Although the terms can be subjective, bootleg records are not to be confused with counterfeit ones, which are exact duplicates of previously released recordings meant to trick people into paying ...

In 1946 two enterprising music lovers in Leningrad, Ruslan Bugaslovski and Boris Taigin, figured out a way to copy records. The original music was smuggled into the country, often by sailors.

Jimi Hendrix‘s rare instrumental studio recordings are being released on vinyl as part of American Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. The new “official bootleg” titled Hear My Music ...