Editing Outtake (section)

==Music==
Just like a movie outtake, music outtakes are recordings that are not used in a final version of an [[album]].  Collections of this sort of material are often compiled and distributed illegally by fans, and known as a [[bootleg recording|bootlegged recording]].  Sometimes, artists release collections of outtakes, sometimes grouped with other rarities such as [[demo (music)|demos]] and unreleased songs.

Occasionally collections of outtakes become recognized as part of an artist's major creative output, especially in cases where an artist is unusually prolific or dies young. One example would be ''[[The Lillywhite Sessions]]'' by [[Dave Matthews Band]], an album that was considered unfinished and not ready to be distributed, yet is widely considered part of the [[discography]] of the band by their fans. An example of the former is the fourteen-volume ''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991|Bootleg Series]]'' from [[Bob Dylan]], which contains many important Dylan songs omitted from his albums, some of which were made famous by other artists. An example of the latter is the CD ''[[Time of No Reply]]'' by [[Nick Drake]], a British singer-songwriter who died almost unknown at the age of 26 in 1974, but whose music became highly influential on other artists in subsequent decades.