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Jez Jones

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The recent Bootleg case has caused quite a stir on here and another social media platform. Staunch anti bootleg advocates have opinionated and a somewhat more 'forgiving' voice has also emerged as well.....that said....it may be of worth to look at the fallout from this......

Strong opinions have suggested a wider consequence of this will occur...in short the days of the bootleg spinning DJ are coming to an end..suggesting a precedent has been set with this case ...

The legalities of it..are way too complex to discuss here,i would assume..BUT it does raise some interesting questions

Moving forward...

Will promoters take a more critical look at what DJ's they book in the future. in an effort to provide a bootleg free event..???

Will the paying public themselves 'vote ' with their feet and head towards the bootleg free type of events ???

How will the paying customers be reassured that they are attending a bootleg free event ?

OR.....Does it really matter as we move into 2019 and the ever increasing popularity 'Northern Soul' (and any links to it) currently enjoys ???

AND...is this just a current whingeing 'fest' that will go away in a few days and the status quo, that currently prevails, will continue ??

A common and catchy strap line has come to the fore..'It's what's in the groove that counts'.....BUT is that REALLY all that counts ???

It would be interesting to get a few promoters to put forward their views as well....

 

 

 

 

 

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Guest Shufflin

maybe OVO needs a re-think - maybe we should have LV0  (Licenced Vinyl Only), the OVO obsession has caused this to some extent??

Collectors will always want the OVO, but DJ's are there to entertain, it's too bloody restricting no other scene is like this

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47 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

As a ex promoter, DJ and collector I've got all the bases covered 

Promoter. I was brought up in the belief that the nighter scene was and still should be original vinyl only and that was the policy at Winsford.  You have to trust the people that you book to have the same integrity as yourself because you can't stand next to them whilst they play there set. 

DJ. I was in the fortunate enough position to be able too afford most of the records that I have wanted which enabled me to be able too play original vinyl only but that to me is a unwritten law so even if I had boots of the real big ticket tunes I wouldn't have played them out anywhere.  

Collector.  As above fortunate enough to be able to afford them and having enough friends who recognised my tastes in music to put me onto many records before they became popular even found a few myself. If I couldn't afford or justify them I simply didn't buy them end of.

Steve 

interesting comments   

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just to clarify, I collect rare/not so rare soul records and spend a lot of my hard earned on them, in addition to what I spend on technics kit etc, I've a decent collection, but I don't expect to go to a NS/Modern soul event where only millionare collectors can be the DJ - not gonna name names but some "DJ's" at big events have got bugger all skill/personality on a mic, some can't 'blend' records imo

so any millionaire can DJ then? anyone who buys a rare collection (not naming names again) can be a rare DJ getting bookings?

what a load of BS (no ambition to DJ btw, left that behind donkeys ago)

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2 hours ago, jez jones said:

Strong opinions have suggested a wider consequence of this will occur...in short the days of the bootleg spinning DJ are coming to an end..suggesting a precedent has been set with this case ...

3 proper nights per week then 😀 That should stop the endless "too many events threads"on here which is a good thing IMHO.

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10 minutes ago, IAN STACEY said:

 

it is a religion you just not a believer any more lost soul rebel 😜

I'm a believer \ idris Muhammad  or Lamont Dozier \ you made me a believer  take your pick  and their not booted 🙄

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1 minute ago, Spain pete said:

I'm a believer \ idris Muhammad  or Lamont Dozier \ you made me a believer  take your pick  and their not booted 🙄

 

1 minute ago, Spain pete said:

I'm a believer \ idris Muhammad  or Lamont Dozier \ you made me a believer  take your pick  and their not booted 🙄

take your pick .then

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Who are these bootleg spinning djs? I’ve asked numerous times on various platfirms and got two names both West Midlands promoters/Djs.   Many spout iff about them yet none have the balls to name the Djs or theboromoters that allow the playing of them.

