What kind of PJ Bootlegger are you?

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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    I suddenly feel better about myself..

    there are people waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more nuts than me!
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    locked wrote:
    For example, Decides2Dream only collects shows she has attended (which are lots) but she won't get boots for good shows...even if they exist...
    Also, each of her boots are kept in a beautiful jewelcase with all the artwork perfectly in place..

    So let's here it.. what kind PJ bootlegger are you?..



    now you KNOW this is not entirely true. ;) especially since you are a major contributor to my 'boot collection' for shows i have not attended. i have many generous pj buddies who have sent me boots/dvds as gifts...so i have quite a collection of boots with sharpie markings and in cd envelopes. :p however, yes.....i do NOT actively seek out/desire boots for shows i was not present. i like to have that 'emotional connection'.....but sure, i even bought the mansfield 2003 boot b/c i heard such good things and came across the boot in a store.

    however, yes...it IS my preference to have them in actual cases with all the artwork, etc. hey, i was an art major...whatdya expect?


    sad to say, i do NOT own all the boots for shows i've attended. i am missing irving plaza, hartford, east rutherford II, wembley, dusseldorf and nijmegen. *hint, hint* :D



    btw - i collect posters in the same manner; only shows i've attended. it's just my nature, i KNOW myself too well and know i NEED parameters or i would simply, collect, collect, collect.....yikes!
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    decides2dream wrote:
    sad to say, i do NOT own all the boots for shows i've attended. i am missing irving plaza, hartford, east rutherford II, wembley, dusseldorf and nijmegen. *hint, hint* :D
    .....yikes!

    shamless pandering...
    can someone hook the girl up with a PM?

    although I think I gave you hartford and ER2?

    need to double check that D2D...

    I can burn you those if not...
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    locked wrote:
    wanted to see what the current batch of folks out there are doing..

    Do you collect every show..?
    Do you trade or hoard boots..?

    For example, Decides2Dream only collects shows she has attended (which are lots) but she won't get boots for good shows...even if they exist...
    Also, each of her boots are kept in a beautiful jewelcase with all the artwork perfectly in place..

    I, on the other hand, put sharpy magic marker on the bare CD's with the show's info and bypass the boot artwork..
    but INSIST on track listings for each and every boot I obtain..(whether its for a trade or myself)...

    It's all about listening to the boots for me, as opposed to some others who collect, cherish and treat each boot as a precious artifact...
    (no judgement being rendered BTW.. I understand that perspective as well! collecting is awesome too!)

    So let's here it.. what kind PJ bootlegger are you?..

    who gives a shit, pop it in and turn it up...
  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    It's automatic that I will download every show I've been to. I also have 30 of my favourite audio shows on my computer and 41 concerts on DVD. Very little of my audio is on CD, none of it is in jewel cases or has artwork. The DVDs are just sharpie-d on and have no artwork. They're kept in a big binder with all my bootleg DVDs from other bands.
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  • TransplantedNewf
    TransplantedNewf Posts: 805
    I collect boots willynilly....whatever strikes my fancy. I have all the boots from the shows i've been at but the only one that's in a jewel case with artwork (in the back of the scrapbook i made ;) )is the from my first show.
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    my2hands wrote:
    who gives a shit, pop it in and turn it up...

    yeah, that post really helps..!
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    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
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  • My3rdEye
    My3rdEye Posts: 927
    I'm not really into bootlegs much ;)
    My blog for your boots:
    http://inthepresenttense.blogspot.com/
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Audio: only the ones I've attended plus the 'famous' ones.
    though I've got all of Euro/Oz 06 with several US ones ..just because that was my first active tour
    I started with the Euro 06 ones so I put them all in artwork and CD case.. I don't bother now. Just a backup copy on DVD-rom and the files on my PC and iRiver (direct digital output PC to receiver is just as good as a DVD player, since I don't have a CD one)

