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Oh well, it's been fun...

It would appear that the good folk at MediaFire have taken objection to some of the files on my account, and have suspended the entire account without warning, despite previously sending me an email stating that half a dozen files "violate the MediaFire Terms of Service. Due to it being distributed from your account, it has been removed. Also, a Strike has been placed against your account and can lead to a termination of service."

They didn't give me the opportunity to address the files in question (Sex Pistols shows, in case you were wondering - how very punk rock to get them taken down...), nor any further warning that the account was in danger of suspension.

As there are far too many files to upload to another hosting service, it would appear that this is the end of Big Box of Tapes.

None of the music here was commercially-available, so no one was losing out financially, nor was anyone profiting from the files. Where's the real copyright issue in that? I could understand if this blog contained the latest release by Coldplay/Madonna/whoever, but it didn't. These files are for those people who have everything an artist has released, yet still want more. If bands don't like files like these being distributed, then why not release them commercially.

Thanks to everyone who's downloaded these shows, and posted their appreciation. I hope you've enjoyed the music. Take care.

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Paul Weller,
BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, 13th March 2012

Excellent digital broadcast of Paul Weller playing a live session on Lauren Laverne's BBC 6Music programme as part of the station's tenth birthday celebrations. This set includes three songs from Weller's latest solo album "Sonik Kicks."

01 Around the Lake
02 That Dangerous Age
03 The Attic
04 Interview
05 The Changingman
06 Wake Up the Nation
07 When Your Garden's Overgrown
08 Andromeda

Source: Digital broadcast
Quality: Excellent
Encoding: 192kbps mp3
File size: 33Mb

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Foo Fighters,
Reading Festival, Reading, UK, 26th August 1995

Excellent digital broadcast of the Foo Fighters' second-stage headline appearance on the Saturday night at the 1995 Reading Festival. This was one of, if not the, biggest show the band had played so far. Their self-titled debut album had been released the previous month and the circus-tent which housed the second stage was packed to bursting - the band hadn't been on stage long before the crowd trying to see them occupied the whole of the market stall area at the back of the Reading Festival arena, with those furthest away from the tent struggling to hear over main stage headliner Bjork. This set includes much of their debut album and an early airing (the first?) for "My Hero" which would appear in 1997 on second album "The Color and the Shape."


01 Winnebago

02 I'll Stick Around

03 Dave addresses crowd

04 Butterflies

05 Wattershed

06 Big Me

07 Dave addresses crowd

08 This is a Call

09 Weenie Beenie

10 For all the Cows

11 Oh, George

12 Podunk

13 Good Grief

14 Alone + Easy target

15 X-Static

16 My Hero

17 Exhausted


Source: Soundboard/webcast

Quality: Excellent

Encoding: 192kbps mp3

File size: 101Mb


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