Bootleg/original differences?

[Melrose]

I'm wondering what the content-wise differences between bootlegged and original versions of DVDs and CDs are? I don't mean booklets, CD images, etc. but the music and concerts themselves.

[Ayumi_lover]

the different is quality. Best quality in original.
In bootleg you can get just converted 192kbps mp3

[elepop]

Yep, the quality isn't as good. Also, sometimes, they don't have the right songs.

More info here: http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/music/bootlegs/index.htm

[visionfactory]

Originally Posted by Ayumi_lover

the different is quality. Best quality in original.
In bootleg you can get just converted 192kbps mp3

sometimes is the same than the original... but always is better to buy the original so you really support the artist

[che0173]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

Yep, the quality isn't as good. Also, sometimes, they don't have the right songs.

More info here: http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/music/bootlegs/index.htm

LMFAO!!!
if they don't even have the right songs...thats just hilarious
hahas
umm...yeaaa =D

[orangeland]

Originally Posted by asongforXX

Yep, the quality isn't as good. Also, sometimes, they don't have the right songs.

More info here: http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/music/bootlegs/index.htm

Nick's site is probably the best (and only) site to get info on this!

[Deneb]

IMO bootleg is like me downloading bunch of music from the internet and burn it onto disc then sell it. tracklist is random? depending on what the bootleger wants to makes.

yea, that site is pwnsome!

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

eneabba.net is awesome!

And it's hilarious because i see lots of those bootlegs at my favourite music store. On the top shelf it's all the legit CD's but on the bottom layer...all BOOTLEGS LOL! I had to laugh when i saw the fake covers of the albums...

[kendelle]

Lol I received the bootleg (m)u CD from eBay once, with Ayu hits such as "GRATEFUL DLAYS", "BOLD & BELICIOUS", "MEMORIDL ADDRESS" and "JULYLST" D:

[majrakun]

^ that's just toooo random! XD

[KuroixShiroi_Namida]

Lol @ kendelle

how much did that cost you?

[kendelle]

It was about $32.00! AND the picture in the listing was of the real CD >=/

When I opened it for the first time the box was made of cardboard, and the plastic section holding the 2nd disc (a rubbish copy of Moments) fell out and cracked! I got my money back when I filed a dispute though (lucky!) - and kept the crappy bootlegs!

[Deneb]

ouch xD that's why u should only buy cd with pictures of the actual case. not no pictures or album art glad you god your money back though ^^

[Lanz16]

Originally Posted by kendelle

Lol I received the bootleg (m)u CD from eBay once, with Ayu hits such as "GRATEFUL DLAYS", "BOLD & BELICIOUS", "MEMORIDL ADDRESS" and "JULYLST" D:

Those bolded song titles are my faves, they just simply murdered it. *angry*

Originally Posted by KuroixShiroi_Namida

eneabba.net is awesome!

So true, I simply love that 'site. Its very informative and it has a complete details of every product of Ayu's records.

EDIT:
Im also a victim of a bootleg.
I buy a "MY STORY" album in our local Anime merchandise shop and I've noticed something strange after I bought it.
Ayu's official Record label was "AVEX TRAX", but in my "MY STORY" album was "MIYA records".
So, I found out that this a fake one when I visited the eneabba.net site.

And that time, I felt really GUILTY from buying BL CDs.

[Deneb]

Originally Posted by Lanz16

Those bolded song titles are my faves, they just simply murdered it. *angry*


So true, I simply love that 'site. Its very informative and it has a complete details of every product of Ayu's records.

EDIT:
Im also a victim of a bootleg.
I buy a "MY STORY" album in our local Anime merchandise shop and I've noticed something strange after I bought it.
Ayu's official Record label was "AVEX TRAX", but in my "MY STORY" album was "MIYA records".
So, I found out that this a fake one when I visited the eneabba.net site.

And that time, I felt really GUILTY from buying BL CDs.

bad luck somehow people tend to sell bootleg in anime shop/expo

[Lanz16]

^ That's really true.
They didn't know the real thing from the bootleg because they care about that they sell and sell stuffs without recognizing the real ones from the fake ones.
Oh, there is a shop in our local mall that sells TONS of JPop CD and DVD bootlegs.
Most of it are from China or Taiwan and some of the are from "MIYA Records".

[Suteisi]

I would never buy CDs and DVDs in Anime convention for that reason. Unless they are anime... but even then... the only authentic stuff I found in Anime conventions are WAAYY expensive. And mangas... xD

[Milox]

Actually most Duty, I Am..., A ballads, and Rainbow cds in ebay are bootlegs. Have to be extra careful with those