Bootleg : the secret history of the other recording industry

The inside story of the $250 million-dollar recording industry reveals the method and reasoning behind the creation of the most popular bootleg records, how it is done, what is on some notorious bootlegs, and why some artists are ""hot."" In Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry, Clinton Heylin examines the entire modern history of this underground culture: from what defines a bootleg and its complex and protean legal status, to a full history of bootlegs' production and distribution, to what's contained on some of the most notorious bootlegs and how to find them. Along with many illustrations of the creative packages, this is the whole story of the $250 million industry that sustains itself on the great figures of rock music and their biggest admirers In the ancient world, the only permanent forms of art were visual - the written word, the ivory sculpture, the painted canvas.