Van Morrison - Why banned?!

[TheMysticMuse]

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[tweedydash7]

I miss Van Morrison shows so much on here. Hope they do lift the ban if there is anymore

[rstone5]

I'd like to trade some Van boots, got a few... With all due respect to the authorities. OTOH don't want us all getting into trouble,

or even WORSE, attracting attention.

[Matty78]

I found this handy.

http://www.ousterhout.net/lossless/vmorrison.html

[rstone5]

ousterhout seems to be a really reasonable person, I agree.

It seems that the officials or lawyers or whoever are largely hit-and miss. Mat Brewster has had to cancel downloads of some of the earlier files, but recently seem uncontested.

http://www.themidnightcafe.org

[tvhap]

Contact his people and get an official document or something that says it's ok. Otherwise pay the legal bill to take a case to court to set precedent. TTD isn't going to take a chance and get shut down over it.

[Homebrew101]

If Dime can allow VM shows I can't imagine why TTD doesn't lift the ban.

[U2Lynne]

I have removed them from our Band Restriction Policy.

[TheMysticMuse]

Originally Posted by U2Lynne

I have removed them from our Band Restriction Policy.

Wait. Did you just say that it's allowed to upload Van Morrison boots again?

[rstone5]

Brewster from earlier (2011 or 2012?) blog:

"For ages, Van Morrison had the Web Sheriff on the payroll confounding bootlegers of all stripes. Folks like Van and others hire the Sheriff to rid the online world of illegal copies of their art. I don't know if it was Van himself, or his management that did the hiring and I likewise don't know if the initial intent was to take down unofficially released recordings as well, but that is exactly what happened. The Sheriff is a bit of a maniac and for years it was very difficult to find copies of Van Morrison concerts online. I once even had some cover art for Van bootlegs taken down by the Sheriff for no apparent reason.

"A few weeks ago the Sheriff got fired by Van (though I am sad to say he has since been hired by Bob Dylan) and bootlegs are now bountiful. I've since downloaded/traded for dozens of Morrison bootlegs and nearly everyday am getting more. Like a lot of artists who've been performing for decades the quality of the boots range from pristine to piss poor,but they are almost always interesting."

So, fingers crossed...

Rod.

[Unidecker]

bring on the VAN

i have alot myself over the years

if you want to find em all get Qbittorrent and ue the search plugins

and u will find most that are out atm

but eh what do i know i only have a few hundred gb's



older the van the better imho

[TheMysticMuse]

Me and a couple of members here at TTD have been bringing on the van this last year/months. use the search function and you'll see. Much more to come and yes I agree, the older stuff (up to mid 90s) is the best imho.

[Unidecker]

nothing beats the VAN of the late 80s and early 90s imho much like neil youngs 80s

some of my faves

[Unidecker]

post/seed more VAn

happy thanks giving