Nothing will change with this cohrt case.  Ebay etc are full of them, the boit selkers/dealers haven’t sh*t themselves and go e into hiding, they bkatantly carry on.  Ebay couldn’t give a fig, they make a fortune out of it.  You can make and good guess by the figures given in the case. 

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2 minutes ago, chalky said:

Who are these bootleg spinning djs? I’ve asked numerous times on various platfirms and got two names both West Midlands promoters/Djs.   Many spout iff about them yet none have the balls to name the Djs or theboromoters that allow the playing of them.

Nothing will change with this cohrt case.  Ebay etc are full of them, the boit selkers/dealers haven’t sh*t themselves and go e into hiding, they bkatantly carry on.  Ebay couldn’t give a fig, they make a fortune out of it.  You can make and good guess by the figures given in the case. 

 

1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

That's so very true. I've  actually seen some collections in DJ boxes that could buy you a very nice detached house if they sold them but they couldn't get the records to flow or blend together wether that was just that particular night I don't know

 You also don't need to be a millionaire to play a decent set, play from your heart not your wallet.  

all my sets from the heart then. lol

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2 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

That's so very true. I've  actually seen some collections in DJ boxes that could buy you a very nice detached house if they sold them but they couldn't get the records to flow or blend together wether that was just that particular night I don't know

It was 'that particular night' - Sorry about that :huh:

Len :thumbsup:

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5 minutes ago, chalky said:

Who are these bootleg spinning djs? I’ve asked numerous times on various platfirms and got two names both West Midlands promoters/Djs.   Many spout iff about them yet none have the balls to name the Djs or theboromoters that allow the playing of them.

Nothing will change with this cohrt case.  Ebay etc are full of them, the boit selkers/dealers haven’t sh*t themselves and go e into hiding, they bkatantly carry on.  Ebay couldn’t give a fig, they make a fortune out of it.  You can make and good guess by the figures given in the case. 

put there names up then chalky lead by example .

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Just now, IAN STACEY said:

put there names up then chalky lead by example .

I can’t remember there names, honestly.  If I can find them I will, it was a couple of years ago on facebook. Maybe one of the West Midland lot can remind me and I’ll post the names! Same for anyone else. 

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2 minutes ago, chalky said:

I can’t remember there names, honestly.  If I can find them I will, it was a couple of years ago on facebook. Maybe one of the West Midland lot can remind me and I’ll post the names! Same for anyone else. 

good lad look forward to reading about them .

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Really interesting, emotive topic!

My 2 pence (if it's worth as much as that!?)

No event should be mis-advertised, if it's 'rare northern OVO' then so it should be, if its 'motown MP3 Monday Madness' then so it is, the punter shouldn't moan if the event is what it said on the tin.

That being said, as a collector I would know deep down that the freshly cut boot sat on the shelf in the presence of original royalty would eat away at me like the runt of the litter and therefore I would only be cheating myself, morally.

On the flip side, if I were to DJ and had a treasured hefty valued original that I wanted to preserve and so played a reissue once in a while - would that upset me? Not at all.

Im not rich nor experienced enough (mid 30's) to be established as either of the above (the nipper comes first right now) but I am old enough to value the prestige and majesty of what is soul and rare soul alike. 

Would I love every pub, bar, coffee shop, building I enter to play my favourite records on original vinyl like a Detroit truman show? Hell yes, but I don't frown if the format isn't to my best wishes, I just set my own expectations and appreciate it for what it is.

Some of my favourite tracks have been shown to me by friends and soul strangers playing me a music file on their phone and saying 'ere, 'av a listen to this beauty...'

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I personally tend to go nighters so would expect to hear original vinyl but that's only because of my own beliefs and expectations.  On the same token I went to a local soul night last month with no expectations as to the format because of the circumstances that I attended so imagine my surprise when I heard one of the hardest 70,s records to obtain on a 7" single. Gloria Scott.  Too much love making.  Casablanca.  

