You’re right of course. Problem for me is that I really want good quality (no static) recordings of early tracks. For example, I’ve played my original FK remix of Rent so many times but had to buy a bootleg to get a quality version worth listening to on the Sonos. To make matters worse, I wanted the It’s a Sin Miami mix, and in desperation bought a vinyl copy from the US. Once it arrived, I put it on my digital turntable to upload and it turned out the record was scratched. So £25 later, and not even one track better offtottenhammattspurs wrote: ↑Fri 16 Apr 2021, 10:23 am The annoying thing about all this is that it (must) be obvious that PSB fans want PHYSICAL content. If people are happy to pay upwards of a tenner for an obviously fake “promo” then they’d be happy to pay upwards of a tenner for an official cd single with all the tracks and remixes on it. Another case in point are those very very good Russian bootlegs of the early PSB singles and vinyl only 12” mixes. They sell for stupid money. Why can’t x2 officially issue the first five singles as cd singles? Limited run £15 a pop. I’d rather buy that than put money into bootleggers pockets.
I will add that I’ve found some of the bootleg cds contain some really excellent remixes as well. I like the way someone like Blade or JCRZ reinterpret the boys songs, whereas Renton and T.REXX mix the original versions into much longer outputs. Rentons 3hr mega mix is a joy to behold.