Thursday, February 19, 2015

The Rubber Dubber

If you've ever seen a bootleg album cover like this one, it may well have come from the Rubber Dubber!  This was in the late '60s/early '70s before bootleg albums became the (alleged) scorn of the record industry (and before the Copyright Act of 1972).  In reality, it seems like anyone buying a Little Feat boot (for example), probably buys every single official release, too.  During these early "glory" years, most of the bootleggers were also fans.  And they also have some ridiculous tales to tell about their work.  A really good one is posted here.  Maybe I'll post about TMQ aka TMoQ (Trademark of Quality) at some point, another big boot label from the late 60s/early 70s.  Their albums tended to be more spartan (plain white jacket, maybe a rubber stamp and/or a photocopied/mimeographed insert as to the contents), but just as interesting.

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