Bootleg Beatles

Dig It was a Beatles bootleg CD released in 1989 on Condor Records, allegedly pressed in Australia but the CD said it was made in Korea. This was one of the first boot CD's I bought way back then and while it did look like professionally made compact discs, if you looked at the CD through a light, there were a few pinholes through the metal within the disc itself. It had been said that this shows the inferiority of bootleg discs but it was just a disc that was not made as well as companies who had a bigger budget to use better material. Nonetheless, when it was possible to rip CD's, this was also one of the first I saved, in fear of the CD deteriorating.

The Lost Pepperland Reel And Other Rarities is a Beatles bootleg released on the Vigotone label in 1994. True to its title, it features various elements of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band multi-track, all done before the Rock Band game made it possible for people to extract it in that way.

Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 5 is a 1989 bootleg CD by The Beatles. After the success of the first two installments of Ultra Rare Trax, The Swingin' Pig released more editions. For Vol. 5, the label released it by mixing the masters using NoNoise, a noise reduction process that helped to eliminate tape hiss. Some collectors thought it was great while others didn't like it, believing the system may eliminate more music than tape hiss.

The Beginnings Of The Beatles: From Hamburg To London 1961-62 is a 2013 bootleg 4CD box set by The Beatles. Released by the Great Dane Records, this box focuses on the very early era of the group before they became worldwide phenoms.

Indian Rope Trick was a Beatles bootleg album released around 1977. For me, it was one of the first Beatles bootlegs I purchased back then and it excited me to no end, it was released on a number of different labels: Dragonfly, Ruthless Rhymes Ltd., and Fan. We now know this album was one of the first to feature "outfakes", or outtakes that are fake. Some of the songs that are on here as exclusive are nothing more than the left or right channel of the song to make them sound "new". Some songs listed as Beatles songs do not feature any Beatle members on it. Nonetheless, Indian Rope Trick excited many Beatles fans despite the actual disappointments. This is taken from a 2014 Remasters Workshop CD, funny since the quality is equal to the original 1977 records.

Sitting On A Cornflake is a Beatles bootleg CD full of "outfakes", mixes that were not made within the confines of The Beatles or at Abbey Road. The core of this is the Magical Mystery Tour album offered in two ways: first batch features the "left channel mixed to center", the second batch features the "right channel mixed to center". Consider them unofficial or alternate mixes of the familiar.

Last Year is a 1999 2CD bootleg by British pop combo The Beatles. The title focuses on the group's last year as a combom which was in 1969, featuring Abbey Road affiliate tracks. This was released by the Silent Sea label.