Take a look at what comes up on Tidal. I think it's an alarming trend lately. Many bands or artists I follow are experiencing a flood of poor quality, unauthorized releases. I like to think of them as pirated, but if copyright has lapsed in the source country, the worst I could classify these would be as unauthorized releases. (The term "bootleg" does not apply; that is for an unauthorized recording, like non-officially-released demos, unauthorized live recordings, etc.)
Anyway, this is part of the Sergio Mendes assortment on Tidal. These same titles show up at the other streaming services, as well as for sale on Amazon. Take a look, and try to guess which ones are unauthorized:
Anyway, this is part of the Sergio Mendes assortment on Tidal. These same titles show up at the other streaming services, as well as for sale on Amazon. Take a look, and try to guess which ones are unauthorized: