Should bootlegs be considered a part of an artist's discography when indexing their career or not?
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Looking at the definition of "discography" as being: complete collection of the releases of a musical act; List of all of the releases of a certain musical act, usually with release dates.
A bootleg is defined as a "recording is an audio and/or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist." Since it was not released, it should not be listed on the official discography.
However, I could see having a secondary "bootography" that lists them.
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A good example of a "bootleg" that should be included in an index would be "The Grey Album" by Danger Mouse. This was never released because of licensing issues, but its viral spread on the internet made Danger Mouse famous.
I don't think a live recording that was slated for release but never released is important enough, unless the artist has said that it was important to him but there were licensing issues; in this case, it may be worth mentioning in a biography/capsule, but not necessarily a discography. Discography should be reserved for official releases or independent releases, or albums that may not have been official but were career milestones.
Also, let's imagine that Guns and Roses had not released "Chinese Democracy," nor given any indication that it would be released, yet it had been discussed and worked on for a decade. An album like this could be added as "unreleased" or "in production."
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For other artists, you'll gain very little with a bootleg. Britney Spears, for example.
Then there are other artists who pump out so much of their rough, live tracks that considering bootleg discography is not necessary. Like Ben Folds pretty much have his own bootleg recordings presented on a regular basis, so no real need to consider that stuff in his pantheon.
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Otherwise, no.
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* Song six from unofficial live recording Der Harpenkeller, Amsterdam 12/7/74
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The artist's discography should be only released albums, and unreleased, but intended to be released albums. (For example, an album that doesn't get released because of copyright issues, or label problems could be considered part of the discography, also, recordings like Metallica's No Life Till Leather, which was distributed as a bootleg, but was essentially Metallica's self produced first album.)
If concert bootlegs were considered part of a band's discography, then every recording of the band would have to be considered for inclusion. There needs to be some sort of official stamp from the artist.
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That said, I personally would keep them in a seperate section. Just like "Live Albums" or "Studio Albums".
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M$An artist should have all control over whatever he/she produces, so it preserves their vision.
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