Pirate albums are LPs or CDs that at first sight appear to be regular releases, but in fact are bootlegs pretending to be official albums; also included are a few bootlegs that were available through official channels plus several semi-official albums (from countries that have no copyright laws). In this section the MP3 compilations are covered. Also see Counterfeits.
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David Bowie Special 1998 (Indonesia). An Indonesian CD containing MP3s of the albums Hunky Dory, Pin Ups, David Live, Young Americans, Station To Station, Stage, ChangesBowie, the Bowie tracks from Absolute Beginners, Never Let Me Down, Black Tie White Noise and Earthling, including bonus tracks from the Ryko editions. |
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Коллекция студии альбомов 1969-1980/1983-1999 1999 (Russia). If there are definite pirate albums in the true sense of the word, then these Russian 2CD MP3 collections should be it. CD1 of this "Collection Of Studio Albums" covers David Bowie to Scary Monsters (plus bonus tracks from the Ryko re-releases and several singles and Brian Eno's Another Green World), CD2 Let's Dance to hours... (plus Ryko tracks and Eno's Before And After Science, Nerve Net and Bang On A Can). |
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Фонотека В Кармане 2001 (Russia). The title translates as "Record Library In A Pocket". This 2CD covers David Bowie (listed as Love You Till Tuesday) to hours... (but omits Stage and Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture). |
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Musical Encyclopedia 1969-2000 [in Russian] 2002 (Russia). Contains the albums David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, Young Americans, "Heroes", Lodger, Let's Dance, Tonight, Tin Machine, Tin Machine II, Black Tie White Noise, The Buddha Of Suburbia, 1. Outside, Earthling and hours... |
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Rebel Rebel (1969-1975)/Son Of A Silent Age (1976-1987)/The Glass Spider (1989-2002) 2002 (Russia). Updated and enhanced version of the Collection Of Studio Albums, encoded in 192 instead of 128 kbps and adding Heathen plus the live albums David Live and Stage (both on CD2). |
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Diamond Collection 2003 (Russia). Containing every album from Station To Station to Reality, plus David Live, the Ryko bonus tracks (as 'Singles') and the Heathen bonus disc, but minus Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture. |
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MP3 Collection 2004 (Russia). CD1 contains Early On, I Dig Everything, David Bowie, Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory and Bowie At The Beeb. CD2 has Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, Peter And The Wolf, Let's Dance, Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture and some bonus tracks from Young Americans, Lodger and Scary Monsters. CD3 contains Tonight, Labyrinth, Never Let Me Down, Black Tie White Noise, The Buddha Of Suburbia, Tin Machine and some 80s singles as bonus tracks. |
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Digital Collection 2004 (Russia). Includes David Bowie, Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane, Young Americans, "Heroes", Lodger, Let's Dance, Tonight, Never Let Me Down, Tin Machine, Black Tie White Noise, 1. Outside, hours..., Heathen, Reality and The Buddha Of Suburbia. |
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Musical Collection [in Russian] ZHMI CD07-001, 2006 (Russia). Contains 112 selected tracks from the debut album to Reality. |
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MP3 Collection MP3DM-648-5/6/7, 2006 (Russia). Yet another career-spanning MP3 collection from Russia. Apparently nobody informed the art director that the guy on the picture of CD1 isn't even David! |
