dogtown(203) | Further to Randy’s excellent post the other day regarding albums that have stayed with us over time, I thought I’d start a similar thread about our ten most played bootlegs over the years (audio & video). Here goes mine :- 01. Ozzy Osbourne – Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT 3/18/84
(Never officially released on DVD, the Laserdisc transfer looks great – Jake is awesome on this one)
02. Van Halen – “The Nightmare Before Halloween” Pasadena Civic, Pasadena, CA 10/15/77
(Had this on cassette back in the day, wrongly dated 12/20/77 of course! Played it to death!)
03. Bruce Springsteen – The Roxy, The Agora, Passaic, The Fox Theater & Winterland 1978
(All five of the legendary Darkness radio broadcasts are utterly essential)
04. Van Halen – Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK 6/19/80
(The first bootleg I ever owned – that cassette got played a LOT)
05. Van Halen – “Scorin’ At The Forum” Montreal, Canada 4/19/84
(Probably my most watched audience-shot show)
06. Journey – Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan 7/31/81
(Great setlist, could even be better than the official Houston ’81 DVD. The Snivlle Remastered Edition looks great)
07. Van Halen – “Civic Disobedience” Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA 5/29/76
(Ace soundboard from the club days period)
08. Stevie Nicks – US Festival, Glen Helen Park, San Bernardino, CA 5/30/83
(Whacked out of her mind – but still a great show. Again, the Snivlle Remastered Edition is the one you need)
09. Dortmund Festival, Westfalenhalle, Germany 12/83
(So many great performances – Ozzy, Leppard, Maiden, Priest, Scorpions)
10. Dokken – Fox Theater, Detroit, MI 1/30/86
(An Under Lock And Key show on video! Quality isn’t great but perfectly watchable) *Also must give a shout out to the VH 2012 DVD’s, particularly all the awesome multi-cam’s which have been watched plenty over the last year or so.
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sweden(398) | Listing the ten that have stayed with the most is not easy. Takes me back to the 80′s when vinyl bootlegs was a big thing 
My list is listed randomly.. 1. Van Halen – Monsters of Rock in Stockholm 1984
(played this one to death and the first bootleg I heard with VH) 2. Deep Purple – “Highway Stars” Melbourne 1984-11-30
(one of the first reunion shows and played my cassette until it worn out) 3. Black Sabbath – “Born In Hell” Worcester, MA 1983-11-04
(fantastic radioshow from the Born Again tour) 4. Rainbow – “Roger’s Birthdayparty” Long Island, NY 1979-11-30
(great radioshow with Graham Bonnet on vocals) 5. Dortmund Festival, Germany 1983
(great festival and the video is the one I’ve seen the most of all I have) 6. Deep Purple – “In Your Trousers” Stockholm 1993-11-13
(one of the best sounding bootlegs from the final tour with Ritchie Blackmore and the band is on fire) 7. Van Halen – Largo 1982
(One of my most watched VHS/DVD concerts) 8. Thin Lizzy – Sydney 1978
(great pro-filmed concert) 9. Deep Purple – “Third Night” Stockholm 1985-06-16
(Another great concert from the reuinon tour I had on vinyl) 10. The Mission – “Into The Blue” Manchester, England 1990-03-15
(great band and a great concert)
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mrmojohalen(6389) |  This should be split up into 2 sections (1 thread for AUDIO & 1 thread for VIDEO).
When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?
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sweden(398) | evangp: 8. Thin Lizzy – Sydney 1978 (great pro-filmed concert)???? Really? The sound is terrible on this release!
Well, the sound may be a bit bad but the concert and filming is great. The list is for the boots that have been with me for a long time not necessarily the best sounding ones..
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Gilligan(1518) | I didn’t discover the joy of bootlegs until just a few years ago, but since then I have discovered a few I don’t know how I lived without. I started out by looking for shows I attended and it grew from there. Here’s a few of my faves in alphabetical order. ACDC – Nashville, TN 1978-08-08 Soundboard recording. “Blues, Booze & Tattoos” (there are lots of good sounding shows from this era)
Drivin’ & Cryin’ – Cleveland, OH 1991-07-04 Audio (excellent sound from under-rated band)
English Beat – Amsterdam 1980-05-10 FM Broadcast (The Beat at their best)
Jane’s Addiction – Honolulu, HI 1991-09-06 Video (Awesome “final” show filmed on stage by friend of the band)
Material Issue – Chicago, IL 1994-03-22 FM Broadcast
The Police – Rio, Brazil 2007-12-08 Pro Shot DVD (TV Broadcast)
U2 – Honolulu, HI 2006-12-09 Multi-cam Audience DVD (Super great audio and video & I was there)
U2 – Dortmund, Germany 1984-11-21 Pro Shot DVD (Great early U2)
Van Halen – US Festival (A classic)
Van Halen – San Diego, CA 2007-11-25 Silver Stallion DVD (I went to the Vegas show a month later, but I love this front row DVD)
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