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23 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

As a ex promoter, DJ and collector I've got all the bases covered 

Promoter. I was brought up in the belief that the nighter scene was and still should be original vinyl only and that was the policy at Winsford.  You have to trust the people that you book to have the same integrity as yourself because you can't stand next to them whilst they play there set. 

DJ. I was in the fortunate enough position to be able too afford most of the records that I have wanted which enabled me to be able too play original vinyl only but that to me is a unwritten law so even if I had boots of the real big ticket tunes I wouldn't have played them out anywhere.  

Collector.  As above fortunate enough to be able to afford them and having enough friends who recognised my tastes in music to put me onto many records before they became popular even found a few myself. If I couldn't afford or justify them I simply didn't buy them end of.

Steve 

Sorry Steve YOU may of played original at Winsford but not all the jocks did I never missed one until the end when the modern room went , I totally agree with what you say being a promoter dj now and have been since the days of old but I try and push the younger generation who can't or haven't got access to what myself or you own ,bootlegs have been around since Simon put his brand out back in the 70s ....we ALL bought from Colin bee did we not ..?? Because we hadn't a clue or access as we have now,so in retrospect this scene will be here for the greed, the profit ,....a bit like dare I say paying over the top for a fa cup final ticket which is in the same frame as paying over the odds for an original nowadays or do you just sit at home and turn the tv on ....

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43 minutes ago, chalky said:

I agree there are loads out there with everything to please just about everyone.  I haven’t seen a proliferation of bootleg djs at the mainstream events.  Yes they might exist locally but Ive yet to hear of any names 

all this wanting to play the classics, many unobtainable to the masses just goes to show it is not about the music but about cock waving and massaging an ego.  If you can’t do it right go at it from another angle, use some imagination and dig a little deeper, 1000s of decent records out there fit for any Dj. 

exactly there are thousands of underplayed tunes especially from the Stafford/ Leicester /Bradford 1980s popular tunes  

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12 minutes ago, steviehay said:

Sorry Steve YOU may of played original at Winsford but not all the jocks did I never missed one until the end when the modern room went , I totally agree with what you say being a promoter dj now and have been since the days of old but I try and push the younger generation who can't or haven't got access to what myself or you own ,bootlegs have been around since Simon put his brand out back in the 70s ....we ALL bought from Colin bee did we not ..?? Because we hadn't a clue or access as we have now,so in retrospect this scene will be here for the greed, the profit ,....a bit like dare I say paying over the top for a fa cup final ticket which is in the same frame as paying over the odds for an original nowadays or do you just sit at home and turn the tv on ....

Steve.  Thanks for the comments. As I said we couldn't police the Djs, just my point it was up to them.

If I was still promoting I would definitely have a mix of young and older DJ,s behind the decks and like Winsford give unknowns a chance because that's how I started.

Back in the 70,s ,75 to be exact aged 16 at the Casino I didn't know anything about original/ bootleg things, so yes I like 1000,s of others bought what where just records at the time. Some original mostly boots but I didn't DJ or aspire to at the time. Knowledge and wisdom are things that you get with age. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.  The kids of today have access to information beyond our wildest dreams at there age, so why play what they know are obviously bootlegs. if they want to DJ theres plenty of tunes actually cheaper to buy than most bootlegs these days. 

If there's money to be made at anything there will always be people willing to take advantage. That will never go away and I don't have a answer mate. Wish I did

Steve 

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As a simple punter and also collector I don’t think much will change. We all have our own views with their own validity.

Personally if a DJ plays bootlegs, I’m not interested in listening to it and will go to another room. A skilled dj should be able to operate inside the law. 

Reissues I accept but over reliance on the commonly available reissues really isn’t that skilled. 

Ovo will always be my preferred listening. Often I have to travel good distances to attend events. Hearing sounds I would never be able to hear otherwise is one of the pleasures that make the trip worthwhile. The so called millionaire djs have their place in this respect as well as the dj that puts together his own take on achieving a sound.

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