Ha! Truth be told it wasn't intended as a bootleg, but as a memento for the 4 of us who went to the show. I expected that the sound would be totally distorted and useless but it was actually kind of decent. Makes me wish I'd gotten the whole thing (I got ~80 minutes, like the first 10 songs and then bits of the rest).
Marknow · Member since
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[b]david (galashiels) wrote: [/b]
zebonka.how did you manage to get a 45min,video on youtube.thought the limit was 10 mins.
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Hiya David.
The upload limit on youtube is 1 Gigabyte per file at the moment. That LOML video I uploaded last week was 996mb, pretty big for 6 minutes of video. Took nearly 2 hours to upload it.
The playing time of the file is irrelevant as long as it is under 1gig in size.
Penetration_Guru · Member since
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[b]on my way up wrote: [/b]
Was that in the seventies? I know a rockband who played great shows at the Apollo :-)
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AC/DC
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Penetration_Guru · Member since
These days it's easy.
Mic & battery pack in pocket with keys (feels like more keys if frisked).
Recorder down front of trousers (very unlikely to be frisked there, especially when one aims at female security).
Go to toilet, clip mic to shirt, move recorder to pocket, connect up, return to venue, press record once ready.
This does remind me of a frisking story though (!) - as a youth I used to carry a swiss army knife. One never knew when a passing horse may have a stone in it's hoof, or something - I don't know. Anyway, I was going into a nightclub I think, and was frisked by a female security person, who felt said knife in my pocket and said "I don't want to know what THAT is!" before letting me through.
This seemed odd, as surely it was exactly what she was supposed to be taking off people? Unless she thought that my cock was the size of a lipstick, rock solid, and originated closer to my hip than my testicles....
Queenrockyou · Member since
I remember the first show I taped was in Antwerpen on the last tour. I spent a bloody long time finding the arena as the signs on the road in Belgium are not the best ones... Searching for the exit 6 on the motorway, just to find that it jumped from 5 to 7, had to make the whole tour of the city because I took the motorway in the wrong way, things like that... Got a little irritated as I needed time to install my equipment.
I had modified my shirt at home during the previous weeks, basically I sewed pockets in it, on the inside. one on each side so I could connect the recorder and the battery, one in each side. The new pockets were exactly on the same place than the original ones on the outside, so it was impossible to see that. And I was able to control the equipment anytime.
Then I packed all the equipment (recorder, battery, external mics, every cable need) in plastic, added an adhesive on every packet, and went to pee before the show in the cafe just in front. I remember that I took some good 10 minutes to install all that in my pants, and went out of the loos feeling quite powerful, you know, the real man !!! I took a breath, tried to walk without people thinking that I forgot to drop out the pants and that I crapped myself... I got out of the loos, trying not to walk like a duck, finding that quite uncomfortable, while a long queue of hard drinkers looked at me clearly saying with their eyes that they were there for a long time...
Then I walked into the hall, very simply, not a single look to my pants, which I took quite large, trying to find a good place, quite hidden in the audience. I installed myself, ask my wife to get closer to me, put the hands in my pants and showed her my equipment... Then I opened my shirt (don't get that hot, this is not an adult forum !), installed the equipment and wires, with the two mikes clipped on the collar. I pressed "record", just some few minutes or seconds before the show actually began.
When the show stopped, the security was nowhere, as I said before, you could have brought your caravan in without any problem !
In Paris, the second show I taped, my wife could not come with me, but I met our dear Daffy who came with me to the show. In the cafe, before the show, same story again, but I was worry because the security seemed tighter. I was right, but they saw nothing and I entered the hall just like in Antwerpen. We found a place nearer to the stage (just in front of a security guy); then I went behind Daffy's back and once again searched through my pants (not an adult forum once again !). Hopefully, Daffy was aware of what was happening !! He didn't move so I could install all correctly.
Then a guy next to me, who seemed quite noisy and excited compared to the rest of the (very calm) audience saw me installing the mikes, and showed me to his friend and said to him :"Bootleggers !!". I felt relieved when I heard afterwards that his friend was called Jeroen... I knew he had done the same before me and knew that it was finally good news !!! I spent a part of the concert somewhat hidden behind Daffy, especially when the security caught a videotaper just five meters from us on the right.
After that, I went to my hotel, listened to my recordings, and thought that finally it was worth it !! I just had regrets that all that had not taken place 25 years before...
Regards,
Olivier,
Belgium.
