bootledz cd picks

These are the concert titles in my personal collection and cover each tape source released on cd. Sometimes I've kept more than one title per source, but there's a reason for that duplication.

Most titles of the same show are fairly similar in sound and are often from the same generation of tape. When that's not the case, I'll keep a title because it sounds better or seems to be from a lower generation of tape than the others. I place importance on the completeness of the bootlegger's tape, relative to other cd titles. When there are multiple sources for a show, I prefer titles that offer isolated sources over mixed source titles. Mixed source titles rarely offer any source in it's entirity, so the collector is left with two or more incomplete sources, and often a complilation that doesn't even include all available music. (Meanwhile, we're left wondering when the rest of the other source will be released.) Because tape traders sometimes mark their tapes by cutting/subtracting tape from a song, and because sometimes titles have other errors on them, I've kept two or more titles to ensure I at least have all available music. One title compliments another.

If you'd like to know why I chose one title over another, please start by reading my Comparisons. While the titles listed here might be a better fit at the bottom of each of those comparisons, it's far easier to maintain here. If you need to see both at once, just open another tab in your brower.