qy-70 was all, like: “Get them now before you cry later and kick yourself in the arse for not getting it and have to pay big bucks on ebay.”
I don’t follow you. Why would I pay big bucks on ebay for an inferior-quality bootleg of a rare tape? Now or ever?
If I can find the original - a tape, an LP, whatever - at a price I am prepared to pay (and this also depends on many things), excellent. If some recording has been re-released, comparatively cheaply, with better sound quality and/ or bonus tracks, like the Twilight Ritual stuff or some Trumpett CD-Rs, also excellent.
But if a bootlegger records a bunch of rarities to a “Best-of” LP (Kassettentäter) and sells it for huge money on Ebay, that’s nothing to do with the way I collect. In particular if the sound quality is not up to scratch.
Bootlegs I trade for free with friends and fellow collectors. You mention stale/ free mp3s, CD-R is another option, but even waiting to hear the music until I find an original, is _to_me_ better than an overpriced bootleg.
It feels kinda wrong to let someone cash in on other people’s work by releasing bootlegs, and with re-issues, official or un-, quality is always a factor.
Of course, that’s just my oppinion, this thread started with Spartak wanting the Kassettentäter 2 LP so I know other people think differently about this… :wink: