Editing Bootleg recording (section)

===1960s===
[[File:Kum Back.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Kum Back]]'', a collection of recordings by [[the Beatles]] in early 1969, appeared before the official release of ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]''.]]

The first popular rock music bootleg resulted from [[Bob Dylan]]'s activities between largely disappearing from the public eye after his motorcycle accident in 1966, and the release of ''[[John Wesley Harding]]'' at the end of 1967. After a number of artists had hits with Dylan songs that he had not officially released himself, demand increased for Dylan's original recordings, particularly when they started airing on local radio in [[Los Angeles]]. Through various contacts in the radio industry, a number of pioneering bootleggers managed to buy a [[reel-to-reel tape]] containing a selection of unreleased Dylan songs intended for distribution to music publishers and wondered if it would be possible to manufacture them on an LP. They managed to convince a local pressing plant to press between 1,000 and 2,000 copies discreetly, paying in cash and avoiding using real names or addresses. Since the bootleggers could not commercially print a sleeve, due to it attracting too much attention from recording companies, the LP was issued in a plain white cover with ''Great White Wonder'' rubber stamped on it.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=45}} Subsequently, Dylan became one of the most popular artists to be bootlegged with [[Bob Dylan bootleg recordings|numerous releases]].{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=394}}

[[File:The Rolling Stones - Live'r Than You'll Ever Be original.jpg|thumb|[[The Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Live'r Than You'll Ever Be]]'', released in late 1969, received a rave review in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'']]
When the Rolling Stones announced their [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969|1969 American tour]], their first in the U.S. for several years, an enterprising bootlegger known as "Dub" decided to record some of the shows. He purchased a [[Sennheiser]] 805 [["shotgun" microphone]] and a [[Uher (brand)|Uher]] 4000 reel to reel [[tape recorder]] specifically for recording the performances, smuggling them into the venues.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=60}} The resulting bootleg, ''Live'r Than You'll Ever Be'', was released shortly before Christmas 1969, mere weeks after the tour had finished, and in January 1970 received a rave review in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', who described the sound quality as "superb, full of presence, picking up drums, bass, both guitars and the vocals beautifully&nbsp;... it is the ultimate Rolling Stones album".{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=61}} The bootleg sold several tens of thousands of copies, orders of magnitude more than a typical classical or opera bootleg,{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=65}} and its success resulted in the official release of the live album ''[[Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert|Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!]]'' later in the year. "Dub" was one of the founders of the [[Trade Mark of Quality]] (TMOQ or TMQ) bootleg record label.{{sfn|Heylin|1994|p=66}}
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