FM I know you said you'd like to see more official releases .. although surely the reality, given what has been released in the last 25 years, and that this is Meat's last world tour, is that you won't. And I quoted one piece of your post to make a point, albeit a humourous one, about what you seemed to be saying .. ie people will make bootlegs if they want live recordings and these are not released officially.
This thread started because someone was asking others to tape Meat's concerts .. R has pointed out that Meat does not give permission for people to do this, and however much one might like to have records of live concerts, given they are not made available, it is only inevitable that a market in bootlegs opens up if people are prepared to go against this particular performer's wishes and carry this out.
It is inevitable sadly that we will have muggers of old people .. but it doesn't make it right. Who was it said that for evil to flourish all that is required is for good men to stand back and do nothing? So I tend to think on a board whichthis performer comes to, those of us who support and respect him should stand up and say this is wrong if we believe it to be so.
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