Bootleg: the secret history of the other recording industry . Clinton Heylin

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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Language: English
Page: 0
ISBN: 0312130317, 9780312130312

In this exhaustively researched and absorbing volume, Heylin (From the Velvets to the Voidoids) traces the byzantine history of the bootleg record industry?and copyright law's attempts to keep up with it?from its origins in Southern California in 1969 to the CD era. There is an astonishing wealth of information, as well as a generous sampling of classic bootleg covers, on display here, even if Heylin's repetitive prose may at times make readers feel as if they are trapped in a listening booth. And while Heylin is as critical of shoddy bootleg operations as he is of official record companies, he has surprisingly little to say about the music that bootleggers have helped rescue from oblivion, beyond a generally persuasive defense of the fan's right to hear material that corporations and perfectionist artists would rather suppress. An exception is his enlightening if brief chapter on British punk, whose anarchic message found its perfect medium in illegal cassettes and vinyl. This history should be of great interest to industry lawyers and aging hippie collectors?even today, acts from the 1960s and '70s remain the most heavily bootlegged. Illustrations.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. Music journalist Heylin (The Penguin History of Rock & Roll Writing, LJ 12/92) has written a sympathetic, fascinating, and path-breaking history of the rock bootleg industry. After a brief historical introduction that distinguishes between bootlegs (live or unreleased performances) and pirates (counterfeits of official releases), he describes the making of and reaction to the first rock bootleg: Bob Dylan's Great White Wonder. The author continues with the growth of rock bootlegs, the impact of the 1976 Copyright Act, and the beginnings of British bootlegging, spurred by punk rock. He ends with a discussion of the attempt by record companies to block DAT (digital audio tape) in the hopes of curbing home copying and the appearance of compact disc bootlegs. Considering the topic, Heylin provides an especially well-researched book and in the process offers a provocative examination of the legal, financial, and musical implications of a fan-based, Sixties-inspired rock bootleg industry. Highly recommended for both general readers and experts in the field.?David Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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