Although it's illegal to produce and sell bootlegs (live recordings) in the USA, it was a gray area in Europe, where some companies, such as Kiss the Stone was legally selling bootlegs. Most artists didn't want to legitimize KTS or such companies, so I'm sure the RIAA stepped in and shut down the business.
I have a few "official" bootlegs (e.g. cd pressed, not cd-r), and today I will be talking about my favorite of them all: Thank Your Lucky Stars.
This was recorded in Los Angeles (Aug 26, 1986) and the sound quality suggest it was taken directly from the soundboard. The total running time is 74:35 minutes, so they had to drop "Bigmouth Strikes Again" to fit the show with the limitation of 80 mins.
The company that put this together in 1994 is Big Music (based in Italy, distributed by CDMusicCo, srl). They did an amazing job. They got all the track listing correct (with running time), spelled all the band member's name, random live pictures (none of which are from the actual LA performance), and a short summary written by "Professor Stone" (of Kiss the Stone).
PLUS, they have on the album cover, a picture of James Dean (which as you all know, Morrissey is a huge fan of). The album art is done in the style of the Smiths record sleeves, which is usually a still from a movie in various color tints. I believe the title "Thank Your Lucky Stars" was taken from a 40s movie, but James Dean did not appear in that particular film.
The song I've picked out is "I Know It's Over", which you can hear Morrissey saying in the microphone, "Jesus Christ! Don't be so stupid! Leave him alone, you stupid idiot! Leave him!" to some security guards. Although I'm sure they were just doing their job, they should've also known that it's often encouraged by Morrissey that fans should get up on stage to dance.
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