Question About Official Concert Recordings

hinesy24

I'm new to the board and heading to my first Pearl Jam concert next Tuesday in St. Paul (been a fan for 15 years, but living in Eastern South Dakota with no travel money kept me away until now). Anyway, I've never heard of this before but my friend said that he's seen this going on at concerts before.

Basically what he said is that sometimes at concerts the band will have their set recorded while they perform it so that they can sell it shortly after the concert.

1. Is this true?
2. Is this legal?
3. Does Pearl Jam do this (I know that they sell concert bootlegs here, but at the shows?)?
4. If so, how much do they charge?

I'm not interested in illegal bootlegs, but the idea of playing back the concert while I'm driving home sounds awesome.

Thanks.

iamrockmusic

it happens a lot and is a licensed product. i went and saw the cult earlier this year and you could buy the show immediately afterwards and go home with the cds. you can check it out at instantlive.com. cost about $25. lots of other bands on there as well.

You'd be buying an officially licensed copy of the show, but Pearl Jam does not do this. Their boots are sold only as a download nowadays and I think they've had about a 2-3 day lag between the show and the release of the bootleg.

Hope that helps.

hinesy24

Exactly what I wanted to know.

I'll definitely download the concert online.

keeponrockin

I wish they did CD boots, but that's not gonna happen.