Specific site for legal bootleg downloads -- help me re-find it please!
June 29, 2012 6:41 AM Subscribe
On my old computer (bookmarks now lost, sadly), I used to always go to a site that had free legal downloads of unreleased bootlegs of music shows. There was a bit of an emphasis on classic rock -- Dylan, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, etc. Now I can't remember what it was called! Can anyone help?
Or possible etree?
I'm skeptical that there were actually legal free concert downloads of Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, and Dylan. Etree is a good place to check for that, though. They are very strict about only allowing downloads from bands who have given permission.
posted by alms at 6:45 AM on June 29, 2012
I'm skeptical that there were actually legal free concert downloads of Neil Young, the Rolling Stones, and Dylan. Etree is a good place to check for that, though. They are very strict about only allowing downloads from bands who have given permission.
posted by alms at 6:45 AM on June 29, 2012
"Free, legal, and Dylan" is like "Good, fast, and cheap" -- pick two. On the etree website, they even specifically mention Dylan as an example of a musician who is not trade-friendly. If you are positive that Dylan was one of the musicians, you probably can focus on websites that offer illegal downloads.
posted by Houstonian at 7:06 AM on June 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Houstonian at 7:06 AM on June 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Another vote for Wolfgang's Vault. IIRC, their stuff was free several years ago, and over time they slowly introduced per-download fees.
posted by jbickers at 7:23 AM on June 29, 2012
posted by jbickers at 7:23 AM on June 29, 2012
Response by poster: Now that you have me thinking about it, they may not have been only putting up bootlegs approved by the bands. But I do remember that they pretty scrupulously weeded out music that was available on official releases -- you'd have a whole concert, for instance, but then one or two tracks would be disabled because recordings of the same performance ended up on a live album.
+1 to Wolfgang's Vault. Not the one I'm thinking of, but they are great (and -- disclaimer -- a sister company to my employer).
posted by michaeldunaway at 7:48 AM on June 29, 2012
+1 to Wolfgang's Vault. Not the one I'm thinking of, but they are great (and -- disclaimer -- a sister company to my employer).
posted by michaeldunaway at 7:48 AM on June 29, 2012
I remember this site too, and I think it's the BigO Zine's Audio Archive. I found it via this thread on the blue.
posted by k8lin at 9:01 AM on June 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by k8lin at 9:01 AM on June 29, 2012 [1 favorite]
Sorry, that link doesn't take you to the page with downloads - but this one does. The sidebar indicates that a recording is available for download with the word "open," but apparently you can email them for specific recordings, too.
posted by k8lin at 9:05 AM on June 29, 2012
posted by k8lin at 9:05 AM on June 29, 2012
Response by poster: BigO Zine is the one! Thanks so much! And thanks to everyone else for all the great suggestions; I've now got some new sites to check out!
posted by michaeldunaway at 12:37 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by michaeldunaway at 12:37 PM on June 29, 2012
Wow, BigO has live Buffalo Springfield! I've been looking for that for years.
posted by msalt at 11:22 PM on June 29, 2012
posted by msalt at 11:22 PM on June 29, 2012
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posted by dortmunder at 6:43 AM on June 29, 2012 [1 favorite]