the bootleggiest

man, if i had a buck for every beatle bootleg out there. hey, i'm not knocking bootlegs... some of my finest music and video 'finds' have been bootlegs. (like for instance that japanese david bowie tour vhs that was labeled with some sticker with a cartoon cat on it playing an upright bass along with the caption 'the swinging cat.' ) but i don't think i've ever bought a beatle bootleg. but hey, don't let that fool you; i AM a 'true fan.' and i truly know the 'hilarity potential' inherent in a clunky, dubious bootleg. like for instance, there are several details i dig about this one. i'm not sure if it's readable on the blog, but the emblem in the upper right hand corner tells us this was pressed by the world-famous 'yellow dog' label. (yeah, i've never heard of it either.) the rest is obvious... the beatles look like a collective ass. john is saluting for some reason, richard looks like he has... is that a 'shoe-boot' on his head? george apparently thinks its gonna further his cause as a 'cool person' to blow into a prop trumpet, and paul is wearing a motorcycle helmet. i don't remember ever seeing paul on a motorcycle. hey, maybe he rode one breifly in the late 80's when i 'wasn't looking.' oh, and i also think its funny that the title of this record is 'unsurpassed demos.' yeah, i'd lay down some actual cash to bet a great many of their 'demos' were in fact, surpassed... surpassed by the expertly polished-and-perfected 'album track,' perhaps. (i mean, can you even 'imagine' what the demo track of 'wild honey pie' might've sounded like..?)

spooky bootleg

yeah, you know i love bootlegs. (mainly where records and videos are concerned.) there used to be these great record and video conventions held in local hotels in the greensboro, high point, winston-salem area in my fond home of north carolina. jean-lucien and i would fill up our sky blue honda accord and head out with cash in hand to see what we could 'score.' and we snagged some good stuff. but ultimately, that's really not the point. the point is bootlegs. japanese, dutch, italian, you name it... some of the coolest stuff seemed to be floating around out there at all times. here's a japanese bootleg i found a picture of. i assume its the 'exorcist' soundtrack, but since i don't read japanese, who knows? it could be some release from damn 'soundgarden' or something. (i don't own any soundgarden... in fact, at the risk of seeming ignorant, i'm not sure what they sound like. metal? mmm, who cares?) anyway, i like this image, so i saved it. linda blair was really a beautiful girl. oh, if you click to enlarge, you'll see i've added my own 'translation' to the japanese script in red white and blue.