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==Bootlegging in the vinyl era==
In [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] there were a number of record mastering and pressing plants that were not 'first in line' to press records for the major labels, usually only getting work when the larger plants were overloaded. These pressing plants were more than happy to generate income by pressing bootlegs of dubious legality. Sometimes they just hid the bootleg work when record company executives would come around (in which case the bootleg record labels could show the artist and song names) and other times secrecy required labels with fictitious names.

Collectors generally relied on ''[[Hot Wacks]]'', which was a catalog of known bootlegs published annually, for the actual aritsts and track listings as well as source and sound quality information. Another source readily available to vinyl collectors has been [[Dust Traxx Records]] in Chicago which provides limited release bootlegs of top 10 artists. The market outlets for bootlegs have been varied. [[Swap meet]]s, record collector shows, and smaller record stores would stock them, and there have been assorted unique sources for individual bands. There were major bootleg markets in Japan and Europe for bands like [[the Yardbirds]], [[Led Zeppelin]], and [[the Rolling Stones]].