The (Un)Authorised Bootleg Album (1988)

Track listing:
Firework Girl (3:30)
Chains (2:30)
Gold (2:39)
Pourin' Out My Heart (3:19)
Wait Until I'm Dead (3:38)
How Do You Fall In Love Again? (2:25)
Kiss This Joint (2:08)
Heroine (3:53)
Tales Of Destruction (3:00)
Dynamite Jet Saloon (1:15)
Swingin' The Bottle (3:28)

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Initially issued as a limited run of 2,000, this vinyl-only release went on to be highly-collectable following the success of their later albums, with copies believed to be selling in the region of £100. Subsequently, and almost ironically, bootlegged copies emerged at record fairs around 1990, priced at a competitive £12. The bootlegged copies can be fairly easily identified even without physically handling a copy, as the sleeve artwork is less sharp and slightly off-centre. However if you’re able to check the markings on the lead-out grooves then all the better; bootlegged copies contain the tell-tale words 'You'd have done the same, you old dog' and 'Jesse's Outlaws never stole from the poor'.

The album was later officially re-issued in full as part of the 'Dogs Hits and Bootleg' collection.

From the sleeve:

'This album contains a collection of our older 'stage favourites'; songs we used to play live prior to our record deal. They have been surreptitiously borrowed (stolen!) from various UK and European radio stations, recording studios, rehearsal rooms, gigs and other salubrious venues for your delectation...Hope you like 'em.'