They were always produced for a minority of rabid music collectors/fans. I recently re-read Clinton Heylin's "The Great White Wonders - A History of Rock Bootlegs" and according to him most bootlegs were produced in very small numbers despite what the RIAA would have you believe.
Interestingly, there's been a 'new' Television boot on Ebay a lot recently. It's called 'Prove It' and claims to be the Great American Music Hall in 1992 (though they got the date wrong). I know it's a recent one 'cos the buggers pinched some of my artwork for the front cover. Anyway, the first time it came up it was "Buy Now for $49" ($49?!!). It went for $30. Another copy went this week for $4. Which rather suggests that either people aren't prepared to pay all that money for a boot any longer or they've realised that, if they go to the right place, they can get it for nothing.
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