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I've never bought a bootleg record. This is mainly due to the fact that I'm cheap, and don't generally pop for a tape that costs much above standard retail. I've found that most of that sort of material is quite crudely recorded, and that only compounds my misgivings at the steep prices often asked for. Having said that, I will 'fess up to making my own bootleg tapes of concerts and the like, especially of songs that appear only on concert videos. As examples, Pink Floyd's "Live at Pompeii" and Ministry's "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up" both have live versions that are, to my knowledge, not found elsewhere. I stress, though, that these were strictly for my own use, and that I did not profit from these actions in any way. (Just in case The Man happens to be reading!)