YourValentine · Member since
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[b]ruth.olivier wrote: [/b]
I installed myself, ask my wife to get closer to me, put the hands in my pants and showed her my equipment...
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:-)
Nice story, Oliver :-))) The audio tapers are fine once they are in the venue. They are very rarely caught. It's much harder for the videotapers because they cannot hide the camcorder if they want to film something. Also, you cannot really bring the camcorder in your pants, it's still much bigger than audio equipment.
on my way up · Member since
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[b]YourValentine wrote: [/b]
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[b]ruth.olivier wrote: [/b]
I installed myself, ask my wife to get closer to me, put the hands in my pants and showed her my equipment...
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:-)
Nice story, Oliver :-))) The audio tapers are fine once they are in the venue. They are very rarely caught. It's much harder for the videotapers because they cannot hide the camcorder if they want to film something. Also, you cannot really bring the camcorder in your pants, it's still much bigger than audio equipment.
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That part of Olivier's post is hilarious:-)
City-in-the-Sun · Member since
Olivier from Belgium.
You are a true Star and a Gentleman ,and you allways make me Smile ,Queenzone are very lucky indeed to have such a Dedicated Queen Reporter..your posts are allways great..[img=/images/smiley/msn/thumbs_up.gif][/img]
brians wig · Member since
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[b]YourValentine wrote:
[/b]It's much harder for the videotapers because they cannot hide the camcorder if they want to film something. Also, you cannot really bring the camcorder in your pants, it's still much bigger than audio equipment.
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That's what you think!
Size and the ability to record without tape changes or battery changes are the reason i bought a JVC Everio.
No comments about the size of my equipment please! ;)
Queenrockyou · Member since
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[b]City-in-the-Sun wrote: [/b]
Olivier from Belgium.
You are a true Star and a Gentleman ,and you allways make me Smile ,Queenzone are very lucky indeed to have such a Dedicated Queen Reporter..your posts are allways great..[img=/images/smiley/msn/thumbs_up.gif][/img]
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Wow, this is too much !! No, if I am almost okay to endorse the Gentleman thing, I don't fell anything of a star of whatever ! In fact, I just told a story I'm sure 90% of the audio tapers experiment too !!!
But I have to admit I have a BIG respect for all the video tapers, THEY are true kings and genious as far as hiding equipment is concerned... They took really big risks just to bring us back some good videos to watch at, and that's just really a treat !! The decent video equipment, the one that records video AND audio in excellent quality, is not cheap, sometimes it is probably quite big, bu they go on with that equipment instead of sometimes smaller but worse... THEY are the real genius !
Regards,
Olivier,
Belgium.
BradJarre · Member since
The first time i ever bootlegged a show was about 3 weeks ago:
Jean Michel Jarre live @ the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam the 26th of may
There where security guys at the entrance, But they only did a very
quick search and i asked if i could make photo`s or video`s with my
Cellphone, and they said"With a cellphone you can do anything you want"
So...
I went to my seat, Took my cellphone and recorded about 1-2 mins from
every song(Except the encore, I recorded that from the beginning till
the end)..
I thought, hmm, My Nokia N95 isnt the best i guess with sound and video
quality, But when i watched them @ my computer, i thought... hmm sound
quality is good, the only time it gets distorted is when i shout JEAN
MICHEL!!! at the end of his speech.
Video quality is kinda sucky, I was at the balcony so i had to zoom in
a lot, And because its a phone the zoom quality is bad, It goes
smoothly but the more i zoom, The more blocky it gets, Thats a shame...
I recorded around 50 minutes of footage, And i enjoy watching it..
It wasnt intended as bootlegging, just as a memory from my first ever Jean Michel Jarre concert...
YourValentine · Member since
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[b]brians wig wrote: [/b]
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[b]YourValentine wrote:
[/b]It's much harder for the videotapers because they cannot hide the camcorder if they want to film something. Also, you cannot really bring the camcorder in your pants, it's still much bigger than audio equipment.
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That's what you think!
Size and the ability to record without tape changes or battery changes are the reason i bought a JVC Everio.
No comments about the size of my equipment please! ;)
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Well, David - I am not impressed by the size of your equipment ;-) I wasn't diminishing the achievement of the audio tapers in any way: it's hard to set the equipment correctly and to make sure the recorder is not switched off accidentally etc etc. I only think it's not so bad once you stared recording because the mics are very small and easy to hide.
