Tube Bar Red's Bootleg Tape (Remastered)

Tube Bar Red's Bootleg Tape (REMASTERED) is a prank call

Prank call

A prank call is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. Prank phone calls began to gain an America-wide following over a period of many years, as they gradually became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded amongst musicians, sound engineers, and media traders...

 comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 album by the Bum Bar Bastards. As the album title suggests, this was originally a bootleg

Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...

 tape that was passed around in the public.

This 24 min recording is solely responsible for making the Tube Bar recordings famous. In 1988 TeenBeat Records

TeenBeat Records

Teen Beat is an independent record label, originally based in Arlington, VA, now based in Cambridge, MA. It was founded by Mark Robinson in 1984 at Wakefield High School along with Phil Krauth , Andrew Beaujon , Tim Moran , and Ian Zack .The label was originally set up like a lending library...

 released an unauthorized commercial recording, and it was again later used in 1991 by Chris Gore

Chris Gore

Christopher Patrick "Chris" Gore is an acclaimed speaker and writer on the topic of independent film.Gore was born September 5, 1965 in Big Rapids, Michigan. He is the main writer and the founder of Film Threat, a project dedicated to covering independent and underground movies which he started in...

 in his short film based on the prank calls called "RED" staring Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney was an American actor, known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and hardened criminals, which mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law....

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Since this recording features some calls and content that was previously unreleased and due to its historical value, T.A. Productions decided to give it an official authorized release. In addition to the original 24 minute recording, the album also features a newly remastered version of the 24 min recording, the Ode to Red song by Rikk Agnew

Rikk Agnew

Richard Francis Agnew, Jr. , more commonly known as Rikk Agnew, is an American guitarist who has played in some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk scene, as well as the influential deathrock band Christian Death.- Biography:With Casey Royer, Agnew played in Social...

, the last phone call made to Red at the Tube Bar and some remix music by Greg Florko.

Track listing

1. "Ode to Red - Rikk Agnew's Yardsale"
2. "Red's Bootleg Tape (Remastered)"
3. "Red's Last Stand - Bum Bar Bastards & Greg Florko"
4. "Red's Bootleg Tape (Original Recording)"

57:09 mins