters of Rock.  According to the catalogue number, those two albums are one in the same.  According to the tracklisting, they are one in the same.  But according to the date of release.. there's a four-year difference.  Frankly, I don't much trust that Best Of to be legit.

Both KQED and BBC are Harvested releases.  Harvested is the premier Floyd bootleg distributor.  They do fantastic work remastering, and otherwise fixing these recordings.... but they aren't official.

 

http://www.harvested.org/

http://www.harvested.org/DVD001/

http://www.harvested.org/CDR007%2DBBCArchives/

 

Proof^