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Rattle that Lock had a few good tracks imo, but I don't revisit his solo material a ton. I am still excited to listen, but what really gets me excited is the prospect of a final tour! Hoping he does a few NY or Chicago dates like he did for On an Island and RTL. He is one of the last few big names I haven't seen, yet. I had a ticket to see the RTL tour in Chicago but sold it to see the first arena GNR reunion gig in Vegas! I actually really like The Division Bell, but overall, I would hope there is minimal Polly. Her lyrics on "Louder Than Words' are abominable and ruin what could be a decent song.

Happy birthday! What an amazing gift. Some of us (including me) bitched about it because we are content starved and wanted demoes too, but when you dive into it, it is truly a must- have set. Those two concerts are phenomenal; the best live albums from GNR you can get. The Ritz Blu- Ray might be the best live video of the band in existence. I think this release is the best thing the band has put out since the reunion. I have the vinyl box and in terms of the insert, I agree. I just keep it on top of my Locked N' Loaded box in a stack of junk. I need to organize

Chile was delivered, today. Actually the sound isn’t bad!

That’s all it had, I just like blue lol

Picked it up. Insane price for a 7-song single LP ($35) and the cover is as lame as possible, but it sounds amazing. Killer concert! Comes with an insert with show pictures and a setlist replica, too. I wish they used the CD art, at least, but it’s ok. Amazing they still sound this good

I’ll spin it again but if not soundboard, a decent audience recording. I think it’s soundboard, though

Bought Stones at the Racket. Overpriced but they sound fucking awesome

Maybe it’s to launch another $200,000 watch or a pizza restaurant chain

I am all- wise

Chinese Democracy 2

Speaking of crazy ol' Rog- I picked up a killer Roger Waters bootleg from the 80s called "Roger". Creepy cover of someone in "The Wall" student mask. It is killer! He had a great band. It is from the tour after he had Clapton but the lead guitarist does a great job. I have also picked up quite a few Floyd boot records over the past year and am eagerly awaiting an incredible "The Wall" boxset with two complete shows from the 1980 tour in LA. It looks like a must- have so I can't wait for it to arrive. Even comes with an exact replica tour program from the original 1980 tour. I need to dig out my Roger 2010 program someday.

No way that’s intentional. Sorry to burst peoples bubble. It was clearly a mistake.

No way that’s real

Taken from the Led Zeppelin forum is a fascinating write- up on the history of bootlegged LZ records. I put it in spoilers below due to its length. It is relevant to GNR since quite a few of our classic bootleg GNR records and CDs were pressed by labels such as Waggle and Toasted. The practice no- doubt continues with different teams and people, today. Many of the modern releases come from Italy where I believe the laws are more relaxed. The best way to get the new stuff is to join Facebook groups and get a good connect in Europe to buy them from. You get the first pick for new releases before they quickly sell- out and become hard to find and more expensive. Either way, it is very expensive (especially with the rate- exchange and overseas shipping). That is what I do although you have to watch out for an ocean of scammers! Based on my time collecting over the past 13- months, I would agree the golden year for rock n' roll bootleg records was the 1980s. So much stuff was coming out with weird and cool artwork. The sound on a lot of these older pressings is pretty great (of course it also depends on audience- recording or soundboard quality), too since the majority seem to press from lower generation tapes. I believe we have entered another "golden age" with the vinyl resurgence. You can get a lot of cheap single or even double bootlegs of repressed shows and half- assed artwork. No- doubt digital rips from YouTube, but it is still nice to have some of these albums if you just want the music on wax for a good price. An example of a cheap, modern GNR bootleg record like this would probably be that "new" Chicago 92 release, @GoBucky. On the other- hand, there are also a lot of high- quality and collector- based new releases are coming out every month for a lot of bands- usually numbered with color artwork in gatefold jackets, and sometimes they even include trinkets like posters, reproduced tour programs, certificates, photos, etc. Are these things necessary? No, but sometimes it is nice to have something that feels unique and official while knowing it is a bootleg of a "forbidden show". These are still probably not pressed from the original tape plates for a lot of these shows, and are still surely digital, but when they are pressed well, the sound quality is just as good as in the old days. A good example is the Led Zeppelin "Blueberry Hill" show. This is arguably the most famous Led Zeppelin bootleg show of all time. Despite that, it was never pressed in its entirety on vinyl until only, last year! The recording picked is a matrix (combo of different audience sources) that was then remastered and put onto YouTube. The bootleggers no- doubt took this recording and decided to press it. Is it ethical? Well, that is not a good question to ask when looking into concert bootlegs, but it sounds phenomenal on vinyl! @izzyjim asked in here earlier why someone would buy a poor copy of a digital source on vinyl. I think there are degrees of quality even for a digital press. Are the Rox Vox GNR albums I have stellar sound quality in comparison to that compete Led Zeppelin Blueberry Hill or the GNR Tokyo 92 box? I don't think so. I also had two different pressings of a 1969 Zeppelin show. Both were modern boots of the same show and soundboard source and one sounded great, and one sounded muffled (I gave it away). It is good to have options for different price points based on sound quality, packaging, etc. It is also nice knowing I now have these albums to play for the rest of my life without having to worry about it getting taken down on the internet or losing the file. That being said, is this any different than buying the CD boots or cultivating files on the computer? Aside from being more expensive and more inconvenient, I guess not. In- fact. this write- up is probably just the ramblings of a moron who is bad with his money, likes to fixate and collect things, and is choosing to procrastinate at work at the moment....

That's awesome you were at Chicago 1992. Definitely in the running for one of their greatest shows. I hope the entire thing gets pressed someday, but I should at least pick up a DVD boot of it. Casino and all the other big boot labels are probably run by the same guy or team tbh. I think I know who runs at least Casino/Godfather/Golden Egg/Eat a Peach (all the same) and I have tried to drop hints that more GNR, especially a good full reunion show, would sell well. Doubt it does any good It is just like how back in the day Waggle/Rock Solid/Amazing Stork/Pheonix/TAKRL/Toasted/Condor/International were all the same guy or teams and labels masquerading as different labels from fake places. It all stemmed from the original Trademark of Quality albums o the 1970s, I think. Fascinating stuff!