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Bob Dylan bootleg recordings are unreleased performances by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, that have been circulated throughout the public without undergoing an official, sanctioned release. It is commonly misconceived that bootlegs are only restricted to audio, but bootleg video performances, such as the Dylan's 1966 film ''Eat the Document'', which remains officially unreleased, are considered to be bootlegs. Dylan is generally considered to be the most bootlegged artist in rock history,〔Williamson, N. (1st ed., 2004) ''The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan'', p. 301〕 rivaled only by the Grateful Dead. Due to his constant touring between 1988–present, and the fact that almost every show has been recorded, many of Dylan's illicit recordings come from the Never Ending Tour.〔 However, early taped performances by friends dating from the late 1950s, concerts, Newport Folk Festival shows, demo tapes, and studio outtakes provide a wide range of unreleased material to be bootlegged. == Early bootlegs == The first ever popular rock bootleg to appear on the black market was Dylan's ''Great White Wonder'', a double album first coming to underground record stores in mid-1969, through a young bootleg label, "Trademark of Quality" (TMQ).〔 It contained a variety of material: several tracks coming from a hotel rehearsal in December 1961 (recorded by then-girlfriend Bonnie Beecher), Witmark publishing demos, an interview with Pete Seeger, studio outtakes from the ''Highway 61 Revisited'' sessions, songs recorded with The Band in the summer of 1967 in Woodstock, New York (which would become known as ''The Basement Tapes''), and one live performance from a 1969 broadcast of ''The Johnny Cash Show''.〔Williamson, N. (1st ed., 2004) ''The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan'', p. 303 ISBN 1-84353-139-9〕 As people began to buy the record, duplicates began to appear that were released by other young bootleg labels. These re-releases usually switched track listings, or just took a single record of the two, and released it under a different name. Generally, the quality of the recordings degenerated between different releases, because the songs were being copied from the same source many times over. The release of the ''Great White Wonder'' gave birth to a fake bootleg that began as a gag concocted by editors at ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. The album, ''The Masked Marauders'', was supposedly recorded during a jam session between Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. A review of the non-existent album ran in ''Rolling Stone'' on October 18, 1969. The write-up sparked numerous inquiries from readers, and a band was hired to record first some singles, then a full album. The album was released in November 1969 under a Warner Bros. subsidiary created as part of the stunt. ''Stealin'', which appeared later in 1969, began to compile more studio outtakes, with many tracks coming from the ''Highway 61 Revisited'' sessions of 1965, along with tracks that also appeared on ''Great White Wonder''. It also included takes of songs that would eventually be released by Columbia via the official "Bootleg Series". But this too began to be copied and re-released by different bootleg record labels, with sound quality suffering greatly between each copying. 1970 saw the first release of the "Royal Albert Hall" material, recorded May 17, 1966 at the Manchester Free Trade Hall, titled ''In 1966 There Was'', which also contained tracks from a different concert on the tour. ''Zimmerman Looking Back'' was released later that year, and contained the entire electric set played on May 17, 1966, as well as four songs from the acoustic set of a concert recorded in Ireland. Over the years, many more labels began to release the electric set, generally using the phrase "Royal Albert Hall" in the title. In 1971, TMQ released just the electric set, titled ''GWW: Royal Albert Hall''. The acoustic set was generally overlooked by the pirates, until the entire concert was officially released by Columbia in 1998. After the early 1970s, pirates continued to copy old material, along with releasing new studio outtakes and live shows. Dylan's Isle of Wight Festival performance was first bootlegged in 1970 as ''Isle of Wight'', but the concert was incomplete. Eventually, the whole concert was available on illicit albums. Dylan's set at George Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh" from 1971 soon appeared on bootlegs, such as ''Madison Square Garden'' and ''Bangla Desh'', usually paired with part of Harrison's set. Dylan's 1974 tour with The Band also became a large source of the bootlegs. Mr. Cleen Records released ''Chicago'' in 1974, which included 10 songs from Dylan's second Chicago appearance that year. This is probably the first release of material from that tour. 1976 saw the first release of Rolling Thunder Revue material, with ''Passed Over and Rolling Thunder'', a double album that contained a variety of songs. Almost the entire benefit show for Rubin "Hurricane" Carter on December 8, 1975, was released as ''Hurricane Carter Benefit'', by the Singers Label. Bootlegging Dylan continued to be prosperous throughout the rest of the 1970s, 80s, and beyond, with many hundreds of titles released. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Dylan bootleg recordings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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