tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post9086879128612779776..comments2023-10-31T08:00:03.411-05:00Comments on BLUES BOOZE BOOKS AND BOBS: STEALIN': Bootlegs and My Life Part 3WILLIAM T. VOGT, JR.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00917538962756196970noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-78215230022202126372009-10-29T13:21:19.735-05:002009-10-29T13:21:19.735-05:00I don't have Stealin' or GWW, but I treasu...I don't have Stealin' or GWW, but I treasure my Swingin' Pig WHITE VINYL copy of the 1966 'Royal Albert Hall' show (really recorded in Manchester)... there is something very special about a VINYL boot.Zimmy Fanhttp://www.expectingrain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-32864537115174120252009-10-29T13:05:58.486-05:002009-10-29T13:05:58.486-05:00Now that I think about it , it was a slightly warp...Now that I think about it , it was a slightly warped copy of the bootleg the "Villager" with the doo wap harmonies of Dave Van Ronk singing " You Said You'd Ask Me to the teenage prom, now I got acne, so you won't ask me to the teenage prom, " The magic of vinyl treasures I believe are by and large lost in the immediate gratification of bittorent downloads the day after the show, even snail mail disc trading and dare I mention the old cassette trades which took sometimes months to complete as trade lists were sent by mail , not internet.. " Everything passes and everything changes , just do what you think you should do" To Ramona B.DylanOh Jerusalemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885291324171862435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-25704429011180003452009-10-29T12:59:55.680-05:002009-10-29T12:59:55.680-05:00I got mine at Rather Ripped Music on the North sid...I got mine at Rather Ripped Music on the North side of Berkeley. Around that time a bootleg manuscript of Dylan's Book, TARANTULA was circulating in limited numbers. I got a copy of that and took it down to Santa Barbara/Isla Vista. I gave it to someone at Morninglory Music to make copies. It disappeared and I did some early Christmas shopping. My favorite boot at that time was TALKING BEAR CREEK MASACARE BLUES which was a vinyl record pressed in tri color red white and blue. <br /><br />WOW Since then I bought a slew of boots at Al Bum's in Worester, MA before they went under.<br /><br />Long live Bobby D. -laughingsol 50 miles N of Frisco.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528770719965913387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-39804551532156398872009-10-29T09:49:40.372-05:002009-10-29T09:49:40.372-05:00Yeah, living in the suburbs, I had to ride a bus i...Yeah, living in the suburbs, I had to ride a bus into downtown Cleveland to pick up any of the Dylan bootlegs...I purchased both GWW and Stealin' at Disc Records, downtown...and this was a valid, chain store...not some indie operation...I prefer Stealin' because of some of the things already mentioned...the specific songs, sound quality, etc...Strangely enough, I purchased a cd of Stealin' a couple of years ago...my vinyl having gone by the way...It's still a great package...'nuff said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-78885466002855418942009-10-29T09:45:28.873-05:002009-10-29T09:45:28.873-05:00Thanks for the memories, Oh J. I could not remembe...Thanks for the memories, Oh J. I could not remember the name of that record store. You filled in the blanks. <br /><br />Yes, I do think the vinyl boots sounded better. There was some excitement in hearing something that you were not suppose to hear. I remember it well.WILLIAM T. VOGT, JR.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00917538962756196970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-36222008529249799792009-10-29T09:18:27.333-05:002009-10-29T09:18:27.333-05:00Is it just me or did those scratchy old vinyl boot...Is it just me or did those scratchy old vinyl boots just sound better than the newer digitized and cleaned-up bootleg CDs? Something about that surface noise and the fact that we weren't supposed to hearing those songs that just made them seem more exciting, more immediate. STEALIN' was a classic. I bought my copy in Chicago's Old Town (there were bootlegs in every head shop) in about 1970.Blindbobbyraynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-12188816503781214842009-10-29T08:20:32.716-05:002009-10-29T08:20:32.716-05:00Shoot, that brings back some memories . In the spr...Shoot, that brings back some memories . In the spring of 1977 I made a trip to visit colleges in the east ( Penn and Columbia). I was a juniour in highschool from the great mid west was a love of all things Dylan. Well I filled my time between visits by scouring the record stores in the Village and while in PhillyI asked around about records and found myself on a train to Bryn Marr .Just opposite the tracks I found the " Plastic Fantastic "record store where I picked up my first copy of the "original" Great White Wonder"and a few other titles. Thanks for reminding me where that record store was...Oh Jerusalemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885291324171862435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489078438568088729.post-77415302955951222182009-10-29T01:58:29.803-05:002009-10-29T01:58:29.803-05:00Yep, I still have my copy of the blue Har-Kub &quo...Yep, I still have my copy of the blue Har-Kub "Stealin'" and "Great White Wonder" and others and it was SO exciting at the time to possess them. Nowadays I have all those bootleg tunes from long ago as mp3's on my iPod, but I still love to pull out the vinyl ones and look at them; just to bring back the magic one more time.Craig Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974757646299640610noreply@blogger.com