I miss em!! Are you guys still out there doing your wonderful work??
I know they're generally not as "clean" as the official releases but there's something about a good fan recording that is somehow...um better.
A recent example for me is Purple Rain.
For pure impact of the song live Stan Golstein's video (pretty much the first out I think) is sooooo great. The audio isn't "clean" but for me it beats the free official MP3 download.
In particular Nils' solo is killer on that video but whilst it's still great on the MP3 (and official video) it didn't have quite the same impact for me.
There is something to be said about capturing the "in the room" sound of a great performance.
Dont get me wrong, it's awesome that we have access to official recordings for every show now, it's amazing and I'm thankful.
However my thoughts...