    Video: mmm, I'm more of a involuntary collector: downloaded a whole bunch of randomish things when waiting for the 06 ones. Now trying to restrain myself to high quality (multicam/Proshots/venue screen) ones unless it's a show of particular interest (though Demetrios's generosity is a bad influence ;))
    Only been watching less than a dozen of the 50+ I have though :o (I get bored quickly watching gigs on video for some reason)
    I put them in DVD sleeves with artwork though..sits nicely next to my 500+ film DVD collection :p (98% I have seen othh)

    if anyone want to hook me up with a Zagreb DVD though, that one will get watched no problem ;)
    same with Dusseldorf (video or better audio than the ones out there now) (I've got to get around to make that good multicam clip of Rats I've begged material for :o)
  • upina2001
    upina2001 Indiana Posts: 764
    GhostChile wrote:
    I have this External 500GB hd with all my pj non-video stuff. Flac, SHN, mp3,...
    And of course, some official boots too.

    i have 73% of all PJ shows. (i´m an Excel addict).



    IS that 73% of ALL shows or just the ones that have an available source?
    Cause we all know some shows werent recorded....I should say some shows there is no known source available.

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  • Viggo
    Viggo Posts: 274
    I try to download bootlegs from 2005 and up. I have realized that I tend to download only bootlegs from Europe.

    Pearl Jam is Europe-ish.
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    Viggo wrote:
    Pearl Jam is Europe-ish.

    How so?

    Also, damn nice triple play PJ>Cornell>the Who..
    You have ruined yourself for any future touring plans..
    nothing will ever top that!
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    10/25/13 Hartford
  • lance_gray
    lance_gray Posts: 166
    I collect the shows I've been to, which are only 4 at this point. But, I found a boot for the very first show I was at in Dallas 98 in Reunion Arena. I also collect boots from shows I deem as important.

    For non official boots that I have downloaded I've made my own jewel case covers. I like doing that and junk.
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  • GhostChile
    GhostChile Posts: 1,179
    upina2001 wrote:
    IS that 73% of ALL shows or just the ones that have an available source?
    Cause we all know some shows werent recorded....I should say some shows there is no known source available.

    73% of all shows that are listed on pj.com ...

    Im still downloading some oldies, so i think i will reach 80% this weekend, but i know im getting closer to the moment when i will get stucked..(did i write this right?)
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  • stickman81
    stickman81 Posts: 437
    I like to collect shows...I have a good collection from 2000 and 2003 and some pre-2000 stuff...

    BTW...Since we're on the topic of trading...I've been looking for the Randall's Island show from 9/29/96 and am interested in trading for it...
  • jmacd
    jmacd Posts: 145
    great sounding boots more than anything doesn't matter if i went or not. have a hard time listening to a boot that fades in & out & is low end or has alot of talking through from being near the taper. i enjoy looking at the artwork from my days of looking at vinyl covers....
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  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    I own about 40 boots. Enough to give me great listening when I'm on the road following PJ. I prefer to spend money on PJ shows , tour merch , and expenses associated with taking in a number of shows.
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  • iamica
    iamica Chicago Posts: 2,628
    I usually only get the boots from the shows I attended. And I don't even have all of those. :(
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  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    jmacd wrote:
    great sounding boots more than anything doesn't matter if i went or not. have a hard time listening to a boot that fades in & out & is low end or has alot of talking through from being near the taper. i enjoy looking at the artwork from my days of looking at vinyl covers....

    agreed!
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    i'm a bootleg quality snob. i can't stand listening to audience recordings for some reason. i actually made one myself in 98' at the Kansas City show and it turned out really good, but too much singing from the crowd. i don't mind hearing the early 90s bootlegs, but i prefer soundboard stuff and most of my collection is either soundboard, or from radio broadacasts, or the official boots.
    the first round of boots in 2000 i really wanted ones with slight of hand and garden on them and so i bought like 10 or 11 of them with one or both of those on there. also tried to get ones with cover tunes as well. of course i have boots of most of the shows i attended. 94' fox theater was the earliest and i've heard some ok boots from that show.
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