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Don's Sony TC-150 fits into the split lining of his parka or hides in a pair of particularly bulky pants, and is rarely detected in the routine searches to which rockers are accustomed. Then, when the lights go down, he nonchalantly palms the microphone and hits the record button, checking his watch to make sure he'll know when to best flip the tape so he doesn't miss a beat. Don does not intend to miss this concert; he means to have a recorded document. | Don's Sony TC-150 fits into the split lining of his parka or hides in a pair of particularly bulky pants, and is rarely detected in the routine searches to which rockers are accustomed. Then, when the lights go down, he nonchalantly palms the microphone and hits the record button, checking his watch to make sure he'll know when to best flip the tape so he doesn't miss a beat. Don does not intend to miss this concert; he means to have a recorded document. | ||
I met Don through Bruce Springsteen. That is, he called two years ago to tell me had a live tape of | I met Don through Bruce Springsteen. That is, he called two years ago to tell me had a live tape of an unreleased Springsteen song called "The Promise," and it was all I could do to stop myself from asking him to play it over the phone. He came to the house instead, bringing along a number of tidbits from his collection of tapes. | ||
"Here's Bruce doing 'Rosalita' with an acoustic guitar," he chuckled, slipping the tape of a Boston radio show into the deck. "And after that I've got something from 1973 when he was in a band called Steel Mill. The sound's not too good on that one, though, because he was playing on the parking lot roof of some shopping center in Virginia." | "Here's Bruce doing 'Rosalita' with an acoustic guitar," he chuckled, slipping the tape of a Boston radio show into the deck. "And after that I've got something from 1973 when he was in a band called Steel Mill. The sound's not too good on that one, though, because he was playing on the parking lot roof of some shopping center in Virginia." | ||
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"The new copyright laws," explains Yarnell, "state that one copy is enough to make you a pirate, so in this sense there is no difference between somebody taping a concert for their own private enjoyment or for purposes of bootlegging. It makes no difference if you're an avid follower. Look, I'm a great fan of $10 and $20 bills, but I can't go around duplicating them." | "The new copyright laws," explains Yarnell, "state that one copy is enough to make you a pirate, so in this sense there is no difference between somebody taping a concert for their own private enjoyment or for purposes of bootlegging. It makes no difference if you're an avid follower. Look, I'm a great fan of $10 and $20 bills, but I can't go around duplicating them." | ||
Nonetheless, Yarnell admits that "prosecution priorities" leave little time to chase the tape collectors who advertise their trading intentions in music magazines like ''Rolling Stone'' and the ''Trouser Press''. Nonetheless, he is emphatic about discounting any difference between the fanatic and the bootlegger, leaving the impression that if the big-money operations are shut down (retail counterfeiting and bootlegs are estimated to gross $15 million to $20 million annually), the kids with the | Nonetheless, Yarnell admits that "prosecution priorities" leave little time to chase the tape collectors who advertise their trading intentions in music magazines like ''Rolling Stone'' and the ''Trouser Press''. Nonetheless, he is emphatic about discounting any difference between the fanatic and the bootlegger, leaving the impression that if the big-money operations are shut down (retail counterfeiting and bootlegs are estimated to gross $15 million to $20 million annually), the kids with the Sonys would be next. | ||
George of California has worked both sides of the track — 16 months ago the FBI raided his house and confiscated the inventory of bootleg albums he was distributing. "It was all I could do to keep them from taking my private collection of bootlegs," George remembers, relieved that he hasn't heard from the Feds since then. "So I've stuck to tape trading, specializing in Dylan and Springsteen, and have about 100 live tapes of each." | George of California has worked both sides of the track — 16 months ago the FBI raided his house and confiscated the inventory of bootleg albums he was distributing. "It was all I could do to keep them from taking my private collection of bootlegs," George remembers, relieved that he hasn't heard from the Feds since then. "So I've stuck to tape trading, specializing in Dylan and Springsteen, and have about 100 live tapes of each." | ||
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