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Ah, the sprawling bootleg jungle of The Stone Roses, part treasure map for the faithful, part migraine for anyone foolish enough to call themselves a “completist.” From crusty 1984 rehearsals that sound like they were recorded through a damp sock, to shimmering live bootlegs that somehow make the band’s chaos sound poetic, every unofficial release adds another layer to the legend.
 

There’s Spike Island ’90, where Ian Brown’s swagger was louder than his microphone; the fabled Garage Flower demos whispered about like contraband scripture; the Blackpool Empress Ballroom show that still makes collectors salivate; and the beautifully ragged Glasgow Green ’90, preserved forever in glorious hiss. Each CD, vinyl, or MP3 , often with names like Turns Into Stone Again or Elephant Stone Cold, feels like a secret handshake between fans who insist, with religious conviction, that Ian did hit that one high note. Once. Maybe.

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These aren’t just recordings. They’re time‑capsules. Artifacts. Audio Polaroids of a band forever chasing perfection and a fanbase just as determined to catch them in the act… even if the tape is held together by hope, hiss, and an overworked TDK cassette.
 

Fast‑forward to the reunion years (2012–2017), and suddenly even the soundchecks became collectable folklore, traded, pressed, and worshipped like relics from a second coming. Somewhere out there, a fan is still arguing that their Sonic Mania vinyl is a spiritual experience.
 

Click into the sections below for a deeper dive into the Roses’ myth-making bootleg universe.
And for the full list, head to the recordings section, if you dare!

RECORDS
Bootleg Records
CD
Bootleg CDs
RECORDINGS
MP3 digital recordings
23 May 2012 – Parr Hall, Warrington
  • The Resurrection - Audience Recording Source 1
  • Return Of The Roses - Audience Recording (*One Long Track Timing In At 50:51) Source 2

08 June 2012 – Club Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
  • Incomplete Audience Recording Source 1
  • Incomplete Audience Recording Source 2
  • Incomplete Audience Video Recording Source 3

09 June 2012 – Club Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
  • Incomplete Audience Recording Source includes recordings from 08 June 2012

12 June 2012 – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Amsterdam Paradise - Complete Audience Recording Source 1
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  •   Double 12" Yellow Record - Audience Recording.
    At the time of writing, as far as I am aware there is only one copy of this (Test Cut) see the Vinyl section for more details. Recording is believed to be from Source 2 below.
     
  • The Drummers A C*nt - Complete Audience Recording Source 2 (Taper: Ian Macdonald (ianmacd) (Audience Master, recorded 10 metres back from the left-side, ceiling-mounted PA stack. Source: 2 x matched DPA 4060 mics -> DPA MMA6000 amplifier (100 Hz low-cut filter) -> Edirol R-09HR recorder (44.1 kHz/24 bit WAV). Lineage: Audacity 2.0.0 - slightly equalised to accentuate the high end / attentuated peaks of loud applause / added fades / split tracks / * converted to 16 bit -> FLAC (compression level 8) [libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917]) Total running time: 86:27)
     
  • 12062012 () Complete Audience Recording Source 3 (Radio Mics)
     
  •  Incomplete IEM (In Ear Monitor): I Wanna Be Adored / Sally Cinnamon / Mersey Paradise / (Song For My) Sugar Spun Sister / Where Angels Play *Sourced from Reni's In Ear Monitor
     
  • Amsterdam Reunion Night (2012, Made In Japan. A-Tera Records. Cat. No. A-Tera-046.Incorrectly claims to be a Stereo Soundboard Master, 24bit digitally remastered.) 2 Pro-CD-R - Audience/Matrix.
     
