the bloke's a genius as i've told him and you don't get any of this flac only - pseudo 'animal farm' all animals are equal but some are more equal than others - nonesense or having to jump through hoops to get his recordings. they go up, make their way around the world and everyone enjoys them.
He is arguably the best audience taper in the world. The only other person who could pip him to that title would be alysha in my opinion. I cannot think of any others who make such brilliant tapes consistently (maybe MLK/MLKLuke)?. Does he tape IEMs nowadays as well? I don't think I've seen as many of his from the more recent years (which suggests to me perhaps IEM and aud taping?)
clearly he wouldn't tell me if he was but none of the messages i've exchanged with him or his mates from jems have led me to believe that - i know there's an urban myth on btx about inner circles but if they exist and it's a big if, something always gets out. personally i don't think they exist other than a few bits and pieces. The only indication of uncirculating Bruce stuff we didn't know about has been in heyling's book - in the list of unreleased recordings. All the other stuff that's rumoured is the usual forum crap, btx or otherwise, that they've convinced themselves exists without any proof. I think i said once i got accused of being in the inner circle because i had cincinnatti on dvd - which i bought from a market! Some videos or recordings of gigs may have escaped from bruce's vault, just as they escape from say Bowie's but it's not as widespread as is suggested. Although Bruce's suggestion that he didn't know how much there was in storage when he started doing tracks is clearly another of his well rehearsed interview pieces of rubbish - the piles of film footage that can be seen in the darkness box dvd is clear indication that's not true. Since darkness and river rehearsals are both entirely filmed and much of nebraska is his original tape with some overdubs then he is clearly aware that recordings are made throughout and to suggest otherwise is niaive at best and stupid at worst.
ha ha, i don't share everyone's affection for it - too much messing about - detroit medley-american land- twist and shout - i can think of better things to do with that half hour - Lily carter?
