Three anecdotes about bootlegs..
A fellow Berlin Funk DJ`s who always likes to have a go at and about Rare Soul / Northern Soul, the DJ`s, the scene, the music in general and the high prices of some of the records always plays along other boots his "nice" blue Lou Pride "Home In The Morning" boot...which always makes me think that the mother of all his negativeness about Rare Soul and all its ethos (ovo for example) is simply called enviousness...
A bootlegger from Vienna and part-time DJ as well as recorddealer once pointed out to me when I accused him for all his bootlegging that he has got all the rights on earth to do so when he has paid 1000 UKP+ for a record. I tried to explain to him the difference between buying the rights of a title and paying your record dealer for your latest vinyl purchase but sadly without any sucess...
At a local Modern Soul do just two weeks ago here in Berlin I was standing (as a punter) next to the decks. DJ A (no names ) finished his set and on went DJ B with his first record...all of a sudden the volume dropped and was down by lets say 15 %. He tried every button he could find but the volume just did not go up anymore. He turned around to me and aksed me what to do...I said "don`t know fella, try the other turntable.." when inside me I was really laughing and would have loved to tell him the truth ...that his bootleg is just poor shite sound quality LOL!
Marc