  • Amsterdam Reunion Night (2012. Cat. No. 41554. Bootlegged from the above. Slight variation with the sleeve. The rear blue A-Tera tab has been replaced with a barcode '4400214 171432' and 'For Promotional Use Only. All Rights Reserved. made in USA' and some poorly translated policy. I still believe this is another Japanese bootleg of a bootleg and they were pressed by the same people who copied several other pro-CD-Rs too. Same style, same glossy paper and similar catalog numbers too. White label CD-Rs with black text. The discs are straight copies from the above too.) 2 CD-R
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22 June 2012 - Hurricane Festival, Blue Stage, Eichenring, Scheeßel, Germany
  • Complete Audience Recording (Big Clive source)
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25 June 2012 Monday - Les Nuits des Fourvières, Théâtre antique de Fourvière, Lyon, France 
  •  Soundcheck *Approx sixteen minutes worth of recording exsists, sourced from mobile phone recordings.
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29 June 2012 Friday - Heaton Park, Manchester 
  • Source 1 This Is The One - Near Complete Audience Recording (Recorded in the front pit, wristband access only area, near the front left stack.) - 2 CD-R - CD1 - CD2 - Bonus Tracks: Primal Scream [Support Set] - The Final Solution (2012) / Swastika Eyes / Movin’ On Up / Loaded / Country Girl / Jailbird / Rocks
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  • Source 2 ("Not bad for a bunch of old cunts!". Taper: Ian Macdonald (ianmacd), Type: Audience master, recorded from the back of the pit, 6 metres in front of the sound board. Source: Factory-paired DPA 4060 microphones (with windshields) ->DPA MMA6000 amplifier (100 Hz low-cut filter) -> Edirol R-09HR recorder (44.1 kHz/24 bit WAV), Lineage: Audacity 2.0.0 (* amplified by 6 dB, * equalised to pull the instruments out of the Mancunian mud, * added fades, * split tracks * converted to 16 bit -> FLAC (compression level 8) [libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917])) Complete Audience Recording 
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30 June 2012 Saturday - Heaton Park, Manchester
  • "We're Ace In The Rain!". Taper: Ian Macdonald (ianmacd) - Complete Audience Recording 
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01 July 2012 Sunday - Heaton Park, Manchester
  • Source 1 Standing Here 2CD (2 CD-R) Near Complete Audience Recording
  • Source 2 "These Lads Can Play!". Taper: Ian Macdonald (ianmacd) - Source 2 () Complete Audience Recording
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05 July 2012 Thursday - Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
  • Source 1 Complete Audience Recording
  • Source 2 Complete Audience Recording (johnky master)
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14 July 2012 - Benicassim Festival, FIB 2012, Costa del Azahar, Benicassim, Spain
  • Benicassim Festival 2012 Highlights - TV & Webcast
  • Webcast Video: I Wanna Be Adored
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17 July 2012 - Samsung Galaxy City Sound Festival, Arena Civica, Ippodromo del Galoppo di San Siro, Milan.
  • Complete Audience Recording / Taper: Giuseppe Pastorelli [G.P.] (doublec) (Front right stack, about 20m from the stage. 15m right hat-mounted mic> Church Audio CA-14 Cardioids > Church Audio battery box > Edirol R-09 (24-bit/48.0 kHz, LINE-IN, rec. level 25/30) > SDHC Panasonic RP SDM04G. Generation: master (no optical media extraction. transfer: SDHC Panasonic RP-SDM04G > HD (via USB) > Audacity 2.0.0 (cut/amplified[+7.0dB(L)/+11.0dB(R)]/faded-in/faded-out) > CD Wave 1.98 (track splitting) > r8brain 1.9 (44.1 kHz resampling/very high quality 16-bit dithering) > TLH 2.7.0.172 (sector boundaries alignment/level 8 compression) > FLAC. (+7.0 dB on the left channel, +11.0 dB on the right channel)
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22 July 2012 - Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
  • Complete Audience Recording 
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24 July 2012 - The Asia-World Expo-Arena, Hong Kong
  • Complete Audience Recording (Tascam DR-08)
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27 July 2012 Friday - Fuji Rock Festival, Green Stage, Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Yuzawa, Japan 
  • Audience Recording - Green Paradise - Fuji Rock Festival 2012 (2012, Made In Japan, Sylph Records, SY-1152. Included Obi-Strip. Barcode: 0 9999-07935-6 2) 2 Pro-CD-R 
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  • Audience Recording - Live Night Of Living Legend: Resurrection (2012, Made In Japan, X-AVEL Records, Cat. No. X-AVEL-162LE. Original Master Recording. 24bit digitally remastered. Limited Edition Fatbox.) 2 Pro-CD-R / Pro-DVD-R - CD1 X-AVEL-162a 
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  • Amateur Video Recording - (Night of The Living Legend) Live Night Of Living Legend Resurrection DVD-R
     
  • Webcast - Waterfall & She Bangs The Drums
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29 July 2012 Sunday - Jisan Valley Rock Festival, Jisan Valley Ski Resort, Icheon, South Korea 
  • Audience Recording
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22 August 2012 Wednesday - Tennent's Vital Festival, Boucher Road Playing Fields, Belfast
  • Audience Recording (Johnky master)
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07 March 2013 Thursday - Melbourne Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
  • Audience Recording
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12 April 2013 Friday - Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, U.S.A.
  • Coachella Weekend 1 (JLW) Complete Audience Recording.
  • Complete Coachella 2013 (2013, Made In Japan, NJJP, Cat. No. NJJP-130302) - (Weekend 1)
  • Coachella Weekend 1 (SP-CMC-8) * same recording as above.
  • Audience Recording - Empire Polo Grounds () CD-R
  • Partial Pro-Shot Video Webcast
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19 April 2013 Friday - Coachella Music Festival, Indio, California, U.S.A.
  • Complete Coachella 2013 (2013, Made In Japan, NJJP, Cat. No. NJJP-130302) - (Weekend 1 & 2)
  • Coachella Weekend 2 (SP-CMC-8) * same recording as above.
  • Audience Recording - CD-R
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04 June 2013 Tuesday - La Cigale, Paris, France
  • Complete Audience Recording (Zoom H1)
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06 June 2013 Thursday - Finsbury Park, Haringey, London
  • Souncheck *Only 8 minutes worth of recordings exist from the soundcheck, sourced from mobile phone recording.​
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08 June 2013 Saturday - Finsbury Park, Haringey, London 
  • Complete Audience Recording
  • : 2013 Finsbury Park 3rd Night (IEM & Audience Source Matrix Recording) (2013, Made In Japan, NJJP, Cat. No. NJJP-130305) ((* Only 3 songs, "Going Down", "Shoot You Down", and "This Is The One" are audience (without IEM source mix) recorded only by the source.) IEM - In Ear Monitor
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14 June 2013 Friday - Isle Of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight 
  • TV Broadcast - Fools Gold
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15 June 2013 Saturday - Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Complete Audience Recording
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09 August 2013 Friday - Sonic Mania Festival, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan
  • Madchester In The Sonic (2013, X-AVEL Records ‎- Xavel Silver Masterpiece Series – XAVEL-SMS-027, 24bit digitally remastered Original Master Recording) Matrix: IEM In Ear Monitor - Audience Recording Matrix Source
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  • Madchester In The Sonic (2013, X-AVEL Records ‎- Xavel Silver Masterpiece Series – XAVEL-SMS-027, 24bit digitally remastered Original Master Recording. Second Cat.No.:SKU GW-26010)
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  • Bangs The Sonic (2013, SY-1196 Sylph Records Label) Matrix: IEM In Ear Monitor / Audience Recording 
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11 August 2013 - Summer Sonic Festival, Maishima, Osaka, Japan
  • ​Audience Recording - Mountain Spreads (2013, Made In Japan, Sylph Records, Cat. No. SY-1195. Barcode (On obi): 419992579356 . Barcode (On back cover): 099990793502) 2 Pro-CD-R
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​07 June 2016 Tuesday - "The Gig With No Name" Victoria Theatre, Halifax 
  • Souncheck *Only two minutes worth of recordings exist from the soundcheck, sourced from mobile phone recordings.
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15 June 2016 Wednesday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester
  • Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed & Somewhere Blue (2016 2 Vinyl Replica CD-R) Complete Audience Recording *includes bonus tracks: Ten Storey Love Song (04 June 2013 - La Cigale, Paris, France) / Standing Here (04 June 2013 - La Cigale, Paris, France) / Tightrope (12 June 2012 – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam) & The Coral's set from 17 June 2016
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17 June 2016 Friday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester
  • Re-United In The City (2016 Vinyl Replica 2 CD-R) Complete Audience Recording.*includes bonus tracks: It's A Beautiful Thing / Going Down (08 June 2013 - Finsbury Park, Haringey, London) / Fools Gold Jam (Daytripper / Driving South Jam) (01 July 2012 – Heaton Park, Manchester) / Something’s Burning (24 July 2012 - The Asia World Arena, Hong Kong) & The Buzzcocks support set.
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19 June 2016 Sunday - Etihad Stadium, Manchester City Stadium, Manchester 
  • Home & Away (2016 Vinyl Replica 2 CD-R) Complete Audience Recording. *includes bonus tracks: It's A Beautiful Thing / Going Down (08 June 2013 - Finsbury Park, Haringey, London) / Ten Storey Love Song (04 June 2013 - La Cigale, Paris, France) / Standing Here (04 June 2013 - La Cigale, Paris, France) / Tightrope (12 June 2012 – Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam) / Fools Gold Jam (Daytripper / Driving South Jam) (30 June 2012 – Heaton Park, Manchester) / Something’s Burning (24 July 2012 - The Asia World Arena, Hong Kong) / The Sun Still Shines (1986 Chorlton Studios, Previously Unreleased Demo) / All Across The Sands (Original Sally Cinnamon 12inch Vinyl Only B-Side) / Elephant Stone (Original Peter ''Hooky'' Hook Remix)
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30 June 2016 Thursday - Madison Square Garden, NYC, New York, U.S.A.
  • Complete Audience Recording.
  • Complete Amateur Audience Video Recording.
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09 July 2016 Saturday - Marlay Park, Dublin, Ireland 
  • Complete Audience Recording - 2 CD-R 
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21st & 22nd April 2017 Friday - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 
  • Budokan 2017 - Definitive Edition (Multiple IEM Sources - XAVEL Original Matrix Master) (2017, Made In Japan, The Grade Sound - XAVEL Original Master. X-AVEL Silver Masterpiece Series, Cat. No. XAVEL-SMS-123. Limited Edition Fatbox with Obi Strip.) Factory Pressed Silver 4 CD / 2 DVD Set. Soundcheck (Soundboard/IEM) / Complete Audience Recording.
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  • Nippon Budokan Complete (2017, Made In Japan, XAVEL Original Audience Master. XAVEL HYBRID MASTERS. XAVEL-HM-099.)​
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  • Complete Amateur Audience Recording - Budokan 2017 - Definitive Edition (same as XAVEL-SR-1 footage).
    DVD (NTSC Region: ALL) XAVEL-SR-2 (Matrix: XAVEL-SR-2 Pressed In Taiwan (SM1-H60029/1A) IFPI LP48 IFPI LP50. inner ring: IFPI JU60)
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  • Complete Amateur Audience Recording - Budokan 2017 Definitive Edition (ALEXANDER Original Master. Sound Prodcued By XAVEL. Multi Camera - XAVEL Original Audience Shot. Same footage as Budokan 2017 - Definitive Edition but uncompressed. ALX-BD-057 (BD 1))
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  • Complete Audience Recording (Recorded by mini) 2 CD-R
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20 June 2017 Tuesday - First Direct Arena, Arena Way, Leeds
  • Yes Leeds (Outcast Music) 2 CD Audience Recording
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24 June 2017 Saturday - Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Complete Audience Recording.
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