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| Suspected Bootlegs From eBay-Land
These albums are supposedly long out of print, or otherwise rare...yet I own them, having paid the measly price of GBP 1 for each of them. At the time I purchased them (which was within a span of a couple months in 2019), they were also on offer all over UK eBay, from numerous different sellers, on a daily basis. Upon close inspection, they seem 100% genuine, with none of the telltale signs that even the best bootlegs tend to let slip. Something still does not compute, though... I know this 'not-quite-bootleg-just-not-exactly-legit' phenomenon is somewhat of a thing in Brazil and other such countries, but I am not aware of it happening in Europe - our bootlegs are usually a lot more brazen and obvious about their status. What do you guys reckon? | | 1 |  | Queens of the Stone Age
Split: Queens of the Stone Age/Beaver
The most obvious example. According to Wikipedia, it's long out of print. So just how the f-- were there 5-10 of these on offer on eBay, every single day, for weeks on end? | | 2 |  | Venom
The Waste Lands
Again, rare item, but there were multiple on offer at the time. This one even stuck around for longer than the rest, as I did get it a few months after all the other ones had vanished from the platform. | | 3 |  | Hot Leg
Red Light Fever
Granted, this one is not *quite* as rare as everything else on this list. Still, how do multiple shops have dozens of copies of this for sale, at the same time, and then never again? | | 4 |  | Celtic Frost
Cold Lake
I do not actually own this one, unfortunately, but it definitely fits the pattern. | | 5 |  | Buckethead
Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse
Same deal as 4. Not quite as prolific as the others on this list, but did still show up a couple of times, along with a few others, like Nocturnus' The Key and a couple of those dodgy posthumous Jimi Hendrix compilations | |
chemicalmarriage
03.31.21 | I've found discogs pretty great for comparing bar codes, catalog numbers etc to check for bootlegs or legit original pressings | garas
03.31.21 | I own ...And Justice For All on cassette (the original mastering), supposedly from Russia. I got it from dirt cheap in a record store in my city. As far as I know, they haven't released the original mix for quite a while, so I guess is it kinda rare? | chemicalmarriage
03.31.21 | I have what is said to be a Peruvian release of Robert Johnson farting at the crossroads in the deep delta of Mississippi on a tuesday evening circa 1936 on reel to reel. I got it dirt cheap at a garage sale in nova Scotia on holiday with my good friend Jp Mcmunson. Is it rare? | Tunaboy45
03.31.21 | who would ever bother bootlegging Cold Lake | ReturnToRock
03.31.21 | I also found Garage Days Re-Revisited / Hero Of The Day (a Metallica bootleg containing the Rod McGovney demos plus some rare live tracks and a then-new song off Re-Load) at a charity shop one time. I knew THAT one was unofficial, though. |
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