Bootleg cross-reference
This page attempts to cross-reference commercially released and privately traded named bootleg recordings to the corresponding recording available on the wiki. This page is a work-in-progress and woefully underrepresents the number of commercial and named bootlegs in existence at the time of this writing. Bootlegs are referred to by name specifically in order to improve searchability (in the hopes that a fan searching for a bootleg by name on a search engine will locate the recording available freely on the wiki instead), and bootleg names are linked to the Discogs information for "all variants" of a given bootleg, where available.
Please do not purchase bootlegs (except for the purposes of liberating a bootleg) as your monetary support goes only toward the bootleggers and not the band! DM Live does not condone or support the purchase or creation of commercial bootlegs.
It is evident that a number of recent bootlegs use content freely available on this wiki, complete with blatant copy & paste of descriptions and metadata, with formatting often unchanged. DM Live is not involved with any bootleg labels and any similarity to content which is freely available on this wiki is done out of laziness, greed, and lack of creativity by the bootleg label.
| Tour | Bootleg name | Maps to | Wiki source | Wiki source superior? | Reason for superiority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Tour | Bridgehouse | 1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK/Source 1 | Unknown generation audience cassette | Yes | Correct running order & one more song; higher fidelity |
| 1980 Tour | A Nice Surprise King Of Strangers |
1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK/Source 1 | Unknown generation audience cassette | Yes | Higher fidelity |
| 1981 Tour | Live At Crocs Night Club June 27, 1981 | 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK/Source 1 | First-generation soundboard cassette (flat transfer) |
Yes | Significantly higher fidelity; no harmful noise reduction or EQ |
| 1982 See You Tour | Toys | 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 1 | Master FM broadcast cassette | Yes | Significantly higher fidelity, correct speed |
| 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour | New Life In The Netherlands |
1983-12-06 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1 | Master FM broadcast cassette (flat transfer) |
Yes | Significantly higher fidelity, correct speed and one more song; no excessive noise reduction or EQ |
| 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour | Hysterika On The Crest Of A Wave |
1984-03-06 Orfeo Music Hall, Milan, Italy/Source 1 | First-generation audience cassette (master tape is confirmed to have been recorded over) |
Yes | Higher fidelity |
| 1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour | Performance | 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 2 (master tape) or Source 3 ("Performance" 2xCD bootleg) | Master FM broadcast cassette (flat transfer) |
Yes | Higher fidelity; no excessive noise reduction or EQ |
| 1986 Black Celebration Tour | Crepuscule | 1986-04-28 Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark/Source 1 | Unknown generation cassette copy of audience 2xLP bootleg | No | |
| 1986 Black Celebration Tour | Landscape | 1986-05-02 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany/Source 1 | Audience 2xCD bootleg | No | |
| 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour | Italian Tour 11/87 | 1987-10-27 Paleur, Rome, Italy/Source 1 | Low-generation audience cassette | Yes | Significantly higher fidelity, correct speed and no clipping |
| 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour | Speechless People | 1987-11-06 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany/Source 3 | Audience 1xLP bootleg | No | |
| 1990 World Violation Tour | Violator Live | 1990-08-04 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1 | Soundboard 3xLP bootleg | No | |
| 1990 World Violation Tour | Sweetest Violation | 1990-10-02 Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark/Source 1 | Tracks 1 to 13 - audience silver CD bootleg.
Tracks 14 to 20 - unknown generation cassette copy of a 2xLP bootleg. |
Yes | Contains 6 missing songs compared to the silver CD variant |
| 1990 World Violation Tour | A Nice Surprise King Of Strangers |
1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1 | Audience 2xCD bootleg | No | |
| 1990 World Violation Tour | Une Nuit A La Mode | 1990-11-11 Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy/Source 1 | Audience 2xCD bootleg | No | |
| 1993 Devotional Tour | Enjoy The Rumours | 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK/Source 1 | Tracks 1 to 4 - Pre-FM webstream recording, captured from BBC Sounds in 320kbps AAC.
Tracks 5 to 8 - FM rebroadcast DAT master recording. Tracks 9 to 14 - Pre-FM webstream recording, captured from BBC Sounds in 320kbps AAC. |
Yes | Higher fidelity, one more song |
| 1994 Exotic Tour | DM Rocks Hawaii | 1994-03-26 Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, HI, USA/Source 1 | Remastered soundboard CD bootleg | Yes | This bootleg has been remastered, adding quite a bit of dynamic range and making the recording much more enjoyable to listen to |
| 2005-2006 Touring The Angel | KROQ - Almost Acoustic Christmas 2005 | 2005-12-11 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA/Source 1 | Pre-FM soundboard CD | Yes | Higher fidelity, as expected from a pre-FM source |
