Re: Dylans opinion on bootlegs

don't know about Elvis, but Ellington cut a lot of records over 48 years or
so.  For live stuff, though, the Dead biz is even weirder than the Dylan
biz.

"JC Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Jperdue4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > >Jperdue4 wrote:
> > >
> > >> Between 1965 and 1995 The Grateful Dead played 2,314 shows, 36,534
> songs,
> > >484
> > >> different songs....This is without the Jerry Garcia solo bands that
> played
> > >> between 1971 and 1995 that played somewere around 800-1000
> > >shows...:)...This
> > >> does not count him sitting in on other bands shows that
> circulate....Keep
> > >in
> > >> mind..The Dead are still touring as we speak...But we were talking
> > >Garcia....
> > >>
> > >> I said in the original post that Jerry was the most recorded
bootlegged
> > >> performer ever..It was a response to your claim that Bob Dylan is the
> most
> > >> bootlegged performer period...
> > >
> > >> JonP
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  actually this whole argument is another one of semantics.
> > >
> > >  if you have permission to record, how can it be a bootleg?
> > >  bootlegs are made against the will of the performer.
> > >
> > >  there's no question that jerry & the dead have more field
> > >  recordings - they've still to this day played more events.
> > >
> > >  but dylan has had more recordings made against his will
> > >  than anybody, i would say.
> > >
> > >
> > >- nate
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > just because we dont sell and buy boots?....MY claim was and still is
> theat
> > Jerry Garcia was the most recorded artist of all time..
>
>
> Depends on the setting.  Deadheads obviously are the largest audio
> bootlegging culture in world history, mainly because the Dead encouraged
> that practice.  As far as studio sessions, which take a lot more time and
> energy, people like Elvis and Duke Ellington I imagine are somewhere at
the
> top of the list.
>
> -JC
>
>