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Reddit mentions of Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry
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- ISBN13: 9780312142896
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Specs:
| Height | 9.25 inches |
| Length | 7.499985 inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | June 1996 |
| Weight | 1.68 pounds |
| Width | 0.91 inches |
At regular pressing plants. The bootleggers would do everything from changing/omitting the name of the artist on the recording to be pressed, to pressing "fan club only" releases, to flat out finding someone with a pressing plant who wanted some $$$.
This book - http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0312142897 - is a pretty good history of it all.
edit: Another channel, although mostly with CDs, was having them produced overseas, in places where copyright law was a little looser. Or, sometimes, the bootleggers would actually put some money aside, in escrow, for the artist to claim - except the artist, being under contract w/a label, couldn't actually claim the money / be paid for the recordings.
Copyright laws in italy/europe at the time of bootlegs being popular allowed them to be manufactured there easily. If your interested I suggest reading this book
Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry
I have a pretty good sized collection of vinyl bootlegs, mostly Beatles related. They're fun to collect. I can't really post anything here that hasn't been posted already, but if you're into collecting vinyl like this, I would highly recommend this book, it's all about the 70's bootleg scene: http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-Secret-History-Recording-Industry/dp/0312142897/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1324197607&sr=8-2
If you're interested, you might want to read Clinton Heylin's "Bootleg: A Secret History of the Other Recording Industry." (http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-Secret-History-Recording-Industry/dp/0312142897)
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