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A promo CD might not be a bootleg per se, but it's not licensed for sale.
The moment it goes on sale, it's a bootleg.
Promo CDs are supposed to be for sending to people like agents, possible employers, reviewers, etc, to, like it says, promote your work.
That said, if the composer themself is putting out because no one else will and they want people to hear it, like Michael J Lewis did, I have no qualms in buying it.
It's the ones put out by others and directly impact possible releases or rip off legal releases that I object to.
Cheers
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The first two promo LPs I remember, from the early/mid-seventies, were Barry's Robin and Marian (followed later by a boot version with a vocal) and J. Williams' Images. Both wonderful releases that had to last for a few decades until commercially released on CD.
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Intrada has produced and released many a promo in it's day, in conjunction with the composer. I think many, many of them ended up with a legitimate release.
The first that comes to mind are Young Sherlock Holmes (2 legit releases through Intrada), Remo Williams (three legit releases, 1 through Intrada), and the original BSG (Intrada eventually released all the series music across multiple legit multi-disc albums).
A Chris Young promo 'Def-Con 4' never did see a complete release, but 'Avenging Angel' saw a legit release.
That said, most promos do not receive such consideration and follow up.
It very much depends on their provenance. Some promo albums are fairly well documented. Others are clearly bootlegs that will hopefully spur a legit release
In the end, I agree most with Stephen Woolston above.
Then there's the Grey Market, releases that may be technically legitimate in one part of the world (and even then...) but which still make their way around the world, preventing the creators from getting paid properly.
Best to track down the most legitimate releases you can find and lobby the rights holders to cough up the stuff you want in the format you want.
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There are a number that Intrada produced which still haven't come out officially... several for Laurence Rosenthal that are in my collection, for example (the TV and film music 2 CD compilations, Billy the Kid, and perhaps others -- Becket was one that got a recent upgrade to official release).
Yavar
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Still, some promos have been produced for the retail market.
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I´ll get the music wherever I can , BUT prefere official releases thou BUT if a label/ composer releases a hackjob with a score and leave out half the music on a release, I don´t mind to also have a promo/bootleg too.
I want the whole thing and if it exist out there, I´ll work to get it for my own purpose, BUT I´m one of those relics that much more enjoy a real CD/LP from something streaming or downloaded...
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STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker FYC just sold on e-Bay for: $548.00 !!!!
What is this buyer smoking??
I see stuff like this on eBay all the time. But rarely actually selling.
I imagine this sits somewhere in the realm of Ian Fleming's 'Property of a Lady', wherein mundane, or not so mundane items, exchange hands for too-large sums of money to pay off spies and the like.
Or it's just plain money laundering.
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I think another factor is quantity.
If a hundred promo CDs are created of something to send around folks—i.e. in the true spirit of what promo is, not using the word 'promo' to cover up for bootleg...
And then a recipient of that decides to sell it on eBay...
Or the producer of it decides to get rid of excess copies on eBay...
Or the beneficiary (the composer) decides to get rid of excess copies...
Well, I suppose technically that's still not completely legit, because it's not licensed for sale, but nobody's going to have a coronory over promos produced in small quantities leaking into the market.
In fact, those would become very collectable.
It's the proper bootlegs produced in greater quantities purely to sell that's what people are going to get hot about.
Cheers
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