90s Boots

In the 1990s pirate compilations began appearing in record shops containing rare tunes young music fans could not afford to buy on their original format.

 

80s breakbeat lps like Ultimate Breaks n' Beats inadvertently introduced the notion that a compilation didn't have to contain just one type of genre. Bootleggers initially created break-filled dancefloor friendly compilations around an axis of Funk, Soul, Jazz and Latin but by the end of the decade the content of these compilations broadened out to include rock, folk, psych and easy listening rarities.

 

Forumusic is piecing together the story of how pirate compilations opened the minds of a generation prior to the arrival of the internet and file-sharing.

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90s Boots

90s Boots

90s Boots

90s Boots