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“Bootleg” recordings from 1973 onwards on CD in HMV

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Following on from the post on here late last year; I noticed that my local dealer and HMV in York have loads of CDs of pre DSOTM live gigs (many of which I had on bootleg cassettes 30 years ago. I wondered about the 50 year copyright explanation; but that does not explain CDs from Genesis’s Lamb tour or Supertramp post 1973 boots? Perhaps copyright holders are getting ahead of themselves? Can the massive elucidate? Has anyone got any strong recommendations?

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Ian McNabb klaxon. Head Like A Rock on vinly!

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Whoop whoop! Only last week I suggested to Pete Paphides he should release this on Needle Mythology.

“Head Like A Rock will have it’s debut on double gatefold 180g vinyl early in 2022. Amazingly both Truth And Beauty (1993) and Merseybeast (1996) have been available in LP format since their release, but not so my Mercury-nominated, best selling sophomore solo offering. Mind-boggling. Pre-orders coming soon. 500 copies. Signed by me. I x”