The first bootleg VHS recording of a concert I ever owned came from a local flea market. While digging through a pile of video tapes at Old Paris Flea Market back in the mid 1990s, I found a VHS recording of a Pantera concert that had taken place at the Diamond Ballroom (a show I had actually attended). The tape was priced at $20, but for $30 I got that one and a second tape (Metallica’s 1992 Oklahoma City show). That’s how it all started for me. While fan-made audio recordings of concerts have been around for as long as… (read more)