Bootleg a Bootleg, You Cut Out the Middleman is a live, self-released album by Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres including post-grunge, heavy metal, alternative...

, recorded in May 1997 in Las Vegas, NV. It was originally recorded for Westwood-1 Radio, hence all the swearing is censored. The station copy was stolen and copies regularly sold on eBay

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 for over $20. Upset that their fans were being exploited, the band obtained a copy and released it themselves.

Initially, the band had planned this disc to be the first in a series of bootlegs officially released by the band, but no other discs followed. In 2007, the band digitally released 5 live shows via Snocap

SNOCAP

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that were recorded between 2001 and 2004, but these shows were not given a physical release and it is unclear if they are meant to be a continuation of Bootleg a Bootleg.

Track listing

1. "Automatic" - 2:47
2. "Time and a Half / Econolodged" - 5:15
3. "Happyman / 9th At Pine" - 3:55
4. "Johnny Quest Thinks We're Sellouts" - 3:00
5. "Lockdown" - 2:46
6. "Laverne And Shirley" - 0:53
7. "Shindo" - 2:15
8. "Liquor Store" - 2:46
9. "Jen" - 2:52
10. "Big" - 2:43
11. "Sugar In Your Gas Tank" - 2:06
12. "Rock-N-Roll Pizzeria" - 2:15
13. "We're Not Gonna Take It" - 2:29