An absorbing account of the record industry's worst nightmare. In the summer of 1969, Great White Wonder, a collection of unreleased Bob Dylan recordings appeared in Los Angeles. It was the first rock bootleg and it spawned an entire industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans. Bootleg! tells the whole fascinating saga, from its underground infancy through the CD 'protection gap' era, when its legal status threatened the major labels' monopoly, to the explosion of trading via Napster and Gnutella on MP-3 files. Clinton Heylin provides a highly readable account of the busts, the defeats and victories in court; the personalities – many interviewed for the first time for this book. This classic history has now been updated and revised to include today's digital era and the emergence of a whole new bootleg culture.

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

By examining the centrality of Romantic authorship to both copyright and the music industry, the author highlights the mutual dependence of capitalism and Romanticism, which situates the individual as the key creative force while challenging the commodification of art and self. Marshall reveals how the desire for bootlegs is driven by the same ideals of authenticity employed by the legitimate industry in its copyright rhetoric and practice and demonstrates how bootlegs exist as an antagonistic but necessary component of an industry that does much to prevent them. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the sociology of culture, social theory, cultural studies and law.

A brilliantly written and groundbreaking book about Dylan's music – now the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 – and its musical, political and cultural roots in early 20th-century America Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s Sean Wilentz discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager. Almost half a century later, now a distinguished professor of American history, he revisits Dylan's work with the critical skills of a scholar and the passion of a fan. Drawing partly on his work as the current historian-in-residence on Dylan's official website, Sean Wilentz provides a unique blend of biography, memoir and analysis in a book which, much like its subject, shifts gears and changes shape as the occasion demands.

Democracy of Sound tells the story of the pirates, radicals, jazzbos, Deadheads, and DJs who challenged the record industry for control of recorded sound throughout the twentieth century. A political and cultural history, it shows how the primacy of "intellectual property" gradually eclipsed an American political tradition that was suspicious of monopolies and favored free competition.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Wonder Tales from Many Lands" by Katharine Pyle. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

"The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages" by Roger Thompson Finlay is an adventure novel that continues the thrilling story of two young boys, Mark and Jack, and their adventures on a remote and mysterious island. Here is a summary of the book: In this installment of the series, Mark and Jack, along with their loyal canine companion, Snap, continue to explore the wonders and dangers of the tropical island they now call home. Having already survived encounters with wild animals and hostile natives, the boys are becoming more skilled and self-reliant. As they delve deeper into the island's interior, they encounter new challenges and make remarkable discoveries. They come across a tribe of natives with their own unique customs and traditions. Through patience and diplomacy, the boys establish friendly relations with this tribe, learning from them and sharing their own knowledge in return. The island continues to reveal its secrets to Mark and Jack. They stumble upon hidden caves, ancient artifacts, and encounter more wildlife, some of which is friendly and others quite dangerous. The boys' resourcefulness is put to the test as they navigate treacherous terrain and face various challenges. Throughout their adventures, Mark and Jack's bond grows stronger, and they rely on each other's strengths to overcome obstacles. Their friendship and the lessons they've learned about survival, respect for nature, and the importance of cooperation are central themes in the story. "The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages" is an exciting and educational tale of exploration, friendship, and survival. It continues the saga of Mark and Jack as they embark on new adventures and forge lasting connections with the island's inhabitants. The book's themes of curiosity, adaptability, and respect for different cultures make it an engaging read for young readers who enjoy tales of adventure and discovery.

Basement Tales goes through and analyzes, in chronological order, the publication on disk of the songs recorded by Bob Dylan & The Band in numerous sessions in Woodstock between the months of March and October of 1967. These songs, better known as The Basement Tapes, were not originally intended for the making of a Bob Dylan's album but for cover versions by various artists of the time. The importance of the author and his simultaneous momentary absence from the recording market initially aroused interest from the underground market, which started the publication of the first bootlegs in the history of rock, and subsequently also those of the official record company. The publication of the songs taken from the Basement Tapes begins in 1969 with seven songs present in the bootleg Great White Wonder and ends with the creation, in 2014, of a voluminous box of 140 songs by Columbia Records, which was The Bootleg Series Vol 11: The Basement Tapes Complete. In this long period of time the two markets, the underground and the official one, have alternated with various record publications which are analyzed in detail in the book.