Pirated records featuring Yellow River, San Bernadino, Picture Painter, Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Iron Horse, Fools' Gold, Peace Lovin' Man, Man of Many Faces and Born To Lose.

SOUTH-EAST Asia was a haven for record pirates back in the early 70's, and every song that was a hit was cheaply mass produced on poor quality vinyl, either as singles, EPs (with four songs) or on albums (up to 12 songs).
    These products were illegal and obviously manufactured without any permission of the artists' recording labels, nor were any royalties paid.
   The records sold very cheaply, usually in covers that had pictures of one of the artists featured on the record, or sometimes none at all.
    The vinyl used for the bootlegs was thin and the sound reproduction was poor.
    Like other successful artists of the era, Christie was not immune to such piracy, and several of their recordings exist in these pirated forms.
    Unfortunately, many unscrupulous SE Asian dealers are currently selling these records for exorbitant prices, claiming them to be collectors' items.
    Inaccurate reviews by ignorant Western journalists in some music magazines have not helped either.
    Do not be fooled. These records were made without the artists' authority or knowledge, and if you pay a premium for them, you are merely swelling the coffers of rip-off merchants.

    Here are a few tell-tale signs of a pirated disc:
1) The cover artwork looks amateurish and poorly designed
2) The record company logo is a poor imitation of the original, or a variation - for example, EMI would be changed to JMI. Alternatively, there is no logo or record company name at all
3) The artists featured on an EP belong, in most cases, to different recording companies. For example, if you see the Beatles (EMI) and Creedence (Fantasy) on the same EP, you know it is a pirated disc, for there is absolutely no way different recording companies can be represented on the same item without complex legal agreements in place
4) The vinyl itself is thin and ragged on the edges. The sound quality is poor

    Of course, the bootlegs weren't restricted to Asia; the practice was prevalent in just about any other country where licencing wasn't policed very well, such as Communist regions. Remember the tell-tale sign — if the artists on the product belong to different companies, then it is a bootleg.
    In Poland, a different sort of bootleg was manufactured — the postcard disc, again featuring work of artists without permission. There were a couple of products featuring Christie.
    The art of piracy continues well into the current age, despite attempts to crack down on it.
    These days items like CDs and DVDs are the most often copied, with technology so advanced that even a novice can create a passable imitation — but it was in the 70s when bootleg vinyl records were in extensive and profligate supply.

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