The Original Bootlegs
Encyclopedia
The Original Bootlegs is a series of six Tori Amos
live album
s, recorded during the Original Sinsuality and Summer of Sin tours, both of which were in support of her 2005 album, The Beekeeper
. Double-disc sets were released for each complete show, which were initially released in pairs and sold individually or as a pair. On December 6, 2005 a cardboard-housed compilation
of all six concerts was released, titled The Original Bootlegs. Amos later released a similar series, titled Legs and Boots
via digital download
. Packaging is minimal with artwork featuring animal silhouettes, following the theme of The Beekeeper, which places songs into different metaphorical gardens.
Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 4/25/05
Paramount Theatre Denver, CO 4/19/05
Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 6/5/05
Hammersmith Apollo London, UK 6/4/05
Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA 8/21/05
The chart to the right shows the peak positions for the individual The Original Bootlegs releases on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart. The Paramount Theatre and Manchester Apollo releases charted the week of 29 October 2005 and the Hammersmith Apollo release charted the week of 3 December 2005. Each release placed on the Top Internet Albums chart for a single week.
As of May 2008, the Auditorium Theater and Royce Hall Auditorium releases have sold 7,000 copies each, the Paramount Theater, Manchester Apollo and Hammersmith Apollo releases have sold 5,000 copies each and the B of A Pavilion release has sold 3,000 copies. The compilation The Original Bootlegs, which includes all six shows, has sold 6,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
.
Tori Amos
Tori Amos is an American pianist, singer-songwriter and composer. She was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument...
live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
s, recorded during the Original Sinsuality and Summer of Sin tours, both of which were in support of her 2005 album, The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper
The Beekeeper is the eighth studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It deals with the topics of death, adultery and romantic conflict, and makes brief reference to ancient Gnostic mysticism from the Apocryphon of John...
. Double-disc sets were released for each complete show, which were initially released in pairs and sold individually or as a pair. On December 6, 2005 a cardboard-housed compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of all six concerts was released, titled The Original Bootlegs. Amos later released a similar series, titled Legs and Boots
Legs and Boots
Legs and Boots is a series of Tori Amos live albums recorded during the North American leg of the American Doll Posse Tour. Amos announced the launch of the series on October 16, 2007, stating that each show in the series would be available via digital download in MP3 format within a few hours...
via digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
. Packaging is minimal with artwork featuring animal silhouettes, following the theme of The Beekeeper, which places songs into different metaphorical gardens.
Track listings
Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL 4/15/05- Released: August 30, 2005
- Recorded: ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, April 15, 2005 - Catalog number: 96442
Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 4/25/05
- Released: August 30, 2005
- Recorded: Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, April 25, 2005 - Catalog number: 96443
Paramount Theatre Denver, CO 4/19/05
- Released: October 4, 2005
- Recorded: DenverDenver, ColoradoThe City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
, April 19, 2005 - Catalog number: 97634
Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 6/5/05
- Released: October 4, 2005
- Recorded: ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, June 5, 2005 - Catalog number: 97635
Hammersmith Apollo London, UK 6/4/05
- Released: November 15, 2005
- Recorded: LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, June 4, 2005 - Catalog number: 97790
Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA 8/21/05
- Released: December 6, 2005
- Recorded: Boston, August 21, 2005
- Catalog number: 97791
Sales and chart performance
| Album | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL 4/15/05 | — |
| Royce Hall Auditorium Los Angeles, CA 4/25/05 | — |
| Paramount Theatre Denver, CO 4/19/05 | 18 |
| Manchester Apollo Manchester, UK 6/5/05 | 17 |
| Hammersmith Apollo London, UK 6/04/05 | 21 |
| Bank of America Pavilion Boston, MA 8/21/05 | — |
The chart to the right shows the peak positions for the individual The Original Bootlegs releases on the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart. The Paramount Theatre and Manchester Apollo releases charted the week of 29 October 2005 and the Hammersmith Apollo release charted the week of 3 December 2005. Each release placed on the Top Internet Albums chart for a single week.
As of May 2008, the Auditorium Theater and Royce Hall Auditorium releases have sold 7,000 copies each, the Paramount Theater, Manchester Apollo and Hammersmith Apollo releases have sold 5,000 copies each and the B of A Pavilion release has sold 3,000 copies. The compilation The Original Bootlegs, which includes all six shows, has sold 6,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
.