Two Bootleg Recordings on the Floyd Page

Anyone gonna take the time to correct this?

Ok, cool.


By the by, KQED, while not official, is totally incredible.  I suggest tracking down a copy from some bootlegging sites.  www.dimeadozen.org has it.

I deleted the BBC CD... the DVD had already been reviewed though, so I think we should let the reviewer know that we're gonna take it down, but I don't have his email adress. Maybe you should ask Max.

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^

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.

This recent addition appears to be another bootleg.

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

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?


Edited by ResidentAlien

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

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.

Edited by Joren