A lot of the stuff I listen to never made it to Spotify: old bootleg live sets, demo tapes someone digitized, small underground bands that only exist on YouTube. Half of it disappears after a copyright strike or when the uploader deletes their channel, so I started keeping my own copies.

My setup is simple:

- For full concerts and pro-shot live videos I grab the MP4 in 1080p with YTMP4 . Works in the browser, no software to install.
- For albums, demos and long live sets I just want the audio, so I convert them to MP3 with Y2Meta and put them on my phone for the car and the gym.

Tip: 320 kbps is pointless if the original upload is a muddy 128 kbps tape rip. 192 kbps is plenty for most underground stuff.

Obviously only save things for personal listening, and if the band sells their music, buy the album or a shirt. Underground bands need the support more than anyone.

What do you all use to keep rare live recordings? Any good channels for old 80s/90s thrash and death metal bootlegs?