First of all, let me apologize for not getting this information posted yesterday.
After a temporary setup over the Winter, I have moved into a new place and it was certainly an event.


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Please keep up on the latest news via our News Ticker and Svengi's column will resume next Sunday, April 17th...thank you for visiting HotWacks On-line!

Well we have some Rock N' Roll on the road and it is starting to get exciting again. With THE BLACK CROWES reuniting and on tour, U2 kicking off their World Tour, VELVET REVOLVER taking their act to the next level and now THE ROLLING STONES talking tour plans for August/September in the States...

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Happy Easter to everyone. I hope you all have had a nice holiday weekend and that things are a little brighter on some level, with Spring upon us. It seems like there are a lot of titles to talk about this week...


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Well, Spring Break has hit the States so some sort of psychological relief must be around the corner. Just give me some extended periods of sunshine and I'm good! While the news started to stream in earlier in the week...

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Anyone else sick of Winter? It seems that the Winter doldrums have reached their peak this last week though I always look at March as "turning the corner" with all of that. It seems that the bootleg release news this past 7 days would also reflect the same. There hasn't been a lot to talk about until this weekend. It just seems there is a ton of re-issue/re-release coverage. Ah, but Spring is just around the corner! With that, let's jump in...

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Welcome to the Bootleg Music Release News for March 6th, 2005 here at HotWacks On-line. First off, I want to thank all the members who emailed thoughts and suggestions this past week. There were some good ideas that we'll look into over the next month...

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Welcome to the Academy Awards version of the HotWacks On-line Bootleg News for February 27th. What do the Oscars have to do with Bootleg Releases?

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Let's see, for those stateside this would be the Presidents' Day edition of the Bootleg News this week here at HotWacks On-line. First a comment on the seldom-used Bulletin Board page. It has been taken down, primarily due to a programming issue but...

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A relatively light week of New Release Bootleg News caused this Grammy Sunday Edition of Recorded Highlights & Action Replays to be somewhat delayed.

(Click below for the complete Bootleg News Column for February 13th.)

Ah, yes it's Superhype(Super Bowl) Sunday here in the U.S. To offset that white noise, we have quite a bit of Bootleg Release News to share with you this week here at HotWacks On-line. While typing this column up today, I am listening to BOB DYLAN "Deep Beneath The Waves" from Tambourine Records, an excellent recording of an equally great performance from Motril, Spain last Summer...

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Ok everyone, the Bootleg News for the week of January 24th, 2005. Again, my apologies for the late posting. Let's jump right in.

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As we wind down the long month of January, we at HotWacks On-line hope that the year is starting off on a good note for you. It has been a week void of any big announcements in the Bootleg News but, we have quite a bit of new release information that we can relay and get everyone caught up...

(Click below for the complete Bootleg News Column for January 23rd.)

This past week certainly started out quiet but ended up providing some interesting developments. These are indeed, my random notes for the week that was January 10th, 2005.

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Those that seek only one good bootleg representation of an artist will be well served to track down a copy of Empress Valley's LED ZEPPELIN "St. Louis Blues". There have been a number of reviews posted around the usual haunts, as well as GSparaco's own take that is posted here at HotWacks On-line.

(Click below for the complete Bootleg News Column for January 9th.)