MP3 Boot Camp: Plenty O’ Pumpkins

If you’re discussing the most taper-friendly non-jam band, you’re probably talking about the Smashing Pumpkins. When the Pumpkins got back together last summer they issued a clear declaration of our their open-source taping policy in which everyone is welcome to tape at SP shows in whatever capacity they see fit.

So it’s no surprise that the Pumpkins have teamed up with a fansite to start Livepumpkins.net, a site full of free audio, video and photos from the band’s career. Why can’t more bands be as fan friendly as the Smashing Pumpkins?

• Johnny Cash – 07/25/1964 SBD [via Double Parking]
• 12 Discs Worth of Woodstock Recordings [via T.U.B.E.]
• Drive-by Truckers – 03/27/2008 DAUD [Live Music Archive]
• The Beatles – The Lost Paris Tapes [via My Blog Too]
• Eddie Vedder Solo – 04/07/2008 DAUD [via T.U.B.E]
• A Belated 4:20 Mix [via Licorice Pizza]
• Queen Bootleg Mega Post [via Music-hole]

Does NYCTaper ever rest? Just this week he shared his fantastic recordings of mum and Hot Buttered Rum. Check out the Hot Buttered Rum show for a scintillating sit-in from TLG’s Trevor Garrod on Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright.