Re: Typos

[chrisw@fciad2.bsd.uchicago.edu (Chris Williams)]

Uli wrote:
>Mark Semich wrote:
>> The wildest typo I've seen yet is a song named:
>>
>> 	On England My Linearity
>>
>> (off of the "Wow", "live in Amsterdam, Holland, Avril 29, 1979" CD)
>
>Well, but that's not the worst (though still wildest) typo on said CD,
>since the recordings is definitely a copy of the Hammersmith Odeon soundtrack,
>and the Hammersmith Odeon is in London, not in Amsterdam. At least the
>date of the Amsterdam show is correct...

    The errors on bootlegs are possibly some sort of lame attempt to
avoid prosecution for copyright infringement. Often the label has
different titles than the jacket. I think this is because it is easier
to find printers than CD plants, thus easier to find one willing to
print material they know to be bootleg. The CD plant, on the other
hand has more to lose. The changed/mangled song titles give
them an "out," no matter how lame. Someone who would press
a Kate bootleg *cannot* possibly be as stupid as some of these
people appear to be.



                          Chris Williams of
                             Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago
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