This -- a bootleg I've been lusting after for ten-odd years:
The Ultimate Collection (Rarities, Oddities and Cover Versions), 2 CD set, Royalty Music RMCD 001, 1992 German import. I've never seen it on Ebay or in Goldmine Magazine.
Help me if you can...!
Is it that horrible??? I've read it's pretty good in sound quality and the demos for a lot of the songs are ones that have never been heard/released since they were recorded.
And I never realised there was more than one volume...! Thanks for that info!
Most of the demos are fake - taken from another fake bootleg. The cover versions are good. the Smile and The Immortals songs are noticibly distorted because the levels were recorded too high. A few songs had horrid sound quality.
I, personally, would not call it dire - but it has obvious faults.
Volumes 2 & 3 are ok too.
All that was stated here concerning the quality of that bootleg is true . The demos are fake - some are hoaxes, some are taken from the BBC sessions.
But, if your are still interested in getting it, as well as the other volumes, then send me an e-mail privately. I am sure we can sort something out.