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ironheadrat
08-02-2012, 11:31 AM
Don't think there were too many of these, but I picked these up in Selectadisc in Nottingham (which was overflowing with bootlegs of all types).
Obviously based on the Blue Brazil/Brazilica formula (in the same way that a lot of the jazz dance ones followed the Streetsounds Jazz Juice pattern) , and to be honest, although there was some great stuff on them, none of them quite matched up to Joe Davis' selections. The covers were just as appalling as Blue Brazil, though.

I've still got the first and 5th of the Rare Brazil series, the other one I had I lost ages ago (can't see any mention of Vol 4)

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Rare-Brazil/release/2211995

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Rare-Brazil-2/release/2389345

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Rare-Brazil-3/release/1054169

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Rare-Brazil-5-Rio-Celebration-Of-Life/release/2912752

Then there's this one that came a bit later, I think. It stinks of boot but I can't be sure

http://www.discogs.com/Various-SuperClasse-Presents-Brazil-60s70s-Vol-1/release/1453590

Ian Townsend
08-02-2012, 06:50 PM
There was a facebook thing going around the other day that my gf drew my attention to showing year by year pie charts of lp, cd, cd singles, cassette manufacturing / sales from 1985 up to 2010.

The figures were incredible. The mad slump in international vinyl sales at the end of the 80s / early 90s seems to be inversely proportionate to the sheer number and variey of boots being compiled. Wondered whether it just got easier to get pressing plants to do cheap runs when they were fighting for survival? I'm still convinced the huge fall off in vinyl sales internationally triggered ease / cost-effectiveness / blind-eye to legality etc..

Vinyl sales were running at something ridiculous like 1% of market share in the 90s.

I wonder if every country experienced a boom in boots related to this or am i completely off-tangent / naive and they were always everywhere?
A label owner told me he only got his first music 45s pressed on vinyl around the end of the 90s because it was so cheap compared to doing it on any other format.