On Ebay now - Smalltown Chicago CD - Please don't buy

[lostockboy]

I've just been browsing on Ebay when I came across a CD which is up for auction called Smalltown Chicago which is a live recording from the 10th December 1986 from a venue called Exit in Chicago.  I'm sort of 100% sure that this recording has been downloaded from a site called Dimeadozen which is free.  The recording is from a cassette transfer I did after being sent the tape from a guy who was given a 1st generation copy of the recording a few years back and is a good quality soundboard recording.  Anyway my bone of contention is the fact that someone is making money out of something that was meant for sharing freely and anyone interested in buying please don't as I'd be happy to send anybody who wants a copy of it a free download instead 

[Knievel]

hey Lostock that's a real nice offer, cool - me I'm kinda uncertain about all the disparegecies regarding the sale of what is available 'free'.  We don't all have computers, we don't all have a broadband that will take too many downloads, we don't all have the time or the patience to learn how to burn a cd from a flac file - for some folk the option of buying two beers for the guy who burns and posts the 'free' product is a good deal - a gesture in return for a gesture.

I'm connected via the phone co-op - an ethical but expensive deal - and for a while I was downloading heaps of Dime 'freebies' and I wasn't checking my bank statements - I'd gone over my phone coop download allowance and these freebies amounted to over £700 over 7 months of not checking bank statements.

My options - go to Talk talk and **** the poor or stick with the co op and quit Dime.

I really miss Dime.

Heres some NMA boots that I'd love to have:
The Peterborough gig that kicks off with Stoned Fired and Full of Grace
The Exeter gig from maybe '84 where Justin scolds the audience because someones smoking a joint.
Leeds 30th anniversay
and Preston Mill...

But they have to remain memories only and if someone were to put one of these up on eBay I wouldn't feel ripped off because they'd gotten hold of the gig on Dime - I'd be glad to get the gig.

That's all my friend - and again - cool of you to throw the gig out free to friends here

x

[lostockboy]

hey Lostock that's a real nice offer, cool - me I'm kinda uncertain about all the disparegecies regarding the sale of what is available 'free'.  We don't all have computers, we don't all have a broadband that will take too many downloads, we don't all have the time or the patience to learn how to burn a cd from a flac file - for some folk the option of buying two beers for the guy who burns and posts the 'free' product is a good deal - a gesture in return for a gesture.

I'm connected via the phone co-op - an ethical but expensive deal - and for a while I was downloading heaps of Dime 'freebies' and I wasn't checking my bank statements - I'd gone over my phone coop download allowance and these freebies amounted to over £700 over 7 months of not checking bank statements.

My options - go to Talk talk and **** the poor or stick with the co op and quit Dime.

I really miss Dime.

Heres some NMA boots that I'd love to have:
The Peterborough gig that kicks off with Stoned Fired and Full of Grace
The Exeter gig from maybe '84 where Justin scolds the audience because someones smoking a joint.
Leeds 30th anniversay
and Preston Mill...

But they have to remain memories only and if someone were to put one of these up on eBay I wouldn't feel ripped off because they'd gotten hold of the gig on Dime - I'd be glad to get the gig.

That's all my friend - and again - cool of you to throw the gig out free to friends here

x

Just let me know your e-mail address and I'll send asap

[Stoney]

There wasn't a leeds 30th Anniversary gig, Nottingham Rock City was the nearest. Justin joked from the stage about it. Coz the First night (I think) was the exact date of the first gig 30 years previous, There was a Leeds gig on the Today Is A Good Day Tour (2nd leg) earlier that year. Good gig aswell, there was a Holmfirth warm up for Glastonbury aswell. As far as I recall they were the only Yorkshire gigs that year mate.

[lfran]

Not sure about specific recordings, but worth checking here for any long lost / desired gigs you may be looking for:
http://symphonyofghosts.blogspot.co.uk/

[szmurf]

Think you're missing Knievel's point.  It seems it would actually be cheaper for him to pay someone a few bucks to burn and send him a CD instead of downloading (data charges and whatnot).

I have to admit, I've never gotten the bootleg thing.  I have a few from NMA, Peter Gabriel, and Joseph Arthur, but only a handful.  I tend to prefer the official live albums.  I know that boots have gotten way better over the years (especially with sound board recordings) and I know a lot of bands record and burn immediately so that fans can have a CD to take home with them.  I'm sure if NMA did that I'd pay for the service and materials (10 bucks sounds reasonable to me for that).  There are a number of bands that will sell you a series of official boots of a concert series so you can have every show.  That's way too much listening for me.

[szmurf]

Oh - I do want to say that the boot from the JS and Friends Indy gig (2004, I think) had one of the greatest recordings of Masters of War that I've heard.  (The version I got had a bad spot on it, though). 

[Rusco]

[...] I know a lot of bands record and burn immediately so that fans can have a CD to take home with them. 

I've heard it's gone out of reach with Pearl Jam. They do bootlegs a lot. They've also a very loyal fan base following them everywhere. But I'd guess it's probably quite different if we'd compare that with the NMA & Army.

[dark horse]

Killing Joke have done the record and burn on the night thing - they're probably a bit easier to compare with NMA. ;-)

[szmurf]

Fugazi has released it's entire live recording history as pay per download.  (I think it's around $5 a show).

[Knievel]

There wasn't a leeds 30th Anniversary gig, Nottingham Rock City was the nearest. Justin joked from the stage about it. Coz the First night (I think) was the exact date of the first gig 30 years previous, There was a Leeds gig on the Today Is A Good Day Tour (2nd leg) earlier that year. Good gig aswell, there was a Holmfirth warm up for Glastonbury aswell. As far as I recall they were the only Yorkshire gigs that year mate.

Stoney - Mister - would you let me delude myself?
But sure ok so that gig that I mentioned - it must have been the 25th anniversary - it was the one when they still played Water and they ended with a two hundred and twenty five mile per hour ten minute version of 225

A fuckin good gig

[Gaijin]

I've just been browsing on Ebay when I came across a CD which is up for auction called Smalltown Chicago which is a live recording from the 10th December 1986 from a venue called Exit in Chicago.  I'm sort of 100% sure that this recording has been downloaded from a site called Dimeadozen which is free.  The recording is from a cassette transfer I did after being sent the tape from a guy who was given a 1st generation copy of the recording a few years back and is a good quality soundboard recording.  Anyway my bone of contention is the fact that someone is making money out of something that was meant for sharing freely and anyone interested in buying please don't as I'd be happy to send anybody who wants a copy of it a free download instead

I'd like a download please -  the Dime torrent is now dead.